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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
3
A ladies' watch is missing, likely last seen on South Elm Street. A cheap metal fob with Carnation Mill ad attached. Finder please notify Virgil Brady care Oil Mill for a liberal reward.
For rent furnished rooms at 6 West Hickory Street. Old phone 104. Classified notice indicates availability with contact details.
Shorts by Woodson Harris at Long and King. Odawitfe. Seven room house and jet at a bargain. Forty acres of land two miles from the square via W. H. Doty Barber Shop. Two houses on North Locust Street for sale by F. R. Graham at Denton Mill.
For sale a six room house with hall and bath close to North Side School. Good terms offered. See H. T. Higgs at Standard Garage.
Broun Realty offers two small farms, 50 and 72 acres, in exchange for a residence property in Denton. Contact the Broun Realty office above Long and King's grocery for details.
For sale a six room bunga with a 100 by 300 foot lot in a nice location. Address box 306. Also for sale a gentle buggy horse solid bay six years old. Contact C. W. Henson at 19 Center St.
For sale two houses on East Oak and Bolivar streets in Dallas Texas. Three and four room homes offered with easy terms small down payment and monthly remainder. Address George Fritz care P O Imp Co Dallas Texas.
Auction style notice offering a Jersey cow yielding 3.5 gallons daily, a saddle pony, several horses, and second hand buggies and wagons. Inquiry at Will Lochnane's wagon yard on East McKinny street. 31i2 dawtfe
Auction note lists a pair of good work mules for sale and a registered Jersey cow offered by J. M. Owens. Contact details not provided.
1500 to 2000 of my interest in a 136 acre farm near Ponder is offered in trade for a well improved home outside city limits in Denton or Krum. Farm has 125 acres cultivated two houses two granaries stables deep well windmill tank orchard no waste land near Ponder elevator price 75 per acre value 4350 trade plus cash balance easy. C C McKinney Ponder Texas. 10d-3twe FOR SALE FRESH MILK COWS A D Turner 319tfe FOR SALE BAY MARE AND MARE colt See M B Whitlock 29atfc
COMPLETE BUTCHER'S OUTFIT practically new. C. H. SMITH 44 Ave B old phone 586 Aug2ic WANT TO SELL 20 ACRES with improvements one half mile north of town Algo lots to sell Also business houses and lots to sell Phone 183 or see L. FULTON.
Short classified notice offers to buy furniture from movers or those selling items. Provides two phone numbers 172 and 415 with no names or locations.
A short classified note requests a winter placement for board in exchange for work. The writer states he is a student seeking a caretaker position and housing while attending school.
Help wanted notice seeking a cook with German language preference. Apply to Mrs. Frank Mahan at 200 West Sycamore Street, Denton, Texas.
WANTED A COMPETENT DAIRY hand single Springside Jersey Farm Will F. Parks manager. tfe WANTED Organizers and solicitors to represent high class insurance or der in Denton county permanent position hustlers make from 100 to 200 per month Apply to R Hansen district manager Modern Brotherhood of America 243 Ellison building Fort Worth 15c-2tw
A. R. Bowen asks for a four or five room cottage available for year round use. Prefers gas and sewerage, not a school term arrangement. Do not phone. address with location and terms to be given to Record and Chronicle.
Skiles Transfer Co announces that all cab and transfer fares will be collected on a cash basis from now on. Please remember to pay the driver at the time of service.
Henry Kaltruther of East McKinney Street offers wood work, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring and shrinking services. He provides repairs and fabrication for local trades and farm needs.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves offered.
All stock on the rupture or Carroll Park additions will be taken to the pound regardless of whether they are tied or loose. Stock must be kept off. By order of owners of property. C. C. HOUSE, 10p City Pound Officer.
A Sanitary Milk Sand entry notes new phone numbers for Portwood and Hodges with 426 and 297 prefixes, reflecting updated contact details.
Come to Will Locknane's wagon second yard from East McKinney Street square to see two fine Jersey bulls. Season price 1.60. New phone 350. Also a house and lot on Lula Street for sale. CHOPS BRAN CORN HAY and other feedstuffs. Best stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure. Arkansas Mill 8S Elm St. Both phones.
McKelvy and Car Baugh in McKinney publish a listing offering buying selling and exchanging milk cows with a registered Jersey bull in service. The Freight Transfer Co advertises office at West Oak Street wagon yard and offers furniture moving and special attention to drag line items with both phones listed.
Cecilia agrees to marry a specific man as part of a Paris bought diary plan. Aunt Octavia gives her a private notebook to track when the right suitor appears. The diary must remain hidden until the engagement is proposed. The scene hints at a pivotal male figure behind Cecilia's future marriage.
In Hopefield camp a hidden stair and old rooms unlock a family mystery as Cecilia and Hezekiah reveal a seventh suitor plan. The two discuss Cecilia’s memoranda, rival suitors, and a parcel of secrets amid playful banter and growing romantic tension.
Paris dispatch details a Breton pond near Fougeres with a large sign stating locals will heavily fine anyone drowning themselves. The report notes multiple suicides in recent months, the sign’s deterrent effect, and mentions other Parisian and European curiosities.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian announces office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop 8S Elm St Lipscomb block. New phone 269 residence old phone 486 sew 132.
Les ter and Miles advertise first class moving services with reasonable rates. Office listed as Lester and Sherrod with a new phone line for bookings.
Automobile line promotes autos for hire by W. W. Billingsley with old phone 380 and new phone 448. Offers automobile repairs and service.
An advertisement invites quick messenger service with a call to action for thirty-one. It states W A Brashears and N B will handle accounts for ten percent of money collected. The fragment ends with an address-like line 172tfec.
Dr. Martin will be unavailable through September 1 due to travel. He will resume duties upon return and assist patients afterward.
CHAS. SAUNDERS DENTIST office over Long and King after Feb 1. DR W A JONES DENTIST on West Side Square. W N ROWELL D D S office over McCray's south side Square. J W FRALIN DENTIST south side Square middle of block up stairs Denton Texas.
Help wanted for scavenger work call 307 for details. No other information available in the fragment.
J M Gurley promotes first class concrete walks with reliable pricing and invites estimates for work.
S A Bushey advertises a contact for high grade comer work and estimates, inviting readers to call the new phone 931 for estimates and service.
Grain prices list oats corn and wheat with wholesale and retail figures. Produce items include eggs butter turkeys okra grapes rhubarb olives peppers beans lemons onions bananas lettuce tomatoes celery and imported grapes with varied per unit pricing.
Mrs D L Kennedy reports relief after fifty years with Dr Hobson’s Eczema Ointment curing her tetter. Advertisement claims burning itching rash treatment and offers the product at 50 cents from J F Raley & Co. All druggists.
Fifty head work mules offered for cash or on time with reasonable prices. Also thirty yearling mules available for investment purchases. Ivy Son, Denton, Texas. dé&wife
8 acre tract with truck farm within a corporation offering peach trees goose plums yellow plums dewberries in good condition. Home features four rooms hall porches cistern and well. Sale price cheap through Sept 1 with about 600 peach trees and other fruit plants.
Practically new cheap barn style house offered for sale by owner. Ten years of earnings from 600 to 800 dollars yearly. Good title. Seller age 72 unable to work. Property being sold directly by owner.
Grant Lovejoy a Dallas lawyer and son of the late John L Lovejoy visited Denton on Monday to meet old friends of his father, a pioneer settler and minister in North Texas.
The Weather Bureau predicts a week of moderate temperatures nationwide except the far Southwest with above normal readings. Rainfall will be irregular and local. A moderate disturbance will move from the Far West to the Middle West around midweek, bringing showers and thunderstorms, with eastern states affected toward week’s end. No West Indies disturbance is indicated.
A brief notice from G W Elbert offers to buy poultry for sate and requests contact for delivery within a reasonable distance stating willingness to travel.
George Brown, a farmer near Mount Gillid northeast of Roanoke, fell from a wagon near Medlin's grocery, injuring head and face and was taken home. The first 1913 cotton race saw John Arnold beat Bryan Thompson by a narrow margin, with premiums of 48 and 9 dollars. A moonlight picnic occurred in Gillespie pasture along Denton Creek with a gathering of local residents.
An old advertisement urges mothers to treat children for worms with Kickapoo Worm Killer. It claims the product kills worms, improves appetite and digestion, and restores health, offered by J F Raley & Co for 25 cents.
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