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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
3
Lost a 7 1 A class pin return to this office. Found automobile glove at Fox Garage. owner pays notice fee. Strayed iron gray half Shetland pony, two years old, no marks. rewards for return to Dooley near Mingy. Contact location: itw 313d.
Real estate item notes a 10 room house near the Normal campus offered for sale or rent. Contact R. J. Wilson for details and arrangements.
Multiple buy and sell notices list cows for milk and fresh dairy stock, horses, buggies, wagons, household furniture, pigs, a seven room house near Normal, 456 acres Baylor County land for sale or trade, and a stock farm near Seymour Texas. Names include Will Lochnane, Mrs S D Howser, Woodson Harris, A D Turner, W Simmons, J W Gore. Locations: East McKinney Street, North Locust Street, Hickory Street, Taylor Hardware Co, Seymour, Denton.
For sale two year old filly from Lone Star Marble Yard and a bay mare with a filly by her side. Contact M. B. Whitlock for details on both listings.
Classified blurb offers a complete butcher's outfit in nearly new condition from C. H. Smith located on 41 Avenue B with old phone 586. Aurg2ic.
Public sale offers 20 acres with improvements one-half mile north of town plus additional lots and business properties. Prospective buyers may call 183 or contact L Fulton for details. The listing highlights surrounding parcels and on site viewing opportunities.
For sale a Jersey milk cow in Elm area listing at 72 South Elm. New phone contact 267 green.
Advertises a near in four or five room house for rent by August 25. Contact Emmet Lipscomb at Lipscomb Drug Co. Siitfe
Notice from J. P. McGee of First Guaranty Bank seeking a roll top desk purchase. Interested buyers should contact McGee by phone or visit the bank for details.
Help wanted advertisement seeking a German preferred cook. Apply to Mrs. Frank Mahan at 2900 West Sycamore Street, Denton, Texas. Mellcw
Single applicants sought for dairy work at Springside Jersey Farm managed by Will F. Parks. Immediate position available with steady duties and steady pay.
Mixed cow feed car just arrived at the Arkansas Mill. The load priced at 312 cents per unit.
W Henson invites cash buyers to bring a good gentle milk cow. Listing on 19 Center Street with contact details provided. Reads as a brief classified notice from a 19th or early 20th century local newspaper.
A town notice seeks a cook and informs customers the cab and transfer fare will be on a cash basis from now on. It directs paying the driver and references Skiles Transfer Co.
Advertisement notes storage of household goods at reasonable rates by John B. Schmitz, with mention of furniture and gas stoves. The fragment indicates a local classifieds style service.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services with two phone lines and an office at Kine and West Oak Street. The ad promises special attention to all drag line items and furniture moves.
We buy sell and exchange milk cows. Registered Jersey bull I service. McKelvy and Car Baugh McKinney Street Wagonyard. 263rd Frank Wilkerson Meat Market old phone 212 new phone 83. Fresh and tender meats.
Sanitary milk and cream service updates its contact numbers with a new phone 426 and the old line 297 retained for Portwood and Hodges customers.
CHOPS BRAN CORN HAY and other feedstuffs offered with best stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure emphasized. ARKANSAS MILL located on S. Elm St. Both phones listed.
Henry Kaltruther on East McKinney Street offers wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber-tiring and shrinking services for local patrons.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent across north south east and west Denton with office over Wilson Hanns and old phone 361.
In East McKinney street wagon yard second yard from the square Will Locknand offers two Jersey bulls one black and one fawn at season price 150 dollars cash. Also advertises a house with lot on Lula street for sale and provides a new phone number 359.
A local notice proclaims a drayage and moving service offering first class service at reasonable rates. It highlights household moving as a specialty and credits Lester and Sherrod as the responsible offices.
W. W. Billingsley advertises auto hire using old phone 330 and new 448 with quick messenger service. Brashears and Wa Brashears offer collection services at 19 percent of money collected.
CHAS. SAUNDERS DENTIST office over Long & Kiang after Feb 1 both phone DR. W A JONES DENTIST West Side Square W N ROWELL D D 8 office over McCray s south side square J W FRALIN DENTIST SOUTH Side Square middle of block up stairs Denten Temas.
Classified notice invites individuals to call number 307 for scavenger work at home. No further details provided.
S A Bushey advertises J M Gurley the cement contractor offering first class work at the right price. It invites estimates and lists old and new phone numbers 579 and 931 for contact for high grade center and brick work.
A jury exam moment ends with a juror misdefining preponderance of evidence while the Record and Chronicle touts a 1300 page New Modern English Dictionary available by coupon. The piece invites all readers to own the modern reference tool for legal and business terms.
Reverend H Stubenwoll of Allison Iowa extols Dr Kings New Life Pills for constipation in a local advertisement. He calls them perfect pills no home should be without them and claims they regulate the liver and bowels. Sold by J F Raley Co for 25 cents with guarantee.
Fragmentary dialogue notes Willie doubts aunty will stay without her trunk while Johnny comments on the baby’s long stay and lack of belongings. No clear event or individuals beyond family humor.
A customer boasts a renovated worn suit after cleaning and pressing at Denton Tailoring Co. The shop promotes steam pressing that disinfects fabrics, removes odors, raises fabric nap, and improves appearance, inviting new customers to try the service.
Market notes show oats up amid corn shortages and higher prices. Cotton quotations skim low near picking season with expectations for the first bale. Prices cover oats, meal, corn chops, wheat, flour, bran, hay, straw, and assorted vegetables and fruits with extensive per-unit terms and wholesale vs retail figures.
A Denton county real estate transfer roundup lists numerous deeds including J J McCook and wife selling Lot 100 by 300 feet in Denton to Sallie G Roberts for 3500 dollars, and Sallie G Roberts later conveying Lot 4 Block 8 Shirley addition to Sanger for 150 dollars. Other transfers cover parcels in Pilot Point and Lewisville, with buyers and prices ranging from 100 to 3500 dollars, plus various parcels in the Tanzy 640-acre survey and B B B and C R R surveys, Denton county counties and neighboring towns.
A long list details transfers of lots, tracts, and surveys in Denton county including buyers such as Mrs. Frederica Wells, J. W. Allen, J. H. Sullivan, A. B. Holt, J. W. Simmons, J. L. Orr, W. Wadkins, C. Wright, E. Brock, J. S. Carlisle, W. J. Mitchell, Y. S. Ready, J. M. Stover, J. A. Barton, Annie E. Miller, A. D. Miller, W. A. Reed, William Waggoner, G. B. Wade, Henry Brandenberger, J. Mack Smith, Walter L. Oliver, C. W. Goteher, C. Lipscomb, A. Smith, J. Q. Brockman, J. P. Sparks, F. etc. with various acreages and prices. The column then notes local social items from Ponder and Corinth, including visits, travels, and schoolhouse changes.
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