There is a new hotel in Texas which should suit excellently all the shy people who dislike going to the clerk at an hotel desk to book a room and feel diffident about asking a strange maid to bring a jug of hot water. This hotel is without servants or visible managers. A guest arrives, writes his name on a blackboard, enters any empty bedroom —the key of which will be hanging just inside the door—and, having spent a comfortable night, slips a dollar in a slotted box at the entrance to settle his bill. The proprietor, who must be a man of leisure and an optimist, declares that so far he has not been robbed and people have not left without paying. A shilling advertisement in 'be classified section of The Press will sell your goods. Try it, 12 words la three insertions 5a Bet, —i
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19312, 17 May 1928, Page 2
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147Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19312, 17 May 1928, Page 2
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