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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
11
A fragmented 1950s era classified page lists automotive and trade school adverts. It mentions need for students, practical shop work, delivery of apprenticeships, and various job postings for sales agents, barbers, drivers, cooks, and carpenters with locations in multiple streets and cities.
Fragmented classified column lists many help wanted ads for women and girls. Entries mention positions: housework, cook, governess, child care, and general domestic tasks. Various addresses and contact details appear, including several city streets and phone numbers.
WANTED position by a young man with year of experience in general farm work. Needs to be healthy and capable, familiar with the Wan of Loola, and able to provide references. Also seeking a young man to provide basic carpentry and related labor, with permanent position possible. Address F R 1404 care Light.
A jumble of lost goods and rental ads appears, including a missing gold watch engraved to a pup, a trailing reward offer, and numerous furnished and unfurnished room rentals. Contact details reference D. Fernandez and others, with several addresses and phone fragments scattered throughout.
Rental ad lists ground floor rooms for rent with yard access. Describes unfurnished spaces, single rooms, and basic living areas. Includes contact location hints near Hill area and Old Rhone district for inquiries.
Various furnished rooms and rents advertised across multiple addresses. Includes housekeeping rooms from $11 monthly, two connecting furnished rooms near a depot, modern apartments with electricity and lights, and several locations offering beds, baths, and light housekeeping with terms like one or two occupants. Some listings note proximity to streets and businesses.
Nicely furnished rooms with table board offered near South Front Avenue and Rosace Street. Two rooms available with or without meals, in a modern, street-clad building with rear access. Rates from $17 per month and other terms listed. Contact The Albert, 4 and Avenues, or phone for details and availability.
A fragmented 20th century rental column lists numerous housing options. Several four room cottages with baths at 1789 Mort Heckberry and 709 Montana street, a three room house on 1902 South Otlvertrees, a modern four room cottage at 100 Meffellenn ave, and other rentals with prices, streets, and contact notes. Many entries mention baths, stables, yard space, or proximity to utilities.
Classified ad offers furnished one and two room cottages and houses for rent near Calvary Street and Laurel Belgata Terrace. Includes details on water, gas, and contact numbers with several addresses in Tobin, Olympian Way, and Porter Street.
For rent two modern four room NW apartments with private entrance and gate. Rent forty three dollars each. Apply at 416 Tuckmond Ave. Contact QR Rent for details.
For rent in Houston Street area a large basement commercial space with entrance from SDS East Houston Street. Complete building and corner store fronts offered for lease in whole or part. Good business venture with terms negotiable and available for immediate occupancy. Local brokerage listing by Kholonila Srarrre.
WANTED TO RENT. WANTED TO RANT FOUR OF HIVE Toon cottage near tar iiss high location. In S94 a Housan Wit vm Dun rovial department 14 up to duia and eftichin, Bleney & Casey 62 Navarro. Wirew phone 2233. ROOM ARD BOARD YOR COUPLE private family, not Mick, will not totate where wiek are oy Hage ween. Furnished AAT WANTED. We want more furnished apartments with no renuonable veniking dlatanve of Aventarny nection. PUAZA BEAUTY Cd. $85 Alamo Biexa. Old phone £189. HOUSES WANTED in vicinity of Madison Square, furnished and anthrolahea. Also for 5 and 9-room houses. Get buay aml let va licwr from you th onae 5ZA NRALTY CO. 42 Alamon Piben. WANTED BY A PERMANRENT COUPLE nice room furnished or unfurnished Close in Old phone 4064. WANTED WICE OOM FOR YOUNG MAN permanently Forated must be inside post office area. Address 3000 Lisht Y RIeTe. BICYCLE strong jacycle price 12."
Fragmentary OCR item mentions vehicles and names like Borniss and Cheancone along with scattered phrases about areas and wagons. The readable text is limited, unclear, and includes garbled terms, offering minimal concrete details or context for a fuller summary.
A garbled set of classified “WANTED” notices requests items and services including laundry savings, cotton rags, diamond and gold seeking, home building planning, upholstery, piano as trade, phonographs, show cases, land for trade in, cash for second hand goods, and a modern high power rifle. The snippets show names, streets, and contact hints placeholders, reflecting a bustling urban classifieds page.
A trove of rough sale notes lists blue ribbon horses, mares, ponies, and ponies with buggy gear. Names include H. H. Threlle, A. Li ism, and W. W. Genter. Locations in Gunter and Soledad area show multiple listings, prices range from tens to hundreds, and buyers seek pasture and care with drivers and harness gear. Several ads mention egg production, feed, and delivery readiness, reflecting a bustling early 20th century livestock market.
An OCR filled with scattered ad lines advertises auctions at 104 Travis Street selling cars, wagons, mules, ponies, cattle, chickens, eggs, and various farm and household items. The notice lists multiple contact numbers, old addresses, and unclear dates, with a December sale date and a wide range of items from engines to feed and poultry.
Old and new automobiles advertised with many errors and rough descriptions. Vehicles include seven passenger cars, first-class condition, various makes and models, at low prices. Listings note ownership changes, quick sale, cash buyers, and local dealers like Woodward Carriage Co and Dujoire Alamo garage.
Housing and business loan notices advertise quick cash with or without security. Lenders promise low rates on furniture, stock, automobiles, and valuables. Many offer weekly or monthly payments and confidential service from offices on multiple streets.
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