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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1912
Page
3
Multiple small ads offer items for sale or trade including a piano for exchange for a horse and buggy at 18 West Side Square. Other listings seek second hand hog wire sewing services milk cow plain sewing furnished rooms to rent and office space options nearby. Local phone numbers accompany each ad and several streets are named.
OODWORKMEN FOR FIRST CLASS WOod Work best materials and most reasonable prices see J. L. Waldrip at Lacy's Blacksmith Shop 166.
An ad offering lock repair and sewing machine work plus key cutting services. The text mentions Magill and Shepard as the providers and advertises fitting keys to various locks and machines.
Fragmentary listing shows Ber feedstuffs and a Ber stove and safe offered for sale. Mentions full measure and a market on Elm Street with two phone lines for contact.
Classified notice advertising dray work and household goods moving services by Brownlow and Strickland. New phone 110, old phone 210. Office at sod barn 26 East Hickory. tf
Denton Transfer Co operated by H M Morrison lists new phone 70 and old number 34. Offers trunks and baggage service for calls made anywhere in the city and moving Lips om building.
Two large paving vans offer prompt service at reasonable rates. Household and specialty work advertised with office and residence phone numbers listed for contact.
A. R. McGintie offers furnished houses and rooms for rent in Denton city. Listings include north south east and west locations with an office one door east of Exchange National Bank.
A fragment shows a request for concrete side or brick work. The note mentions F OU WANT and asks to figure the rough cost or plan, attributed to S A Busshey.
M Gurley advertises cement contracting with first class work at the right price. He invites readers to get estimates for renovations or new construction.
The ad notes Old phone 1311 and new 34 for City Meat Market on West Oak Street offering best meats at the right price and prompt delivery.
Dr W E Botts veterinary and surgeon lists office with Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb stock two phone numbers new 70 old 34 residence old 486 new 295 six with updated contact details and service notes.
West Side Square Dr W A Jones and South Side Square Dr J W Fralin operate offices in the middle of blocks in Denton Texas with stairs access noted for patients in the old directory style listing.
The Fern Matthews Barber Shop on the West Side invites readers to join a growing list of satisfied clients. The notice emphasizes the shop's appeal to local residents seeking quality grooming services.
Pedigreed hogs listed from the Acme herd of Poland Chinas led by Big Boy 163615. E C Yeatts of Sanger Texas advertises hogs with $1000 10 percent vendor lien note, box 602 Denton. Also for sale or trade a brand new No 10 Remington typewriter.
Multiple sale notices list items such as a mule owned by J. J Matthews and a bicycle at W. H. Jewett's Business College. A 25 acre property near the courthouse and College of Industrial Arts is advertised with a 5 room house, outbuildings, and threshing equipment. J. W. Ston offers the property near Maple Street, Texas. Body wanted scavenger work advertised at No. 307.
An old advertisement offers kerosene at 70 cents for five gallons and next best at six cents per gallon, with good gasoline at five gallons. It notes delivery anywhere and lists L L Roark with a new phone and A A Anderson's Harness and Shoe Repair moving to 118tfe near Puckett's Grocery.
For quick messenger service, call both phones 31. WwW. A Brashears, manager. Hamilton and Yeatts' office.
Buff rock eggs for sale at $1.00 per setting. Mrs B F Soloman Route 2 three miles south. Thoroughbred eggs for batching ducks 13 for $1.50 Partridge Wyndottes and Light Brahmas 15 for $1.50 Mrs A L Scott Route 7 Aubrey.
English and American runner duck eggs for sale best layers. I have 14 ducks and get 14 eggs every day now. Plenty of eggs on hand. $2 per setting of 13. See or write Will Mitchell, Mitchells Barber Shop.
Advertisement lists Pure Blood Barred Rock chicks priced at 15 for 75 cents. Mentions Mrs Robt G Wright and a new phone number 205. Includes a 200¢ note.
Austin report says Attorney General Jewell P. Lightfoot will not seek a second term. Assistant Attorney General James D. Waithall of Bexar county announced his candidacy to succeed Lightfoot.
Austin April 9. The Brownwood North and South Texas Railway filed application to increase its capital stock from 20000 to 200600 to cover the cost of extension northward from May Texas.
An advertisement touts D. D. D. Pre scription for Eczema as the sole reliable remedy. It claims first drops stop the itch instantly and offers a guarantee with a full size bottle if it does not remove the itch at once, sold by J. Raley & Co.
Note all statements under this head respond to the July democratic primary action. The gentlemen named herein request your investigation into their claims and your support for them.
R L Cable is listed for State Senate representing Montague district in the district designation. Voter information and district alignment are noted for the upcoming election.
Local representative Alvin M Ow sley leads the slate for county judge S H Hoskins runs for county assessor F E Tobin and Frank Witt head the assessor ticket Others include E Miller Gary C Lane J K Meekelvy for assessor and M Reeve J G Guy Dad Egan W Nelson for treasurer H V Hennen Sam Hawkins and Yo T Button for sheriff Ww Corr battis for county attorney H R Wilson Yeo M Hopkins E I Key for district clerk Ww B Durbin S T Higgins for district clerk and candidates for commissioner precincts George Watson Sullivan John F Morgan for precinct No 2 John Johnson for precinct No 3 W F Cunningham for precinct No 4 T S Atcheson J A Sweat for commissioner precincts 3 and 4.
The April term of County court begins Monday for a three week session with unusually light business expected. Civil docket has seen few suits since December, probate and criminal work are limited. The first week jurors are listed and Lewisville district road work has six bids yet to be opened.
A judge ruled in favor of eight National and two State banks in a 1909 suit against the Domini ons' court. The banks argued taxes were assessed at full value while farm land and other property were about 50 percent of real value. Dallas Judge Roberta reduced bank stock assessments to achieve equity with land.
Stomach misery relief is claimed for Pape's Diapepsin. A 50 cent case supposedly digests all meals, stops sour risings belching and heaviness, and cures indigestion within five minutes, with relief from headaches dizziness and gut distress.
The commissioners devoted Monday afternoon and Tuesday forenoon to routine matters. They discussed monthly accounts petitions for new roads and changes, officers reports, and similar items. The Lewisville district road contract awaited final approval and a $76,562.92 check was deposited with the County Judge, with collection pending final action.
Vapor therapy with HYOMEI gasps relief for catarrh bronchitis and sore throat. Inhaler users breathe antiseptic vapor from boiling water and HYOMEI for about five minutes nightly. HYOMEI guaranteed to end catarrh or money back. bottle 50 cents and complete outfit with inhaler one dollar.
Washington April 9 Congressman C B Randell will leave for Texas Wednesday to begin an active campaign for the senatorial nomination.
Many passengers drowned when a Nile river excursion steamer sank after a collision with another vessel near Cairo. About 309 aboard, with some rescued. The disaster occurred late last night as the ships collided on the Nile.
A new shipment of tub dresses arrives with prices ranging from $2 to $5 for misses and ladies and $1.50 to $3 for children. Many styles and sizes available.
Funeral services for Mrs W Ed Brown who died Sunday morning at the Dallas sanitarium were conducted at the home Monday at 4 o clock with Rev A D Rogers and Elder C E Wooldridge in charge. Interment followed at Odd Fellows cemetery with pallbearers H R Wilson W J McCray R J Wilson Robert Sledge Jack Fry and Mr Collum. W E Brown Sr arrived Tuesday morning. mourners included Mr and Mrs Wright of Fort Worth and Miss Stella Cassee of Abilene. the family hails from Floydada.
A fragmentary classified note mentions reaching buyers through a column, hinting at a simple ad process. The text shows vague instructions and contact cues without full details.
The State of Texas commands the Denton County Sheriff to summon May J Wakeham by weekly publication for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper in the 16th Judicial District or any Denton County newspaper. The citation requires appearance at the next regular term of the Denton County District Court in Texas.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure known to the medical community for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars for any cure failure with testimonials available.
Director Youngblood of the State Experiment Stations and Agent Johnson of the Farm Management division of the USDA visited the Denton branch station on Tuesday. They met Supt. E C Buell and praised the local station, saying the outlook for the system’s law was promising.
A brief notice from Frontier Asthma announces free information on a nume rial treatment. The address provided is Room 162, Buffalo.
Uncle John Alexander returned from his farm to a surprise party Monday at W. L. Jones home. Friends and neighbors hosted a bountiful supper in his honor, and all enjoyed the gathering celebrating his 76th birthday.
Water rents for the quarter and light and power accounts for the month are due and patrons are urged to call at the office. Very respectfully W. J. Grady Supt.
The advertisement promotes Menthol Balm for nasal catarrh by applying it inside the nostrils twice daily and for croup by heating a flannel cloth with the balm and binding around the throat and chest. It claims usefulness for inflammatory skin and muscle conditions and notes two sizes, 25c and 50c, made by a pharmaceutical maker.
The five months old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cogsdell died in Argyle this morning from bronchial pneumonia after an illness that began Sunday. Burial was at Argyle cemetery this afternoon. Announcements note a commercial insert for Bucklen's Arnica Salve with claims of quick relief for injuries.
An advertisement promotes a combination rate for classified ads offering access to over 3 000 families or 15 000 people across a Daily and a Weekly edition at a very low cost. It encourages readers to try the service.
The petition filed February 7 1912 in No 5331 asks for dissolution of marriage between J T Wakeman and Mary J Wakeham. It states they married September 6 1898, lived as husband and wife until August 1908, when Mary eloped with a Mexican named Phillippi to Fort Worth and later Longworth. The plaintiff seeks dissolution of bonds of matrimony and costs. Witness W Be Durbin clerk. Denton County Texas. March 11 1912.
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