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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1912
Page
3
Classifieds include for sale of delivery wagon and milk cow, a five room house with 10 acres, 12 scholarships at Draughon’s College, lost ladies’ black parasol, several rental offers, theater property for lease, insurance, real estate, feedstuffs, messenger service, scavenger work, and employment ads. Includes Denton Transfer phone number update and local business notices.
An advertisement offers drayage and moving services by Brownlow & Strickland and Parks & Lester. It highlights first class prompt service at reasonable rates with two new moving vans and specialty in household moving. Contact numbers include old and new phones and office locations in East Hickory.
Concrete walks and brick work offered by A Bushey and J M Gurley with emphasis on first class work at right prices. Estimates available.
Dr W A Jones dentist located at West Side Square and J W Fralin dentist at South Side Square middle of block upstairs Denton Texas listed for local residents seeking dental care.
Dr W E Botts veterinary surgeon office transfers and phone updates. A R McGintie rents rooms in Denton with furnished options. Lost gold watch engraved O V B Reward. For sale Oliver typewriters at bargain from J E McCabe Exchange Bank building.
Denton listings advertise W. W. Billingsley autos with old phone 330 and new 148, Denton Transfer Co offering hack and baggage service with new 70 old 34, and a Walnut street stable. Also Long & King promote fruit jars and hardware via Turner Bros with phones 7, plus grocery deliveries claimed to please families by quantity and price.
The College of Industrial Arts provides literary, household, arts and commercial courses with vocational and short-term trades in dressmaking, millinery, industrial and commercial art and photography. Teachers certificates issued. nine buildings. dormitories and clinic. tuition free. quarters begin Sept 24 and other dates. address President W. B. Bizzell Denton Texas for catalogue.
The August term begins on the 19th as 43 new cases have been filed since the last term, led by sixteen divorce actions and ten debt and foreclosure suits. Ground specifics include divorce, clear title, injunctions, damages, contract suits, and partition. Thursday is the last day for service. two new suits filed Monday add ex parte minority disabilities and a partition action.
The remains of J. D. Hobson of Denison were shipped Wednesday for burial after a Dallas sanitarium operation. Surviving children are J. W. Hobson, W. W. Hobson, Miss Kittle Hobson of Denison, and T. F. Hobson of Shreveport Louisiana. A protracted meeting at the Methodist church begins in August with Rev Tincher and Rev T. E. Graham to preach.
Victims report relief from stomach pain, kidney and nervous troubles after using Electric Bitters. Teon Peebles of Henry claims six bottles restored appetite and strength, praising the remedy as effective from the first dose. Available for 50 cents at J. F. Raley & Co.
An insurance pitch urges readers to consider Sterling Disability coverage to replace income after illness or injury. It asks if a two to three month disability would jeopardize bills and premiums and offers a phone call to explain the policy.
F. P. Holland offers prize for the cleanest city in the state of Texas, aiming to promote sanitation and civic pride. The announcement calls for municipalities to compete for the award and recognition.
Mayor Bates calls for two hours work from every resident to boost Denton in Fr. P Holland’s $500 prize contest for the cleanest Texas city. Inspector Dr M M Carrick will visit after August 15 to judge streets parks homes vacant lots and public buildings and markets must be spotless.
Considerable cotton opens in fields near Denton but rain may halt progress. Bridgeport reports not issuing a marriage license to Ed Wright and Amanda Myrtle Trice due to alleged underage status. Santa Fe Railway plans a new depot at Krum with demolition and foundation work underway. brick masons to start when weather allows for a mid September completion.
A Genoa street vendor who sold nut strings to save money funded a life sized marble portrait of herself by renowned sculptor Luigi Oren go for the Straggeno cemetery. The piece stands in what is claimed to be the largest cemetery.
The Royal band played for Louis XIV as the king and court knelt in reverence. After the hymn ended, the king asked Count de Grammont for his opinion and the count replied the music was very sweet but very hard on the knees.
A Chicago Record-Herald quote contends dogs react fiercely at certain places while others pass unmolested. The speaker surmises dogs are hard to fool and that behavior hints at instinctive honesty about intrusion.
A fragment from Mrs. Wayback jokes about a man claiming a boat set upright would tower above the Washington Monument. The speaker urges fleeing if any action is taken, highlighting panic aboard the vessel.
In Life, a manager asks about a new musical comedy and the author reveals the scenario with props including a collapsible evening bat and eccentric whiskers. The exchange highlights the playful, theatrical tone and quirky prop humor of the show.
Reports state Animalife, under five and a half tons per square inch, was located in the Tonzi basin near New Zealand at a depth of four and three quarter miles. Authorities note the deepest ocean depth is nearly a mile deeper than the find.
The page features a spread of progressive store advertisements inviting readers to browse for notable bargains. Shoppers are urged to read the ads as several items promise value and potential savings for the pocket book.
Our city is what we make it and we should not pull it down. We must build it up by spending our money locally so it stays at home and works for community welfare. It is our duty to invest in local businesses and support neighborhood prosperity.
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway announces a public sale at 2 pm on August to dispose of unclaimed shipments to R A Autry of Ponder Texas. Items include a traction engine from Fort Worth June 1911 and a separator from Justin June 1911. Proceeds apply to unpaid freight storage and sale costs.
A reader urges scanning the hardware advertisements in today’s paper for price inducements. The note suggests ads may tempt purchases of pans, skillets, or similar items.
A Den ton store’s weekly classified section drew many reader responses to its ads. The ad columns invite further replies and indicate strong local engagement with the advertising pages.
The Matrons' club plans a meeting with Mrs. Gibson on Wednesday August 13. The Young People's Christian Endeavor program for Sunday at the Christian church features topics on God's Beautiful Outdoors. Edth Rogers Lou Ledbetter and Miss Susan Cobb lead discussions on nature and bringing outdoors indoors with Rev. Rogers presenting.
Local notes include A J Harrison in Mineral Wells and Rev J L Truett leading a Krum meeting. Visitors from San Antonio and Missouri stop by, while Mrs J R Julian’s daughter travels to Claude. The Pilot Point team beat Celina 9 to 2 and the area endures a 105 to 109 degree heat wave.
Fresh South Texas comb honey produced by bees. Call Turner Bros for orders and inquiries.
G B Lane rushed to Dallas as his 13 year old niece died after appendicitis and his mother died soon after his arrival. Bodies shipped to Wills Point for interment.Donald Harmongson Ramey Gaston return from Farmers Congress College Station Elizabeth Stiff Denton visited Harmonson W F Pafford Fort Worth bedside of sister Pafford Claude operated on successfully in Fort Worth sanitarium Reese Medlin Roanoke married by Squire Woods.
The Sheriff of Denton County Texas will sell on the first Tuesday in August 1912 at the courthouse door in Denton the undivided one half interest in 200 acres from the Beaumont survey granted to heirs of Robert Beaumont. The sale enforces a judgment for 1562.64 dollars in favor of Commonwealth Trust Co. against J P Goodwin, with costs. The land includes a 60 foot public street strip and is described in deed Vol 113 page 457 Dee Records Denton County.
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