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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1912

Page

30

California and Northwest Lands for Investors Advised

California and Northwest Farm Lands consulting agriculturist lists services for soil analysis and land inspection for investors. Listings include 870 acres of improved black sandy land near Brownsville at $18, half cash, Box 492 city. 80 acres in Rio Grande valley near Mercedes, Tex. 88 acre irrigated farm six miles from post office for rent or sale near Hot Wells car, 992 Light.

Wisconsin Agricultural School California Northwestern Brownsville Rio Grande Valley Mercedes Tex R. L. Morgan

Webb Co. Ranch 10602 Acres Near Reiser Texas

Webb County ranch totals 10 602 acres eight miles south of Reiser on the Mexican railroad southeast of Laredo. Land is 86 percent smooth level chocolate sandy loam with strong black sandy soil in parts. Fenced cross fenced into five pastures with several large earth tanks. Suitable for colonization. oil and gas development near Reiser extends toward property. Offered at 7 dollars per acre with easy terms. Nicholson Furnish Smith 404 408 Gunter Bldg.

Reiser Texas Mexican Laredo Nicholson, Furnish & Smith Gunter Bldg

Midcoast Farms lists bargains in city farms and land

Southwestern Development and Land Company offers bargains in city properties farms and large tracts of land in the rain belt with attractive trading list. The notice advertises affordable right priced land options and solicits interest at 606 Moore Building.

Southwestern Development and Land Company Moore Building

Black Land Farm Sale Inside 9 Mile Circle

A 60 acre fronting property with three 60 acre plots of fine black land and 30 acres in cultivation inside a nine mile circle. Tillable with very good improvements. A rare chance. Contact STEWART & VANE MAN at 419 Gunter Building or call new phone 806.

Stewart & Vane Gunter Building

Irrigated and Pecan Ranch Lands For Sale in Texas

For sale 1120 acres yielding about 2500 dollars in pecans eight miles from Junction on the Liano river. 2000 acres in Uvalde county well watered. 200 acres in fine pecan bottom. 21 acres cultivated. Spring on the place. Cedar timber. Prices vary from 5 to 9 dollars per acre. Also five acres in city with water and a five room cottage. Listings by PETTY & BOUDREAUX and H. JACKSON.

Junction Texas Uvalde County Petty & Boudreaux Phono

Farms and Ranches For Colonization In Texas

Fowler Bros. Land Co. offers 12 000 acres in Jackson and Lavaca counties with river frontage hog wallow prairie timber land and 90 percent first class ready to colonize at 17 50 per acre on easy terms. Another 7000 acres on Nueces river frontage in La Salle county described as easiest water tract in the county priced at 15 per acre with a release clause packaging a strong bargain for investors.

Jackson Lavaca Texas Nueces River la Salle County Fowler Bros. Land CO Bedell Louisiana Bedell Building

Farms for sale and land listings across Texas and Louisiana

Agricultural listings show 121 acres eight miles east of Denton with 80 cultivated and timber, priced at 100 per acre. 1434 acres six miles east of Dalhart with eight hundred cultivated, price undetermined. 191 acre farm 16 miles east of Cit with 150 cultivated, orchard, windmill, and a 5-room house. additional 565 acres in Wilson county and 60 acres with varying cultivation and water. Listings mention multiple agents including A C Feldman and W B Whitaker with contact details.

San Antonio M. T. Cocke Tex Denton A. C. Feldman Dalhart Dallam County Texas Wilson County W. B. Whitaker Cit Daily Mail Bexar County

Real estate transfers including Alamo Heights deeds and parcels

A list of 1912 real estate transfers from W Co and Otto Haynes to Gouger and multiple other parties. Transactions cover lots in Alamo Heights and Givens Terrace, new city blocks, and quitclaims with values from $1 to $35,000 plus several large lot exchanges and field notes across San Antonio area counties. Notable names include M. H. Ayer, Albert and Ernest Steves, Adelheid Schiebel, Edward Neumann, and J. D. Martin among others.

Alamo Heights Co M. H. Townsend Albert Ernest Steves Alamo Heights Thomas E Eleanor Tucker Kennedy Cook County Illinois Bexar County Joseph Zellenwitz C. H W. L. Hodgkinson P. K. Trowell New City East Side Jones Avenue Hodgkinson W. J. Allen R. H. Beckman Palmetto Avenue Virginia Street R. F Edward Neumann Adelheid Schiebel Ckett Street R. F. Neumann New City Block Corner Avenue D Seventh Street Stout Goliad Street Alamo Water N. L Minnie I. Bridgman J. D. Martin Missionfield Joseph Dengel Johanna Dengel John Dengel Glover D. B. Threlkeld Val Verde Alice Regina Felleman Laura C. Lorig Old City St. Charles Street John Sullivan Micalla O. Smith Georgie Olivarri Ferdinand A. Oscar Sarah Edward E. Flory Jr Main Plaza Soledad Streets R. J. Bridgman Alexander H. Fraser Givens Terrace Joseph W. Hierholzer Otto Eisenhauer R. Rodriguez R. L Minnie Bridgman Alamo and Johnson Streets Robert F. Frank J. W. Hellums New San Pedro Avenue West Ever Areas Givens

Births Reported For Four Local Families

To Mr and Mrs John S McKelvain a girl born August 30 1308 Morales Street To Mr and Mrs Antonio Lozano a boy born August 29 310 Matamoras Street To Mr and Mrs Theodore Mumme a boy born August 26 207 Toledo Street To Mr and Mrs Frank S Crutcher a boy born August 29 614 North Palmetto Avenue

John S. McKelvain Morales Street Antonio Lozano Matamoras Street Theodore Mumme Toledo Street Frank S. Crutcher Palmetto Avenue

Plume In Elevator Sparks Reading Suit Over Hat

A Philadelphia and Reading Railroad passenger sues after a willow plume on her hat is ripped by an electric fan in a terminal elevator. The fan blades tore the hat and ruined the plume. an electrician repaired the device and she left by taxi. The suit seeks compensation for the incident. Tobacco prices in England rise as demand outpaces production.

Philadelphia Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company Reading England

Murray the Giant who kept the team in front

Outfielder Jack Murray of the champions Giants is praised for his grit and improved form this season. He rebuilt his reputation after a rough World Series and has become essential in right field, base running, and pinch hitting, helping McGraw's club stay in contention and salvage key games against the Cubs and Athletics.

Jack Murray Giants Murray Polo Grounds McGraw Red Jack Bugs Athletics Jack Marlin Red Hooper Speaker Lewis Red Sox Ty Cobb Joe Birmingham Naps Brush Stadium New York Cubs Chicago West

Gramm Motor Truck offers four standard models

Gramm Motor Truck company of Lima Ohio unveils four standard truck models with capacities of one two three and five tons priced at 2000 2600 3500 and 4500. The firm touts ten years of experience near perfect design long overhangs avoided short wheelbase for city use and refined details across all sizes. Each model shares features like a four cylinder water cooled motor high tension magneto roller spring suspension and adaptable bodies with or without complete bodies.

Gramm Motor Truck Company Lima Ohio Gramm

British stars compete in national amateur golf at Wheaton

The national amateur tournament test begins at the Chicago Golf Club Wheaton course with Harold Hilton and Norman Hunter leading practice rounds. Hilton carded 74 for low score while Hunter and Jerome Travers followed. plans include English participation and guest arrangements with tents, showers, and visitor housing in place.

Chicago Golf Club Wheaton Harold Hilton Norman Hunter Great Britain Hilton Jerome Travers Upper Montclair Hunter Travis Walter J. Travis Walter Fairbanks Denver Fairbanks Chicago Chick Evans England

Vacation at Home Instead of Travel

The piece asks if readers can spend their vacation days at home, noting downtown life with intense heat and dust is hard in summer. It contrasts winter comfort at downtown homes with summertime discomfort, suggesting the seashore or mountains as desirable escapes.

Highland Park

Marriage Licenses Recorded For Twenty Couples

William D. Lamum and Katherine Schroeg ler join in marriage along with Robert A. Butler and Louise Bass. Monral Kimbra wed Dorothy Whitaker as Roy B. Warnock ties Georgia L. Ham brick. Others include Dee Edgar Schott and Effie May Howard, Paul Klinke and Mrs Eliese Reinald, Antonio Amaya and Victoriana Pena, William Nutt and Mrs Mettie Cooley, John F. Franken and Ella Rhinehart, Elton Elias Rhoads and Julia Maria Docherty, Oscar W. Houchins and Eva Lisenbe, Rodrigo Garza and Jesusa Trevino.

Ler Robert A. Butler Louise Bass Monral Kimbra Dorothy Whitaker Roy B. Warnock Georgia L. Hambrick Dee Edgar Schott Effie May Howard Paul Klinke Eliese Reinald Antonio Amaya Victoriana Pena William Nutt Mettie Cooley John F. Franken Ella Rhinehart Elton Elias Rhoads Julia Maria Docherty Oscar W. Houchins Eva Lisenbe Rodrigo Garza Jesusa Trevino

Automobile Licenses Listed For St. Anthony and Augusta Street

No. 2670 J. Baretta of St. Anthony. No. 2671 Dr. C. B. Re King at 619 Augusta Street appears in license records.

J. K.baretta St. Anthony Ko Dr. C. EB. Re King Augusta Street

Burial Permits for Mrs Lucy S Wallace

Mrs Lucy S Wallace aged 37 dies August 30 at Ninth and Oakland streets. Burial permits issued.

Lucy S. Wallace Ninth and Oakland Streets

Toepperweins Exhibit Marksmanship At Colorado Springs Gun Club

Ad Toepperwein and Mrs. Toepperwein of San Antonio gave a famed shooting show at the Colorado Springs Gun Club to promote shooting as a pastime. Spectators saw remarkable feats with rifle revolver and shotgun including egg and brick targets and a double egg throw sequence. Mrs. Toepperwein led the day with 97 of 100 targets hit at the traps.

Colorado Springs Colo Colorado Springs Gun Club Ad Toepperwein Toepperwein San Antonio Tex Winchester

Postal rules curb girls from mail at general delivery

Washington has issued instructions to postmasters to block young girls from using the general delivery window in their cities. The plan may extend to married women. James T. Cortelyou, chief postal inspector, will lead the reform in this district. Applicants in Philadelphia will be asked for home addresses and reasons if they cannot receive mail at home. The window remains a convenience for travelers, not an adjunct to romance.

Philadelphia Washington James T. Cortelyou

Also Mentioned on This Page

Tanda Geo T. Wight, Moore Houston King, Lee & Compton Exc. Agta Ave C. Moore Bldg. Oo. P Washington Heights Country Club San Antonio Loan & Trust Co Tobin Hill Washington Place C. V. Birkhead, J. F. Carl New House W. Commerce &J Dulling Printing Co C. R. Southwell Navarro St Hammond Route 9 Southwestern Development and Land CO Moore Ridg Myrtle Street Laurel Heights Howard and Mulberry Streets City Dewey Street Matagorda Street Meerscheidt & Reutzel St. Mary's Street Mission Street W. Crockett Rio Grande Fire Insurance Co Moore Post Ave River Ave W. P. Arnold Bastrop, Tex Mahneke Court Hot Wells R. H. Wester CO Exc. Agts E. Houston Block DeWitt St Northwest D. B. Langford Pearsall,Tex Midcoast Farms Black Land Farm Uy National Bank” Building H. Jackson Gunter Bidg Jim Wells County Fowler Bros Land CO Arif Giants Gramm Concern Georgia Peach Red” Murray Long Island Boston Sandy Origur Aiud Newcomb L.P. Peck Co East Houston St William D. Lamum and Katherine Schroeg
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