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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1912

Page

8

Help Wanted Ads Flood San Antonio Job Market

A long classified list from the Light newspaper shows numerous help wanted notices across San Antonio. Openings include auto school enrollment sales, salesmen for fig orchard tracts at 10 per 640 square feet, a German teacher, a Spanish speaker, barber trainees, stock salesmen, horse shoer, clerks, machinists, carpenters, dairy workers, and more. Several employers and addresses appear such as Port O Connor Fig Orchards Co 421 Hicks Building, San Antonio Texas and 505 Navarro Street.

Chicago San Antonio Moler Barber College Commerce &1 West Commerce Street Thomas Taylor West Nueva Navarro Street Navarro St Neers Jenner Mfg. Co Labor St Gunter Hotel V. O. Ford Fethee Eee Erence Eel Plaza National Employment Bureau United States Mexico

Help Wanted Girls and Women Seeks Shelter and Jobs

Salvation Army Rescue Home invites women in need to call at 2019 River Ave for shelter and free employment bureau. Listings include cooks, maids, sewing by hand, machine operators, and general housework across multiple addresses with varied wages.

Salvation Army Rescue Home River Ave Grand River Ves Army Leonard Baker Vietre Ter Mauren W. Woodlawn

Help Wanted Classifieds Offer Various Housing And Jobs

Multiple short notices list rooms for rent in San Antonio area with summer rates and options including furnished and unfurnished rooms. Listings specify locations on Soledad Crockett Houston Nueva and other streets with prices, amenities, and contact numbers. Also seeking a solicitor, office worker, night watchman, deliveryman, manager for an onion farm, and a chauffeur with references.

Refined young lady seeks office assistant position

Situation wanted notices from a refined young lady applying for an office assistant post noting good handwriting and ability, with salary and P O Box 307. Other ads seek stenographer and dictaphone operator with legal and commercial experience, willing to substitute, salary not object to begin, Old phone 4828. A stenographer with four years experience seeks a permanent position at $10 per week with advancement potential, address 917 Light. A cook by a middle aged German woman advertises old phone 4777. A public stenographer and notary public advertises at 331 Gunter Bldg with old phone 64. A reliable lady seeks a position as housekeeper in charge, good plain cook, neat and trustworthy, address 13 Light.

Conroy Fredericksburg Road Sele A. J. Greiner Moore Light Gilt Edge Dairy Co Tommins Ave Bee Candy Mfg. Co Ave Pq& Tex J. W. Manak Peth Tex Matthews Cafeteria Losoya St Chicago W. T. Wright Convent B. B. Wright San Antonio The Full Cord Wood Yard Sap Depot Saunders Cleaning Works Alamo Sz Police Lockhart Robert E. Commerce Ave. C Commerce Bowie Hotel B. Houston St Celine W. Woodlawn Ave Lexington Ave E. Elmira C. C. Berry P. O Main Ave Galan St W. J. Stanme & Bon Mexico City Texas Mexico Laredo Gunter

Building contracts offer jobs and home work options

Advertises agents needed to sell building contracts statewide with earnings of 200 to 600 dollars monthly or home-based work. Claims no interest, monthly installments 6 to 50 dollars, unspecified agency and tailoring offers, lists Provident Corp and P. W. Goodman as contact names with Chicago and San Antonio addresses.

Provident Ets Corporan Frost P. W. Goodman Fifth Ave Congress St Chicago

Lost and found notices and rental ads from Laurel street area

Listings include Lost Hat box with four hats near 301 EB Laurel St with reward offered by Carter-Mullaly Transfer Co. Stray bulldog white with brown ear and spot at Luther E. Vanlandingham 717 Morales St reward. Lost white and tan shaggy tail dog Fedo reward. Lost automobile tail lamp. Neatly furnished rooms for rent near Joske’s 304% Alamo Plaza and other nearby addresses. several two room and three room housekeeping accommodations with prices and contact phones. The Southland Mrs Ida Persch boarding and room offers.

Laurel St Carter-Mullaly Transfer Co Luther E. Vanlandingham Morales St Fedo Tenth St W. A. Petty Soledad St Joske's Alamo Hotel Alamo Alamo ‘Plaza

For Rent Listings Show Diverse Homes Across City

A long column of rental notices advertises various properties including five room cottages, six room houses, unfurnished and furnished options, and multiple locations such as Navarro Street Pine Street Washington Avenue and Laurel Heights. Services include a rental department and multiple agents with several phone numbers for inquiries.

For Rent Miscellaneous Stables Near Brackenridge High

Property listing notes a stable and lot for rent close to Brackenridge High School. Apply at the Alamo though the ad emphasizes prompt service by light want ads.

Brackenridge High School Alamo

Apartments for rent in San Antonio area offered with amenities

Up-to-date furnished apartments with gas hot and cold water electric lights are listed. Seven to eight room flats and six room lower flats available at 314 Carolinas and 306 North Street. Several 4 room and 3 room furnished flats near Wigwam and Macon locations, with private baths and entrances. Stores and a corner building are also offered for rent along with a butcher shop and cottage.

East Houston Aene Eeintea Ein Ailiehilakin Dwyer Avenue Dr. Withers San Pedro South Heights Washington Ave Laurel Heights E. Woodlawn P. Depot Olive Devine &1 Nayfach Grocery E. Commerce and Sycamore Sts Southern Pacific Depot Sycamore W. P. Lobban Gibbs Ridg Sounme Alamo Plaza Lafitte Burnet St. Inquire August Mugge Nolan and Elm Sts St. Mary's St Highland Park Carolinas San Antonio Loan and Trust Co Wigwam North Street Macon

Wanted to Rent and Rooms Advertised in the Light

Classified notice offering rental management services by Richey & Casey and a manager and assistant manager address. Also requests two or three unfurnished rooms, close in, and offers furnished rooms or apartments for rent. Promotes ten day ads in the Light with half a cent per word per Sunday and mail/phone ad options.

S. P Steadias Jaffe Narp St Oldphone Madison Montana Madison St M. Nette Vauxhall Booker W. Pecan St Evrey Ave. C S. C. Burbridge Ave. E Richey & Casey Howard Hailey Navarro St Soledad

Wanted Miscellaneous Large Clean White Cotton Rags

Advertises payment of three cents per pound for large clean white cotton rags delivered to the light.

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