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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
10
The San Antonio Light lists insertion rates per word for classified ads with scale discounts for multiple insertions and special conditions for situation wanted ads. It also notes deadlines, acceptance rules, and written orders only, with no telephone orders for running indefinitely or stopping ads.
Classified ad rates across Dallas Times Herald Fort Worth Star Telegram El Paso Herald Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Light advertise a guaranteed daily circulation over 140000 and 176000 Sunday. Rates are six cents per word for daily ads and Sunday pricing. A 20 word ad in all five papers costs 1 for one weekday, 2.20 for three insertions including Sunday. Minimum charge based on 20 words. Submissions due noon Thursday for Sunday ads. Ads payable with cash to the San Antonio Light Classified Advertising.
A dense timetable lists train numbers and routes across the Katy lines. It shows arrivals and departures from Laredo Fort Worth Waco Houston Santa Fe points and major connections to Palestine Taylor St Louis and Kerrville with multiple daily services and specials.
Various job ads including male help wanted for tailoring washing barbering hotel bell staff driving lawn work and sales. Opportunities at Sunset Tailoring Mission Lodgings Apex Commerce Bee Candy Mfg Co Randall Hotel Katy Loan Co and other local firms with ages and duties specified.
Help wanted notices describe various positions including housework cooking and child care. Listings include contact numbers Crockett and street addresses in San Antonio and surrounding areas with notes on race and language requirements for some jobs. The classified page advertises multiple job opportunities across domestic service and manufacturing roles.
A series of 1916 real estate transfers listing grantees grantors and parcels in Dallas Kerr Bexar and McLennan counties. Entries include W F Fontaine to Fassett lot 18 block 1 Marlborough Place Kerr County Will Boeckmann to Gilbert Storme and others with locations on Hill Crest Avenue and Cactus River Street. Anni Eckart to Harry Breubing and Mary Hill to Catherine Hill reflect subdivisions and blocks with specified consideration amounts. Further transfers involve W H Keilmann D Palmer J N Lott and others with parcels in Sunny South Pecan Grove Avondale and Mary Street areas and varied sums.
A series of property transfers record deeds from August 1914 to October 1916. Transactions cover lots and blocks in the city, including Sunset Place and Asbury Place, with stated considerations from $1 to $600. Names include Ingram, Lott, Orn, Edwards, Hamilton, Ernst, Crowell, Waller, Hausmann, Arnedt, and others across Nueces, Williamson, Bexar, Atascosa, and Dimmit counties.
P. T. Shields offers a two 12-room apartment house on Olive Street for $5000 while C. H. Kearney performs alterations at Main Ave Nur for $220.
Burial permits show Victoria Hernandez aged 30 died October 10 at 821 South Leona. Simona Ovya aged 14 died October 10 at Pastores Avenue. Boys and girls listed with parental names and addresses include October 10 at 808 Scott Street and others at 510 South Laredo Street, £ 20 South Laredo Street, 101 Ralph Street, Pecos Street.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple names including Nathan Marx Welsch Ethel Shnitzer Wensesiado Perez Luisa Macias Joseph A. Daneri Mary Allen Jolly Francisco Trevino Maria Gregoria Jope van Trinidad Refugia Nunez Allen Roberts Hanna Dubrel.
Fragmentary directory list showing various car brands such as Studebaker Ford Overland Saxon Metz and owners or contact names with street addresses in Terrell and nearby areas. Entries include 914 Denver Boulevard 638 South Presa 616 North Melina and other street names like Garden College Gibbs and Lake View avenues.
Classified notice listing employment for trustworthy sales agents to promote a contract offering 6 percent real estate loans under Texas supervision. Mentions Home Investment alpha 1005-6 SW Life Bldg Dallas and emphasize quick, reliable pay and secure operations with approved securities on deposit. Also includes various small ads and services.
An ordinance amends paragraph 102 of Section IX of San Antonio traffic rules. It prescribes diffuse headlights below level of the road and bans spotlights, with exceptions for visitors, police and fire service, and a short temporary allowance for unlit vehicles. Violations carry a fine of 2 to 20 dollars.
Classified notice invites male and female applicants for home employment and all kinds of positions. Mentions Houston address and upstairs location. Light ads available with transport service for ads. Light ads start Friday October 13 for 12 days at the 16 day price.
Advertisements list furnished housekeeping rooms with prices and terms at 315 EB Nueva St 303 Lafitte St 68 Matagoorda St and 414 Ave D plus running water and board options at 930 S Alamo and 602 Victoria St, with notes about proximity to Joske's, car lines, and Crockett phone listings Nowlin Ranch Waring Tex promotes outdoor life and year round rates.
A grouped notice lists numerous rental options in Crockett including 5 room cottages and modern 2 story homes. Listings describe furnished and unfurnished cottages with baths, garages, and garden spaces on streets like Paso Hondo Cypress Powder House Elmira and Aubrey. Also notes houses for sale or rent with riverfront and large lots.
An un furnished front room at 402 Pereida Crockett and a second offer at 308 8 Alamo describe a hotel ads near Alamo Plaza. The notice touts 18 days for the price of 10 with a modern room and optional private bath and reasonable rates.
Advertisement seeks salesmen to sell over 500 articles including diamonds watches and solid gold jewelry with 30 day sell or return policy. Offers confidential wholesale prices and agent dealer opportunities in every town from The Pope Co wholesale jewelers Longview Texas. Also advertises lubricating oils greases auto oils and ready mixed paints from The Detroit Refining Co Detroit.
Special notice boasts 60 percent higher net paid city circulation than rivals in Fort Worth and reaches about 400 towns in West and Northwest Texas. Want ad rates are 1% per word per insertion with cash terms, no single insertion under $5. Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Fort Worth Telegram reach over 86,000 net paid daily and 40,000 Sunday.
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