Builders and Contractors Firm Advertises at Alamo Nat Bank
Light want ad notes Fleed Walker seeking $1011.12 from Alamo National Bank. It lists Build ers Findlay Mfo Co Building & Contracting Co located at 738 Mast Houston Street.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
3
Light want ad notes Fleed Walker seeking $1011.12 from Alamo National Bank. It lists Build ers Findlay Mfo Co Building & Contracting Co located at 738 Mast Houston Street.
A garbled classified section lists various items for sale and services with broken phrases. It mentions job ads for office help and general workers, a manager designation with a Chicago agency, furniture and goods for sale, farm produce and trees, a gold watch for sale, and rental notices. The legible items include phone references and street addresses such as Wabash Ave Chicago and 1094 South Alamo.
Fragments from a 1908 notice list a messenger service urging prompt delivery at 1094 South Alamo and 1720 Durango, plus ads for painting, hardware, and pawn services. Other items include sealed bids for county leaf record binding, contractor offerings, bookkeeping school claims, and lost and stray animal notices across San Antonio areas.
General weather report notes unsettled conditions across the United States and Canada with varying air pressure. Temperature range observed from 61 degrees in Brownsville Texas to 12 degrees in Madena Utah. Local ads push loans on stock jewelry and diamonds. real estate listings and miscellaneous notices included.
J P Smith submits two five room dwellings and sheds on the east side of Hackberry Avenue for 2000 dollars. J P Smith also files a no five room dwelling and sheds on the west side of South Olive Street for 2000 dollars. N A Dawson builds a five room dwelling on the north side of Dittmar Avenue for 1000 dollars. War T Tummorii is listed for a five room dwelling on the south side of Heling Avenue. Yattove Salinas reports a five room dwelling and shed on the north side of Far.
The article notes the passenger pigeon once among the fastest flyers, with a reported length of about 16.25 inches and wingspread around 7.8 inches. Sustained speed is described as exceeding a mile per minute, with some authorities estimating up to 126 miles per hour.
Fragmentary rail timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple trains including No 9 Local from Taplor No 4 Front Mexico No 2 Houston and the coast No 3 Houston and the coast No 64 Kerrville Sunday services and No 10 for El Paso plus various regional routes and arrival times such as 7 20 pm 7 00 pm and 8 00 pm suggests a regional schedule excerpt with incomplete data and erratic spellings
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