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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1912
Page
27
Rates apply per word with scale for consecutive insertions. Ads under 15 words counted as 15. No telephone orders for indefinite ads or discontinuations. Stop orders require written notice and a stop receipt. Advertising cutoffs: daily 11 am and Sunday 10 pm. "t. f." ads run indefinitely must be in writing.
Classified help wanted notices across various trades and roles in San Antonio include young men for auto school attendance at 124 Ave. D, sales positions with Port O Connor Fig Orchard Co., bridge carpenters, form builders, and riggers for Medina Valley Irrigation Co., and multiple sales, clerical, and skilled labor openings. Various firms offer salaries, commissions, board, and room.
A collage of old job seeks including mechanic chauffeur, light-soda shop and confectionery worker, electrician, drug clerk, accountant, draftsman, foreman, and several domestic service roles. Addresses in Light and nearby streets, with ages, experience, and references noted. Some entries mention readiness after July 15, and city/job flexibility in Texas and surrounding areas.
Multiple historical ads invite agents across the U S to sell items like Flexilytes Auto Lytes hosiery wall lights and Ambrew beer extract Each offer claims high commissions quick money and ready sales with contact details and locations in San Francisco New York Darby and Cincinnati
Multiple listings advertise neatly furnished rooms with bath and telephone for two to four dollars a week. Hotels and houses offer summer rates, private baths, hot water, elevator service, and convenient locations near Joske's, Tobin Hill, and downtown. Includes calls for front rooms, private entrances, and optional meals.
Classified rental notices list several unfurnished room options in Madison Square and nearby areas. Included are two large unfurnished rooms at 614 Main Ave, three unfurnished rooms at 519 Lexington Ave, three rooms on Beacon Hill at $8 per month with old phone 731, and three connecting rooms at 421 Carson St with southeast exposure and gas and electric lights near Houston & J, old phone 6362.
Multiple listings for furnished housekeeping rooms with bath, gas, water and electric. near Nueva and Rusk Streets. details include prices, locations like 316 Nueva, 236 Rusk, 321 North Cherry, 219 Burnet, 621 Avenue E, 9118 Hackberry, and others. some specify near depots or car lines. several offer private family housing and references. some include room and board options.
Multiple rental listings for Cottages and Houses. Brands include Laurel Heights and Government Hill with options from three to nine rooms, modern conveniences, gas electric light and baths, car-line access, and long-term terms. contact numbers and addresses on Nolan, Pine, Navarro, Alamo and surrounding streets.
Richey Casey rental dept lists furnished homes and rental bargains across San Pedro, Tobin Hill, Beacon Hill, Harlandale, Alamo Heights, and surrounding districts. Includes numerous 3 to 9 room houses with monthly rents from 10 to 90 dollars, car line proximity, and depot vicinity options.
The ad notes a move to 808 W. Commerce near St Marys and offers numerous rental options across San Antonio addresses including Tobin Hill, Hot Wells, Army Post and San Pedro areas. It lists flats, furnished houses, two story flats, cottages and multiple price points with contact via Old 28 Phones New 887 and 608 W Commerce.
Fragmented rental ads show numerous five to ten room cottages and houses for rent in San Antonio area. Listings include addresses on Lafitte St Dallas St Alamo St Garden St and more with details like modern conveniences baths sewers gas electric and proximity to car lines and schools. Agencies mentioned include WESTER CO and Fowler Bros Land Co with contact numbers and old phones.
Partial list of unfurnished and furnished houses for rent including 6 and 4 room options. Listings show locations such as Zavala Street Mulberry Avenue Givens Ave Carolina Street and Delmar Street with monthly rents from 12.00 to 45.00 and notes on modern features and proximity to schools.
Classified ads run for domestic help and service positions. Listings seek cooks, maids, wet nurses, stenographers, and general helpers including a strict white and colored worker mix with wage details and contact boxes. Many note old phone numbers and street addresses in Marion and San Antonio areas.
A shuffled list of items lost or stolen with rewards offered. Including a lost gold watch and chain for Frank R. Newton county clerk, a roan mare at Sunny Slope addition, a Scotch collie pup named Dallas, a back door off Overland car dealership for a reward, a dark brown horse mule branded L, a library book The Price of Silence, a silver walking cane from a buggy, and a gold cuff button near Houston Street. Return or contact rewards at provided addresses.
Furnished and unfurnished light housekeeping rooms listed with private entrances baths and modern conveniences. Locations include 418 W Elmira 211 Sixth St 1022 Avenue D 406 W Elmira 119 Fifth St near transit lines with rates from about 12.60 to 16 per month and various private baths and gas or electric lighting options.
Classified rental notices describe an apartment with six large rooms bath and screened sleeping gallery gas heat $30 monthly adults only inquiries at 1760 River Ave and 908 E Houston St corner store listings at 905 Be Houston St price $60 and another at $35 also available neat new brick stores for rent at the corner of Santa Rosa and Buena Vista with reasonable rent
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