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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
18
Rates listed for classified ads include single insertion per word plus multi insertion discounts. Short ads under 16 words count as one word. monthly rates start at $2.25 with 16¢ per word. no extra charge for Sundays. The publisher reserves right to reject or revise objectionable copy.
Ads taken by telephone as detailed by the paper. No time fractional advertisements accepted over the phone. Written orders required to run indefinitely and to discontinue. A stop order receipt is issued when a term for ads is discontinued.
Anchor lodge No. 424 A M and A F M announces a called communication tomorrow at 8 oclock. Work in the M M degree. Members of Alamo lodge No. 44 A F and A M and visiting brethren invited. J M Strayhorn W M
The Theodore Weyel family expresses sincere thanks to friends for kindness during the loss of their beloved wife and acknowledges the fire department for floral offerings.
Oscar McDavitt 62 died at his daughter Mrs. Lloyd Caldwell’s home 123 Mary D Ave Alamo Heights at 3 15 PM He had been ill in San Antonio six months moving to Alamo Heights for his health He is survived by a widow four daughters and three sons Funeral is this afternoon at 2 from the residence and interment will be in Mission Cemetery
A long list of help wanted ads seeks female caretakers and cooks, male chauffeurs and office help, and general labor. Opportunities include private families, hotels, and businesses with various locations such as San Antonio and addresses like 316 Sixth screen, 1024 Main avenue, and 11 Light. Several entries request experience, others welcome unskilled applicants, with salaries and conditions varying.
Female situations wanted as companion to invalid or elderly, or as mother's helper with best references. tutor or house helper by trainer for kindergartner, board and $3 weekly. refined middle aged married lady seeks hotel position with husband allowed room and board, experienced in dining room cafe and lunch counter. teacher with first grade certificate seeks good position in Hamilton Texas area.
Classified notices seek agents across Texas for livestock insurance and for selling Seadrift tracts and town lots. Listings boast many sales since 1911, with easy payment plans, and invite inquiries to Houston and Avenue D offices. Also recruiting agents to market Los Angeles Heights improvements in San Antonio with new utilities and garden tracts.
Salesmen wanted in Texas and San Antonio territory. Earn $100 to $175 on terms with $5 cash and $5 monthly payments, no interest. Plaza Realty Co., 233 Alamo Plaza. See C. D. Lovelace at 409 Gunter Hotel for immediate stock sales opportunity.
A parade of lost items includes a diamond stud, a watch engraved From Gene to Lillie, a key ring, a small French poodle named Chubby, two light dun mare colts, a brindle bulldog, a fur coat, a monogrammed gold watch, and a roll of bedding. Rewards offered. responses expected at listed addresses.
Multiple listings describe furnished rooms for rent in San Antonio with options by day or week. Properties include St Francis Hotel European plan at 222% Losoya, Sylmar at 425 Main Ave, and various addresses offering water, baths, private baths, and modern conveniences. Prices range from 50 cents to several dollars per day, with several single and double occupancy options and nearby amenities.
Classified notice lists two un furnished rooms for rent. One large front housekeeping room upstairs at 802 South Presa Street. Another two unfurnished rooms for rent near 7383 North Flores Street.
Several listings seek nicely furnished light housekeeping rooms or two to three rooms near Joske's and San Pedro areas. Private entrances, modern conveniences, gas, electric light, and couple rates are noted. Locations include 425 San Pedro avenue 1034 Avenue D 632 Soledad Flores 122 Madison West Elmira Tobin Hill and nearby suburbs.
Multiple listings describe rooms and board options across San Antonio addresses. Hotels, ranches, and private homes offer furnished rooms with modern conveniences, hot water, private baths, meals, and proximity to car lines or business centers. Contact numbers and old phones supplied for Alamo Stables, The Maney Place, Fairmount Hotel, and numerous nearby addresses.
Numerous rental notices describe five to nine room houses, cottages, and modern homes in areas like Alamo Heights Tobin Hill and West Poplar. Properties feature baths, gas, electric lights, car lines, yards, garages, and servant quarters with varied rents and contact or agent details.
Advertises furnished rentals including an 8 room cottage with porcelain bath and electric lights, a 12 room two story on Porter Street with six months lease at 50 dollars, a six room cottage near the post office at 80 dollars, and a 15 room flat with garage and servant’s room at 117 B Woodlawn. Contact numbers and addresses listed.
A series of classified notices advertise for rent or sale of commercial properties across Houston and nearby towns. Listings include a whole or partial warhouse on Monterey and Ijalano, an entire floor at 903 East Houston, first class business house with upstairs living rooms opposite Sap depot, part of an office at 305 Mackay, and other storefronts on Avenue D and Houston streets. Also mentions a barber shop stand, a grocery store with fixtures at 303 East Commerce, and related rental terms.
WANTED TO RENT advertisements show La Our rental department active at 425 Navarro with contact 22236. Listings seek rooms with meals for a young man in Hill district, two couples for modern rooms near Joske's, and a couple with two small children needing light housekeeping rooms. Also two furnished rooms for housekeeping, a close in modern cottage for permanent tenancy.
A collage of classified notices and ads including WANTED DIAMONDS and OLD GOLD at ANU and Capurro Jewelers East Houston, WANTED UPHOLSTERING and drapery work at Household Furniture Co West Commerce, WANTED PHONOGRAPH REPAIR at Lou’s Book Store Ola, WANTED FIRST-CLASS PAINTERS AND PAPERHANGERS by W A Simpson, WANTED DIAMONDS and watch repairs by E D Scole Bros Houston, WANTED Penny Laundry by Armbruster, WANTED LARGE WHITE COTTON RAGS for Light Officer, WANTED BUY A VICTORIA FIRE PROOF SAFE, Roy Lightfoot advertising, FOR SALE buggy harness and tools, a 4-year-old horse, a clipping machine, and other yard items with Old phone numbers and street addresses noted.
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