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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1913
Page
3
Denton Chapter No 80 Royal Arch Masons calls a night meeting at 7 30 with work in the mark master degree led by W H Thompson high priest and Ed F Bates recorder.
Furnished rooms for rent at 6 West Hickory Street. Old phone 4101. Four lines for classified display.
Classified brief notes a sale of shorts by Woodson Harris at Long and King’s with short, unclear details. The OCR fragment mentions shorts for sale and a location but lacks full information or dates.
For sale two separate properties: a seven room house and lot at a bargain and 40 acres of land two miles from the square. Contact W. H. Doty at the Barber Shop. Also ads list a five room and a six room house on North Locust Street with F. K. Graham at Denton Mill.
Six room house with hall and bathroom offered for sale. Close to North Side School. Good terms. See H. T. Higes or call old phone 475.
Two small farms, 50 and 72 acres, are offered for exchange for a residence property in Denton. Broun Realty Co. advertises from the office over Long & Kings grocery seeking interested parties.
Property listing offers a 3 room house on East Oak street and a 4 room house on Bolivar street for sale in Dallas Texas. Small down payment and easy monthly terms through George Fritz care P O Implement Co.
For sale is a Jersey cow yielding 3 1 2 gallons of milk daily a saddle pony several horses and second hand buggies and wagons. Inquire at Will Lochnane's wagon yard East McKinney Street. 312d and wife.
J M Owens offers a bargain pair of good work mules and a registered Jersey cow for sale. Quiet country listing with contact details for interested buyers.
Trade offer lists 136 acre farm two miles from Ponder elevator with two houses two granaries stables deep well windmill tank orchard and water to one house. Asking 75 per acre with 4250 equity and easy cash balance. Also notices for fresh milk cows and a mare for sale.
Practically new complete butcher’s outfit listed by C. H. Smith of 41 Ave B. Contact via old phone 5&6. August 2.
Advertises 20 acres with improvements one half mile north of town for sale. Also offers additional lots and business houses and lots for sale. Contact phone 183 or see L Fulton.
Miss Irene Ferguson announces the fall term for piano students starting September 1 at her studio in the Kincaid building on the second floor over the post office. Tuition rate listed as 44 cents.
Reader seeks used furniture from movers or sellers. Call old 172 then 415 for purchase offers after 9 31.
Help wanted notice seeks a cook with German preference. Apply to Mrs. Frank Mahan at 200 West Sycamore Street Denton Texas for the position.
A. R. Bowen seeks a four or five room cottage with gas and sewerage for year-round residence. Do not phone. Address, location, terms to be provided to Record and Chronicle care.
Skiles Transfer Co announces that cab and transfer fares will be paid on a cash basis from hereafter. Please remember this and pay the driver.
Henry Kaltreuther on East McKinney Street offers wood work, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring, and shrinking services for vehicles and equipment.
John B Schmitz advertises storage of household goods at reasonable rates with options for furniture and gas stoves.
Notice from owners of property by C. C. House city pound officer warns all stock, whether tied or loose, must be kept off. The action is to move stock to the pound for sanitary reasons. Also advertises Portwood Hodges dairy and Frank Wilkerson Meat Market with updated phone numbers.
Come to Will Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney Street for two fine Jersey bulls a black and a fawn colored herd. Season price one dollar and fifty cents cash to all bidders. New phone 369. Also offering a nice house and a few other livestock items.
CHOPS BRAN CORN HAY and other feedstuffs. Best stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measures. ARKANSAS MILL S Elm St Both phones. WE BUY SELL AND EXCHANGE milk cows. Registered Jersey bull in service. McKELVY CARBAUGH Wagonyard. 2631fc A R McGINTIE OFFICE OVER Wilson Hanns Old phone 8361. Rents houses North South East and West. Furnished rooms for rent Denton Texas.
Freight Transfer Co. offers furniture moves with special attention to drag line items. Office at Kinetid wagon yard on West Oak Street. both phones available for contact.
Veterinary office listed with Hancock and Son blacksmith shop at Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269. residence 486. new 132. Your dray business offers first class service at reasonable rates with household moves a specialty. Lester & Miles and Lester & Sherrod listed with new phone.
W W Billingsley offers auto hire services and car repairs with an old phone 330 and a new number 448 for direct contact. Local motorists can rent vehicles or seek repair work through this provider.
An informal call directs readers to call 31 for a messenger service with a note from WA Brashears offering to manage accounts for 10 percent of money collected. The fragment mentions contact details and a financial arrangement.
Dr. Martin will be out of town until September first leaving the office closed for the period.
CHAS. SAUNDERS, DENTIST. Office over Long & King after Feb. 1st. DR. W. A. JONES, DENTIST, West Side Square. W. N. ROWELL, D. D. 8., Office over McCray's, south side Square. J. W. FRALIN, DENTIST, SOUTH side Square, middle of block, up' fairs. Denton, Texas.
A terse note offers scavenging work. inquiries directed to phone number 307 for those seeking odd jobs.
J M Gurley, a cement contractor, offers first class walk work at the right price and invites estimates.
Old phone 579 new phone 931. For high grade comer and brick work phone or see me and let me estimate the work for you. S. A. Bushey.
Grain prices show oats wholesale 45¢ per bu and retail 50 to 55¢. corn wholesale 92¢, retail 95¢ per bu, delivered $1. Wheat 85¢ per bu. flour wholesale $2.70 per 100 lbs, retail $2.75 to $2.80. Produce lists eggs 12 1/2¢ per dozen trade, 10¢ cash. butter 15¢ country, 30¢ creamery. Prices cover turkeys, hens, fryers, ducks, okra, grapes, rhubarb, lemons, onions, bananas, lettuce, tomatoes, celery, and other items with various wholesale and retail figures.
The list records names of undeliverable letters including Mrs James Smith Miss Edna Skinner and J E Brown among others. Letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington on September 7 1913 unless collected earlier. one cent fee applies per advertised item.
Hartley Wiggins returns, Cecilia Hollister reveals a plan to select a seventh suitor, and professor Ames leverages intrigue to steer the contest. At the inn the group erupts in quarrel over the contest while Ames maneuvers to secure Wiggins as the final match.
Tribune condensed item notes the Justin and Roanoke Methodist church event with presiding elder S. C. Criddie arriving to preach. The issue also lists local marriages, new homes under construction, first bale of cotton weighing 12 cents per pound with an 18 cent premium, and school start dates. It also covers baseball scores from the Texas and American leagues and Southern League standings.
Denton land and loan listing promotes an eight room house close to town with easy terms. The Denton Land and Loan Co offers loans on lands in Denton County and advertises J. E. McCabe and Sam W. Fritz with a phone number.
A historic advertisement promises cures for kidney and bladder issues for men, women, and children. It claims to dissolve gravel, cure diabetes, back pain, rheumatism, and irregularities, with a two month treatment per bottle and a mail option for $1. Dr EB Hall sponsors the tonic from St. Louis and drugs sell it locally.
Clyde Beaty sold the first bale of cotton for 11.95 with a 32 premium totaling 81.25. Aubrey plans a one day agricultural fair in the coming weeks and Denton Chamber of Commerce secretary Geo. Roark will assist with premium lists. Mrs. Mattie Smith of Fort Worth visits ill sister Mrs. Mollie Robertson. Fresh shipment includes bell peppers California fruits big sweet potatoes cucumbers and new crop apples.
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