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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1884
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment lists scattered numbers and stray tokens such as 10 11 12 13 14 15 69 50 51 2 58 54 82 33 84 72 73 74 6 87 without readable context or complete sentences. The fragment provides no clear event, person, organization, or place for a full summary.
The San Antonio scene buzzes with events including two grand weddings soon, a regular City Council meeting, and a promising Lone Star Brewery opening around the 15th. Local sports feature scrub races, a big baseball score, and a live pigeon shoot at Sunset Park.
Gonzales lawyer T. J. Ponton stays at the Menger while George Sampson returns from Alabama and G. F. Hindes of Pleasanton visits the St. Leonard. Townspeople from Taylor, Austin, Beeville, Temple, Medina County, and San Marcos mingle with arrivals. Colonel Brackenridge expected from New York. Floresville host A. G. Thomas sees guests. several residents tout local agriculture and commerce.
T. T. Scott and Ella E. Scott transfer a plot of land to Frank Maniski for 250 dollars on Salado erek, 11 miles north of San Antonio. William M. Cornelius died yesterday morning of consumption at age 23 and was buried this morning at 11. relatives and friends attended.
A fragment shows an opera evening with social intrigue and a mother in black, plus various local notices from San Antonio including a meeting at Revolving Light, a concert at Mission Garden, business address changes, auctions, a private school ad, a grand ball, pigeon shoot prizes, and miscellaneous ads for builders stores and paints.
A planned gold medal dance for the best female dancer did not occur last Saturday night at the springs due to few male partners. An impromptu dance was held instead and the medal event was postponed.
Professor M. A. Devour will host a singing gathering at the new Christian church on Camden Street in the Second Ward with his three children. He aims to organize a singing class and invites all interested neighbors to attend.
Rev. Martin M. Smith of Belton's Baptist church is expected to arrive next Wednesday to perform a marriage service and likely deliver a sermon at the First Baptist church that evening.
A crowded list of local merchant promotions and notices. Mayer's offers dress fronts, jerseys, soda, and cheap goods. Rice Bros. & Co. sells syrups and tonics. Kalteyer's features Wonderful Eight and Oridento toothpaste. F Surers advertises removal sale. Cadlhoun & Merk and Leal & Chavez announce business deals. J Joske & Sons promotes school apparel. Turner's Opera House to host puppet shows. Sanitary and Fertilizing Co offers well and privy maintenance. Rice Bros. & Co. markets Dr King's New Discovery for coughs. multiple small trade blurbs and price points fill the page.
Quarterly meeting followed by communion on Tenth street with Elder H. Thrall officiating and Rev. Arm strong assisting. Services continue tonight with preaching. Major D. N. Bush plans a three week trip to Brownsville and Rio Grande posts to pay troops.
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