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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
4
The eight hour limit affects county road gangs and convict labor. trustees may volunteer longer hours but cannot compel. The Sand Hill school project faces legal rulings on carpenters’ hours and penalties. City water power and street forces may shift to three eight hour shifts pending Attorney General guidance.
Mrs. Ben Key is sick and Little Gladys Barns is improving from typhoid fever. Sand Hill district builds a model school. First Methodist lawn service led by M. L. Williams at 8 15 tonight. Deed filed J A Hall and wife to A C Roberts 122 44 acres for 6125. New suits A C Turk vs Davis et al and McCommon Co vs Turner et al. Death near Little Elm of Mr Gibbs 60 years burial Tuesday. Denton schools catalogues distributed by Supt J W Beaty, 28 pages long with course details.
Edith Sullivan entertained fifteen couples Monday evening at her West Oak street home. Misses Ella Pierce and Lois Bailey provided the music for the dancers as several of the girls played for the entertainment.
A group of five Denton girls and their friends stage a sequence of house parties with varied entertainments. Hosts include Leah Owens Belle Bates Maude Underwood Carrie Belle Tanner and Ella Pierce with Nell Phelps and Vesta Whitley as honored guests during the events stretching into next week.
Mrs D L Kennedy credits Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment with curing her eczema after fifty years of suffering. The ad asserts the ointment provides a perfect cure and offers it for 50 cents at druggists or by mail. Also notes hot weather dining suggestions from Turner Bros.
The note invites readers to see John Bunny in a feature, promising strong laughs. It urges readers to bring money to buy vendors lien notes and to contact the Record and Chronicle office in Denton Texas for details at Box 488.
Denton readers recall Miss Jeanette Roe a NTS Normal alumna who will wed Rev. Thomas White Currie on August 26 1913 at First Presbyterian Church Colorado Texas The Curries will live in Austin after September 18 and her sister Miss Dickson Roe marries Rev James Hardy in Clifton Texas in August Also mentioned is Miss Roe’s two year Japan mission and engagement to Rev John McCall Gainesville who will perform both ceremonies in Denton and Gainesville respectively
The Sixteenth District Court Aug ust term lists grand jurors summoned including A Underwood Pilot Point J R Jones Pilot Point W E Kelly Aubrey Ward House Little Elm J M Swisher Garza W K Miller Sanger L M Kealey Lewisville H Db Robinson Justin W Y Barnett Plainview C Harpoel Hebron J I Gillespie Roanoke J N Rayzor Denton J R Beale Lloyd A M Buckner Waketon B F Tisdale Bartonville C F Evans Denton.
An advertising block urges mothers to treat children for worms with Kickapoo Worm Killer. It claims the product kills worms, improves appetite, stabilizes stomach and bowels, and restores health, with availability through druggists or by mail from J. F. Raley & Co.
Denton residents praise Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from backache urinary issues and kidney disorders. Mrs J H Standefer of 42 W Mulberry St reports severe night pain, nervousness, and abnormal secretions. after two boxes she is cured. Pills sold by J F Raley & Co. Drug Store, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
There are fresh vegetables available at the store located at Long and King. Call phone 44 for details and hours.
Extra special one day event Saturday August 16 a limited run of 41 dozen five by six photos in folders offered for 32.75. Swartz guarantees quality and fade resistance. Located over postoffice.
McGuire plots revenge after his wife attends a suffrage meeting and she steals his tickets. He borrows two more, arranges a trap at the theater, and his wife is jailed briefly before the comic mix ups end happily for the couple.
A classified item lists assorted treats available in 5 cent, 10 cent, and 15 to 25 cent packages. It names brands such as Sodarettes Pantans Lemon Snaps Aunt Lucinda's Select City Soda's Saltine Flakes Cocoanut Dainties Ginger Wafers Banner Bars Chocolate Belairs Vanilla Wafers Chocolate Marshmallows Zwieback Perfettos Butter Thins Pilgrim Teas Nut Creams Yum-Yums Pretzellers Cheese Sticks Barrels of Tulip Ginger Snaps. Contact T. C. Sampie at phone 342.
Today and tonight spotlight John Bunny, the fat funny man, as the main attraction. The program promises his signature humor and broad appeal for a lighthearted cinema experience.
A Vitagraph drama with no woman in the cast. The story centers on an outcast son who, fed by the butler, glances on his sleeping father, a moment framed by dramatic lighting. The film emphasizes thrills over romance and aims to stir viewers with its tense home-visit scene.
A vivid view of Harney County Oregon showing a transformed desert landscape flooded with water. Large cattle and pig herds are pictured with striking photography that captures the scene and landscape.
Will Phillipps and Jane Wilbourne of Pilot Point colored. J. L. Davidson and Miss Nelia Winfrey of Pilot Point. Charlies Robertson and Miss Geneva Watkins of Lewisville. Andy Wells of Pilot Point and Miss Lettie Tirey of Lewisville. G. W. Williams and Miss Leona Barns of Aubrey. Paul Girard of Dallas and Miss Delia Bell Cheatham of Krum. Charlie Hooten and Miss Susie Mel Adams of Denton.
Notice by Denton City Public Schools declares August 25 1913 bids for the School Fund treasurer position. The highest bid on average daily balances will hold the office from Sept 1 1913 to Aug 31 1944. Board reserves right to reject all bids. W L McCormick Secretary.
Turner Bros advertises comb honey in 3 pound 12 pound and 60 pound buckets priced at 60 cents 81.80 and 38.40 respectively.
Elberta peaches available at Wat tam's orchard with delivery across the city. W H Wattam operates from Bernard street and now has a new phone number 208.
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