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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1885

Page

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Crops Blighted and Crime Plots Highlight Regional News

Across the pages reports tell of grasshoppers blighting Huejutla crops, stabbings in Mexico City, Apache actions near Mulatos, and a widespread cotton crop deterioration with drought in Texas and Virginia tones. Rail robberies near Blue Springs and labor disputes accompany a renewed Knights of Labor conference in St Louis.

Huejutla Hidalgo Gregorio Sanchez Mexico Monica Velasco Francisco Davila Vidal Vega Mulatos National Cotton Exchange Virginia Florida Texas North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana Kansas City Chicago and Alton Road Blue Springs Adams’ Point Missouri Pacific St. Louis T. W. Powderly Frederick Turner National Executive Board Knights of Labor Talmage Wabash Powderly Turner Road Jay Gould National Board New York London the Times Foreign Office Germany Providencz Maud Prospect House Adirondacks Cleveland Albany Washington Pittsburg Vienna New Freie Presse Cerain England Times of Wm. C. France Harry Wilkes Comptroller of the Treasury Catherine Lewis Annapolis General Butler Mallernord France Montagnac Department of Herault Scholera Bredora Transylvania Algiers Fort Smith Ark Lee United States Indian Territory St. Paul Minn Oorehead Oate Brainard Ilmor Secretar Manning

Miners drive Chinese from Rock Springs and burn Chinatown

The Rock Springs camp sees white miners marching on Chinatown firing volleys and burning 39 Chinese houses. About 400 Chinese workers fled toward Green River as seven were killed and many wounded. Sheriff Young arrived too late to stop the mob, which dispersed after ensuring the Celestials left.

Rock Springs Wyoming Union Pacific Cheyenne Chinatown Green River Sheriff Young

Roast pug dog tastes stir xenophobic chatter

A crude regional note claims Chinese New Yorkers crave roast pug dog amid alleged scarcity in the city with a hostile line suggesting immigration controls should be influenced. The second item cites an English statistician on steam power's role in London and a third excerpt quotes a fading romantic verse from Chicago Current.

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Cigarette Smokers Prefer Opera Pulp

Smokers favor Opera Pulp for its non sticky lips experience, finding it gentler on the mouth and less residue prone compared with other brands.

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