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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
4
Community notices invite delivery personnel by day and night, with trunks called for any deliverer willing to operate anywhere in the city. The terse advertisement emphasizes flexible hours and broad coverage for mail and packages.
H F Schweer and Co agents announce they represent reputable fire and cyclone insurers and solicit a share of local business. The notice emphasizes reliable protection and asks potential customers to consider their offerings.
Public notice states notary Bert Ste Rut will administer small loan agreements and verify signatures for clients seeking affordable credit.
W R Scott the tailor offers cleaning pressing altering and making men clothing and also cleans and presses skirts. He will call for and deliver garments at 40 New Phone 40 West Side Square.
District court begins Monday August 23 with a listed set of grand jurors to investigate crimes. The following petit jurors have been drawn for the second day of court including R L Hart W P B Hart J H Hamm ons Jno Beauchamp T H Hannah and others.
Wm J Bishop recently returned from Japan where he served as a missionary will lecture in Denton at the Church of Christ on Saturday and Sunday night. He will preach at 11 o clock Sunday. Admission is free. Bishop edits the Japan Missionary and leads a Tokyo mission and has written several illustrated lectures on biblical archaeology and religious revivals. He plans a tour of the United States and parts of Canada to support mission work.
Born to Mr and Mrs John Dooley west of town a daughter. The American Express horse found after fears of theft. Mrs R H Powell builds new Mulberry street house on the burned site for about 1500 dollars. Tom Jackson jailed Monday on a charge of carrying knucks. searched in custody.
The article touts Taliaferro selling sewing machines and an improved framing method. It highlights a developing high class art shop with growing customers and invites one more buyer, Palmer.
Sxi2 Axminster Art Square offers eighty patterns to select from at eighteen dollars and fifty cents. Miss Roberta Bass has opened a studio above Palmer's music store for piano and voice training. Wilson Hardware Company urges readers to compare plumbing prices and services.
Rev J W Farr recalls Monday at Beauchamp Hill camp meeting where Rev Roberts preached three times despite heat. The messages urged personal religious reform and readiness to serve, with a dramatic Monday night sermon The Voice from Hell warning against eternal torment. Two out of town youths sought salvation as prayers and shouts filled the meeting. Sister E W Nichols joined Tuesday morning to assist prayers against the devil in Denton.
A grass fire burned just south of the oil mill around 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The oil mill property and the old gin south of there were briefly at risk until firefighters arrived. The Long & Turner Co. notes they offer fresh vegetables daily.
Alliance Milling Co reports a notice advising ice customers to call 130 if they do not receive courteous treatment and prompt service from the men on the ice wagons, promising prompt investigation.
I have moved my law office from the court house to the south side of the public square over W. B. Mc Clurkay & Co.’s store. E. I. KEY, 2th Attorney at Law.
J. T. Curtis from south of town delivered two loads of fat hogs, twenty-one animals, sold for $192.50. He notes profits from raising the hogs and furnishing all feed, marking a successful local livestock deal.
The notice advertises Pleasure trips by car labeled Joy rides and business trips with best and quickest service. Rates are reasonable and Sheridan's Garage at 142 West Oak Street offers day plane 191 and night phone 29 new. 315¢
Wise County visitors Phillip Tumelty and Mac Clark seek Jersey cows in Wise County with strong interest in dairying growing daily. They came to Denton on Wm. Ganzer’s recommendation to buy first class dairy stock. Wilson Hardware offers free estimates for plumbing work.
The ad touts careful prescription service by licensed, experienced pharmacists with formal training from top colleges. It highlights hospital standard care, complements to physicians, and offers free delivery with phone contact.
Lipton's teas satisfy discerning tastes as the Long and Turner Co advertises their popular blends and urges readers to order a package today. The ad emphasizes lasting use and brand satisfaction.
An old brief notes two goody songs for light employment titled I’m Looking for a Sweetheart and I Think You’ll Do and Naughty Eyes. It also advertises sanitary plumbing services at Palmer’s with Wilson Hard wage Company offering reasonable prices.
W B McClurkan returns from market and Miss Eula Piner visits in Silverton. Dr T H Cobble of Rusk may move here. Mrs Robi Greenlee and Miss Mena of Dallas visit Mrs Albert Erwin. Wm Payne ill at home, Mrs W A Kesterson and children host in North Locust Street. S J Carroll arrives from Dallas citing ample water from Denton Elm creeks. An automobile party takes W T Johnson to Decatur. T L Mellvaine of Ponder notes cotton stands hot winds. frost and heavy rains threaten yield.
For sale at bargain a bay mare with buggy and harness set. Also a rubber tired phaeton, two refrigerators and other household furnishings. Sold by wife J. Q. Burgess.
A charity drive asks for pants and waists for boys, dresses and making goods for girls, hosiery, hats, shoes, and underwear for Buckner's Orphan Home. The First Baptist women's group will pack a box on Monday August 23 at 8 o'clock at the Baptist church. Donations may be dropped at A. W. Sears hardware. or call Mrs. L. D. Borden for pickup.
Asthma can be cured at home with a trial treatment and full information provided at no charge. Write Frontier Asthma Company, Room 702, Buffalo, New York.
If you want a ride in a new Buick automobile to any part of the country or city, call G. W. Sheridan's Garage at 42 West Oak.
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