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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1913
Page
9
For sale notice lists Laurel Heights Terrace lots with reasonable terms and new contact numbers 1810 and 1972. Includes a sacrifice sale of five free of encumbrance lots in Lakeview Heights with address 218 Nolan street and a Marlborough Place lot at 475 dollars. Sold by E Barnes Station A Box 1.
Real estate notice advertises four handsome Houston Street sites in the business district as highly valuable. Blueprint details available at the office. no information by phone. Also lists for sale a five room cottage with yard improvements and terms, and rent notice for two acres with a small house at Tampao and Navidad. An ideal six room cottage with many amenities is also offered for sale by owner leaving the city. Contact at Drexel Avenue address or 710 Hunstock and Travis phone.
The Light announces Sunday want ads accepted until 10 o clock tonight with proper classification in The Light office by 8 p m. Ten day runs include two Sundays at a half cent per word per insertion. Ads may be taken over the phone and charged. Crockett 1742 and New 176.
For sale by owner a ninety acre improved farm ten miles east of the city with a Pasos address Sam Hoard Route 9 city. Also offered is a beautiful 215 acre farm seven miles from the city on a macadam road with interurban railway. One hundred acres cultivated, reliable water and a cotton gin adjacent, crops unfailed for 12 years. Farmed by the same German for 25 years. All farming implements go. See South West Trading Company. Travis 2383.
Barnard College will oppose sororities and, per Dean Virginia C. Gilderaleeve, establish a new social organization next year at the women's division of Columbia University.
Belleville Missouri farmer John Lynn collapsed in his carnyard as a flock of geese panicked and cried out, waking his family and saving his life. Meanwhile reports say the South Russian crop was above average but rain and hail reduced potential record yields.
Two divorce petitions were filed today in the Thirty seventh district court. Virginia Davila de Cervantez seeks a divorce from Jose Cervantez and J C Everett seeks a divorce from Anna Everett.
Exposition Park hosts a Sunday event from 4 to 6 PM with Diaz Sisters providing music in the afternoon and evening segments.
Attorney J F Carl relocates his law offices to 418 420 Gunter building and lists the phone number Travis 2587 for contact in the advertisement.
Community event this Saturday features Diaz Sisters in music at Exposition Park. Bon bon dance activities and coupon offers announced for attendees.
Ady notes El ite Cafe offers barbecue cabrito today and tomorrow inviting patrons to enjoy the dish during the two day event with no further details provided.
A young white man named John P. May was sentenced to 100 days on the rock pile by Judge Lowther in the police court. He was arrested last night by Policemen Knowlton and Cardenas for disorderly conduct after residents near the market house filed a complaint.
Adv says Dr. Clarence Warfield resumes dental practice. An advertisement urges patients to trust the old reliable Union Painless Dentists at 322 West Commercial Street for dental care.
A classified notice seeks boys with or without wheels for work through Western Union at 142 West Commerce Street, inviting applicants to respond to the agency.
Packard and Stearns Knight tour touring cars and taxicabs for hire. Phones Crockett 1-2-3 and new 1-2-3 for information or reservations.
A prisoner held by a policeman, who had a Mexican suspect in custody for a purse theft on Obraje street, slipped away during a telephone conversation with police headquarters. No trace of the escapee has been found since.
An Italian spaghetti offer at Spaghetti Italienne Elite Cafe appears in today and tomorrow advertisements. The brief notice highlights a dine in special and quick service for patrons seeking classic Italian meals.
Dr. S. Van Wie, dentist, has moved his offices to the Riverside building. Phone Travis 2539.
A rain or shine evening event at the Dixie Social Club featuring Eugene Artzt music at 117 North Flores Street. Short notice advertisement indicates a local social dance.
Captain John Rodgers of the United States Marshals Service travels with deputies L. Anderson and F. Z. White to El Paso to attend court proceedings this morning.
Three weeks in attendance at the October session of the Federal Court. They will be joined at El Paso tomorrow by Judge T. S&S. Maxey and Clerk D. H. Hart of Austin, who will arrive in San Antonio tonight, proceeding immediately to the border city.
The opening dance by Mr Higginbotham, originally set for October 5, has been postponed to Sunday October 12. Beethoven Halil presents the event with advertisements.
A compact classified notice advertising Mrs Archer offering dancing lessons and a credit line Cr 6816 with Franklin Taxicabs contact. It lists an available phone line for inquiries.
Ed Flannery of this city has been appointed Immigration Inspector at Tucumcari New Mexico after passing a first grade civil service examination. he wired acceptance to the Washington Immigration Department yesterday.
Notice states Bluemel's dance event is postponed to Saturday October 11. Local organizers announce new date and urge attendees to adjust plans.
Humane officer BE. M. Collins listed at 211 Central Office building with old phone 2409 day and 6877 night and Sunday in the advertisement.
A quirky legal brief notes Degen's bottle beer incident with a rat named Travis 1712 and references a new phone number 863. The filing outlines a dispute between A v. party seeking relief, with minimal procedural details and no explicit judgment.
The Gunter Hotel basement was cleaned by a large force of workmen after flood waters were pumped out. Percy Tyrell, the manager, said the barber shop pool room and other basement businesses have been brought to shape and will reopen this afternoon. The water filled the basement nearly to the first floor, but round the clock efforts made quick recovery.
The religious school of Temple Beth El will hold its session Sunday morning at 10 oclock. All Jewish children will be present at that hour.
The San Antonio Benevolent Society lists officers Fred Davison and others at 224 Hicks Building with old phone Travis 71. Contact hours nights and Sundays include Crockett 2782 and 4432.
The Senate debating club at Main Avenue High School yesterday backed a new class schedule, deeming it better than the old one. On the affirmative were Racy and Rockwell, with Thorne and Hartsfield voting negative. Carlos Smith, William Casten, Clyto Riggs and L. N. Putman were added to the membership roll.
An old advertisement notes Degen's Bottle Beer with a phone change from Vis 1712 to new number 863, indicating a service or store contact update. The brief item preserves a period voice with a practical notice for readers seeking Degen's beverage offerings.
A wartime era crowd gathered to hear a speech titled The Need of More and Better Bridges in San Antonio. The orator urged improved infrastructure and emphasized strategic importance of reliable river crossings for growth and safety.
At Maine Avenue High School yesterday the Hayne Debating Club held a session led by Mr Steiffel. The afternoon topic was The United States Should Encourage Immigration Through the Panama Canal. The negative, led by Taylor and P Duggan, won against the affirmative team Lang and Lee. Judges were Field, McFadden and Luter.
Dr O E Hicks, dentist, operates in room 204 of the Gunter building. Old contact phone listed as 1170.
Franklin Taxicabs notes limited number of sites in Scotland. The text states there are twenty five or thirty sites, all constructed by farmers or by local masons and carpenters.
The page shows a complex timetable with numerous train numbers and routes. It details departures and arrivals for lines including northbound, southbound, Mexico, Palestine, Laredo, Kerrville, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Victoria, and Sutherland Springs, with notes on daily service differences and special cars.
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