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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
3
A close in tract of 50 acres mainly arable with 12 to 13 acres under cultivation. Fenced and well grassed with Tresouile timber suitable for posts. Adjacent water supply supports irrigation. Price 375 per acre. Nicholson Finnis Smith exclusive agents 617 619 More Bulliti GgAnpARE.
An old style advertisement page lists MESSENGER BOY services by Citizens Messenger Service and notes prompt parcel delivery. It includes garbled references to county depository, banking, and bids from Bexar County with an invitation to submit proposals and specify interest rates. The page also promotes watch repair, combing services, shoe repair, real estate ads, rental rooms, and money lending in a busy classified section.
Extract from tax law enacted by a thirty legislature outlines oath for county commissioners courts acting as boards of equalization. It prescribes swearing to assess property at true market value, record of dissent, and penalties for willful noncompliance. Includes provisions on malfeasance, removal, and attorney general actions. city charter duties assign city assessor to value all property in the city with annual filing deadlines.
Denver reports from 122 oil counties show Bryan ahead for president with 2488 and Sharot for governor leading by 5716. County returns incomplete but indicate a Democratic national and state ticket preview, with a Democratic legislature by a majority of 16. Hughes of Denver likely to succeed Senator Toller by next general assembly. All three Democratic candidates for Congress appear elected.
Sam Stovall the Broncho tight ii has been drafted below the $300 price. This marks Stovall’s batting around .800 last season. W. G. Davis of Austin visits the city and J. Anger cheese stops at the Southern today.
Notice from the Mayor's office, San Antonio Texas, 1908. The board of equalization will meet in the city assessor's office room 1% city hall on Monday November 2 to pass on appeals from the assessor and on assessments for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1908. The board sits daily 3 AM to 1 PM except Sundays and holidays. Neither the city council nor the adjustment committee will consider appeals before the board adjourns. Bryan Gallaghan, Mayor.
City Clerk attests proposals to be received November 1908 for concrete watering troughs with water pipes and grading around stables at Fort Sam Houston. U S receiver may reject bids. Bidder must state manufacturers names. Plans viewed in office. Sealed envelopes marked Proposals for Watering Troughs and Grading at Fort Sam Houston Texas sent to L J Ploming Construction Charlienaster.
Fragmentary railway timetable shows multiple No. trains with origins and destinations including Laredo Houston Kerrville El Paso Victoria and Saint Antonio. Entries list departure and arrival times such as 4:00 pm 7:20 pm and 8:00 am and note Sunday exceptions and mixed routes.
Angus Gordon, once arriving manager at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, is noted among staff changes. He had been associated with the hotel’s operations and leadership during his tenure in Canada.
Tol Moore and his daughter Miss Hosa have returned from Dallas to the Southland hotel area. Several other brief notices list visitors and guests at the Angelus and the Menger, including Mrs. J J Gay and child from Kerrville, Mrs. W B Millikin and others from Sabinal, Minneapolis guests, and local residents such as James Be Baker and H T Miesigunt. Also notes on Burnsett Co. distributing wrapping paper and related supplies.
The lake region and central areas show cloudy and cool conditions under high pressure, with below freezing temperatures in the lake region and the Midwest. Temperatures range from 64 at Galveston to 84 at Cincinnati, with warmer conditions north of the mountains and notably colder in the Tulcidicai early era states. San Antonio area may see continued fall weather tonight and Friday as official stations note light rainfall and sharp contrasts in regional temperatures.
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