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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1913
Page
9
Large shade trees planted with tops left on guaranteed to live as well as small trees four to six inches by ten feet. Hackberry elm live oak Spanish oak and legustrum trees roses shrubs and evergreens. Old phone Crockett 4052.
$300 piano never used offered for cash trade. Best offer accepted. Contact Crockett 8749 or visit 614 W Macon St for details.
Classified notices advertise orchestra band join benefits and free instruments, Spanish teaching in San Antonio, law classes opening February, tutoring for normal children, expurgation and dramatic arts, violin lessons, and an auction sale by J R Foote on January 16 featuring vehicles and sewing machines.
Property firm Coffman and Warren advertises the only sizable undeveloped tract within San Antonio city limits suitable for a premium subdivision. They claim first public offering and invite inquiries at 17 St. Marys Street for an attractive below market price with easy terms. Also visible are small classified ads for sewing jobs and real estate, including a four room DUTTALL on Flores Street and a five room home on Beacon Hill car line with price 2200.
Real estate note offers farms and ranches from five acres to 300000 acres available across the state. Cash or terms, with true description provided. Correspondence solicited to Dan Rowan, Room 24, 107 Aransas Street.
166 acres four miles from city limits south of Bergs Mill fronting San Antonio river and San Juan ditch. Mostly cultivated with 16 acres irrigated. Eight-room house large barn implement and poultry houses and other improvements. Ideal farm and stock ranch. Non-resident owner visiting. See Nicholson Furnish & Smith Gunter Bidg for details.
Yard line listing offers 492 acres near Beeville Bee County priced per acre with at least 90 percent tillable shown by A J Wernette at the Orpheum Theater Building.
A vintage rail timetable lists arrivals and departures from various routes. It names trains from Mexico Palestine Laredo Kerrville Kerrville Sunday Kerrville mixed and coast towns with scheduled times and destinations including Houston El Paso and Kerrville. The page ends with a reminder to pay your poll tax.
Mexican lightweight Joe Rivers defeated Leach Cross in a ten round bout in New York, scoring the only knockdown in the second round. Rivers used fast movement and steady lefts and rights to counter Cross, finishing with the later rounds in control. The weigh in at 133 pounds.
Stewards admit New York and Windsor Ont to the Grand Circuit and approve a rule requiring any horse winning three stake races totaling 15000 to enter a class matching its lowest winning record. The three heat system was discussed but not adopted. Officers elected: H. K. Devereaux president, Fred Postal vice president, H. J. Kline secretary. Detroit to host next meeting.
Keokuk Iowa January 15 Edna O Harra general secretary of the YWCA denied plans to canvass local business people for subscriptions to support the Central Association baseball club on condition the team drop Sunday games. She questioned public reaction to such a move.
George Slosson defeated Kodji Yamada 400 to 298 in the second block, widening his total to 800 points to 654 after two nights in the 2400 point balk line event at St. Louis.
A compilation of property transfers in Houston and surrounding areas listing buyers sellers and prices. Entries include numerous lots and blocks in New City Blocks such as 2658 2995 and 3328 with sums from 1 to 6500 dollars, reflecting activity from 1898 to 1918 across Highland Park Elmwood and Palm Heights areas.
No. 3153-S Brown at 218 Upson street. No. 3164-J H Haile at 611 East Quincy street. No. 2155 Charles M Cain at 400 South Flores street. No. 3156¢ B H Fowler at Bedell building.
Detective Miller reports about fifty percent of stolen items in San Antonio are overvalued and notes that owners rarely underestimate values. He cites a new record system tracking thefts, items, and estimated worth to aid investigations and improve accuracy in descriptions and values.
American Overall co. factory on Live Oak street approved for a $9000 project. S Pullen receives permit for a six room dwelling on Florida street at $1500. T H Yeagley authorized five room dwelling on Buena Vista street for $1250. W Davis. four room dwelling on Cactus street for $300. W H Burnet approved to rebuild dwelling on Morales street for $350.
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