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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1912
Page
3
Milk cow for sale by Mrs J R Stone and a cream separator available. office space for rent by C R Hamilton. residence for sale at 45 Powder Avenue. bargain five room house with 10 acres by O Q Petty. look scholarships offered by Draughons Practical Business College in Denton Texas for $30 each expires August 22.
Piano in good condition offered for sale as a bargain. Call at Ilg North Elm. 30 p.
The Denton transfer service updates its phone numbers from old 34 to 70 and now deploys two men to handle trunks with care, promising careful moves and reliable contact for customers.
L Fulton lists houses for rent with contact by phone or visit. rental properties available through the address or inquiry.
Help wanted for dressmaking and plain sewing duties. Apply to Mrs H Luckett at 89 North Locust Street.
For lease of the Wright Opera House. inquiries and terms available from Mrs. Wm. C. Wright by phone or in person.
J. W. Johnson invites readers to secure insurance for fire tornado and accident risks with ten strong carriers. He promises careful, correct coverage and quick, satisfactory handling of new business.
Auction style notice listing lot 1002330 and building 40 by 110 feet on East McKinney street with artesian well city water and sewer connections. Price listed at 1600 dollars. Apply Denton Steam Laundry Co.
Advertisement lists feedstuffs such as chops bran corn hay with best stove and heater wood on the market. Offers prompt delivery and full measure from Arkansas Mill located at 8 Elm Street with both phones available.
For quick messenger service, call both phones J. W. A. Brashears, manager. Hamilton and Yeatts' office.
Call 307 to hire workers for scavenger tasks advertised in local notices.
Need help with dray work and household moves offers from Brownlow and Strickland. New phone 110 old phone 210. Office and barn at 36 East Hickory. tf
Our dray business offers first class prompt service with two new moving vans. Parks & Lester advertise household moving as a specialty and list office and home phone numbers for contact.
Concrete walks or brick work available. A. Bushey offers to figure out the project details and provide services.
J M Gurley offers first class cement work at right price. He invites potential clients to obtain estimates and discuss project needs.
J W Fralin dentist advertises services at South Side Square in the middle of the block in Denton Texas in a brief classified notice.
Denton area veterinary surgeon Dr W E Botts operates from the Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb block. New phone 70 replaces old line Jt Residence phones, old 486 now 182.
A R McGintie, old phone 91, operates from an office above Long and King and rents furnished rooms and houses in East, West, South and North Denton.
The State School for Women offers nine buildings and departments in literary, household, arts, industrial and commercial arts with vocational courses in dressmaking, millinery, industrial art, commercial work and photography. State teachers certificates are granted to seniors, and tuition is free with reasonable expenses. Regular quarters begin September 24, December 12, March 10 and June 1. address President W. B. Bizzell in Denton, Texas.
A letter from R. E. Cobb traveling in the West recounts a mule ascent to the Pikes Peak summit with Miss Lillian Walker and Miss Mary Williams. Despite a fierce snowstorm with hail and lightning the group reached about 14,500 feet, rode back by car, and continued travels to Denver and beyond with vivid details of the ascent and weather.
In a Saturday ball game Ponder lost to Krum 14 to 6. They schedule a rematch for the first day of the Old Settlers reunion in Denton County.
A Denton resident Mrs. A Collins credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief from years of kidney trouble and painful bathing. She bought them at J F Raley Co and reports family use as beneficial. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY lists as US agents and urges remembering the Roan name.
The note urges readers to check the day’s store advertisements for a sought after article. It promises engaging content that could boost readers' knowledge and perhaps their finances through featured deals and items.
An insurance ad warns accidents can disable workers and offers Sterling Disability coverage. It invites readers to call for an explanation on how the policy protects income during illness or injury with affordable daily cost.
The Colquitt gathering approved a resolution urging the state convention to elect F. F. Hill as permanent chair, while Denton county delegates are urged to support him. debate touched on saloon rules and school improvements with votes tallied and adjournment announced.
Denton County Democrats issue resolutions endorsing the Baltimore National Convention platform and its ticket. They instruct county delegates to support Gov. O B Colquitt for governor and Morris Shepard for U S Senator, and to vote as a unit at the State Convention. They also back early closing hours for saloons and forbid liquor interests from owning retail outlets.
A. A. Peeler, a Scurry County farmer, killed his 12 year old son then fired at his wife and others but missed. He was arrested after a session of the Second Blessing faith meeting. The Associated Press dispatch from Snyder reports the incident amid claims of insanity following the religious gathering.
An elderly Black resident near the Red River notified the sheriff that Leonard Potts, armed, forced him to feed him this morning and an armed posse was in pursuit.
A Negro report ed killed eight miles from Detroit is believed to be Leonard Pets, with Associated Press dispatch from Dallas dated August 5. Investigators pursue motive and verify identity as authorities release few details.
Gen Salazar, rebel leader who disarmed Americans, breaks from Casas Grandes picket and heads toward the U S border with about 1000 men. He may move on Juarez as he fights his way free from federal containment.
An old advertisement claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve banishes piles by relieving itching irritation inflammation and swelling. It promises comfort and joy as a great healer for burns bruises ulcers cuts eczema and skin eruptions. Sold for 25 cents at J F Raley & Co.
A windstorm at Norton fourteen miles west of Bronte wrecked the Methodist and Presbyterian churches and the Avant dry goods store. Minor damage reported at Brownwood.
Sheriff Orr received word from Huntsville Penitentiary authorities that Frank Holloway and another prisoner escaped. Holloway, a Vernon robbery convict, had served less than a year of a seven year sentence.
President and Mrs Taft depart Washington for Cincinnati to attend the funeral of John W Herron Mrs Tafts father who died today in Cincinnati
Dr. R. Bowen shot himself in McAlester Oklahoma on August 5. One shot passed through his body and seriously wounded his 16 year old daughter. The incident occurred in the city with local authorities investigating the double tragedy.
Congress opened what is seen as the last fortnight of the present session. Adjournment by August 15 to 17 is confidently expected after the Archbald impeachment trial delay. Senate proceedings are described as cleared for a quick adjournment.
Rev W F Grafton, a former Denton boy now in the evangelical field, conducts a union tent meeting at Krum that began Sunday with former Denton friends planning to attend during the week. He is the son of the late Rev Grafton, longtime pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church in Denton.
30 percent woman sought to cook at J H Paine's residence. New phone listing available. W H Bentley of Lometa visits sister Mrs E T Broun.
The piece argues that buying from local merchants strengthens their stores and raises city wealth, enabling better shop conditions and more hiring. Increased shopping locally attracts workers and nearby residents, enlarging the town population and fostering regional growth.
An advertisement pledges Wilson's Freckle Cream to remove tan pimples and freckles with a money back guarantee if full skin restoration is not achieved. The product is described as harmless with fragrant scent and jars priced at 50 cents, mailed orders available, along with Wilson's Fair Skin Soap at 25 cents. O. M. Curtis sells both items.
An electric storm produced a luminous ball and three electric balls that danced over the Exchange Bank desk, leaving burn marks on varnish and paper. A bolt struck the Texas Wire Fence company plant, igniting insulation on a light wire but extinguished before damage.
Victims of stomach, liver, and kidney troubles improve with Electric Bitters, praised by T. D. Peebles of Henry Tennessee who reports six bottles restored appetite and vitality. The remedy promises fast relief from early doses and is sold for 50 cents at J. F. Raley & Co.
Norman Mack testified that he rejected several contributions in 1968 including a $5,000 offer from Coal Guffey of Pittsburg due to reports he represented Standard Oil. He said he kept faith with Bryan and did not accept corporate money. After Bryan's defeat he accepted Guffey’s money to cover deficits and also took $1,600 from Murphy.
A negro who killed a white man was lynched near Hall station in Alabama this morning. A mob pursues another negro. No further details are known locally.
A letter from H. V. Hennen thanks Denton County Democrats for selecting him as County Tax Collector and expresses commitment to an administration satisfactory to all county residents. Also notes a lost ladies black pargol with pear handle and gold knob, offered as reward for return.
Public notice commands Sheriff to summon Eli Pickett and related heirs by weekly publication for 85 weeks and to appear at Denton County District Court on August 19, 1912 to answer J. Wagan s plaint. The action concerns unknown heirs of William King Augustus King Stephen Hiatt and others in docket No. 5617.
Plaintiff sues to quiet title to 320 acres along Elim fork of Trinity in Denton County Texas. Defendants include Augustus G King and heirs of William King Augustus G King Stephen Hiatt and heirs. suit cites lost deeds and records from Eli Pickett to King and King to Hiatt to Caudie, claiming adverse possession and three to ten year limits, asking court to divest defendants and grant title to plaintiff.
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