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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
3
An old notice promotes Grange trees for Teas that will bear one year after planting. Readable details mention growth on South Flores Street near Campbell-Petty Lumber yard and contact Frank Basala via Bol phones 110% ring up Sopssment Bill Wood Yard for heat oak crave wood and chunks.
Mayor's office announces Board of Equalization will convene in City Hall room 18 on Monday November 2 for appeals of assessments for the year ending May 31, 1908. Sessions run daily from 9 am to 4 pm except Sundays and holidays, with no petitions after adjournment. Bryan J. Allaghan, Mayor. City Clerk Frud Fries attest.
One dollar down and one dollar per week buys a homesite in a new Roosevelt addition. Lots priced from 150 to 200 dollars with free deed and abstract, no interest or tax until paid, and a guarantee of future value due to expected city improvements. Call for showings at Mackay Building.
A San Pedro springs area bungalow priced at 1600 dollars offers a four room layout with two galleries and porcelain bath. The advert promotes a 100 dollar cash payment plus 15 dollars monthly at a stated interest rate, urging buyers to stop renting and start home ownership through Empire Realty Company at 120 Mackay Building.
Fragmented notices advertise a band director teaching all band instruments at 609 Avenue D and a phone listing 2502. Telegraphy lessons offered by a Rathyny vs Uraughon's Practice at a college corner Alamo and Crocker. Includes promotion for Why Learn Telegraphy booklet and a local bicycle store at 120-226 Main avenue with two phone numbers.
A long list of property deeds shows transfers among Wunderlichs Warrens Valdezes Fischers and others across Bexar Nueces and surrounding counties. Transactions detail lots blocks streets and city extensions with amounts ranging from 75 to 10000 dollars and dates from December 1908 to January 1909.
A general weather report notes pressure patterns over a broad area and suggests a warm night turning cooler with light to moderate winds from the southwest and west. Forecaster Allen Tot Ts Yaient cautions of partly cloudy skies, with high humidity in central regions and warming into Sunday.
A fragmented note notes timing and country references with unclear wording. The brief item mentions o'clock timings and earnings but lacks coherent details or identifiable names, places, or organizations to establish concrete facts.
A furniture buyer claims chairs will rise in price over the next decade citing material scarcity and durability. He argues public demands keep prices high even as forests are tapped and suggests builders and buyers ignore forest protection for profit. The piece includes a skeptical call to prospective builders to scrutinize a provocative plan.
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