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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1885

Page

4

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.

Street notices and sales mix at city shops

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.

Commerce Street Emerson’s Emerson Clark’s Alamo St Pancoast & Son First Ward F. Sheets Commerce St Sunset Land Houston Fischer & Ervin West Commerce Street Joski Bros San Antonio Aransas Pass Workmen’s Bank Denlap Lyons Post McDonnell Paine Methodist Church Sanchez Riviera Carolina Gotchood Vs. International and Great Northern Railroad Company W. L. Douglas Joe Beckmann West West T. B. Johnson Court House Beekman’s West Side Military Plaza Otsmrru & Co Singer Licur Gent Frank J. Beitel International Great Northern F. J. Beitel Lily Uncle Emerson Weiner Wueratchen Turner Ball Bar

Notable Guests At The Maverick Hotel Gather In City

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.

Nat Sulzbacher Eagle Pass J. H. Tennant Chicago Southern J. E.severance Middlebury Vermont A. W. Gifford Liout Monterey J. F. Moores Kansas City Missouri D. A. Blake F. C. Dell United States Hagle Pass San Antonio Tom Kingsley Southwestern Louisville and Nashville Railroad Houston A B. Barnett Bella Moore Company Siegnr H. W. Chapman Pleasanton B. Hefner Boerne Texas William Ragland Cotulla Allen Withers Lockhart Ike Murphey Troy New York J. C. Borden Gonzales M. R. Kennedy Taylor R. H. Walker M. A. O. Brown Dallas M. J. Conceeos D. G. W. Kerr Waelder B. J. Gilman Pearsall the Menger Paul Blumenthal W. H. Marritt Philadelphia E. W. Adkins J. R. Spalding J.tl. LaBaum St. Louis F. R. Brown Charles Peterson New Orleans W. Easter T. W. Brush Cincinnati A. B. Bennett George Stenzel Galveston W. Warrington Fred Lennox W. Lennox, Jr John O'Connor D. McDougall Murphysville B. L. Perry Boston Charles Fischer California Henry Ash Palestine John A. Williams San Angelo C. H. Cochran Mrs. Baldwin Utica Kas Hotel Maverick

Flag request sparks talk at Volksfest event demands

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.

Eagle Pass

Shooting club property gains improvements for season

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.

Shooting Club Charles Dornton Hill County Dornton Sam Maverick

Temple of amusement showcases top acts amid dengue illness

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.

Misses Ames Barry Valade Bakers Vesvall Laura Ashby Tin Pan Fields

Arrest of William Ellinger in local servant's house

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.

W. B. Martin William Ellinger Austin Ellinger Carter House Avenue D Logan B.sakties Evan

Cigarette branding note and scattered commodities record

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 urged to build artificial water reservoirs

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.

West Texas

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the Daily Light Thursady Paul Wagner Otto Bergstrom T. H. Gray Bergstrom & Gray Ee A Garter & Mullaly Undertakers Alamo Plaza S&p United Washington West, Commerce and Loredosts Rudolph Singer F. I. Meyer Meyer’s Ball Sagho Agalh Buckien A. Dreiss Morley F. Kalteyer D. Haas & Oppenheimer John Brown San Pedro Springs Keyer’s Avenue C J. Landa Hosack & Newton H. H. Hunt State Capitol Oatmanville Haas & Oprenheimer Ada Gray Bud King Recorder Deane Alazan Creek George Schroeder Liear Mitchell’s Pond Recorder’s Court Rose Hancock Thomas Dunbar Mike O’brein Nicolas Guyetan Zenobia Martinez Foster Jim Draper Z. Copelaine Charles Webber Susan Dumbrey Bibibiti Jeorge Sims the Fashion Theatre Linar Floyd & Co Soledad Street LiverRroon Orleans Northwee Weide Ova Lauerna St. Paw Carosao Sunset Base Ball Company Garrison Nine Shields & Shields Madarasz Caldwell County Caldwell Nine Turner Hall Walter Lennox, Jr Felix Crackle Obediah Dingle Dollie Thornton O. Dingle Nellie Pierce F. Crackle C. J. Hagan Joske Ros Narciso Joske Bros West Houston Street Garden Street Eod Haas Orrexnnemen Bucklen Bee Caity Aransas Loan Office Military Plaza South Flores Street Royal Baking Powder Company Wall Street Turner Opera House Earnest RiscHe San Antonio's Fowler & Warmington’s CO All America Rische’s Cigar Store Ernest Rische i Are Chas. A. Watkins Sth Ave East Lynne Mansa View Rische A. Watking Mgr Casino Hall Asmittee KR. Martinez, Jacob Weber R. J. Nixon, William Hoefling, Jr Dreiss’ Drug Store South Alamo Street Goliad Alamo Street R. H North Flores Street Ousner Acequia Ouston Streets Pater Nowra Ygnacio Cassiano Deady Acequia Streets J. G. Swaggerty M. BE. Horton Houston and Avarro Streets Ner Navarro M. Berndt Vienna Bologne Centre Cottasce Corquire US A. Reimann Camargo Street Antorio North Flores St Bolodad Street R. Hurley Monterey Street N.B Pui Susanne Marshe Josh Bros Val. Lorra Merchant Tailor West Commerce ST Near Bridge 4Th Ward Martin Muench S. W. McAllister Fourth Ward Mahneke M. Muench Borgs Schroeder Mexico Mexican Edicine’company F. Kalteyer & Son Farmers and Mechanics C. H. Mueller Mueller Honorable Board of Aldermen Martin Muench, Sr Fourth M. F. Corbett Bryan Cattacnan City of Police Villita Street W. 8. Smith A. Dreiss, Sr Seria Bryan Callaghan E. P. Claudon S. Mayer Commerce Navarro Streets Hawkes Critzer Bros., Jewelers and Opticians L. Ga J. Martin's Shoe Store No. 287 Messie, Harnisch & Baer F. Kaleeyer & Son
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