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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1912
Page
35
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Mrs Margaret Deuerling died in San Antonio Texas at 3 20 am February 17 1912 aged 62 years 11 months. Funeral from 226 Nolan street Monday February 19 at 9 am with services at St Josephs church and interment at New St Josephs cemetery.
Ross E McLean infant son of Mr and Mrs 7 A McLean died yesterday at 4 46 pm at 138 Belden Avenue Harlandale Funeral at 3 30 pm interment in Mission Burial Park cause of death pneumonia
Expressions of gratitude from the Hein and Rhein er families and others for sympathy and floral offerings during illness and death. Thanks to Grinnell and Alamo lodges Royal Achates Ladies Aid St John Lutheran Church Rev Hartmann and neighbors for support and hymns at graveside.
Numerous job notices list male assistant managers in five towns with salaries and advancement, sales and English Spanish skills required, and references. Other ads seek store workers, granite cutters, travel agents, a city solicitor and auto school students with details on contact addresses and phone numbers.
A dense collage of job listings and business offers including experienced workers in blacksmithing and painting, canvassers, drivers with wagons, a photographer trainee, and sales roles. Also promotes a San Antonio Business College program and travel sample distribution with varying pay and locations such as 614 River avenue, 501 Hays Street, 116 West Crockett Street, and 307 Alamo Plaza.
Classified notices show a male worker seeking two hours four days a week and other individuals asking for farm or office work. Entries include a bookkeeper stenographer seeking mornings, a young man seeking any job, and a horse caretaker desirous of steady home or mercantile employment. Also listed is a carpenter seeking repair work at 7876 Light.
A collage of early 20th century classified ads seeks workers and salesmen. Listings include a first class ironer and presser, traveling representatives for an eastern publishing house, painters and paperhangers, a local representative for a realty firm, and a man to run a berry farm near Alvin. Salaries offered range from monthly wages to commissions with room for advancement.
A dense classified page lists numerous women sought for work and domestic roles. Many entries offer good pay for housework nannies cooks and tailoring or sales positions in local shops with contact details and addresses across River Avenue Main avenues and local hotels, inviting qualified applicants to apply promptly. The page also includes lost and found notices with descriptions and contact points.
Advertisements list multiple furnished housekeeping rooms with private entrances and modern conveniences. Properties include 1034 Avenue Cd, 496 W Elmira, 628 W Myrtle, 114 Victoria, 4250 San Pedro, 224 Arciniega, 403 Madison St, 105 Lewis Street, and 615 Spoford Avenue. Details mention hot and cold water, gas, baths, and proximity to car lines with various rents.
Young applicant seeks bookkeeping work offering growth potential. References available upon request. Address provided as 3059 Light.
A collection of brief help wanted notices from a local page includes a female stenographic position seeker's note at 8071 Light with references, a dressmaker offering daily sewing at 401 Avenue C, an experienced dressmaker available for daywork, and a WHITH WOMAN seeking housework by day or week at 7877 ght.
Multiple notices seek salesmen to sell Foley's Honey and Tar to country merchants with team and rig required. Apply W A Gibbons San Antonio. Also four local stock or specialty salesmen needed, room 306 Gunter hotel 2 to 5 pm. Other postings recruit salesmen to call on grocers confectioners and general stores with monthly pay and expenses Frisco Cider Co St Louis Mo Imperial Co St Louis Mo.
Classified notice style ad copy seeking agents for land sales in Port O Connor and multiple U S companies. Includes requests for perfume agents, knitting product sellers, portrait agents, alcohol free liquor business, and mail order agency opportunities with substantial profits and training.
Alfred McGaffey private detective offers confidential service across the state. Located at 216 New Frost Building. Both phones listed for contact.
Several neatly furnished front rooms with baths and telephones offered near Joske's, the post office, and downtown areas. Listings include old and new phone numbers, varied rents from $2.50 to several dollars per week, and proximity to streetcar lines and amenities.
A collection of ads for rooms and board in San Antonio area hotels and private homes. Listings include single and en suite rooms with meals, private baths, steam heat, and city locations such as 359 E Commerce, 27 Avenue, 820 Avenue D, 615 Soledad St, 450 Main Ave, and 611 San Pedro. Several "WANTED" notices seek a young lady or two gentlemen to board.
Classified notices list numerous partially furnished and nicely furnished rooms for rent in central San Antonio. Many offer private baths, modern conveniences, meals, or light housekeeping with proximity to the post office, car lines, depots, and downtown streets such as Alamo and Commerce. High turnover ads emphasize affordable weekly rates and private family or single occupancy.
Multiple listings for unfurnished rooms with details on location and phone contacts. 115 Lewis street offers two rooms. 705 Burleson street lists three rooms for light housekeeping near Nol an car line. 721 W. Pop lar near San Pedro car. 909 E. Houston near post office. 1026 8S. Alamo provides one furnished and two unfurnished bedrooms.
Classified notice offers rooms with or without board at 817 Nolan St and a separate room and board option four blocks north of Travis Park with modern conveniences. Contact phones listed 8828 and 7413 respectively.
A collage of rental notices and business ads. Several houses and cottages for rent with prices from 7.50 to 20 dollars, including five room and three room units. Also listings for a modern four room cottage near Alamo Street and various phone numbers and addresses. Also pest control ad promising guaranteed extermination and demonstrations.
A series of rental and storefront notices advertise spaces for lease and offices. Listings include a corner building at 903 Past Houston Street for whole or partial floor space, a confectionery and cigar stand at 624 Main Ave opposite the high school, a private office for $15 at 204 Swearington Building, and a store room at 115 N Flores with plate glass front and rear alley access. Contact L Goldman at 409 Main Plaza or Nicholson Furnish & Smith at 408-412 Gunter Bldg.
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