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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1912
Page
9
Auction style classified notice lists a barber shop auto repair shop six new tools and machine works at 1201 1203 W gm St with sale to fund relocation to Pacific Coast. Also mentions a rooming house for sale cheap and a saloon grocery and lodging unit with investment offers and rental terms.
Five room cottage completed recently offers two streetcar lines nearby. Price 1750 dollars with 190 dollars cash and 20 dollars monthly payments including interest under Whitaker. Contact old phone 5121.
Fragmented OCR shows multiple northbound and local train routes with destinations Palestine Laredo Mexico and other cities. Timings listed include early morning and late evening departures with express and local services and varying numbers.
Three listings describe properties for sale including a five room furnished or unfurnished cottage on Alamo Heights with small cash payment and easy balance, a lot 50 by 160 on Westfall Avenue in Highland Park with cement sidewalk, and a Laurel Heights cottage bargain at 482 Magnolia Ave with cash balance terms. Includes old phone contact and PO Box 671 for owner writes.
Real estate ad notes a strictly modern 26 room apartment on a well located corner near the business district. Owner to depart soon, price $16 000. Listings show agents HUNNAM CO and LOTT & SON with contact details and trade offers.
Modern two story house in Madison Square district offered for sacrifice. Details at San Antonio Loan and Trust Co. If taken by July 18. Also selling a new 5 room cottage with two lots for 864 dollars after 1240 dollar cost. Payment terms: 200 dollars down and 10 dollars monthly. House 125 by 160 feet with a large yard. Direct sale, not through an agent. Contact Smith's Studio at 325 E Houston Street to view the property and catalog.
John H. Bolton is named in a notice involving real estate on Tobin Hill and the St James Hotel on Houston Street. The item references pension claim work and a notary public role, indicating official action or filing related to property and authentication.
Transfers recorded include H W Wiggins to W S Townsend for multiple Kenwood lots and $1. V W Wiggins to W S Townsend for several lots. A Cohen to Laurence Wallace for a block in new city block 2868 for $6260. Francisco Valdez to Pedro Di Jorno an interest in a tract in subdivision No 2 city block 2870 for $140. Albert Kronkosky to Dr S C Applewhite lot 1 in Woods and Paschal division new city block 1752 for $2160. L S Taft to Do J and Helen Galwest lots 1 2 3 block 4 new city block 2278 for $2000. W E Mahone to L W Newton parts of lots 7 9 10 11 12 block 13 new city block 1926 for $10.
A man with only 1,000,000 cannot own a gallery of masterpieces at current prices. Three or four paintings would exhaust his fortune. Frans Hals recently sold for 560,000 and Rembrandt's Portrait of a Dutch Merchant was purchased by an American millionaire for 250,000.
Fragmentary OCR shows timetable lines for No. 10 from the east at 10 30 pm and No. 7 from the north at 9 55 am plus No 9 from the north 10 46 pm No 6 to the north 8 00 pm and No 8 from the north 7 30 am with I G N depot and dates unclear.
The St Anthony section records a wide guest roll with arrivals from Fort Imosh Meridan Kansas Memphis Dallas and Houston among others. Names include Edmund L. Tane R H Mills W Bacharachea wife William Rodgers Warren Cape B F Strawbridge G H Leslie E A Faust Louis E F Nignes H Boynton G W Hamway Nicolas Crady John Menadue J T Rowan George Liemeter F P Martin J P Cranke A Balquist C W Barrier D E Brown D W Martin R H Jackson and more.
The 250 year old poplar known as Old Pop beside the Woodford mansion in Fairmount park will be torn down to make way for progress. A lightning conductor, it often drew bolts and two large branches fell last Sunday night. The tree stood 110 feet tall with a 22 foot base diameter. Wood is stored in the park guard house to be used as fuel for several winters.
A Christiana letter notes Norway as one of the last European nations to embrace Wagner. Despite high culture the country has only one major theater in Oslo, the National, with occasional opera seasons and a few operas each season. The upcoming plan features six performances of Lohengrin, signaling Norway joining the Wagner ranks.
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