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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1885

Page

2

San Antonio rail talk and political notes from Texas

The Houston Post notes rail optimism if maps print well while Austin Club eyes a San Antonio excursion on the 23rd. It discusses Grant era reporting, a new water cave on San Pedro avenue, wool-grower meetings in St Louis, recent rains and crop prospects, and political shifts including Morrison and Sam Randall. The piece also mentions cholera fears and enforcement of laws amid Galveston election muddle.

San Antonio Texas The Houston Post San Pedro Avenue

Prohibition debate and political reshaping in Texas

The article surveys attitudes toward prohibition, morality, and political jockeying in Texas. It notes shifts as reformers press for temperance while opponents call for educated argument, cites reactions to local conventions, and highlights tensions involving railroads and Mexican workers.

Dallas Limestone County

Assimilation of Opponents under the Tsar

The passage notes the drastic absorption of noble rivals into service of the conqueror, likening it to the swift conversion of Tartars and Turcomans into loyal agents for pay and plunder, a historical curiosity. The discussion emphasizes political assimilation as a notable historical pattern.

Remarkable mix of notices and poems in Greenville Herald

A varied page features comic verse about animals and a boy with a fifer, then military notices for MP Cody at Fort McIntosh Texas and Daniel Stone at San Antonio. Also auctionish ads for Oricont0 cigarettes, a large Texas property listing, tonic tonics, and testimonials for Electric Bitters from Manchester Michigan and San Antonio suppliers.

Matt Cody McIntosh Texas Sixteenth Infantry Fort McIntosh H. A. Theaker H. C. Ward R. Whitall John Newton Maury Nichols A. B. Wells Farrand Sayre Eighth Cavalry W. A. Thurston Daniel Stone San Antonio Third Artillery Quartermaster’s Department Fort Clark Secretary of War Adjutant General of the Army Daniel H. Boughton Third Cavalry Adjutant General’s Office George V. Willing Manchester Mich Rice Bros. & Co

Texas Sour Mass Health Tonic Promises Powerful Cure Claims

The advertisement touts a tonic combining iron and cathartics for a wide range of ailments including indigestion fatigue liver and kidney complaints and venereal diseases. It cites an endorsement from W G McGown of Texas praising its efficacy and portability and urges wide distribution.

W. G. McGown Texas San Antonio Tex Europe United States Ww. G. McGown

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