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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1929
Page
21
A dense classified page offers business opportunities and real estate listings. It highlights potential ventures, loans, and rental properties, with various contact details, prices, and locations, including Fredericksburg Road, Houston area shops, and prompting ads for agents and owners seeking buyers or tenants. The jumble includes job-like notices, financing offers, and shop for rent prompts.
A collage of old classified lines shows buyers seeking secondhand clothing furniture and tools. The ads list needful items like lamps mattresses and stoves, plus furniture and hardware for sale or trade. Some entries mention delivery pickup and cash payments.
Alamo Automobile Co lists a range of used vehicles including a 1933 Lincoln Phaeton, 1927 Oakland Sedan, and a vintage Chevrolet, with prices from 260 to 795 dollars. Cash or terms offered, with multiple locations and contact details for viewing and purchase.
The Light newspaper urges readers to place Help Wanted ads to secure assistance around home, office, or factory. Readers are invited to call Crockett 2400 to place classified employment notices in the daily Help Wanted columns.
A noisy classified page offers multiple autos for sale and trade including a 1927 Chrysler 50 Roadster, a 1928 Chevrolet Sedan, a 1926 Chevrolet Sedan, and a 1927 Oakland Coupe. Ads emphasize condition, price, contact numbers, and private sale terms across Broadway and nearby streets.
A narrative chronicles a voyage dream to the southern Pacific. The cast includes a steamer Beary and figures like Ty MacMillan and Benmity as they seek submerged islands, sample California travel, and explore plans for a circular breakwater and winter home from the ocean floor.
An aviator in New York reports a record speed of around 140 miles per hour during a cross country flight. The test included a passenger leg to Augusta and back, highlighting the craft and pilot’s endurance.
Jun 23 report details robbers in Ohio using machine guns to threaten Fifteen patrons and four employees at a bank, forcing them to lie face down. The incident included a table siege and escape with one weapon while a description of cars and local business ads follows, including used vehicle listings and loan offers.
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