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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1911
Page
30
Classified ad rates listed for The San Antonio Light outline per word charges for daily and Sunday runs, with 15 word minimums, monthly options, and interval discounts. Policies include no telephone submissions for run indefinitely notices, written stop orders, and the newspaper's right to reject copy.
The Small family extends heartfelt thanks to friends and relatives for assistance during their son Elroy's illness and funeral. Appreciation goes to nurse Miss M O Scudy and Rev Hartmann for kind words and floral offerings. Also note Joske Bros Co sent $100 checks to St. Joseph's and St. John's orphanages to aid Christmas for orphans.
A garbled help wanted page lists positions across many towns. Ads seek assistant managers, salesmen, auto school students, boot and shoe sales, bakers, cooks, housework, drug store clerks, barbers, performers, canvassers, travel sales, and messengers. Several ads require references, bicycles, or cash, with locations in Austin, New Orleans, Del Rio, Floresville, San Antonio, and Chicago.
A dense list of help wanted ads seeks women and girls for general housework cooking and waitressing across multiple addresses including Water street Magnolia avenue and Nolan street. Several entries request experienced cooks nurses and seamstresses with wages and contact details. Also notes a pianist for a road show and a traveling sales role in Texas.
A long column of short ads shows multiple job seekers. A Raymond Brown of Ashwood seeks ranch foreman and cattleman positions, while another 35 year old man advertises as sober, industrious and experienced. Other notices include stenographers, bookkeepers, a civil engineer, a clerk, collector, nurse or watchman roles, and general office positions with various old phone numbers and care addresses.
SALESMEN WANTED MEN OR WOMEN who want to make large salary in rep resenting a large company's interests. Call at 325 Moore building. SALESMEN TO HANDLE OUR HIGHgrade lubricating oils auto oils greases paints varnishes and complete specialty line. Salary or commission General Petroleum Co Cleveland Ohio.
A long paragraph of lost and found notices lists animals including a Jersey cow three years old with left cheek branding, a missing gold breast pin, a gold initial watch, a gold brooch, and various pets and items. Also contains numerous rental ads for furnished and unfurnished rooms with contact details and addresses on Matamoros, Flores, Commerce, and other streets, plus phone numbers and street names. Reward offers accompany several losses.
Multiple listings offer unfurnished rooms for rent in various neighborhoods. Options include three rooms with bath on South Venter Street, private homes suitable for housekeeping, and single rooms with gas and electric lights. Some units are near car lines or near landmarks like Joske's. Addresses include 112 Gembler Street, 135 South Venter Street, 415 East Commerce, 620 W. Mistletoe Avenue, and 203 De Vine Street. Old phones 2540, 6970, 1467, 6973.
A long catalog of rooms for rent lists housekeeping suites with gas electric light hot water and private baths in multiple addresses such as 821 East Nueva 315 East Nueva 109 Nathan and 807 South Cherry. Numerous hotels and houses advertise furnished rooms with or without board near depots and central streets plus contact phone numbers and old phones.
Richey & Casey Exclusive Agents list numerous unfurnished and furnished houses for rent. Properties at 201 E Evergreen, 118 W French Place, 615 W Russell Place, 139 W Carolina St, 119 W Carolina St, and many more across Devine, Dunning, Hicks, Henrietta, Commerce, and surrounding streets. Includes mod 2-story, cot, 6- to 12-room layouts with rents ranging from 10.00 to 380.00 per month. Also notes for three-room houses, colored tenants areas, and contact at 425 Navarro S&J, Esther, phone 2236.
Property listings show numerous dwellings for rent in San Antonio area with details including street addresses, 4 to 9 rooms, cottages and houses, baths or hall baths, modernizations, and monthly rents from 8 to 60 dollars. Notable listings include 126 E French Pt 9r $66, 416 Baltimore Ave 8r $60, 400 Baltimore Ave 6r $40, 311 Lamar br $25, 806 Rural Ave 3r cottage $11, and several furnished options. Additional notices reference furnished cottages, two and three room houses, and office/residence uses.
Properties at 509 Carson St 8-r 1010 Dawson St 6-r 18.00 at 603 Monterey St 2-r 5.00 760 Leal St 4-r 12.50 206 Brown's Alley 3-r 10.00 08 Avenue A 4-r with water. Office of C. Sullivan Investment Co Navarro St Gracie Cornett Ramsey contact old and new phone numbers. agents invite inquiries for furnished and unfurnished houses and apartments.
A jumble of rental notices lists dozens of properties including three room, four room, and five room cottages, furnished and unfurnished, at 1001 South Olive Street, 400 McMullen Avenue, 627 Essex Street, 724 Victoria Street, 112 Newton Street, 1510 Buena Vista Street, and more. Advertisements detail rates from $9.50 to $75 per month plus gas ranges, baths, yards, porches, and modern amenities. Listings include contact notes for B Ruben, Pflughaupt's Bakery, Fowler Bros. Land Co, and AZA Realty Company at 33 Alamo Plaza with assorted phone numbers.
Two new modern four room flats with bath and sleeping porch near Alamo plaza, ready in one week, rent $25. Apply 623 South Street. Lovely three room flat with private bath entrance and gallery, furnished for housekeeping in new home. references. Old phone 3098. Close in two new four room flats ready in one week with instantaneous heater in bath, sleeping porch. furnished or unfurnished. ring New phone 1834 or apply 323 South Street.
FOR RENT WARE house corner of Monterey and Salado streets for rent in whole or part. Carle Grocery Co wholesale grocers. FOR RENT LARGS BRICK STORE 619 East Commerce and 110 Sycamore block west Southern Pacific depot. Also large basement corner East Commerce and Sycamore $1000 and $500 on vendor or builders' liens. A SNAP INVESTIGATE entire floor space corner 903 East Houston street. FOR RENT STORE ROOM AND BABLi ment 115 North Flores between Houston and Commerce streets Nicholson Furnish Smith 408 412 Gunter Bldg.
Large warehouse on G N track near passenger depot between Commerce and Buena Vista streets will be ready for occupancy January 1, 1912. For particulars see San Antonio Loan and Trust Co. 218 W Commerce street.
A sequence of notices seeking rental properties and rooms near Light Street area. Includes requests for modern 4 to 8 room houses, unfurnished or furnished, by individuals and families. Agencies pledge quick listings from Plaza Realty Company at 833 Alamo Plaza with phones 534.
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