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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
W F Woodward purchases a thirty horse power four cylinder Regal auto. Delivery completed locally through George Fritz, the Regal company agent. The notice notes the sale and delivery of the new vehicle.
A postcard from Prof. L. D. Borden mailed at Waldorf Colorado from the highest postoffice in the world on Mt McClellan. The card, sent August 10, was posted during a heavy snow storm.
Advertises Daily Record and Chronicle delivery while away for a summer trip with daily address changes if needed. Notes price at usual home rate of 40c and that back copies can usually be furnished if an issue is missed.
A good rain blessed Floyd Chapel on Friday. Local residents welcomed visitors including El Johnson back from Kaufman county. Social activities featured a Sunday singing hosted by Mr and Mrs Harper with Miss Lucy McQuirter as guest of Miss Lela Andrews. Dallas guests included Mr and Mrs Guy Thomas and Mrs Bob Thomas visited nearby towns. J Wilson, longtime resident, has returned from Palo Pinto to settle again. Little Ethel Thomas is ill. Foley's Urine Laxative advertised for indigestion and constipation.
A large Denton crowd travels to Pilot Point for the Bailey Day reunion with several hundred attendees. A Katy line order stops the southbound flyer at Pilot Point to return Denton visitors home, as notables from Denton join the morning trains for the event.
A brief reminder urging customers to have confidence in proper medication and to shop at Minnis Drug Store for prescription needs.
Relatives report the marriage of Henry Taliaferro and Adelaide Bebee on the fifth of the month. Both formerly lived here and will reside in Amarillo. The note ends with an unrelated ad for an art shop named Palmer.
Ben A. Key announces return to Denton and offers tinning and plumbing services through Wilson Hardware Company. Ready to tackle any plumbing or tinning jobs with local reliability and familiarity with the shop’s inventory.
A powder to shake into shoes promises relief for fired, aching feet and makes tight footwear comfortable. It claims to cure swollen hot sweaty feet and corns bunions, offering rest. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25c with a free trial offer and sample of FOOT-EASE sanitary pad. Address Allen 8 Olmstead Le Roy NY.
Manager V Flow of the Wright opera house says he is booking attractions for the coming season and has already under contract several acts for the local play house. He notes it is early to forecast specifics but promises only high class bookings.
Transfers of vendors lien notes at R and C office noted. The ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for liver trouble with symptoms listed and claims health benefits. Great deals from little want ads grow as it advertises real estate.
O. M. Curtis Jeweler advertises thermos bottles as ideal for travel. The copy claims pints and quarts sizes with nickel plating and durable construction. It promotes 72 hours for cold liquids and 24 hours for hot liquids with prices of 3.75 and 8.75.
The notice urges readers to place classified ads in the Record and Chronicle to pay for services and listings. It emphasizes affordability and broad reach, inviting individuals and businesses to submit notices, sales, or announcements for publication.
A short advertisement promotes a line of cooking ware including kettles and stew pans and explains why quality matters. It teases good pricing and mentions coolers and freezers and hose as other items.
Senator Bailey and Mrs. Bailey arrive amid a large Pilot Point crowd as old settlers reunion day draws 10 000 visitors. Judge Poindexter of Cleburne spoke in the morning and Bailey is scheduled to speak at the picnic grounds at 2 PM.
G W Sheridan's Garage at 42 West Oak offers Buick rides nationwide. Music and Art go hand in hand with Palmer's Art Department offering truly artistic pictures and frames beyond ordinary chromes.
A telephonic weather update shows light to moderate rain spreading east of town by mid afternoon. Reports from Howells, Weaver, Green Valley, Pilot Point, and Stony indicate varying intensity with no rain confirmed at White's store in Green Valley and at Stony.
Deafness cannot be cured by local applications and Hall's Catarrh Cure is offered to treat catarrh related deafness. The notice promises one hundred dollars for any case cured by the remedy, lists Toledo based F J Cheney Co as seller, and recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mrs Johnson and Mrs vulnson praise Parisian Sage as a quick acting hair grower that cleanses the scalp stops itching and dandruff promotes growth and baldness prevention. O M Curtis guarantees satisfaction or money back with a 50 cent bottle sold in Denton. Made in America by Giroux Mfg Co Buffalo. August 1 to September 1.
Palace Restaurant seeks interested buyers or tenants for a 30c classified trial listing. Contact details not provided in readable text.
Miss Pearl Miller shows some improvement while T H Stewart of Argyle visits Canyon City. County Superintendent Willis is away on leave for two weeks. Frank Edwards, formerly of Denton, is gravely ill in Dallas. Fred W. Mally inspects Denton nurseries. Ardmore guests Mrs M C Herbert and daughters Claire and Helen stay with Mrs Aja M Walden. Mrs Luther Utley of Oklahoma City visits her parents in Denton and returns home after illness of husband. Typhoid fever feared. C F Witherspoon returns from Austin after cotton rate hearing. action defers until next season. Railroads and cotton interests anticipated rate cuts. attendees included Farmers Union leaders and attorney Neill.
Frontier Asthma Company offers a free trial treatment and full information for curing asthma at home. No charge. Room 702, Buffalo, N Y.
The Wilton Hardware Company states no charge for estimates on plumbing work, providing potential customers with a free assessment of required repairs or installations.
An old ad for Sheridan's Garage at 42 West Oak Street promotes pleasure trips and business travel by car. Rates are described as reasonable with service emphasized as quick and reliable. Day phone 191 night phone 29.
C L M Crowder T M Beaird and P T Beatry travel to Pilot Point for a reunion and tonight enter the fiddlers contest. J M Coffey from six miles east of Aubrey sells hogs to G W Elbert for 63-4c. Coffey reports corn in his area fair at 15 to 20 bushels, with poorer yields eastward. Wheat acreage next year expected to rise two or three times.
Notice to ice customers warns that if courteous treatment and prompt service are not received from the ice wagons, they should call 130 for prompt investigation. Alliance Milling Co.
A fragmented ad touts Taliaferro selling sewing machines and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for lung ailments. It claims a man saved his life and regained work ability after three weeks of use. The piece mentions hay fever bronchial issues and offers 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with a trial bottle and guarantee by J F Raley & Co.
A medical advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe pleasant herb remedy for back pain urinary bladder and kidney trouble and other female weaknesses. The product is sold by druggists or mail order for 50 cents with free sample offered from The Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
Classified notices in the Denton Record and Chronicle attract strong reader attention as locals rely on the papers for home services jobs and item sales. The ads emphasize quick responses and local availability boosting timely exchanges.
The notice urges farmers to place store stories in the Weekly Record and Chronicle. It promotes affordable circulation and timing, noting Tuesday copy yields best attention with Wednesday the latest moment before farms close at night and Thursday issue.
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