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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
4
Readers can receive the Daily Record and Chronicle while away on a summer trip with daily address changes if needed. The usual home price applies and 40 cent copies can be furnished if an issue is missed.
During the last term thirty three pleas of guilty and four convictions by trial reduced the criminal docket to thirty seven cases. The page also advertises songs “Am Looking for a Sweetheart and I Think You'll Do” and “Naughty Eyes” as light entertainment at Palmer's.
During repairs and additions to our building on the South Side of the Square our temporary headquarters are at the Denton County National Bank 310 Denton Trust Company.
J. R. Chambers of Bartonville reports a fine rain Monday evening. Post oak and blackjack wood delivered for 3 per cord to R. J. Wilson. The Wilson Hardware Company offers free estimates on plumbing work.
Pleasure trips and quick transport are advertised with Sheridan's Garage at 42 West Oak Street and Pony parade pictures at Palmer's. Transfers of vendor lien notes are noted at R. & C. office. Allen's Foot-Case and Allen's Foot-Bease are marketed for foot care with mail orders offered from Le Roy New York.
A storefront promotes a line of cooking ware including kettles and stew pans. It urges readers to learn how quality cookware is made and explains why buying good quality pays. Prices are advertised as right.
Superintendent John S Carlisle lists teachers for Denton public schools by grade and subject at multiple campuses, notes possible changes, transfer rules, book purchases, and urging early enrollment and parent cooperation for a successful upcoming year. The message emphasizes faculty quality and aims to make next year a banner school year in the city.
O M Curtis Jeweler promotes Thermos bottles with two sizes, pints and quarts, claiming cold liquids stay cool for 72 hours and hot liquids for 24 hours. Prices are $3.75 for pints and $5.75 for quarts. May I have your order.
Local society notes recount visits and guests from Oklahoma City Dallas and Colorado City. Protracted meeting planned in Crockett. Denton County crops praised with top yields noted. Residents report rain in Waketon and migration stays. Several residents attend Pilot Point Old Settlers reunion while others report wheat and corn prospects nearby.
An old classified style ad touts asthma cure claims with trial treatment and full information at no charge. It urges contact with Frontier Asthma Company in Buffalo New York, Room 702, for home remedies.
The Duggan Abstract Co is temporarily located in the courthouse during rebuilding of its permanent headquarters on the south side of the square. A 309 cent note accompanies the notice.
Wm Syrus, about 69, died Tuesday night at the county farm and was buried at Cooper cemetery. Oak Street M E church prayer meeting shifts to the tabernacle on Beauchamp's hill Thursday evening with camp meeting starting Friday night. Col J Frederick Edson spoke Tuesday for the First Christian church and left for Hillsboro this morning. A Dallas News reporter quoted C A Williams saying Denton county farmers will have corn for own use and about a quarter bale of cotton per acre, hay is a failure. The art department notes growing popularity from classy pictures and framing. a high class art shop is developing with increasing customers. Plumbing prices are urged from Wilson Hardware Company.
Call G W Sheridan's Garage at 42 West Oak for Buick rides to any city or town. Music and Art go hand in hand, and Palmer's offers truly artistic pictures and frames beyond ordinary chromes.
Notice to ice customers to report unruly service from ice wagon personnel by calling 130 for prompt investigation. Alliance Milling Co.
Taliaferro advertises sewing machines for sale while inviting readers to try the Palace Restaurant for a dining trial.
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