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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1911
Page
4
The San Antonio Light outlines per word rates for classified ads and insertions. It details payment timing, telephone submission, and discontinuation policies, plus a stop notice on declined ads and a receipt upon advertisement acceptance.
Fragmented scanned text shows broad classified ads many for employment and training. Entries mention male help in Austin and New Orleans areas, auto shop and jewelry firms, sales and retail positions, shoe salesmen, and wage offers. Contains garbled OCR but preserves intent of recruitment across various industries.
A jumble of illegible and offensive classified style notices seeks workers including cooks maids and general help. Multiple ads offer high wages for various positions aimed at women girls and families. References required and ages specified with racial and domestic work terms.
A garbled classifieds page lists numerous job seekers and openings. Items include a young man seeking work, a man with postal and delivery skills, an experienced amanuensis, and a 10-year veteran seeking new employment. Ads mention clerical, electrical, and general labor roles with contact notes and city references.
A garbled OCR page lists job wanted ads including female and male solicitors, agents, and salesmen, plus insurance, and a broad array of lost and for rent notices. It includes stray items like a cow, jewelry, and railroad mileage credits, with contact details and rewards.
A flood of rental notices lists furnished rooms single rooms and housekeeping arrangements across multiple streets in town. Advertised amenities include gas hot and cold water private baths and shared living spaces with flexible dates and prices. Contact numbers and street addresses appear with varied spelling and typos.
A jumble of hotel and room rental notices details first class rooms with board at multiple addresses. Listings include Aldine Motel Avonny De Micely and Avenue B Olé phone 7014, front rooms with heat, private influence, and furnishings, plus several unpriced vacancies offering furnished rooms with or without board. Some notices request inquiries at listed phones.
A stream of rental notices lists seven to nine room cottages and houses for rent. Entries describe apartments on Montene street and Norch Hookbercy area with baths, halls, porches, and various conveniences. Prices range from around 10 to 45 dollars monthly, with notes on proximity to streets and local landmarks.
Classified rental and housing notes show multiple postings. Listings mention corner Monterey and Helkoo streets, Plaza Realty, and 399 Alarao Wher Bach Menon with asks and contact hints. Widespread requests include apartments, houses, and room rentals with various terms and prices.
Classified fragment lists numerous wants and ads for second-hand items including clothing, furniture, pianos, horses, cattle, goats, chickens, grain, and farm supplies. Names locations and contact hints appear with prices and terms, signaling a bustling urban exchange page with numerous buyers and sellers.
A readably garbled classified page shows various handmade ads and notices. Listings include poultry and pet sales with prices, dogs and parrots, imported items, farm goods, and stray barker copy. The jumble hints at local commerce and pet vendors in a coastal town.
A garbled OCR passage presents scattered phrases about vehicles, harnesses, places, and names. The fragmentary lines lack coherent events, dates, or identifiable entities to form a concise news item or outcome. Further readable text is needed to craft a valid summary.
Classified fragment lists sale items including secondhand live-passenger cars, tires, and vehicle parts. Mentions locations and contact cues with scattered misread text. references an owner moving town and a garage listing. Contains several brand-like terms and ad style notes with uncertain details due to OCR corruption.
A collage of penny penny loans and confidential quick money offers from multiple lenders. Advertisements promise loans on any item of value with no security and weekly repayment plans. Names combine various locations and offices, including Houston and San Pedro area mentions, with generic guarantor promises and salvageable goods exchanges.
Money wanted by a loan company seeks small and large loans on security. Details for particulars to SHULER & BNELHAUWE West Commercial Street. City notices refer to a general loan service offering reliable terms and varied collateral.
Xmas gifts of diamunda watches clocks and jewelry offered by Croulow and Son at 402 Mackay. Manufacturing and repacking details noted with special prices and limited stock. Local ads emphasize home office and store needs with holiday appeal and promotional offers.
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