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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
3
A Denton page fragment lists real estate up for sale and rent including houses near Stony and 45 Ponder Avenue, livestock and farming offers such as 100 head of horses and cattle at Good Pasture, plus chickens and wagon for sale. It also mentions scholarships at Draughon's College and various service notices and lost items, with contact hints and old phone references.
A local insurance agent J W Johnson advertises ten reliable companies for fire tornado and accident coverage claiming prompt handling and strong client satisfaction to win new business.
For sale a 100 by 330 lot with a 40 by 110 building includes an artesian well and city water and sewer connections. Price 1600 dollars. Apply to Denton Steam Laundry Co.
Advertisement listing chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. Notes prompt delivery and full measure with contact on Elm Street in Arkansas and two phones.
J W A Brashears Manager directs readers to call both phones for quick messenger service at Hamilton and Yeatts' office.
Help needed for scavenger work. Call number 307 for details and scheduling.
Help with trade dray work and household moves offered by Brownlow Strickland and Parks & Lester. New phone 110, old 310. Office at 36 East Hickory. Moving vans ready for first class prompt service at reasonable rates. Office phones 342, residence 1613-3r or 381.
Concrete sidewalks and brick work offered by S A Bushey. Reliable estimates and skilled craftsmanship for outdoor surfaces and pathways. Based on readable fragment, services advertised locally.
J M Gurley promotes first class cement work at fair prices and invites readers to get estimates.
Dr W A Jones operates a dental practice at West Side Square, offering general dentistry services to local residents. The notice highlights the physician’s name and street location for patient referrals.
J W Fralin, dentist, operates from South Side Square in Denton Texas located in the middle of the block upstairs to serve clients.
Dr W E Botts listed as veterinarian and veterinary surgeon with office in Lipscom block Denton and transfer company. Old and new phone numbers show residence lines and local exchanges 31 486 132.
R McGintie offers furnished rooms for rent in Past, West, South and North Denton. Office over Long and King, old phone 9.
Several good second hand Oliver typewriters offered for sale by J. F. McCabe at the Exchange Bank building. Contact to view and purchase.
W. W. Billingsley advertises autos for hire with contact numbers old 336 and new 1748 under the automobile line in this short classified-style note.
Wm W Wright of Denton Texas offering a nine room central residence one block from streetcar line with east front on a large lot. Trade possible one fourth to one half, balance easy payments. Also advertising Essenkay tires and seeking a local agent to demo and sell Essenkay products via Telegraph 9 or mail.
Mrs J D Dod son and daughter return to Coleman from visiting Mrs V E B McG and family. Presbyterian and Methodist meetings underway. Baptist meeting closed with additions. Numerous visits by residents to Justin, Cloudcroft, Denton, Fort Worth and Galveston. ball game Krum 14 Ponder 5. depot work progresses. grave marker unveiled at Woodmen Circle.
Denton grocers Long and King promote their large quantities, high quality products, and low prices to potential customers. They invite shoppers to call with their next order and claim strong customer satisfaction.
The Baptist church Ladies' Aid announces a Friday afternoon service offering free fruit and cream. The event will be hosted at Puckett's with D R Turner Long and King T C Sample B F Paschall and J B Woodrum coordinating.
An advertisement urges readers to protect income from disability or illness with the Sterling Disability policy. It promises coverage for two or three months of disability and minimal daily cost, inviting readers to call for an explanation.
Local notes record births to the Sittons Chap pel and Tal iaferro families, a convalescence report for Mrs. Sparkman, and a marriage of Walter McClister to Raith Hines. The county road gang will work on the Dallas road and Shiloh road as weather allows, while macadamizing prep begins on West Hickory Street. Twenty Woodmen of the World plan to attend a Galveston Cotton Carnival meeting, and Krum and Ponder play baseball ahead of the Old Settlers reunion. A new guardi an suit in district court, a badly injured B B Kimbrough, and a Faney Hare report from Pike’s Peak round out today’s items.
Flying Men Fall victim to stomach and liver trouble like others with back ache headaches and run-down feelings. T. D. Peebles of Henry Tennessee reports six bottles of Electric Etters gave him new strength and appetite beyond other remedies. Only 50 cents at J. F. Raley & Co.
A local store advertises a fresh and well selected supply of vegetables available for customers. The notice includes a contact phone number 44 for inquiries.
Quick sale of piano and household kit furniture. Bargain price for immediate pickup. Call 117 North Elm for details or to arrange pickup.
Local growers advertise White Clings peaches at 50 cents per bush. Customers may come to the orchards to pick their own fruit. Contact B. O. Tanner via new phone 306tfe for details.
A heavy rain fell here Monday and Tuesday. Numerous residents and visitors travel between Aubrey and nearby towns including Denton Dallas Pilot Point Tioga Fort Worth and Ardmore with several names listed as visiting relatives or for business.
Ad for Smith's Restaurant touts bread that tastes right and offers money value. Claims neighborly satisfaction from their loaves and suggests trying the product.
George E. Walsh describes the commercial and medical uses of magnets, detailing giant shop magnets that lift tons of metal, skull crackers that break scrap, and tiny magnets in grain and medical treatments. The piece highlights efficiency gains, from ore separation to removing metal fragments from bodies and aiding surgical recovery.
A columnist recalls playful scenes of Cary campaign support. A boy asks a voter to back Cary for mayor and explains Cary's appeal, noting a humorous line about Cary once dating the boy’s mother before she remarried. The vignette highlights grassroots campaigning and personal ties in local politics.
A chronicler recalls how press gangs recruited sailors for British warships in 1758 by placing a live turkey on a monument to attract idle crowds. A citizen fired at the bird in anger, but the plan succeeded despite the mischief.
A quirky note from Leslie's suggests memorizing cabinet succession by using the name St Wapniac. Each letter hints at a department head: State, Treasury, War, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor.
A railroad worker recalls the false hair craze causing confusion among travelers. A Pullman conductor relays a comic tale of women with bulky wigs choosing berths to avoid color mixing in the dark emergency. A blonde passenger explains the preference to sleep near a fellow blonde to prevent accidental hair shade swaps.
The report compares starlight from Vega to sunlight and estimates Earth receives light from about 3 000 first magnitude stars, totaling one sixtieth of the full moon’s light. It notes solar radiation exerts a pressure near 70 000 tons on Earth and discusses how light pressure scales with size, implying tiny bodies could be repelled by light.
Mrs Francis Bovrd recalls a southbound drive where a wagon of black travelers encountered an automobile on a Virginia mountain curve. A mother panicked cried it was a black devil and threw her baby to the roadside before leaping off the wagon. The driver notes the scare could have caused serious harm.
Twelve years after the Needles to St Paul demonstration, Marconi proved wireless telegraphy could cross the ocean. The St Paul lay sixty five miles off shore when the first link was made, and the system can flash messages over about 5000 miles.
A local dining spot advertises daily dinners with a friendly reminder not to worry about leaving home for meals. The message emphasizes convenient options at Smiths Restaurant.
Associated Press dispatch from Austin reports Gov. Colquitt will not commute the death sentence of Sellers Vines of Grayson County, scheduled to hang tomorrow for the murder of Police Officer Younger in Sherman last September. Vines’ father, Charles, who has served 17 years in prison for murder, had written urging clemency.
Notice from Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to sell at public auction in Ponder Texas on August 31 1912 at 2 PM unclaimed shipments from R A Autry including a traction engine and a separator. Proceeds after freight storage and other charges are deducted. Agent J Ly Dillard signs for the railroad.
Haitian President Gen Leconte perished in a palace fire caused by the explosion of the magazine attached to the National Palace. Assocised Pres dispute. Aug date unreadable.
A campaign ready reference chart lists electoral votes and which states are doubtful. It advises obtaining the chart from a Katy rout or writing to Ww. G. Crush, Cern's Pass, Arent, Dellas, Tex. for a stamped copy.
The Record and Chronicle lists dollar subscriptions received for the Wilson Marshall campaign fund to date. Amounts include various small gifts forwarded to the National committee as they arrive, with contributors such as W. E. Mountain and others noted among the entries.
Real estate transfers include M Vernon and wife to H Taliaferro for a lot in Denton valued at 600 dollars. J B Wilson & Co to G E Pratt for lots 1 and part lot 3, block 1 at 2609 dollars. J W Medin and wife acquire 28 1 2 acres in Jesse Eads survey for 1000 dollars. E R Killingsworth and wife to C R Killingsworth for a lot in Little Elm at 400 dollars. W F Woodward and wife sell to Maude Pass a lot in E Puchalski survey Denton for 5500 dollars. J R Christal and wife to Wm Ganzer 184 acres in John Ayres survey for 10580 dollars. J R Christal and wife to Catherine Hansel 350 acres in John Ayres 1890 and 94.3 in Chas McKittrick and 32 22 in J McNiel and 5 acres in D O Goddard surveys totaling 25000 dollars. W H Gadberry and wife to N 4 Gadberry 192 47 and 41 9 acres in B F Lynch survey for 500 dollars.
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