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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1885
Page
2
A mix of editorials and brief items from Austin, Waco and other Texas towns covers Governor Stafs pardoning moves, the rising influence of picnics and rain, advertising in newspapers, plans to reopen the New Orleans World’s Fair, enforcement of the Edmunds law against polygamy, school bond votes, harbor improvements at Aransas Pass, and a fatal haberdashery blaze in Crystallnall where 16 died from benzine blaze.
A lengthy National commercial convention in Atlanta Georgia attracts broad attendance from across the Union. The event stirs international talk about British and Russian negotiations and politics, with coverage of local Texas views on railroads, sewerage, and public policy alongside national figures like General Logan.
A lively scene unfolds with Brown's jubilant welcome for Logan's Senate return and a dazed visitor learning Democrats in the State, War and Navy building cheered the Republican victory. The page then shifts to ads and medical notices touting Hostetter's Bitters, Electric Bitters, and other goods, followed by notices of local enterprises and a remarkable escape tale.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a universal cure for liver inactivity biliousness jaundice constipation weak kidneys and urinary diseases. The tonic is claimed to act quickly with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded and sold for 50 cents per bottle by Rice Bros Co.
From and after June 1 1886 all dogs found running at large without license will be impounded and killed, in enforcement of municipal rules.
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