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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1885
Page
2
A frost and dengue concern frame a busy local scene as St. Louis street car strike stalls near settlement. A conference is set today to push a city owned water system, sewer funding, and a public referendum on representation and local governance while Volksfest interest grows and editors praise San Antonio papers.
The item discusses Canipares in the First and Fourth wards debating city water works costs, an October publication on bookmaking, and editorials on Tilden, immigration and Texas at the World’s Fair. It notes a Texas governor’s cautious stance on migration and hints at Republican strength aiding Sherman, with speculation on Blaine and Logan.
A quoted exchange questions how people view the situation while one speaker admits uncertainty yet asserts the logic of a referenced action cannot be avoided, highlighting public confusion and competing interpretations.
Reports from Arizona describe elderly plainsmen seeking $250 rewards for Indian scalps as a method to end the Apache war. The plan, fueled by alcohol and tobacco, risks renewed conflict as troops mobilize in New Mexico and Texas amid fears of raids and killings.
When choleraic diseases loom or are feared, Hob tetter’s Stomach Bitters tones regulate and reinforce the system. It promotes perfect digestion and regularity, serving as an invaluable family medicine for bilious colic diarrhea cholera morbus and related gastric disturbances. It relieves wind heartburn biliousness nausea and headaches by restoring digestive tone and acting as an alterative.
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