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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1908

Page

13

Palace Livery Stable Promises Fine Horses and Carriages

For IFS as are sent out by the Palace Livery Stable the largest and best equipped stable in Texas with special attention to details. Horses boarded and cared for in the best possible manner. The finest carriages and furnishings in the city at reasonable rates. Mr Edward W Weisinger will welcome you at Gullombir opposite the Menger hotel.

Palace Livery Texas Edward WW. Heusinger Iffiet Menger Hotel

Reed Jewelry Manufacturing Co at 122 Soledad Street

Reed Jewelry Manufacturing Co operates a complete jewelry and electro plating plant in the city. It offers electro plating to renew old articles and samples are shown at the store. Frank J. Reed, with fifteen years in jewelry making, heads the business, which guarantees work and invites trials.

Wity Reed Jewelry Manufacturing Co Soledad Street Frank J. Reed As & Manufacturing Jnb

The Beauty Shop at 311 Navarro Street

Ladies and men may visit The Beauty Shop to receive hairdressing shampooing facial work manicuring and related services. Located behind the Lockwood National Bank the shop promises first class care with affordable charges and a polite staff. A trial visit is encouraged to establish regular patronage.

Navarra Street Lockwood National Bank Unitte

Shelley Undertaking Co Leads With Joe Shelley’s Reputation

Joe Shelley, longtime head of Shelley Undertaking Co with W P Shelley and P L Loring, remains a top embalmer in the state. The firm, at Military Plaza near the city hall, offers a large assortment of goods and modern, efficient service through both old and new phone numbers.

Joe Shelley Shelley Undertaking Company W. P. Shelley PL F Loring Military Plaza Bhelley

Sunny South Saloon Promotes Notable Establishment

The Sunny South Saloon at the corner of Houston and Navarre streets, run by Joseph Sinnenger, is hailed as one of the finest and best conducted in the region. Patrons are greeted courteously by a courteous staff in a well regarded venue featuring cigars and drinks.

Sunny Seth Joseph sInenger Houeton Navarre Proprietoy Tuenger South United States

Grand Central Hotel Bar Ad Speaks Of Quality

An old advertisement from the Grand Central Hotel Bar invites patrons to the Pat O'Toole prep and proclaims the bar offers the best beer on tap and root whiskey, promising consistency amid adulterations. The note mentions the address LJ4 West Commerce and urges friends to visit for fresh beverages.

Pat O'Toole West Commerce

The Model Tailors offer new 18.00 inducements

The Model Tailors at 301 East Commerce Brtest advertise low price suits and easy payments. They call for and deliver cleaning, pressing, and repair work and offer hundreds of gown patterns. Representatives will call with samples. phone 300-3R.

East Commerce

Burns and Co Drug Store Ad Offers Pure Medicines

An old advertisement for Burns and Co promotes pure drugs under supervision, notes a stocked assortment including physicians proscription medicines, and emphasizes no substitutions. It highlights a soda fountain, stationary, magazines, and amenities at Corner Houston and Nevada Streets in San Antonio with welcoming seating for customers awaiting streetcars.

San Antonio Houston Nevarra

The Wily Burglar

Two burglars scheme to break into a house with questions and banter. The dialogue hints at a bungled plan and failed attempt as the pair discuss doors and mischief.

Hugo Schemelter and Co. San Antonio Wholesalers for a Century

Hugo Schemetzler and Company emerged as a leading San Antonio wholesale house from 1871, growing from a partnership to a stock firm. Victor Hugo presides with G Hevermann and Ralph Hugo among officers. The firm handles wholesale groceries and liquors, boasting a large city stock and extensive road distribution.

San Antonio Ot Hungo Schemetczer Charles Hugo G. Scheipeltner Hey William Hevermann Fim Witil Hugo Kemeller Victor Hugo George Hevermann Ralph H Hugo H. A Browery Avor

American Stationery Co Offers Printing and Office Supplies

The American Stationery Co advertises printing services from visiting cards to books with modern type and quality. They offer blank books, office supplies, filing devices, Phenix fireproof safes, and a complete Southwestern facility for engraving and plate work. Located at 108 Soledad Street, they invite estimates and emphasize careful, high quality printing and prompt service.

Tye American Stationery Co

San Antonio Printing Co Promises Quality Service

The San Antonio Printing Co highlights satisfaction in timely, first class work. It touts using good paper, the latest typefaces, and skilled craftsmen, claiming no rushed jobs and dependable results.

Prominent San Antonio firm expands in prime location

The firm, composed of leading local businessmen, operates from a prime acre site near the convent and Alamo portico. It has been a vigorous driver of San Antonio's development, moving into a new large building after a prosperous year and positioning itself among the South’s top wholesale sugar firms.

Portzon Alamo San Antonio Hildling Aly Wholesale

Saratoga Restaurant Promises Best Meals in City

Saratoga Restaurant at 988 Mast Wonston offers well cooked juicy steak and varied dining rooms including Ladies' private seating. Regular dinners served from 4 2 foot op, with large staff and steady order flow through the day. A bustling establishment praised for reasonable prices and ample accommodation.

Wonston Saratoga Regulay Alabarabe Hill

Local Tradesman Offers Plumbing and Heating Services

An advertisement extols a plumber and shaper offering plumbing, heating, electrical work, and concrete block houses. It highlights low prices, skilled contractor Slane Brag at 1012 East Dome Street, and urges consulting Lune Bros before arranging building plans.

Slane Brag East Dome Mierte Street Lune Bros

Unclear OCR note on sidewalk construction and blocks

Fragmentary text mentions concrete blocks and sidewalks, with references to Lerma Thera Slane Brow and Urey. It reads as a remark on building quality, past work, and reliability, but lacks coherent events or dates. Entities include Slane Brow and Urey, suggesting a local construction context.

Urey

Ripps Seed and Paint Co ad promotes stock and services

The Ripps Seed and Paint Company at 623 Market Street offers a variety of seeds paints and furnishings with prompt service and quality work. San Antonio Print Co. also advertises as a stationer manufacturer under L B Clegg at 124 Suledad Street.

Wholegrain Oyrerail J. F. Ripps Seed and Paint Company Market Street Alwys Kaups S.C. Whittles San Antonio Dilaukt L. B. Clegg

Garden Stables Co Promises Prompt Service and Reliability

Garden Stables Co offers moving packing shipping and baggage delivery across the city. They claim prompt handling and high customer satisfaction with personal attention from manager Frank B Beatty. Located at 231 283 306 South Flores Street, the firm emphasizes phones and reliable service.

Garden Stables Co Gahs and Avery -Thig Frank B. Beatty Flores Street

The Silver King Saloon in San Antonio

The Silver King Saloon on Commerce and Flores streets is a well known local spot praised for fine wines whiskies and cigars. The proprietor’s popularity is noted as a major draw with a welcoming atmosphere and steady patronage.

Covn Calana Sim Antonio Flores

Bread to power watchmaking in big watch factories

In Bigin and other factories, bread is used in watch production. Superintendent George E. Hunter notes bakers supply over 40 loaves daily to hydrate dough used in steam and kneading parts. The practice, while novel, reflects old methods of dough use in manufacturing.

American Food Journal Bigin George EB. Hunter No Watch Factory Megin

Fragmentary note on cleaners and dough in industry

Obscure lines describe parts of a watch and a warning about oil absorption by dough. It mentions chips slicking and substances used as wipes, noting some particles remain after wiping. Claims bread dough is still used in the water mating industry.

Birds That Auzy Nuts in Columbus

A Columbus teacher, an amateur ornithologist, notes birds and squirrels gathering and burying nuts for winter. He observes faybiuts at work among oak dicea in fall, packing nuts under leaves and later recovering them. He also describes a jayhirg flydown in snow uncovering a buried apple core.

Columbus Dispatch Columbus Faybiuts Oak Dicea

Harper's Weekly Society Note on Alt Razors and Clerks

Society item notes a tentative purchase of an alternate razor by Enk Gréen-Ab with clerical considerations discussed. The fragment mentions Eph Green-No and an informal dialogue about use and sourcing, reflecting period social exchanges and naming of local figures.

Harper's Weekly

At The Bat, (illustrated Bitz.)

A humorous dialogue unfolds as a husband questions why he did not buy shoes large enough for comfort and his wife retorts about uncle shots, delivering a witty domestic exchange.

Bitz

Clock Standin on the Mantle Shelf in Dialect Stanza

A rural voice reflects on time and aging as days unfold from yesterday to today and toward tomorrow. The speaker laments delays and laments hopes while urging acceptance of the Now and the wisdom of living in the present.

Washington Sur

Also Mentioned on This Page

Feed Jewelry Manufacturing CO Beauty Shop Shelley Undertaking CO Bunny South Saloon Alamo Plumbing GO Tha Alamo Plumbing Co Rat Navarro Street Fin Ie Shrah,mayer OF. Hergen J. 8 Chal Jey Grand Gentral Hotel Burns & CO Westervelt Realty CO Rio Grande CAD Hugo-Scheneltzer & CO Hed Hove Egga Ripagnos Ripps Sully SAN Antonio Printing CO Hugo, Schmeltzer & CO Saratoga Restaurant Grates Angeles Slane Bros F. Ripps Seed and Paint CO Silver King David Hammis Mitchell Ranabout G. D. Robbins Cor, Losoya and Crockett Sts
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