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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1912
Page
30
The San Antonio Light announces classified ad rates including per word charges for consecutive insertions and weekly limits. It lists minimum word counts, Sunday extra charges, monthly rates of 1c per word with a $2.25 minimum monthly, and a publisher right to reject or revise objectionable copy.
Classified ads accepted by phone only until 11 a.m. for daily and 10 p.m. for Sunday Light. Indefinite ads must be in writing. No fall ads over the telephone. Discontinuation orders must be written. a stop receipt is issued when a t f ad is discontinued.
All members of Natchez tribe No 2 are asked to convene at the wigwam Monday January 15 at 8 30 p m for installation of officers. Refreshments will be served. Visiting chiefs are invited. J O Chapman Sachem J G Dulling Chief of Records
Augusta Von Styven deal entered into rest Saturday January 1 1912 at 7 30 pm in the 61st year of her age Friends invited to attend the funeral this Sunday afternoon at 430 from 302 Simpson street Interment in city cemetery No 4
A long line of want ads seeks workers in Texas and Louisiana. Listings include assistant managers in five towns with cash and references, auto shop and school positions, delivery and labor roles, portrait and barber jobs, stock sales, and various clerical and skilled trades.
A long column of wanted ads seeks female help for cooking cleaning and general housework in multiple addresses around town. Jobs include cooks, chambermaids, housekeepers, waitresses, and a nurse, with references required and varying wages. Some ads specify German or English speaking applicants and a mix of full and part time arrangements.
A collage of classified ads seeking jobs: movers, cooks, chauffeurs, foremen, delivery drivers, office managers, and a colored cook on San Antonio service, with applicants listing sober, capable traits and references. Addresses reference Light newspaper classifieds.
Several brief help wanted notices from a press column seek duties from educated women. Items include a secretary or companion role, a stenographer with five years experience, a tutor or house helper, and a hotel dining room position.
Classified recruitment notes offer Texas livestock insurance agents and canvassers positions with daily earnings and commissions. Listings include Agencies Bureau Fort Worth and Ground floor Gibbs Building as contact points, plus multiple stateside opportunities and a lamp sales pitch.
A jumble of lost items includes a diamond brooch with pearls at Guenther to Flores between Cevallos and Johnson, a yellow felt laprobe with E V, a gold pin with bird of pearl and ruby, a young fox terrier, a brown cameo brooch, a female hound on Leon Creek, genuine cut glass from R C Bogusch Co, a gold brooch between Laurel Heights and Joske's, a gold filigree pin, a garnet cross, with rewards offered at various addresses and phone numbers.
Numerous entries offer nicely furnished light housekeeping rooms in San Pedro Avenue 425, Avenue D, Main, Soledad, Dallas, and other streets. Some include private entrance, bath, or three-room flats. rates vary, with old phones listed and proximity to Joske's noted.
A long list of for rent notices across San Antonio highlights furnished rooms in hotels and private homes. Prospective tenants can find European plan rooms at 222% Losoya street and suites near Madison Square Park, plus options at 1614 Matamoras 1616 Monterey 450 Main Ave 520 West Mistletoe and many more. Prices range from two to thirteen dollars weekly with amenities like hot water baths steam heat and modern conveniences.
Classified rental notices describe furnished rooms with or without board across several addresses including 359 E Commerce, 124 Howard, 450 Main, 236 Garden, 611 San Pedro, and 804 San Pedro. Listings vary by amenities, prices, baths, and proximity to car lines, with several seeking single or couple occupants and noting old or new phones.
Several rental notices appear for homes with four to five rooms. One cottage at 105 Ninth Street lists modern amenities with a new phone number. another five room house at Beacon Hill notes bath and sewers and an inquiry address on Cinelon Avenue. A river-area four room cottage is listed with an old phone number.
A dense old classified page lists UNFURNISHED and FURNISHED cottages and houses for rent in San Antonio area, with many 4 to 11 room options, prices from 6 to 100 dollars, car-line proximity, and notes on modernize and features. Also includes office contact Conroy Rice and Richey Casey and several agencies, plus want ads for items and services and contact details.
Female sewing services offered with neat work by the day or at home. Old phone numbers listed for contact. White woman seeks house girl and plain cooking position at 121 South Street. Experienced seamstress available to sew by the day at 401 Avenue C Ola phone 1594-41.
Salesmen are invited to sell high-class subdivision lots at 100 and 175 dollars on terms of 5 dollars down and 5 dollars monthly with no interest. Salary or commission offered. Few openings in Texas and San Antonio territory. Apply to Sales Manager at Plaza Reality Co 38 Alamo Plaza.
Stock salesmen sought for a proposition backed by leading business men in Laredo Texas with references required. The ad promises the newest unprecedented opportunity and calls for immediate contact at the P O Box 18 Laredo Texas or the Gunter hotel room 409 in Cleveland Ohio for highgrade lubricants and complete petroleum line positions.
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