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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 217 meets on or before the full moon each month. Denton Chapter No. 8 meets first Tuesday. Denton Commandery No. 45 meets second Tuesday. Eastern Star meets Thursday on or before the full moon each month.
Lost black purse containing a dollar bill a silver dollar and a deposit slip at Mineral Wells bank. Reward for return to this office or phone 335 308. Found automobile glove owner can recover at Fox Garage by paying for this notice.
A purse containing 15 in currency is missing between Denton and Krum. A reward is offered for its return to the local office.
10 room house near Normal campus available for rent or sale. Contact R. J. Wilson for details.
For sale one span of large young horses two registered Jersey bulls and a pair of registered Duroc pigs offered by J. A. Ball of Argyle Texas. Local trade options considered and contact details provided.
Lone Star Marble Yard advertises two cows for sale with young calves. one cow is registered Jersey. Asking price noted as 306 cents.
For sale or rent a modern ten room house with a barn and servants' house. Includes electric lights and sewerage. Located near Normal. Old phone 198. 907.
Classified brief offers a mare for sale with inquiry directed to M. B. Whitlock at the address 2941f[e noting missing or damaged details.
Practically new complete butcher's outfit offered by C. H. Smith at 41 Ave. B. Old phone 586. Item listed August 2.
A notice offers 20 acres with improvements located half a mile north of town plus additional lots and business houses for sale. Interested buyers are asked to call 183 or contact L Fulton for details.
For sale a fresh Jersey milk cow listed at 72 South Elm. New phone contact 267-green, with the unusual spelling indicating a rotary or early mobile prefix.
An experienced confinement nurse offers practical nursing in Denton Texas at a reasonable price. Address Mrs Vella Canady Collinsville Texas 304p.
Real estate deals offered by W Henson at 19 Center Street Denton Texas. Seller promises cheap prices on available city properties. Contact for details and listings today.
John B. Schmitz advertises storage for household goods at reasonable rates and offers furniture and gas stoves for sale or loan.
J T Simmons advertises at East McKinney Street offering a registered Jersey bull in service. He lists groceries and feedstuffs with special attention to country produce and invites local business, noting old and new phone numbers 474 and 266.
Come to Will Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney Street for two top Jersey bulls, a black and a fawn, season fee $1.50 cash to all. A new phone is offered for $50. Also selling a house and lot on Lula Street.
Local dairy ad notes offering to buy sell and exchange milk cows. Mentions registered Jersey bull in service and lists McKelvy and Car Baugh Wagonyard on McKinney Street. 263tfc
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market offers fresh and tender meats with Old phone 212 and new phone & provided for inquiries and orders.
Freight Transfer Co advertises moving services from the Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street Call for furniture moves and drag line items with special attention.
Les ter and Miles advertise a moving service at Lester and Sherrod with new phone contact. The note touts first class service at reasonable rates and highlights household moving as a specialty.
Henry Kaltreuther on East McKinney Street offers wood work, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring and shrinking services. Local craftsmen provide a range of metal and wood finishing trades for the community.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent with office over Wilson-Hanna and old phone 361. Listings cover North South East and West Denton Texas.
Sanitary Milk and Cream lists Portwood and Hodges as contacts. New phone 426 replaces old phone 297 for orders and inquiries.
Advertises for “live wire” agents in Denton and surrounding Denton County. Seeks hustlers with $200 and solid references. Promises full particulars on request via L. H. T., Wheat Building, Fort Worth, Texas. Wia.
Feedstuffs including chops bran corn hay and other feeds offered by Arkansas Mill on S Elm St. Prompt delivery and full measure. Best stove and heater wood also supplied. Both phones listed for contact.
Dr W B Botts operates a veterinary practice at Hancock and Son’s shop on Zim Street in Lipemab block. New contact number 269 and old 486, new 133.
W W Billingeley offers auto hire services using old phone 330 and new phone 448. Repairs to automobiles are available.
An advertisement offers messenger service by W A Brashears N B to handle accounts for a ten percent commission on money collected. The notice encourages calling 31 for quick service.
Charles Saunders announces his dental office is now located over Long and King after February 1. He can be reached by telephone for appointments.
Dr W A Jones dentist on West Side Square W N Rowell D D S over McCray’s on south side square J W Fralin dentist on South Side Square middle of block up stairs Denton Texas.
Utility asks for scavenger workers and provides contact number 307 for calls.
J M Gurley offers first class cement walks at fair prices. Get estimates now from the contractor known for reliable workmanship and value.
Notes a change of phone numbers with old 579 replaced by 931 and invites calls to estimate high grade counter and brick work services.
G. W. Sconce of near Roanoke said grasshoppers are plentiful and at work in the cotton fields. He noted recent rains may help by providing green fodder in the wheat stubble.
In Denton a family found a dove nest abandoned by its mother and raised the three feathered runners in a barn nest. A mother pigeon later returned to feed the young as they grew, joining the wild doves and adding to their tameness.
Denton Texas resident Mrs J F Stanley describes relief from chronic backache and kidney pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She bought them at J F Raley & Co Drug Store and reports energy and vision improved. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills at 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as national agents.
Turner Bros announces the sale of early Denton County watermelons at their shop, inviting customers to try the fruit and contact via phones 7 for inquiries and purchases.
Curtis stocks Kodak supplies including fresh paper film film packs and photographic chemicals delivered weekly from Rochester New York. Modern Kodaks are praised for ease of use with no darkroom needed and a vest pocket model selling for six dollars.
On the final week of the term the County Court logged eight gaming pleas with a uniform $10 penalty plus costs. Several civil docket orders, probate actions, and new criminal cases were announced, including raffles and theft pleas with varying fines. New civil and probate orders followed, detailing damages, guardianship actions, and property sales to cover debts.
The Denton delegation to the Farmers Congress returned home Saturday after a several day stay at College Station. Attendance reached 2,500, exceeding expectations, and lodging was fully utilized. Notable attendees included Secretary George J. Roark and J C Pitte among others. Cecilia Tompkins exhibited a canning project that drew much attention.
The Baptist County Association Board met Monday at First Baptist church. Rev. Saunders spoke for the Judson Memorial fund aiming to raise 1,250,000 for Chinese mission schools and missions. Rev. E. J. Thompson resigned as chair of the county missionary board. Rev. M. E. Hudson was chosen as successor. Dinner was served to visitors.
Charles McBurnett a west of town farmer died Wednesday from typhoid fever after returning from Tennessee where he attended law school. He leaves a wife three children his mother two sisters and three brothers. The funeral was Friday at Odd Fellows cemetery with Masons in charge.
New black sailor hats arrive for late summer and early fall wear at Mrs Dickson's Millinery Parlors. The assortment features classic midseason styles appealing to discerning shoppers seeking updated headwear.
J. E. Stringer invites farmers to secure loans on farm lands through the Ward Harrison Loan Co of Fort Worth, describing the firm as strong in Texas. Loans are promptly arranged in varying amounts, appealing to those needing quick money, with office space upstairs over Wilson-Hann Co.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Jasper and child return from a 1400 mile auto trip through Southwest Texas with 1382 miles logged. The party faced two punctures and no accidents, touring sites including San Antonio and the Alamo. Jasper’s letter recalls Bowie and Travis, the Alamo’s rooms, and Texas history. They proceed toward Corpus Christi via Alice and Kingsville as the Nueces River blocks the ferry.
Market notes show a corn price surge of about 7.5 cents wholesale to 87 and rising, lifting byproducts like chicken feed and chops to record levels. Other grain prices listed include oats 33 to 34 1/2 cents, wheat and flour prices, and assorted feedstuffs and produce prices across oats, hay, straw, fruits, vegetables, and poultry products.
Deputy Herman Shiflett of Krum raided the Muckierow and Allen ranch near Slidell Saturday night, arresting twelve alleged craps players in an old shack. Five white and seven Black workers were rounded up. cases were filed in County Court. Owner James Muckleroy sent a 261 check to cover debts of the employees.
The funeral for George T Alexander little son of Mr and Mrs George T Alexander of West Hickory Street was held Saturday at five at the residence A D Hogers of the First Christian Church led the service quoting scriptures Interment followed at 530 in the Odd Fellows cemetery acting pallbearers were J P McGee L L Borden E Yarnell and J D Bates
Mrs. A. P. Cosgrove received a surprise wedding shower at their new home organized by Mesdames Hayden and Others. Guests enjoyed gifts, a program, melon course, and 46 attendees. Also noted: Kyle South arrives to run the post office cafe, delegates to German Catholic state union, Dr. Ragland at Farmers’ Congress, Barbara Bauer hosts, Burks clan returns from Long Beach, a birth at Walter McClurkan home, 55,000 bushels wheat bought by Pilot Point Roller Mills, W. B. Carson plans to stay, Calvary Baptist closes two weeks with 37 confessions.
The Record and Chronicle airs a promotion urging quick action to buy the Modern English Illustrated Dictionary before supply ends. Stenographers back the campaign as a path to better wages and language skills, claiming the dictionary can cut errors and raise work quality. Also notes Bluebird hatpins and a local advertiser.
Classified notice seeking a bright energetic boy aged 16 to 20 with good address and fair education to take a steady position starting at 15 dollars a month. Apply in your own handwriting, boy, care this office. Witfo.
An 8 acre truck farm inside a corporation offers about 600 peach trees 50 goose plums 12 or 15 yellow plums and 34 acres of dewberries in good condition. The home has four large rooms hall front and back porch fully finished inside and out with cistern and well. Cheap until Sept 1.
Owner aged 72 selling a practically new cheap barn and property near Denton. It has paid from $600 to $800 per year for the last decade. Good title. Owner will sell property directly and says he is leaving town.
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