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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No 217 AF and AM will meet Saturday August 23 for work in the Master’s degree, conferred by all past masters of Stanfield lodge. P Lipscomb, W M. R H Evers, Secretary.
Lost plain gold scarf pin in blue tie kept as keepsake. reward offered. Also lost a ladies watch somewhere likely on South Elm street. a cheap metal fob advertising Carnation Mill attached. Notify Virgil Brady care Carnation Mill for liberal reward.
Rooms for rent in Old Town at 6 West Hickory Street. Furnished accommodations available with phone contact listed as 1. Se. Quiet location, suitable for singles.
Short listing notes a for sale or trade item described as nice shorts by Woodson Harris at Long and King location. The fragmentary ad mentions contact point but lacks full pricing or acceptance terms.
For sale an eight room two story house with electric lights sewerage and gas plus a large jet. Address 44 West Oak Street. Also offered is the cheapest farm and dairy ranch in Texas with easy terms. 80 acres good sand 70 in cultivation good house orchard well windmill irrigates garden near churches school and Alvord. Write today Sam E Moore Alvord Texas.
Six room house with hall and bath near North Side School. Good terms offered. See H. T. Higes at Standard Garage.
For sale a six room bungalow in a nice location. Includes address details and box number 306. Contact information partially legible with city notice style.
For sale a six year old bay buggy horse listed by C W Henson at 49 Genter Street. Contact seller to arrange viewing and pricing details.
Three and four room houses offered for sale on East Oak and Bolivar streets Dallas Texas. Low down payment with easy monthly installments. Address George Fritz care P O Imp Co Dallas Texas 25p
For sale eighteen pigs listed by Woodson Harris at Long and King’s. Contact point includes a midwife note and local listing style.
For sale a fine Jersey cow yielding 3 41 2 gallons daily. Also a nice saddie pony and several horses. Second hand buggies and wagons available. Inquire at Will Lehnane's wagon yard East McKinney Street. 312d wife.
A pair of good work mules and a registered Jersey cow are for sale. Contact J. M. Owens for details and pricing information.
Trade offer lists 436 acre farm two houses two granaries stables deep well windmill water piped to one house with orchard two miles from Ponder elevator and gin priced 75 per acre. Seller C C McKinney Ponder Texas offers 1450 to 2000 value in trade plus cash balance.
Classified ad notes for sale of livestock including fresh milk cows and a nice two year old filly. Listings mention A D Turner and Lone Star Marble Yard with contact or yard reference. The fragment indicates multiple sale items and farm goods.
For sale bay mare and bay mare colt. Contact M. B. Whitlock at 294tfe for details.
C H Smith offers a complete butcher's outfit in near new condition at 41 Ave 1B with old phone 586. Sale note dated Aug 2.
Advertises 20 acres with improvements half a mile east of a town with additional lots for sale. Also mentions business houses and lots for sale. Contact phone 188 or see L Fulzon for details.
Classified notice seeking a specific individual, offering a reward or request for information. Provides an address at 900 West Sycamore Street in Denton Texas and references Mrs. Frank Mahan. Includes terse phrasing and a wartime tone.
Advertisement from Will F Parks manager seeks a competent dairy band at Springside Jersey Farm. The note also lists a cash-basis policy for cab and transfer fares, urging prompt payment to Skiles Transfer Co.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Lchmaitz. Furniture and gas stoves are available.
Property owners order stock to be kept off and taken to the pound regardless of tying. Pound officer C House notes the City Pound at 409.
Milk cow trading and exchange service offered by McKelvy and Car Baugh at McKinney Street Wagonyard. Registered Jersey bull in service. Also selling chops, bran, corn, hay and other feedstuffs. Sanitary milk and cream inquiries via Portwood Hodges with new phone 426 and old 297.
Local notice promotes Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney Street with two Jersey bulls described as the finest in the county. A cash incentive of 1.609 is offered to everyone, and a new phone line is mentioned alongside a promise of a nice house.
Henry Kaltruther of East McKinney Street offers wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber-tiring and shrinking services for horses and carts. Local tradesman provides repair and fabrication for wagons fences and farm equipment with mobile options.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas. Office over Wilson-Hann's with Old phone 361. Located across north south east and west areas.
A brief notice of Meredith Nicholson's 1910 novel The Siege of The Seven Suitors notes copyright by the author and year of publication.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services at the Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak Street. They promote careful handling of drag line items and invite customers to call for their furniture moves.
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meats with old phone 212 and new phone 83 for contact.
In Hopefield Manor Arnold Ames navigates rival suitors Cecilia Hollister and her aunt Miss Octavia while a ghostly chimney and a missing heirloom stir mystery. He recounts a tale of a tan slipper dropped in Boston and a roof top chase as Cecilia faces danger and vows to trust Ames to see her through.
Wheat and cotton prices noted with thin receipts. Grocers show greens but little home produce due to drought. Prices listed for oats corn wheat flour meal and various feeds. Eggs butter peppers grapes and other produce quoted. regional notes include about Phoenix irrigation and Denton connections.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian announces office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop S Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269 residence old phone 486 new 132.
Local moving outfit advertises first class service at reasonable rates for household moves. The notice lists Les ter and Miles with the office at Lester & Sherrod and announces a new phone contact.
W W Billingsley offers auto repair and hire services at old phone 330 new phone 448. Reliable mechanic with prompt vehicle repairs and rental options available.
A small classified notice offers quick messenger service calling 31 and advertises W A Brashears handling accounts for ten percent of money collected. The fragment ends with an address-like line 172tfe.
Dr. Martin will be away from town until September 11, with travel plans not disclosed.
CHAS SAUNDERS DENTIST office over Long and King after Feb 1 Dr W A Jones Dentist West Side Square and W N Rowell D D 8 office over McCrays south side square
J W Fralin dentist located at South Side Square middle of block upstairs in Denton Texas offers local dental care options for area residents.
A terse classified note asks for scavenger work and provides a single contact number 307 for interested workers to call.
J. M. Gurley offers first class cement work with fair pricing. Get estimates for concrete walks and related services from the contractor.
Old phone 579 to reach S A Bushey for high grade camera and hack work estimates. The ad offers to visit and quote for the work.
Deputy sheriffs found four Denton men on Hickory Creek after a report of a four handed fight. Officers said there was no actual fighting and no one was badly hurt despite a loud disturbance observed before moon Thursday.
A cotton cloth net treatment for wounds and burns promotes BAL LARD S SNOW LINIMENT with claims of fast healing. It lists price 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle and notes R H Garrison as seller. The page also advertises Turner Bros lunch ideas to beat the heat with peanuts butter chips salad and sardines.
The State of Texas requires the Sheriff to publish this citation for Nancy C. King in a Denton County newspaper weekly for four weeks. The suit No. 5238 in Denton District Court seeks a divorce from Martin M. King with alimony and costs, based on abandonment since 1907 after a marriage in Wynn County Louisiana.
The narrator climbs to the fourth floor at night and, by candlelight, discovers Hezekiah seated on a vast trunk in a trunk room filled with labels of many inns. The scene follows a tense search guided by a candle and wary steps.
A large crowd gathered at the Driskill Hotel in Austin to honor retiring State Superintendent F. M. Bralley. Speakers included W. F. Party Mart Grafton J. G. Pyle Ben Short H. Darden W. H. Bruce Dr. J. S. Abbott PF C Weinert W. F. Doughty C A Jay and George W. Harris with L. L. Pugh presiding as toastmaster.
An advertisement urges readers to use Ballard's Snow Liniment for stiff neck and back pain from cold drafts. It touts quick relief, claiming the product is the best pain reliever and available at 25 cents or one dollar per bottle, sold by R. H. Garrison. The unnamed joke at the end features a quip about a wife and moods.
An advertisement claims Bucklen's Amica Salve removes all pain from cuts, bruises, sprains, burns, and skin injuries. Ei E Chamberlain of Clinton Maine endorses it as an equal healing remedy. Sold for 25 cents at J F Raley & Co. Also notes fresh peppers and cucumbers from the same advert.
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