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Newspaper

Record And Chronicle

Location

Denton, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1912

Page

3

Seven Room Houses And Rentals In West Denton Area

A collection of rental and sale notices includes seven room houses on West Oak and West Hickory streets, a one/five room house on West Denton, and multiple sale items like a piano, horse and buggy, and a bar gain tire and harness. Also listed are employment and misc ads for a cook, office space, and a housework position.

West Denton Fritz West Oak Street West Bath and Electric Light Hickory Street Normal W. J. Simmons

Scholarships Offered by Draughon’s College Denton

Twelve scholarships are offered for sale at twenty dollars each with an expiration date of August 22. The notice invites readers to investigate the opportunity.

Draughon’'S Practical Business College Denton Texas

Wanted Furnished Rooms Close In

WANTED two furnished rooms close in. Address R. L. Stone care City Hotel. Fulton has houses to rent, phone or see him. WANTED dressmaking and plain sewing to do. Mrs. Luckett, 89 North Locust St.

R. L. Stone Care City Hotel Tfe L. Fulton H. Luckett North Locust St. Alte

Insurance Fire Tornado End Accident

Agency ad from J W Johnson promoting insurance coverage for fire tornado and accidents with assurance of prompt, satisfactory service and ability to write business with ten strong carriers.

J. W. Johnson

For Sale Our Lot and Building on East McKinney Street

For sale our lot and building on East McKinney street jot 100 by 330 feet, building 40 by 110 feet, artesian well, city water and sewer connections, price $1600. Apply Denton Steam Laundry Co.

McKinney Street Apply Denton Steam Laundry Co

Feedstuffs and Wood For Sale At Arkansas Mill

ARKANSAS MILL on S Elm Street offers chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus rest stove and beater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure. Both phones listed.

Arkansas Mill Elm Street

Local Office Advertises Message Pickup Instructions

Quick Messenger seeks to contact J. W. A. Brashears manager at Hamilton & Yeatta office for message collection. Two phone lines are provided for call connections.

Sekee J. W. A. Brashears Hamilton & Yeatta

Want Ads Call For Scavenger Help

A rough advertisement inviting people to call phone number 307 for scavenger work. The message is brief and unformatted. It provides no name or location beyond the contact number. The tone mirrors a small local classifieds notice.

Brownlow & Strickland and Parks & Lester Moving Services

Local moving outfits advertise dray work and household moves with two new moving vans. Brownlow & Strickland offer office and barn moves from 36 East Hickory with new phones 110 and 310. Parks & Lester promote household moving as a specialty with office phones 342 and residence 1613-3r or 381 cev.

Brownlow & Strickland East Hickory Parks & Lester

Concrete Walks and Cement Work Estimates

Concrete walks and brick work offered by S. A. Bushey and J. M. Gurley, cement contractors. First class work at fair prices with invitations to get estimates.

S. A Bushey J. M. Gurley

Dentist J. W. Fralin Listed in Denton Ad

J W Fralin dentist located at South Side Square middle of block up stairs in Denton Texas advertises office details for patients seeking dental care in the area.

J. W. Fralin South Side Square Denton Texas

Dr W E Botts Veterinarian of Denton Office Address

Dr W E Botts veterinary surgeon lists Denton office at Lipscomb block with transfer company. Old phone 3659. Residence phones old 486 and new 132.

W. E. Botts Denton Transfer Co Lipscom Block

R McGintie Offers Rooms and Rentals

A R McGintie lists furnished rooms for rent and houses for rent through an office over Long and King in East West South and Denton. He advertises available furnished rooms and a general rental service.

A. R. McGintie Long & King West South Denton

For Sale Bargain Oliver Typewriters by J E McCabe

Several good second hand Oliver typewriters available at bargain prices. Contact J E McCabe at the Exchange Bank building for details and to view the items.

Oliver J. E. McCabe Exchange Bank

Automobile Line Autos for Hire by W W Billingsley

W W Billingsley offers auto rental service with old phone 330 and new phone 148. The brief notice lists contact options for customers seeking hire cars.

W. W. Billingsley

Essenkay Seeks Agents for Local Auto Sales in Fort Worth

The Essenkay Sales Company invites a live man in the county to act as agent for selling Essenkay Telegraph or write items and arrange appointments. The firm will explain the proposition and demonstrate Essenkay. Address: 511 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, Texas.

Essenkay Essenkay Sales Company Commerce Street Fort Worth Texas

Wanted: Oak or Hickory House and Travel Positions

Wanted ads seek a ten or twelve room house within Normal area and four men to travel with salary and expenses. An old established firm invites high class applicants for interviews at the Cottage Hotel Room 26, Friday and Saturday. Box 446 Denton Texas.

Denton Tex

Dead Letter List for Week Ending August 18 1912

Weekly dead letter list cites letters to Washington for September 1 unless picked up. Names include Miss Joeler Green Zona Gardner Mrs Lona Howard and others plus post cards for Mrs Mary Hester Miss Lydia Harmon Frank Dalton Roy Ranson and Leon Griffith. Advertised notice and one cent charge apply.

Washington Joeler Green Zona Gardner Lona Howard Amen Kel Birdie Thomas Leah Washburn Jim Acklin Lucy Gentry Mary Hester Lydia Harmon Clera Johnson Ethe Ray Frank Dalton Gordon R. Howard Earnest Harvey Fioyd Jenkins Roy Ranson B. Shetton B. L. Smith T. P Townes

Deafness Cure Claim From Catarrh Remedy Ad

An advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and that only constitutional remedies can cure it. It offers a $100 reward for a deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Halles Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's family pills for constipation.

F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Drvegists

Smith's Restaurant Bread Ad Promises Value and Flavor

An ad touts bread that tastes right and delivers value, inviting customers to try Smith's Restaurant bread and enjoy neighborhood satisfaction in every loaf.

Smith’s Restaurant

Homes and Jets for Sale at Deep Discounts

A few houses and jets offered at 50 to 75 percent of value. Contact Fulton at 183 for details and arrangements.

Fulton

Number 44 Connects You With a Local Grocery Store

A prompt directs customers to call Number 44 to place a grocery order with LONG & KING. The message emphasizes satisfying customers and arranging next-day delivery or pickup.

Long & King

Railroad Time Tables Missouri Kansas and Teaas Southbound

Train timetables list southbound departures at 6 30 a.m. 209 limited and 7 65 a.m. 206 flyer, 4 08 p.m. 201 express, 2 35 p.m. Also northbound 9 45 a.m. 210 limited 8 58 p.m. and 4 42 p.m 202 K C Special.

K. C

Trains Schedules Mixed Dallas Wichita Southbound

Train timetable fragment lists southbound services to Dallas and through signals for Nos. 281 713 and 282 with times around 6 00 am 12 30 pm and 10 00 pm including a 4 30 pm reference.

Dallas Cc Kensensens

Harness sold at local shop promises quality work

A local shop advertises hand made harnesses crafted in house with first class materials and workmanship. It invites customers to visit to see the quality and promises reasonable prices and satisfaction.

A Colored Citizen Seeks Restitution in Satirical Exchange

In a satirical Florida sketch, a colored citizen confesses past sins and seeks repayment for money buried earlier. An older man interrupts, demanding immediate payment and scorns the claimed remorse as insufficient.

Forbidden Union Plea Upsets Father in Tit-Bits

A ardent lover urges marriage courting a daughter whose father would gain sons as sons-in-law. The daughter warns that her father already has three sons living with him and is touchy on the subject. The exchange turns tense as the suitor presses the plan.

Clarence

Growth of the Society of Friends Outpaces Population

The Society of Friends in this country shows a rising membership trend for years, with a 13 percent increase over the last decade while the general population grew 10.9 percent. Women exceed men in membership and the female share is rising.

Society of Friends Weetminster Gazette

Notice of Executrix Appointment for Casper Hoffmeyer Estate

The county court of Denton Texas appointed Annie M Hoffmeyer executrix of Casper Hoffmeyer deceased on July 1 1912. All claimants must present claims within the legally prescribed period at her Denton residence and P O address.

County Court Denton County Casper Hoffmeyer Denton Texas Annie M. Hoffmyen Casper Hoygmyer E. M. Turner Sanger J. Ke. Gary

Local eatery invites customers to short orders service

We offer quick order cooking and attentive service day or night. Visit us to experience the style and quality offered.

Smith’s Restaurant

Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for Piles and Skin Ailments

Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as a remedy for piles itching swelling and irritation plus healing for boils bruises ulcers and skin eruptions. Sold by J F Raley & Co with 75 cents price and a note about fresh vegetables at the store run by LONG & KING with phone 44.

Bucklen J. F. Raley & Co Long & King

Stock beans offer strong feed value warns Denton farmer

J. M. Dunegan of Denton county reports stock beans grown this year yield large pods on bushy plants similar to cotton. He estimates about 125 bushels per acre and notes mules readily eat the beans. He plans a larger planting next year for feed. Notice names J. Ke. Gary as executor for E. M. Turner estate with claims due per Texas law.

J. M. Dunegan Denton Dunegan

Army worm damages crops and local social notes

WAKETON area reports army worm harming grass cotton and peanut crops. Local residents Homer Baggett family, Mrs Hamlin Morgan and sons, W. C. Dillard family, Misses Calvert and Lou Lester, and many others are noted visiting or traveling to Prairie Mound Denton Fort Worth Dallas and Justin. In Sanger the first 1912 cotton bale was delivered by Mr Sadou with seed value and premium. Multiple visits, gatherings, and ball games are listed with residents from Denton Fort Worth Gainesville Celina Justin Krum and Pilot Point among others.

Waketon Homer Baggett Famly Alabama Hamlin Morgan Sons Hebron W. C. Dillard Prairie Mound M. C Sooter Argyle Mamie Lizzie Frances Calvert Lou Lester Dento S. H. Harris W.L. Jarnagin Osea Robertson C. O H. A. Porter H. A. Anderson Fort Worth Fred Minor Lewisville W. S Minor Besse Whyburn Denton H. Lester Claude Dorris Dallas W W. Robertson C. R. Baggett Guy Porter Cail Carrie Hudson Elbert Garza Edth Calvert Vsit Justin Dick Singleton Georgia Krum Beth Sullivan Polytechnic J. M. Miller Lucile Miss Nicholson Celina Jack Ogle Ed Long Aubrey W. R. Sullivan Whitewright Jim E. Henderson J. T. Whitley Pilot Pont G. W. Sullivan W. H. Batis JR. Sullivan Rae Crumly Valley View Jim Peary R. E. Batis Ross Compton Nocona Rae Milligan Marietta Ernest Rogers Parker Pilot Point N. W Kay Clyde Wilson Alice Isbell Polytechnic Wace J. A. Fife H. D. Greene Effie Rodgersville Bishop Temple Lusk Annie Lorene Watosa Pauline Typon Watt Austin

Poultry and Egg Buyer Seeks Local Suppliers

G Welbert announces a high market purchase offer for poultry butter and eggs from local farmers. The notice calls for supplying produce to maximize price.

G. Welbert

Turner Bros Offer Fresh Sorghum Molasses

Local message announces receipt of homemade sorghum molasses from Turner Bros, inviting purchases or inquiries about the product.

Turner Bros

Classified Ads At Denton Store Draw Strong Replies

A Den ton class tied force store week drew many readers to the advertising columns. People read ads and reply to them, showcasing active community engagement with local listings.

Denton

Public Auction Ordered for Unclaimed Freight at Ponder Depot

Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company sets a public sale for 2 pm August 31 1912 at its Ponder Texas freight depot to dispose of two unclaimed shipments a traction engine and a separator both shipped by R A Autry with unpaid freight storage and sale costs deducted from proceeds. The notice is signed by agent J L Dillard.

Ponder Tex Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company Denton County Texas R. A. Autry Fort Worth Consignee Gulf, Colorado & Santa FE Railway Company J. L. Dillard

Also Mentioned on This Page

J. S. Terrys North Elm North Elm St Alliance Mill Normal College Powder Street Sycamore Street Frank Mahann N. Elm C. R. Hamilton C. H. Davie Mulberry St MRK&, Belle Scott Route 4 Draymen W. A Jones West Side Square Leon Griffith F. I. Hastin W G. Gath David Crouch H. Boydston Belgew Missouri, Kansas TEAAS Texas and Pacific Wichita Moon Bros Taylor Hadware Co Bradder Old Brother Gumpshun Popkins Flanders Denton Trust Company Waketon News Sanger News Peacemaker Flour Esac Missouri Kansas Lone Star State Peace‘ Maker Alliance Milling CO Denton , Tex Peacemaker Granger Herbert Pope Granger
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