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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1885
Page
2
Cincinnati election officials complete official counts as First and Fourth ward voters are urged to back candidates supporting city ownership of water works to cut annual taxes by up to 20000. The Volksfest parade drew disappointment, with papers trading barbs over coverage and management while a national anti Chinese sentiment spreads from Wyoming to the Pacific coast highlighting labor power struggles.
The piece discusses planned strike actions to boost wages from 1.25 to 2.50 daily, led by league leaders aiming to leverage organized leverage. It cites Chief Justice Green on labor capital tensions, anti Chinese sentiment risks, and Dr. Raney on silk culture as a domestic industry option with protective duties.
Reports describe a porcelain plant started in Aguascalientes last week and a Belgian colony to be established soon in Metztitlan Hidalgo. Other items note editors jailed in Puebla, grasshopper outbreaks, pearl fishing contracts, land fertilization concessions, and local crime and health notices across Mexico.
Fragmented newspaper items mention opinions from the New Orleans Picayune and Philadelphia Record on prejudice and inducements, advertise pianos and organs from Thomas Goggan & Brother, a testimonial from J J Atkins in Knoxville about Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption, an offer for trial bottles, a sale notice for four hundred fat beeves aged 3 to 5 years with Narciso Loan as contact.
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