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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1912
Page
33
Property snippet notes a cheap East Front lot near Garden street and S P tracks with sale price of 400 dollars, comparing others that did not go below 650 dollars. Conness Realty Co listed as exclusive agent.
Listings advertise multiple properties near car lines including Alamo Heights and Tobin Hill. Prices range from $4500 for a two year old eight room home to $3000 for 34 acres at Rockport with five room cottages and four room houses. One acre near Wells irrigation offers and rent options. Old phone numbers supplied for inquiries.
For sale listing includes large corner Tobin Hill lot at Evergreen and Kendall 125 by 210 feet priced at 2500. Russell Place southern frontage half block from car priced at 750. Two Truax Street lots fenced with barn and servant’s house priced 900 for both. Corner Corpus Christi Road and Edmond Street three lots with a four room residence a saloon in a separate building and outhouses near Harlandale bath house. Vendor’s lien notes sold by H C Feldman at 423 Navarro two phones.
Sale advertisement for two 650 by 150 foot lots at 705 Guenther Street in a new neighborhood. Features include cement walks, a servant's house, barn, sheds, shrubbery and trees, all near other new homes. Conness Realty Co., Executives Agents.
Five room cottage and hall on Vin street near two street car lines and public school priced at 1650 with terms. Old phone 6121. Also a 2 1 2 acre parcel near high value lots priced at 800. RICHEY & CASEY, 125 Navarro St. Both phones 2236.
A home site at 121 Winslow Avenue offers a six room cottage priced at 1500 dollars, with Hill Cottage previously costing 1900 six years ago. James Anderson Real Estate moves to 227 Gunter Building. Also a bargain eight good business lots in Smiley Texas near the depot priced at 600 dollars for all, with address 4057 Light.
For sale real estate and business property. Net income $300 monthly. Address 4042. Light office space. Litigation compels immediate sacrifice of a five room splendid home on the south side. Old phone 921 41. Investiga te.
Multiple farm parcels advertised for sale or lease across Texas including Beeville Crystal City Harlingen Live Oaks Alice and San Antonio areas. Properties feature cultivated land 350 to 800+ acres, irrigation, wells, fences, dwellings, and flexible terms with cash and credit options. Listings include 165 acre near Carrizo Springs and 8500 acre black sandy land with canal potential. References include J B Dennis 450 Main Ave and Snell & Weber 313 Alamo nk Building.
300 acres fronting one mile on the Medina River south of San Antonio with 280 acres in cultivation. 170 acres of black sandy loam valley land is highly productive and irrigable by river pumping. Option to include live stock and implements or sell land alone. Contact NICHOLSON FURNISH & SMIT 408 412 Gunter Bldg, phones Hi a06.
Highly cultivated 164 acre Salado Creek farm four miles beyond city limits on macadam road 165 acres in cultivation $75 per acre good terms 100 acres of rich black land with artesian wells in Dimmit county fronting Nueces river will exchange for improved city property Dignowity Hill preferred H C Feldman Both Phones 423 Navarro Ea FARM F FOR RENT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY acres in high cultivation Two sets of farm houses well of water with windmill irrigated garden 30 acres pasture On macadam road one mile from school Apply to Travis Jones 411 Hicks building
Large Texas land sale ad describes 40 and 80 acre farms in Wharton and Matagorda counties with rich rainfall, multiple crops including cotton and rice, nearby rail access, oil fields, deepwater navigation six miles away, and flexible payment plans with bank references. Also offers a 400 acre parcel inside city limits sold near a subdivision, priced at 150 per acre with terms. contact Jones and Logwood, 411 Hicks Building, San Antonio.
Classified ad notes multiple rural parcels for sale across Texas. Includes 320 acres of black mesquite land with good water near a city and 200 acres with cultivated areas, water sources, and farm buildings. Asks prices around 12 to 40 dollars per acre with down payments and time on balance.
Multiple farm listings in Nueces Valley and surrounding counties feature irrigated lands. Properties include 125 acres near a school and shipping station, eighty and one hundred acre tracts near Terrell and El Mofendorf, with wells, windmills, cash prices, and trade options. Brokers include Whitaker and J et ty & Boudreaux.
A humorous exchange describes using a paper bag on a turkey that was served four times and finally eaten with the bag on the fifth attempt, attributed to Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Amarillo Texas January 13 James N Browning longtime Amarillo district judge and former lieutenant governor announces his candidacy for congressman at large He advocates prohibition cautions on liquor licenses in prohibition territory seeks to amend Sherman anti trust law and favors arbitration over war with Taft.
A middle aged woman sought help at Salvation Army headquarters as Mrs Mildred Brown aided many destitute residents with clothing and food. Another caller carried a baby and a heavy suitcase saying she traveled from Lockhart to Cotulla but lacked funds for remaining transport.
A Carnegie library list announces new acquisitions featuring Abbott America in the Making and Currey Sea Wolves of the Mediterranean among many titles. Other authors include Albright Descriptive Writing Bland China Under the Empress Dowager Blythe An American Bride in Porto Rico and Dillon Arts of Japan.
San Antonio residents welcomed warmer temperatures yesterday after a cold spell that brought many residents to the edge of frostbite. Forecaster Major Buell noted an early spring, with a 184 degree accumulated temperature deficiency for the month and a 21 degree deficit yesterday.
A cold City notice lists burial permits for numerous individuals with ages and death dates, including Nicolas Marquez 63, died January 11. Rosa Sapier 49, January 9. Martinez and others with street addresses across West Houston, San Fernando, Laredo, and Delgado streets. The entry closes with pay your poll tax.
A special dispatch reports government leaders fear a miners strike could erupt next week as 900,000 miners vote for walkouts amid rising living costs. Labour unrest spreads from England to Scotland and Wales with textile lockouts fueling tensions and talks with Sir George Askwith at the British government board of trade continuing but unlikely to yield a settlement.
A white man was found dead in a room at the Eureka rooming house on South Flores Street at 1:30 this morning after the door was broken in. Justice Umscheid conducted an inquest, with the man’s identity unknown. Death is thought to be from natural causes as no weapon was found. The body lay on the floor and appeared dead for several hours. The proprietor had searched the room after the occupant failed to leave since Friday, prompting police involvement.
Windsor Mo January 13 special report says Butcher and Donald McArthur are believed dead after a dust explosion in the Bowen Coal Company mines. Rescue efforts halted by heat air and gas. three hundred miners had just exited before the blast.
A series of birth notices lists new arrivals to families including Bras, Santailane, Muecke, English, Garcia, Connor, Boetzinger, Meehan, Myera, Kitts, Ortiz, Rios, Espinoza, McClellan, Croucher, and Detalensi. Dates range January 3 to January 11 with addresses scattered across Sycamore Dakota Kenwood Lachappelle Montana Kansas Washington Draymen Laredo and Callaghan avenues. A boy or girl is named for each couple, reflecting a steady birth record in the period.
The supply of tobacco remains ample and prices now range about 19 percent higher than last year, reflecting tighter markets and higher production costs.
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