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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1916
Page
8
Rates for classified ads are listed with per word charges for single and multiple insertions. Special half-rate for situation wanted ads except professional cards. Minimum 10 cents. word counts apply after 15 words. Ads accepted until cutoffs. late submissions go to Too Late to Classify.
A local notice states that classified advertising orders to be placed indefinitely must be in writing and no advertisements may be accepted over the phone. Discontinuation orders also require writing and will not be accepted by telephone. A stop order receipt is issued when the ad is discontinued.
A publication warns advertisers that errors are their responsibility and that only the first insertion of a classified ad is guaranteed correct. The notice emphasizes accuracy and implies potential liability for misprints.
Combined guaranteed circulation 140000 daily and 170000 Sunday across Dallas Times Herald Fort Worth Star Telegram El Paso Herald Houston Chronicle San Antonio Light. 20 word ad across all five papers costs 1 for one week or 2.20 for three insertions including one Sunday. Minimum 29 words. Submit by noon preceding Thursday to The San Antonio Light Classified Advertising.
Train schedule summary lists arrivals and departures for routes including Laredo Houston Kerrville and Kerrville daily and Sunday services. References multiple trains such as Sunshine Special Katy Limited Texas Special and Sunset Limited with varying times and connections at Houston Waco Corpus Christi and San Antonio stations.
Classified notice shows a 4 room dwelling on Saunders Avenue listed by Keyes with a price of $1000. Mention of Moynahan as owner or contact and another entry for a dwelling on Avenue is noted.
Classified notice listing employment services in San Antonio. Includes recruitment for chauffeurs waiters porters cooks maids and messengers with contact points at 228 E Commerce and Crockett 1804. Promotes barber trade training at Molet Barber College 127 W Commerce St. Ends noting higher Light circulation in city.
We rent good houses to good tenants. Gracie Cornett Ramsey at Swear Ingen Bldg. corner Houston and Alamo. Two phones. For rent four room bungalow with all modern conveniences newly papered and painted. Inquire 231 Nolan St.
For rent a furnished or unfurnished five room cottage in Tobim Han with gas hot water and stylish fixtures. Phone Crockett 3603. Also for rent a nicely furnished cottage with three rooms hall bath pantry and conveniences at 209 Omaha Street. Two room furnished cottage offers use of telephone and sewing machine at 203 South Pinto Travis.
Classified note offers reasonable room and board at 210 Quincy St San Pedro with a contact phone Travis 2949. Mentions best location in city and lists 1022 Main Ave as another address.
Shacklett Apartment at 202 Vine St offers furnished housekeeping rooms and two and three room suites. An unfurnished five room apartment with sleeping porch and modern features is available near Gunter Hotel. Other listings include a five room flat at 128 Mason St and a three room well furnished apartment with southeast exposure. Unfurnished four room apartments at 200 Sixth St and two rooms for housekeeping at Crockett 2343. New phone 3039 and Cr. 8642.
Classified brief seeks a desk room or part of an office at 405 Five-Room Cottage near Catholic school and church. Permanent renter wants a well kept house not far from the area, rental price not exceeding 25 dollars. Also mentions 423 ght as an approximate address reference.
Fer d Stapfel promotes hay and grain seeds poultry supplies incubators and breeders at 319 B Commerce St. Southwestern Bee Co offers Purina chick feed and eggs for setting White Leghorn eggs and Thoroughbred Buff Orpington stock listed with contact Travis 2382 Crockett 7781 and three French Poodle pups for sale at 111 Crofton Ave Cr 8642.
Classified notice advertises several animals and vehicles. A Kentucky horse and buggy priced low, a gentle horse, a Shetland pony, two wide tire gravel wagons, three spring wagons, and second-hand farm implements offered near addresses on Essex Street and River Avenue with contact to call Monday.
A and Quasso, designer, tailors remaking lady suits at St. Mary's Bt opposite the Gunter hotel offering remodel services.
A crowded ad notes a shift away from water cooled cars to air cooled Franklin models as sales surge. The ad by Birdsong and Potchernicke at 124-126 Ave. D highlights low prices for auto carriage and wagon painting, with Hannich and Travis listed as contacts.
Local ads offer many makes and models for exchange or sale. Listings include roadsters saxon ford stoddard dayton maxwell oldsmobile cadillac and more with prices from $89 to $825 plus trade options. Locations cited across Flores Street and Commerce Street Crockett and Alamo Heights.
New and second hand furniture advertised for sale with easy payments at Alamoto Furniture Co and Eagle Furniture Co. An auction on Tuesday at 331 E Commerce St offers dressers, beds, tables, refrigerators and more. A Golden Oak dining set with six chairs is offered for sacrifice at $100 with Crockett phone contact.
Advertisement offers a fifty H. gas engine in fine condition for sale or trade for an auto or livestock. Also available a new 30 inch double fan and cotton to three gin stands. Contact P. Laughter, Bentonville, Texas.
Bargains listed on a fragmented ad offer diamonds and watches from Estrepolitan Lean Office at 3237 EB Houston St. Goop Hay at No 11 Collins Gardens priced 25c per bale. Wood for sale includes four-foot mesquite at 4-foot cord $5.00 and $4.25 delivered. Travis contact 667.
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