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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1912
Page
10
The Winthrops express deep gratitude to friends for kindness during their mother’s last illness. T. C. G. and Alice Winthrop extend heartfelt thanks for the support and comforting acts received.
Several job ads appear for assistant managers auto school agents and sales staff. Listings include Douglas Music and Jewelry Co in Austin seeking male assistants with cash and references, Toepperwein & Mayfield seeking box nailers, San Antonio Auto School promoting positions, American Townsite Co recruiting agents, Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc rye farming experience in Mexico noted, and Draughon’s Practical Business College inviting graduates to enroll or request a catalog.
A dense list of help wanted notices from various Savannah area addresses includes female and girl workers for housework cooking sewing and health care, plus positions in candy, textile, and jewelry firms. Applicants are urged to call or visit locations such as 223 Idaho St, 107 Madison St, 408 Military Plaza, 711 Avenue B, 139 Goliad St, 3019 River Ave, 113 Porter St, 1701 Main Ave, 4414 S. Presa, 602 E Commerce, 218 Pecan St, 3120 Nathan St, 12138 Palmetto Ave, and more, with several offers of training, living arrangements, or light duties.
A jumble of help wanted ads from Galveston and San Antonio lists male job seekers including a bookkeeper stenographer, an experienced chauffeur, and a 23 year old seeking bookkeeper or office work. Applicants cite languages German English Spanish and offer references while providing partial contact details and street addresses.
Position seeks include a nurse with thorough experience and good references at 209 Montana St. A refined widow seeks a live-in house manager or companion at 105 Jacob. A middle aged white woman seeks day work including sewing and general labor at 7839 Light. Energetic salesmen wanted for a five and legitimate proposition at Alamo Plaza with contact phones 3534 and 888 Alamo Plaza.
Multiple terse ads call for high class and live wire real estate agents in San Antonio. Firms including Hagelstein Dickinson and Transgard seek men and women to handle top marketed property with liberal commissions and no experience required.
Classified ads list numerous lost items including a dark bay mare branded TNE with mark on left side and star in face returning to W D Terry in San Antonio. Other entries include a black milk book, a locket watch fob from Lola, a green and yellow head pack named Georgie, and various found watches chains and purses. Also many rental room ads and light housekeeping rooms offered near Joske's and West Alamo.
A collage of room and board listings shows options near hotels and streets such as 359 E. Commerce BAT AT THE LITTLE KITCHEN 102 Jefferson opposite Bexar, with meals and no board. Other entries include rooms near Menger hotel 433 E. Crockett, private families near St. Anthony and Tobin Hill, weekly rates and references.
A cluttered classified listing offers numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms and houses for rent. Items include rooms near Joske's, near the post office, and close in with hot water, private baths, and light housekeeping options. several addresses and old phone numbers are noted for contact.
For rent listings include 903 East Houston Street corner store at $50 and 905 East Houston Street at $35. The building at 619-621 Military Plaza, occupied by Bond-George Hardware Co., will be for rent April 1 with freight elevator and potential remodeling. Also available a complete meat market at 289 Nacogdoches and Schulers sign space at 102 West Commerce for $50 with sign privileges.
APARTMENTS AND FLATS MENGER APARTMENTS 4925 E COM merce St all modern conveniences elegant private baths roof garden wide porches beautiful grounds Old phone 5642 FOR RENT ONE THREE ROOM AND four room flat unfurnished cozy new strictly modern private large yard reasonable to permanent parties 314 W Carolina St Hot Wells car GENEVA APARTMENTS 317 EAST COM merce 112 blocks Joske s Gas range hot water kitchen bath screened porch disappearing beds Old phone 3940
Twenty well ventilated unfurnished rooms on the second floor of Colonial hotel at E Commerce and Sycamore St with three baths and immediate possession. W P Lobban 711 Gibbs Bldg. Also three large rooms with private bath heated and lighted near 817 Ne for rent. 330 LaFitte modern four room apartment near Alamo plaza, apply 606 Goliad old phone 1796.
Wanted ads seek quick service and best tenant for a vacant house via H. C. Thurman at 103 College St two numbers 3443. Immediate possession furnished flat or cottage for a two adult family with 4 or 5 rooms including silverware and linens in a good neighborhood. Large unfurnished room near Houston St walking distance. Nice four room modern cottage with gas and conveniences near a car line Plaza Realty Co 3833 Alamo plaza two phones 3534.
Great demand for furnished houses prompts listing with H. C. Thorman located at 108 College Street. Contact two phones 3443 for quick placement. Wanted large clean white cot.
Four unfurnished rooms available on a modern connected ground floor unit near $09 E Houston Street. Rent details and terms are negotiable by telephone. dictate your want ad using either line 176.
Classified advertisement page shows multiple rental offers for small cottages and rooms near Hot Wells and the post office with modern amenities, plus requests to buy second hand goods, clothing, furniture, and jewelry. Numerous contact phones and addresses appear for each inquiry.
A cluttered ad list offers light housekeeping rooms at various addresses including 404 Soledad, 15 East Nuevasie street, 122 Madison, 281 South Mesquite, and 17 Nolan St. Furnished and connecting rooms are available with modern conveniences, gas and electricity, water, and walking-distance locations near depots or car lines. Prices range from $1.00 to $20 per month with calls to old and new phone numbers.
Multiple rental notices propose eight to eight plus rooms in various city areas with prices from 15 to 50 dollars monthly. Properties include eight room houses at 116 Casino near Market, six to seven room cottages at 1124 N Olive and 1625 N New Braunfels Ave, and a two story eight room home at 333 Eade Ave Riverside Park. Hardware bargains and general sale items are listed by Bond Hardware and Plaza Realty Co with lease terms and contact agents A W Bitter and R H Wester Co.
A dense block of poultry ads lists prices and stock for sale including Buff Leghorns Barred Rocks White Leghorns Rhode Island Reds and Bantams. Offerings cover eggs hatching rates setting prices per 15 or per hundred live birds and pertain to multiple sellers with addresses and phones in San Antonio Texas and surrounding areas.
Classified ad list offering sale and purchase of horses mules cows and driving rigs. Entries include studebaker phaeton harness farm animals and related equipment with contact details and prices.
A dense local classified page lists offers to buy sell and trade horses, carriages, buggies and harness. Vendors include F A Cocke 21 West Nueva Wallace Bros and Wigwam Theater Walter Jones T K Mumme 1602 S Flores and Mayor Piano Co at 317 Soledad St with numerous pianos and household items including upright pianos demonstrations of tire repair and auto bids from Central Auto Co 922 San Pedro Ave and Chalmers autos at Auto Sales and Supply Co 109 111 West Crockett plus used vehicle bargains and repair services with old phones and directions across multiple addresses. The notices reflect a bustling marketplace for transport equipment and related services.
Plaza Realty Co at 333 Alamo plaza invites listing of rental houses with up-to-date and efficient service. Richey and Casey at 425 Navarro offer similar rental listings and both firms provide phone contacts for inquiries.
A batch of classified sale notices lists items including a Remington No. 6 typewriter, billiard cues, pool balls, and second hand cards with trade offers. Also advertised are new lawn mowers, a 25 horsepower gasoline traction engine, glass partitions safes and showroom items, a movable fence and furniture bundles. Local sellers include H C McGlasson Gus Tinney Rollins F J McDonald Alamo Safe & Lock Co Dixie Furniture and San Pedro Springs Zoo with sale days noted.
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