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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1885
Page
2
Oddball client notes mix names and places with scattered events in a Galveston area column. Names like John Garrett and Mrcdeel Chew appear amid travel mentions and community chatter. The piece references a grand festival, court actions, burglaries, and local incidents with little coherent narrative.
A Charivari wedding at 00 Avcone and Seventh Street ended with disorderly conduct arrests. Police attended as guests fled, with several individuals fined or jailed for vagrancy, fighting, drunkenness, and disturbing the peace. Numerous locals faced penalties, including Sheriff’s terms and bond postings.
A detailed account describes Major Scudder and his wife attending a reception at Mead Lawn Square Presbyterian church in San Antonio. Guests arrived in force, the ceremony featured a formal introduction, and Scudder announced his imminent move to the city with his family. The scene included attentive crowds, a public greeting, and a subsequent sermon at nearby churches as part of the social transition.
A fragmentary page lists market notes, prices, and ads from Higported and New Vain, with scattered references to October dates, stock quotes, and commodities. It blends obfuscated company names, partial product lines, and classifieds including job ads and a local restaurant listing.
Fragmented reminiscence describes a grim San Antonio site with a ruined dungeon, a man imprisoned for 62 years, brutal walls smeared with blood, a mob breaking doors, and a haunting scene where light reveals crude inscriptions promising cheaper goods and a fading hope for freedom. It mentions Emersons, a hardware and lumber seller, a Vienna restaurant, and many merchants offering watches, clocks, and clothing at high prices.
The mayor of San Antonio, J Pavas Cannignax, using city charter power, orders no election for Alderman in the First and Fourth Wards due to vacancies from death and resignation. Polls will not open. the action follows an ordinance governing elections and cites ward headquarters addresses and presiding officials. The document is dated September 40, 1884.
Public notice style advertisement listing remedies Morley S Saguenic Tonic and Dr. Bue sanko Congamt Lung Syrup for fevers coughs and chest pain. Names of local dealers J I Kowlar R Colin Co J D Devine and others appear as suppliers.
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