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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
9
A two room house on 50 by 194 foot lot sits two blocks from the car area on Paso Hondo street at 1305. Prospective buyers may see owner or W B Whitaker of French Building opposite the court house.
A long block of housing and land ads lists many properties for sale or exchange in San Antonio. Items include a newly built cottage on large fenced lot in Harlandale with well and outbuildings. an eight room house with stable near car line. corner lot at Chestnut and Crockett. close in lots with build options. several farm and acreage offers across Pearsall Cotulla and Edwards, Live Oak, Aransas areas. Listings emphasize cash, easy terms, and exchanges, with contact names and addresses like Alfred W. Kohde, Les B. Irish, M. C. Ramm, John H. Bolton, and others.
Mrs Lysbeth J Campbell leads New York Christian Science Home association in defiance of church directors to establish a home for students in New York City. They cite a 1907 Mrs Eddy letter promising a 1 million endowment and aim to incorporate this week despite opposition from Boston chiefs.
A collage of for sale notices across San Antonio area real estate. Multiple properties include a two story residence with outbuildings on Brooklyn avenue, a six room colonial on Post avenue, a Essex street home, and several smaller cottages. Listings show owner names Chas Austin A J Greiner Dr Evans and R H Wester Co with prices from $650 to $5250 and terms including cash and monthly payments.
An assortment of classified entries for Harrison Moving Co and San Antonio Expressmen and Moving Vans advertise storage packing shipping services with new contact numbers. Separate furniture stalls priced at 1.50 monthly. Also mentions aerial parcels post trials and a city curfew ringing in thousands of towns.
Readable excerpts show prices for vegetables fruits canned goods and more. Idaho potatoes 2.10 to 2.15 per cwt yellow yams 1.75 cabbage 1.75 to 2.00 per cwt onions 2.00 to 2.26 cwt beans 2.25 to 2.50 per hamper. Citrus and other fruits list California oranges 2.75 per box grapefruit 5.50 bananas 3 per cwt lemons 4.50. Nuts dried fruits and canned goods priced per case or bushel with many items. Hides salt fish flour corn syrup and seeds also listed with ranges.
An old advertisement lists a variety of meats and cheeses with unit prices including fancy cream 16 1-2c per pound, dry salted bacon 10c, dry salt bellies 12 1-20 to 16 pounds 12c, star breakfast bacon 24c, standard breakfast bacon 20c, hams 17c, star hams 18c, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds.
The timetable shows arrivals and departures for trains from the north and east, including No 6 6:45 am arrivals and No 4 2 55 pm departures, local trains to Palestine and Laredo, express specials north, and sleepers to Houston Galveston and Kerrville with varied daily schedules and notes on mixed routes and Sunday services.
The repeal of the muzzling order unleashed sixty thousand dogs in Greater Berlin last summer for the first time in years, leaving city streets free of previous restraints.
A Hong Kong facility operates with American equipment to produce shoes. The plant signals an expansion in footwear manufacturing and ties to American technology. Local workers anticipate steady jobs and potential export growth amid ongoing trade ties.
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