Revies to Mothers: Winslow’s Syrup Teething Aid
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup soothes teething pain and wind colic, softens gums, and cures diarrhea for 25 cents a bottle. The note labels it 7 22 lyric.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1885
Page
4
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup soothes teething pain and wind colic, softens gums, and cures diarrhea for 25 cents a bottle. The note labels it 7 22 lyric.
Local ads list F Sheets 44 Commerce street goods and services including shoes tools clothing and undergarments with prices and sale days. Mentions Clark's billiard parlor, Pancoast & Son, and Haas Oppenheimer catalogs plus a church sermon and a dengue fever note.
A lengthy list of visitors staying at the Hotel Maverick includes Nat Sulzbacher a Eagle Pass merchant Colonel J H Tennant of Chicago J E Severance a Middlebury Vermont buck man Mr A W Gifford of the Liout returning from Monterey and J F Moores a Kansas City stockraiser. Also present are D A Blake and wife from Eagle Pass F C Dell US Commissioner from Eagle Pass with cattle near San Antonio Colonel Tom Kingsley Louisville and Nashville official in Houston A B Barnett Bella Moore agent performing A Mountain Pink in town and numerous other travelers from Texas New York Missouri and beyond. The roster shows attendees from Dallas Gonzales New Orleans St Louis Brooklyn Philadelphia and Mexico with many regions represented at the Southern and Menger hotels.
A Eagle Pass area caller tells a Volksfest contact the Eagle Pass Juvenile brass band should not seek pay for their performance and hints a fine silk flag would be appreciated. The item follows a separate report noting Bud King faces a $10 fine for careless driving after hitting a dog cart, injuring a child. George Schroeder announces a vacation and withdrawal from Fourth ward alderman race.
The grounds, now owned by the shooting club, are being developed with a moved house near the pond and plans to relocate and extend the structure for sportsmen. Charles Dornton was jailed in Hill county after evading capture for about two years. charged with embezzlement over $800 in furniture given by Sam Maverick for repairs, which Dornton allegedly sold and fled with.
A crowded entertainment page highlights Bud King Rose Hancock and others facing charges or fines for minor offenses while praising a temple of amusement with Miss Ames Barry Valade and Miss Vesvall among featured performers. It notes Allen Tin Pan Fields and Laura Ashby delivering varied acts despite some staff illness.
Officer W B Martin arrested William Ellinger an escaped county convict and alleged Austin wantee. Ellinger was found in a back room of the servant’s house behind the old Carter house on Avenue D. Logan B S Aktiesevan was fined five dollars or ten days.
Fragmentary notice lists items like wheat corn and rock appears with odd spellings and stray numbers. It mentions a cigarette phrase The or cigarettes by her do not Stick to the lips are Opera Puffs and shows a street address 21 Soledad Carosao with October and December references.
West Texas ranchers report water in wells drying and rain scarce for stock. Grass is abundant but water short. They warn that artificial reservoirs are necessary to preserve water during periods of scarcity.
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