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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1912
Page
9
20 pounds of granulated sugar for 1 dollar with a dollar purchase of other goods. International Tea and Coffee Co at 2118 Ala Mo Street. Old phone 2745, old 737-1. Also a new polishing product for silver and brass at 25 cents with a guarantee. Flores address 13038, new phone 1033 green.
A collage of personal services and sale pitches appears, including hairdressing and wigmaking by Miss Frieda Engelhardt, beauty parlors, medical specialists for women, and psychic readers. Also listed are jewelry bargains, diapers and adoption ads, a lawyer, paint store, nursing, beauty schools, occult shops, palmists, and discarded watch bargains amid various old phone numbers and addresses.
A collage of classified ads lists business opportunities across Texas including wells for sale, a livery and transfer business, cashier or manager positions, popcorn venture, grocery stores, meat market, confectionery and fountain, money to borrow against a manuscript, dry goods stocks, partnerships, hotel for sale or rent, and seaport investments. Also promotes a first-class hotel, shining parlor, ice cream venture, and corner lot with a future market. Many entries specify contact methods and locations such as Alwell, Gon sales, Honda, Port Aransas, and multiple street addresses.
The notice advertises August Lim burger specials at 407 Main Plaza The Crystal offering Mumm s and Roederer s Champagne three pints for $5 and full quarts of Four Roses at $1 50 plus other bourbon brands with bulk pricing and mail orders It also lists used vacuum cleaners land trades real estate offers in San Antonio and nearby areas including exchanges for city land farms and vacant lots with several properties and contact details.
A series of for sale notices describe four room residences and cottages on Aganier Street Beacon Hill Burleson area and other city properties. Listings include lot sizes near car lines near schools and near Highland Park car with prices from 864 to 35 000 with owner contact and office information for Conroy Rice and Dulling Printing Co. Various properties include newly built cottages two lots and corner houses with cash or terms.
A six-room cottage at 106 Drexel Ave offered for 1700 dollars with easy terms. Advertised as the only such low price on the street, the deal includes 50 dollars in cash and five dollar weekly payments with interest. IMS HYDE, St. James Hotel.
A collage of farm and ranch offerings across Texas mentions 486 acres near Artesia Wells with a flowing well, fence, and dammable Rices creek, priced at $20 per acre with some San Antonio property for part cash. Additional parcels include 82 acres near Carrizo Springs with a flowing well at $75 per acre, 180 acres near Carrizo Springs with two wells and a house at $75 per acre, 76 acres under wells and fenced as prime onion land, and 2560 acres in Webb County near a railroad with a good well in a major bargain. Also listed are 71 acres near San Benito on the main canal, 66 acres on Palo Alto road, 60 acres near city hall, and 200 acres east of the city all offering varied terms and cash options. Contact Co. H. Dean, 449 Main Avenue, An Benito, Texas, for details. Also invites owners with land for sale and outlines a notable 191-acre snap near San Antonio with farm equipment, stock, and a price of $45 per acre or trade. Multiple brokers and local offices are noted.
Short real estate roundup notes several cottages for sale by F C Hunnan & Co and W B Whitaker. Listings include five-room and seven-room houses on Vine Street Barrera Street South Heights Tobin Hill with cash and installment terms.
Dignowity Hill place offered for 2650 dollars features five rooms and a bath, electric lights, gas, cement walks, trees, lawn, barn, chicken house, and proximity to car line, with east front and graded streets. W H Black advertises seven-room two story Los Angeles Heights house, terms to suit, box 677.
Classified notes detail property for exchange for land for colonization and multiple homes for sale. Listings include a six-room modern cottage, a four-room home with bath near a car line, a two-room house with porch, and a six-room close-in cottage with recent papering and painting. Voter appeal noted for A. H. Jones for Mayor.
A clipped list of train numbers and routes including No 4 and No 6 to Houston and coast No 43 to Kerrville No 41 Kerrville Sundays No 146 Kerrville mixed No 301 Cuero Victoria Departures No 302 Cuero Victoria Main Line No 7 From east No 8 From El Paso and west No 9 For El Paso and west No 8 For the east No 10 For the east Santa Fe line and north arrivals and departures with times such as 8:16 pm 7:30 am and 9:55 am and 10:46 pm reflects a historic station timetable for regional routes.
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