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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1885
Page
2
Voters in the First and Fourth wards are urged to study alderman candidates positions on the city owning its water system. The piece links campaigns to the waterworks issue and argues for municipal ownership to save costs from the Waterworks company.
News notes report ten miles of Aransas Pass road built with speed. Floresville access delayed. Political chatter from Sam Jones, Ohio elections, and national opinion on taxation, wages, and living costs fill columns. Garbled dispatches reference Galveston, deep water port hopes, and labor disputes with arbitration urged.
An 1830s style newspaper clipping promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for digestive disorders and cholera related symptoms, then details an upcoming San Antonio to Galveston excursion on October 19 with return October 22, priced five dollars, including separate white passenger coaches. Notices also warn Knights of Pythias hall use and advertise Arnica Salve, Meyer family business updates, and various local advertisements for supplies and remedies.
The city council repeals Section 12 of Chapter 52 and amends Section 15 to authorize seizure and sale of real and personal property for unpaid taxes by the city collector. Notices of sale must run three weeks, with costs limited to 25 cents per parcel, and sales occur at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday each month.
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