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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1912
Page
13
Classified style ad mix listing investments and businesses for sale in Arkansas Texas and San Antonio. Includes mining stock sale a saloon and restaurant listings and multiple business opportunities with contact notes and pricing hints.
Classified appeal listing farms and ranches for sale in Texas. Mentions 610 acres at 24 per acre or 16 if sold in 15 days, located 6 miles northeast Christine Atascosa County. Notes 4 barbed wire fence, tillable land, tanks water, heavy black soil, part catch. Contacts J H H and William George with addresses.
A pasted local classified page lists multiple real estate for sale items. Properties include two lots on Marcon between Trenton and Baltimore via Mrs Wilson, an owner sale cottage at 1701 Lakeview with a barn, Woodlawn Avenue four room cottage near San Pedro car with price 2350 and owner contact, a 12 room two story Avenue C house earning 8 percent with J H Landa contact, four Lamar Street lots near Pine Street car line with Olive and Lamar corner, another by owner 429 Ninth Street near Ninth Street, and a furnished Tobin Hill cottage at 305 East Dewey Place with caretaker quarters listed by owner.
For sale or exchange a five room cottage with bath and modern conveniences on a large corner lot in a nice neighborhood with shade trees. Priced at 3000 dollars, exchange for a vacant near Laurel Heights or Tobin Hill. Located at 813 Alamo National Bank building. Sterling C. Robertson.
A young couple, Alice and Viggo, confront a planned proposal from Viggo once they realize they grew up as brother and sister. Alice refuses, tears surface, and Viggo departs hopeful yet rejected, leaving the fire to burn out in a cold room.
Train schedule snippets from a historic railway page list various line initials and abbreviations. The fragment references the I and G N companies and related timetable markings.
A dense list of arrival and departure times for numerous trains from Houston Dallas Kerrville Kerrville coast towns El Paso and other routes. The entries include local mixed service, express specials, sunsets limited and regional connections with numerous times and destinations.
February 1 the Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern railroads will create a joint agricultural department in Plainview Texas. R R Claridge will head the department and a corps of agronomists will lead an educational campaign for farmers in Texas and Louisiana. The unit will work with state and national agencies to improve conditions and promote diversification and fertilizer use. Initial efforts focus on East Texas and Louisiana with plans to expand along the rail lines.
A Tokyo council under Premier Marquis Saiuki studies administrative reform with the goal of saving about 15 million dollars. The Times dispatch notes the plans meet in London with the Associated Press reporting.
Real estate ads tout a solid brick two story eight room home near car barns with south east and north porches, shrubbery, and outbuildings. Price slashed from 8000 to 6500 if sold in two weeks, plus other estate sale bargains including a 4 room partly furnished house near the workshops at 1000 dollars renting at 12 per month.
Real estate and investment ads offer 16000 acres of irrigated farming land in Matagorda county near the coast with rice culture potential and ample rain, plus Dimmitt and Bee county farms at bargain prices. Also two San Pedro avenue residences, an Olympian way home, San Fernando lots, and other investment propositions. Old phone numbers and contact notes included.
Real estate notes offer a 10 acre tract in Cross S ranch described as level fertile sandy clay soil with onion country suitability. Includes interest in an 8 inch well and reservoir. Owner compelled to sell and promises value below other buyers. Local ad lists address 4036 Light for inquiries.
An announcement from a newcomer to the area advertises clean, first class real estate business. It lists two elegant San Pedro avenue houses for sale, vacant lots, and potential loans at favorable rates on city and ranch property. References from Kentucky officials are provided, with contact at 407 Gunter building and a phone number. The ad notes properties at 1027 Westfall Avenue and a South Heights Highland car area home for $300 down, with terms on a $600 balance.
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