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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1912
Page
3
Local classified column recalls dentists in Denton Texas and a harness and shoe shop move. Also lists political candidates for county offices including judge assessor treasurer sheriff Clerk and alderman wards with several names and precincts. Community notices invite scavenger work calls and advertise messenger service and barber shop.
Poultry entries advertise Buff Rock eggs at $1 per setting and Thoroughbred eggs for hatching with Indian Runner ducks and partridge wyndettes. Rhode Island Reds cockerels and pullets offered at 1.50 per 15 eggs, Mitchell’s Barber Shop listed for contact, and multiple sellers provide duck eggs and settings.
Henrietta April 1 Clay County residents cast ballots Saturday in a local option vote and approved a dry measure by a clear majority.
A small Den ton store runs a broad ad in its advertising column. The notice explains people read the ads and reply to them, as the shop relies on classified listings and responses.
Note announces political primary action in July and urges investigation into candidates claims. R. Lt Cable of Montague County is named for the State Senate 31st District listing and solicitation of support.
The First Christian church hosted a Marshall revival with three services. Evangelist Marshall delivered morning and evening sermons on life, suffering and sin, asserting Jesus as the solution. J Frank Harbinson of Paris IL directed music and soloists, as services continue tonight at eight o'clock.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for stomach liver and bowels promising painless relief and morning improvement. It claims cleaning undigested food removing bile and poisons while enabling sleep with ten cent boxes and urges households to buy from Turner Bros.
A columnist urges readers to scan hardware ads in the current paper for price incentives. The narrator notes weariness with ongoing wants and suggests ad readers identify bargains offered by advertisers.
A terse classified note invites buyers to inquire about an item for sale. Contact details are not provided in the fragment, but the text signals a straightforward sales prompt typical of classified ads.
Fragmentary timetable lists northbound and southbound train numbers with departure and arrival times, including limited services and connections to Dallas and Wichita. It references No 209 No 200 No 206 No 210 No 281 No 712 No 282 and notes times such as 6:45 am 7:55 am 9:42 am and 10:26 am with unspecified days.
Mrs Bertha Kunze Baker hosts a Monday opera house reading under the CIA’s auspices featuring Maeterlinck Pelleas and Melisande with Georgette Le Blanc as Melisande. An invited Paris and Normandy cast, and a lecture recounting Maeterlinck’s visit to Abbey of St Wandrille accompany the recital.
Readers are informed that Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy claimed to cure catarrh in all stages. The makers offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials, with sales through druggists at 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Pilot Point news reports the death of H. Bryant after a week of illness and J. P. Anderson, with services held at home. Pauline South riding wins second prize in Fort Worth Fat Stock show and first in harness ponies. Fire damages include barber shop and restaurant with total loss near 2500 dollars. Postmaster to open postal savings. Community notices include church dedications and local visits.
The report notes 1673 bales winning for the season. Foster predicts March will bring average rainfall and colder weather, earning him praise. Three inches of rain have fallen, exceeding the yearly average by .75.
The shop announces the latest Gage Hats Easter collection with new headwear arrivals. Customers are invited to visit and see the freshest styles.
The Board of Trustees has paid off the final bonds against the Justin Independent district totaling 2000 dollars eight years after issue for school expansion and district growth. WE Smoot attended the Fat Stock show in Fort Worth and bought a roan shorthorn Durham bull as a calf that later won the grand champion at the St. Louis World's Fair and two imported Canadian Shropshire ewes named Bassett and Harold Caddell. Monday night a robber broke into H Looper's store via a rear window, taking items though clues were hard to confirm.
A meningitis case was reported at Jim Beaty’s Aubrey home on J F Morgan place with limited hope of recovery. Miss Myrtie Williams and Rev J W Tincher officiated two weddings on Sunday while William Coffey and Elizabeth Tate wed in Dallas. Cousin H H Bryant of Aubrey died of meningitis at Pilot Point. Cards announce the upcoming marriage of Miss Myrtle.
An old advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures pimples boils scratches sprains bruises burns and cuts. It claims fast relief for boys and girls and touts piles treatment. Sold by J. F. Raley & Co.
Miss Zelma and Juanita McCullar hosted an evening for high school students with old fashioned games. The event featured hot chocolate and cakes for guests Vera Foreman Pearl McCormick Hazel Weatherly Blanche Garrison Verna Adams Martigua Reynolds Flora Mae Grady and guests Oran Bell Douglas Witt Albert Adkisson Gussie Penny Walker Jagoe James Hill and Gay Sherrod.
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