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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1885
Page
3
A real estate firm invites readers to view a broad list of property including lands ranches city residences farms and building lots. They promote their large diversified Southwest inventory strong showing facilities and advertising advantages and offer to accompany buyers across the state for information and a circular list of bargains.
Real estate notice lists numerous properties around a Texas city including Hilton & Young holdings on Guadalupe and Medina rivers with hundreds to thousands of acres. Properties feature water, timber, and winter protection. also listed are farms, grazing land, sheep operations, и several city lots and residences on Tobin Hill, Laredo, and Erie avenues with terms and low prices.
The French artillery has been remodeled to add 51 new batteries and split into garrison and field units. It now comprises 16 battalions of six companies in the garrison class and 38 regiments in the field class, arranged into 19 brigades. Promotion rules require qualifications, four months as corporal for next grade, two years for NCO to officer with school certificate, sub lieutenants advance after two years to lieutenant, and captain and above by special examination with seniority and selection split.
The East Kent Chamber of Agriculture heard salty critiques of English railways as reports show high local freights in Britain. A ton of American cheese to London cost 25 shillings while Chester to London was 42 shillings 6 pence. Potatoes from France were 30 shillings per ton versus 45 shillings from Penzance. Hops from Flushing 20 shillings, Fever Sham 33 shillings. The piece notes American railroads offer comparatively reasonable rates.
The article explains that gold leaf appears green when held to light, illustrating extreme thinness of solid metal. It describes the beating process with 7 to 20 pound hammers, the skill required, and the difficulty apprentices face in mastering the craft, noting the art remains a pinnacle of human judgment.
A humorous note compares a man’s ability to shed clothes in a berth with a woman’s challenges of undoing pins hooks and eyes in a cramped sleeping car. It starkly contrasts ease of male comfort with female vulnerability in the dark confined space.
This item distills maxims on diligence promptness and integrity. It urges trusting pluck and energy, urges full heart in work, warns that deception harms friendships, and promotes the golden rule and timely action to seize opportunities. It blends cautions about boldness with advice to decide promptly and work vigorously.
Bargain column lists multiple rural properties for sale including an 1100 acre tract in Harris County six miles from Houston on Buffalo Bayou with water grass timber improvements and 400 tons hay last season. Also notes a 5 room cottage on McKinney Street and other large ranch listings with cattle and equipment. Also includes medical and tonic advertisements.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as the most important cure for consumption coughs colds bronchitis asthma hoarseness and all throat chest and lung ailments. A trial bottle is offered free at Rice Bros. Co. drug store.
City of San Antonio to hold election per 1885 council resolution to decide if property tax payers will approve issuing seventy five thousand dollar bonds for a new City Hall Court Room and Jail. Mayors authorize with ward presiding officers named at various halls and streets.
An array of old time medicine notices touts Dr Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup Morley’s Two Bit Cough, Electric Bitters, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and Wonperrun Eirent. The ads claim cures for coughs colds lung diseases black leg and other ailments with prices and local sellers named such as C Schasse Co James Clavin Rag land & Co F Kalteyer & Son Rice Bros and others. A testimonial from Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Ill endorses Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve after years of leg trouble.
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