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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1885
Page
2
The Houston Light Guards win the $4000 grand prize for best drilled company in the Mobile drill held Friday. The article notes Houston’s pride in the victory and mentions regional excitement over exhibition success.
A late 19th century digest cites July to October death totals in Toulon totaling 1772 and past yearly figures. It notes crowded city school rooms need new houses, critiques Jersey cattle remarks, flags color blindness policy debates, cholera status in Europe, US political infighting, and Fort Worth gambling crackdown with a back down from war stance and looming prosecutions.
County Attorney Bowlin drives a broad anti gambling campaign with strong backing from the community. He reports serious cases of gambling ruin and promises to pursue reform, detailing a man who saved his two gambling sons and a deserted wife seeking redress, all illustrating the toll of the vice.
A tall striking man known as Dr George B McClellan alias Diamond Dick visits the Southern hotel in St Louis. He claims equal skill to famed marksmen and challenges Dr W F Carver to a $1000 all round rifle contest across major eastern cities within three months, offering a $500 forfeit today. He is a New Yorker who made a fortune in medicine in Montana and Dakota.
A cluttered page highlights varied notices and ads from 1884. It praises Japanese manners, markets for summer dairy land, and lists medical potions, an art supply shop, and a general store testimonial. Featured items include Electric Bitters, Bucklen's Arican Salve, and a remarkable recovery account from Manchester Michigan.
The advertisement touts Texas Sour Mass as a superior medicine curing liver stomach kidneys and venereal diseases with iron cathartics and diuretics. It cites a testimonial from W G McGown of San Antonio praising its benefits after 25 years ill health and notes the product is made from Texas Sour Springs near Luling in a condensed cohesive form.
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