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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1912
Page
38
One Dollar Land offers 1000 acres of good agricultural land with improvements located 50 miles west of San Antonio. The owner at 925 Howard lists details and a second note cites 20 acres of irrigated garden land adjoining the city for sale at 7624 Light. Investigate before buying elsewhere.
1050 acres with 75 percent agricultural use and 240 acres in cultivation. Describes valley land with black sandy soil and high red sandy prairie suitable for cotton. Claims consistent crop yields even in dry years. Price set at 15 dollars per acre with 1 to 3 cash, balance easy. Nicholson Furnish and Smith advertise from 408 412 Gunter Building, phones 2396.
BEXARCO presents 300 acre farm fronting Medina river one mile south of San Antonio 280 acres in cultivation 170 acres fertile black sandy loam valley irrigable by river pumping price 65 per acre includes stock and implements exchange possible. Also 170 acre tillable tract 9 miles south Hereford 5000 equity 3000 terms and a large colonization tract 130000 acres offered at owner’s price.
A Turk visits the Kansas City pit with a rainbow rug priced at sixty five dollars. A grain trader offers twenty dollars and buys the rug after the Turk’s quick sale, then auctions it to fellow members for the high bid of four ninety. A companion note describes a machine that creates a gross of match boxes, and a list of U.S. presidents categorized by career.
A state legislature report details brutal paddling methods used in a Michigan prison. Prisoners were strapped to a ladder and rack, struck with a heavy leather paddle with perforations, while sheets and salt water intensified pain. The procedure drew sharp criticism for cruelty and violation of humane laws.
Yee Yek Lun, a Chinese man, ordered deported by U S Commissioner Van Dyke after showing a residence certificate with a dash dot while genuine papers used a diamond dot over i. Immigration officials suspect a Mexican counterfeit network issued 1000 bogus certificates for profit. James L. Cowles, near eighty, leads the Postal Progress League and remains active in public life.
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