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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1885

Page

2

News Snippets From Across Texas and The Nation

The excerpt reports Mrs. Thompson in Senin County United States welcoming five sons named Cleveland Hendricks Bayard Manning and Chenoweth. It notes legal disputes over a Waterworks contract and praise for Galveston despite storms and fires. It mentions Mayor Fulton’s responses to fundraising appeals and comments from the Dallas Times about Houston and other Texas cities.

Revista Monterey Mexico Senin United States Thompson Cleveland Hendricks Bayard Manning Chenoweth Galveston Fulton

Hendricks burial set for December first in Indianapolis

The article notes the burial of former Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks on Tuesday December 1 in Indianapolis. It also includes a long collage of opinion quotes on politics, mail routes, and fashion trends of the era, with various regional mentions and observations.

Tax Senate Hendricks Edmunds Vermont Ingalls Kansas Thomas A. Hendricks United States Indianapolis

Fashions in dress and adornment from a bygone era

The article details attire and accessories including collarettes and plastrons on silk, wool and velvet costumes with numerous buttons, and silk fabrics like Faille Francaise and Veloutine. It describes draped skirts, ornate hairpins, feathers, velvet bonnets, parasols of satin, and complex hats with beads, notes high lace bodices, Lady Kildare garniture, Cadogan braid, and hair styles. It also mentions fur capes, cottage shaped bonnets, Thuringian pine needle wool undergarments for rheumatic use, and dainty baby wrappers of white flannel with fine embroidery and color-coordinated ribbons.

Faille Francaise Veloutine Kensington

San Antonio Prohibits Lewd Displays Along Public Streets

City ordinance bans exhibiting or selling indecent or lewd pictures or lascivious material in places visible from public streets. Violators face up to 200 dollar fines after conviction before the Recorder. Signed by Mayor Bryan Callaghan and City Clerk E P Craypon on November 24.

Gostad San Antonio Floresville Helena San Antonio and Aransas Pass Alamo City Cuero Victoria City of Bryan Callaghan E. P. Craypon

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