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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1885

Page

2

City officials push sanitation law enforcement amid local opposition

Citizens and Sanitary officers clash over cleanliness rules while critics in Bexar county resist Aransas road projects. Rumors fly about Burnett marble replacement for the Texas Capitol, and Indiana stone may be used. Dorsey plans a political memoir, and a Nagasaki consul choice was revoked due to divorce. A school bond of 5000 dollars sails through with expected support. Colon el Nelson Plato seeks release from customs charges, promising a heated public confrontation.

Mass towns shrink as migrants flee east and notes on politics

A Boston Advertiser correspondent reports 143 of 345 Massachusetts towns have lost population since the last census. The piece notes a rural schoolhouse closed for only six pupils and cites calls to patronize home advertisers. Other items discuss Panama Marines, St Louis murder extradition, and a mother opposing trades for her son in favor of professional pursuits.

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The Nation’s Call to Labor and Poetic Defense

A reflection on the value of hard work across professions, contrasting laborers and professionals, with a Tennyson poem defense and a strip of San Antonio ice factory notices and local ads. It notes ice production capacity, refrigeration for meats and fruits, and local business promotions in Waco and San Antonio during May 1885.

San Antonio Losoyo Street Houston Street Waterworks Company Columbus J.B. Lacosra F. Skamon Texas Los Forts Brown Clark Concho Davis McIntosh Ringgold Stockton Camp del Rio Pena Colorado Camp Rice Langtry Santa Maria Edinburg Nevill’s Spring Abilene Surpareies Lakes Pena San Domingo Lone Tree Pacific Coast

Texas Sour Mass claim of cure for many diseases touted

The advertisement extols a tonic and alterative named Sour Mass as superior for curing dyspepsia, malaria, liver and kidney ailments, venereal disease, and women's disorders. A Texas agent W G McGown from San Antonio endorses its effectiveness after 25 years invalidity, praising its convenience and potential to help the poor.

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

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