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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
3
Classified notices list: words 6 times daily 10 words daily and weekly rates for one week 30 cents and 40 cents respectively. Contains snippet of pricing and offering details for small advertisements.
For rent nice office space downstairs. C R Hamilton. Wanted good gentle horse. E C Yeatts. A 2 1/2 story residence for sale see owner 45 Powder Avenue. Moving and drag work by Brownlow & Strickland. Moving vans available. Office 3 East Hickory. Parks & Lester moving services. Office and residence phones listed.
A miscellaneous page ad notes a dream separator for sale or trade, 12 scholarships offered for $20 with an August 22 expiry, a Denton college advertises a practical business course, a piano for sale at a discount, and the Denton Transfer lists two workers with updated phone numbers.
L Fulton has houses to rent and invites contact by phone or in person. Mrs Luckett, at 89 North Locust Street, seeks dressmaking and plain sewing work.
For lease terms and particulars inquire by phone to Wm. C. Wright regarding the Wigebt Opera House rental.
Ten strong companies at J. W. Johnson agency assure correct, prompt coverage for fire tornado and accident risks. Johnson invites you to switch and be convinced by his dependable service.
For sale our lot and building on East McKinney street lot 100x230 building 40x110 artesian well city water and sewer connections price 1600 Apply Denton Steam Laundry Co.
Chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs offered with prompt delivery and full measure. Also advertising autos for hire with contact numbers for Arkansas Mill on S Elm Street and W Farrashears manager in Hamilton Yeatts office.
Help wanted for scavenger work call 307. Turner Bros advertise fresh comb honey produced by bees. No specifics on location or additional details.
A fragmentary note by S A Bushey discusses possible concrete sidewalks or brickwork options and asks for assistance in figuring the best path forward.
J M Gurley a cement contractor advertises first class work at the right price offering estimates to potential clients.
Dr W A Jones, dentist, Nest Side Square. W Fralin, dentist, South side Square, middle of block, Denton Texas.
Lh W E Botts veterinary practitioner now operates at Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb dock with new phone 79 and updated residence lines 133. Old numbers 1t and 4156 superseded by current contacts.
A R McGintie proprietor of rentals operates offices over Long and King in Denton. He rents houses in 1st, West, South and North Denton and offers furnished rooms for rent.
Reward offered for return of a lost open face gold watch with leather fob and engraved charm reading O, Vv. B. Return to the office.
Several good second-hand Oliver typewriters offered by J. E. McCabe at the Exchange Bank building. Bargain price and ready for quick sale.
State primary results show Gov Col quits majority 23 637 Walthall leads Looney for Attorney General by 542 Phillips leads Townes for Supreme Court Justice by 1 475 Mayfield leads Wor tham for Railroad Commissioner by 6 117 Lane leads Single ton for Agriculture Commissioner by 14 194 Lane Regents over Barker for Comptroller by 30 224 Congress at Large Sumner ahead of Garrett by 1 086 Garret ahead of McLemore Deed filed in county clerk's office for 25 000 Geo W Baker sold to Charles W Petit for 537 and a fraction acres in eastern county including 220 acres of W H Dickson 4 of J P French 13 of Allen Vestal 80 of C C King 70 of Wm Lofton 134 5 of G W Baker and 29 10 acres of C C Dickson surveys.
Local shop Turner Bros promotes a harvest of honey with combs on display and phones ready for orders. Community members visit to sample products and learn about beekeeping methods.
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway will sell at 2 p.m. August 21, 1912 at its Ponder freight depot two unclaimed consignments. Items include a traction engine and a separator shipped from Fort Worth and Justin, Texas, with waybills 356 and 106. Proceeds cover unpaid freight, storage, and sale costs.
The body of Porter Staples brother of Charles Staples of Stony was buried at Stony Wednesday afternoon. He was about 27 and survived by a wife and two children. Typhoid fever caused his death and he was a cousin of Misses Bessie and Matte Staples and U. S. Staples of the city. Also notices of local real estate transfers and a note that Denton Traction Co will run early rain service starting Friday at 5 30 AM.
Denton Transfer CV advertises prompt baggage transfer with a new phone line and stable Walnut street location. It also notes a fresh supply of vegetables at LONG & KING with phone 44.
Justin residents met Thursday to review a proposed 1.5 mile road opening near Justin at the intersection of the Drop and Justin and the Ponder and Justin roads. A jury of view for damages will be J N Underwood, John D Thomason, and J R Schoolfield, with the route passing land owned by W H Pennington and D C Leuty.
Street cars will train at 5 30. Denton Traction Co sets time for city transportation service with early evening runs.
Cracker sticker line hints at ready to serve potato chips offered as an affordable alternative to cooking. Mentions phones for ordering and potential availability at a shop.
Lost watch engraved M to A missing between Williams store and the post office. Reward or return requested by Mrs. E. F. Johnson at Jarrell Evang store.
Hot dry weather hurts cotton as six week drought continues. Local residents A M Buckner and family visit in Tarrant county while Mrs Bennett and Mrs Hobbs visit. Delegates J R McCreless and S O Hudson chosen at primary to county convention. Various visits and social calls noted including families Calvert, Whyburn, and Swart near Denton. Sam Calvert reports unusually early open cotton balls.
A Vermont salesman, E F E Youngs, says constipation and indigestion plagued him until using Dr King's New Life Pills. He claims the remedy helps stomach, liver and kidney troubles and notes the price of 25 cents at J F Raley Co.
Local grocers in Denton tout large stock and good prices pleasing many families. They invite calls to learn about quantities and quality while offering fresh produce and chips and requesting customers to place orders by phone.
Short draft notice promotes Smith's Restaurant inviting customers to drop in for meals and service. Also advertises fruit jars tops and rubber items from Turner Bros with phone contact.
In Bartonville on July 29 J R Chambers Jr returned from Denton and several locals visited kin in nearby towns. Henry Barker and Mamie Woods quietly wed with Rev Keith officiating. A social honored Miss Ethel Simmons of Denton, and many residents, including J Jeter Grapevine and Mrs Homer Gibbs, planned trips and visits to relatives in Waketon Denton Justin and Wise counties.
Two things everlasting at war joy and piles but Bucklen Arnica Salve is said to banish piles It subdues itching irritation and inflammation and gives comfort It is described as a greatest healer for burns bot ulcers cuts bruises eczema scalds pimples and skin eruptions Sold for 25 cents at J F Raley & Co
H. W. Sanders announces selling all peaches on the hill except Elberta varieties at 50 cents per bushel, with Elbertas at 75 cents. The crop is nearly ripe, selling a few odds and ends of Elbertas at 50 cents. Also notes on the College of Industrial Arts at Denton and a home treatment claim for asthma from Frontier Asthma Company in Buffalo New York.
Local advertisement notes a wide stock including garden hoses spacklers nozzles and lawn mowers from Taylor Hardware Co.
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