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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1912
Page
3
Classified list includes two unfurnished rooms for rent at 111 W Sycamore St and requests a nurse girl for Mrs W R Scott. Also for sale 2 acre West Denton lot, Lost Fox Terrier bitch sought by reward, several properties including 100x330 lot on McKinney St and a 40x110 building with utilities. Piano studio opening by Lorene Bates with hours and contact numbers.
A gold bracelet lost at Hl jand park. Reward offered for its return to this office.
Our boarding house will start again September 1 and invites former patrons and new guests to board with us. Ch Davie at 40 Mulberry Street welcomes inquiries.
Piano for sale at AaA Bargain location 112 North Elm Indp. Seven room house on West Oak Street for sale or trade. Box 232. 6th.
Classified notice states a surplus lot near Normal College is for sale with a good horse offered as part payment. Interested parties are directed to apply at this office.
For sale a seven room house with west bath and electric light located on West Hickory Street one block from Normal. See W J Simmons for details.
Fragmentary ad offers a diamond ring for sale at a bargain. OCR text shows garbled address line likely indicating location R and partial street fragment. No clear price or seller name.
Three furnished rooms for rent in a south front, close in location at 41 Mulberry. Board handy and available for residents seeking convenient housing.
C R Hamilton lists a downstairs office space for rent. The brief ad notes the property as a desirable workspace option in a central location.
L Fulton advertises houses for rent with contact by phone or in person for viewing and inquiries.
An insurance agent, J. W. Johnson, promotes fire, tornado, and accident coverage and invites clients to trust ten strong companies for correct, prompt service.
Chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs. Best stove and beater wood on the market. Prompt delivery full measure. ARKANSAS MILL S Elm street. Both phones.
Classified note advertises contacting J. W. A. Brashears, manager, and Hamilton Yeatts for office matters. It lists two phone numbers and specifies request to call both lines.
Brief notice seeks workers for scavenger tasks. Call number 301 for details and to arrange work.
Help with crude dray work and household goods moving. Brownlow Strickland offers first class prompt service at reasonable rates with two large moving vans. Office at 36 East Hickory. Parks & Lester provide moving and household moving specialty with office and residence phone numbers listed.
If you want concrete sidewalks or brick work let me figure for you. Bushey Gurley, the cement contractor, offers first class work at the right price. Get estimates.
Dentists W A Jones at West Gide Square and W Fralin at South Ride Square middle of block Denton Texas are listed with street locations and offices inside the city.
The item notes W N Rowell D D located above McCrays on the south side square, indicating a professional office placement.
Dr W B Botts veterinarian and Ian and Veterinary Surgeon Office in Lipscomb block with Denton Transfer Co old phone 359 residence phones 486 and 135. A R McGintie listed with old phone 91 rents furnished rooms in East West South and North Denton.
Several good secondhand Oliver typewriters offered at a bargain by J. E. McCabe at the Exchange Bank building.
W. W. Billingley advertises autos for hire with old phone 330 and new phone 148.
Classified snippet offers small farms of 24 44 or 75 acres near Denton with access to Denton schools via W C Lattimore 400 Page Avenue Dallas Tex. Also advert shows two furnished bedrooms for rent and a lost gold watch fob between Denton and Mingo with Masonic symbols and I T A initials. reward offered.
Several years practical experience as a dressmaker at one of Dallas's largest stores enables Mrs. Heninger to offer Denton ladies a high grade dressmaking service at reasonable prices. Stop by at 44 Fulton St after riding the W Oak car to Stop 20, one block north.
Cumberland Presbyterian Sunday school led by W. W. Baxter at 9 45 am with prayer meeting Thursdays at 7 30 pm. Church of Christ at Pearl and Bolivar offers Bible lessons at 10 and sermons at 11 by E Wooldridge. Long practice scheduled for Wednesday and Friday nights next week.
Baptist church lists pastor B. A. Copass with Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 11 preaching on Sowing and Reaping. Evening services include Junior and Seniors B Y P U at 5 and 7 with preaching at 8 Love in Four Dimensions theme.
Central Presbyterian Church invites strangers to worship with us. Pastor Harry Burton Boyd will preach at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bible school begins at 9:45 a.m. with Prof E D Criddle supervising Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m.
Pastor Rev C T Cooper preaches at 11 on The Lord's Supper Retrospect and Prospect and at 8 on Is it Andrew or Simon's brother The Young People's League meets at 8 The Gethsemane Prayer is the Wednesday prayer meeting topic at pm A welcome for all
Pastor A W D Rogers leads services at 11:00 and 8:00 with morning sermon The Foundation of the Kingdom of Heaven and evening The Plain Duty of Christians in Life. Sunday school 9 49 led by Prof McDonald. Y P 8 Co Juniors 4, Intermediates and Seniors 7 led by Pearl McCormick. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 p m led by Leah Owens.
A brief classified style note directs readers to call Long & King at number 44 to place next grocery order. The item promises customer satisfaction and emphasizes immediate telephone orders.
Turner Rbos and T. C. Sample advertise grocery delivery from the east side square inviting customers to try the September service and see if it pleases them.
Sheriff Orr reported that Joe Armstrong alias Joe Webb, jailed from Denton on burglary, escaped from the Rusk penitentiary. Armstrong had robbed two Sanger stores and burglarized Hill and Wise counties, with about eight years remaining. He is a Tarrant County native who previously served in the State Reformatory.
Moon Bros. advertise in Denton offering Cook stoves and oil stoves with special bargains after fifteen years of service. They invite customers to visit and compare prices and satisfaction.
John Ob e and George Smoot of jard visit. Miss Loig Jones of Gainesville visits Miss Villa Curtis. W M Breeden and wife of Hugee Okla visit relatives. S W Middleton returns from Sedana Missouri. Mrs Ed McGowan of Houston and Mrs Lucas of Tyler visit their aunt Mrs L T Davis. Virginia Hicks of Sulphur Springs returns home from visit with Villa Curtis. N M McGinnis of C L A faculty returns from Galveston and Houston. Elder C E Wooldidge preaches Bolivar at 3 pm. S Si Grant heads science dept in Cotulla. Elder A D Rogers to T o Za funeral then First Christian church. Dot Gillespie returns from Colorado trip. Mr and Mrs W Morrell visiting P Lomax. Morrell health prompting Denton return. G J Gillespie reports Panhandle crops good. cotton west of Weatherford short. Inspector Browder of Pure Food back from Fort Worth. twenty-one complaints filed against dairymen and restaurants.
E. E. Youngs of Berkshire Vermont says the pills cured his constipation and indigestion. He claims Dr King's New Life Pills treat stomach liver and kidney troubles effectively. Available for 25 cents at J F Raley Co.
Miss Ruby Sheppard entertained Miss Little of Temple at her Lewisville home Monday evening. Progressive dancing and refreshments followed with guests Misses Little Temple Lina Milliken Mabel Jenkins Ol4ftover Ola Degan Helen Spencer and Messrs Fullbright Palestine Stanley Farrington John Milliken Lausten Jacobser Ben Cunningham Ed Liles. Lewisville Academy opens September 9.
Auction notice notes several houses and lots offered for sale at a drastic reduction. Phone Ful ton to inquire about the sale terms and schedule.
Turner Brothers offer to supply adour table through September. They list contacts and a phone number and reference sales figures and bases in multiple cities including Liverpool New Orleans New York and Galveston. The note invites trial to prove customer satisfaction.
An advertisement from Frontiers Athma Company promotes a home cure for asthma with trial treatment and complete information offered free of charge. It directs inquiries to Room 102 in Buffalo New York.
A patient states they suffered kidney and bladder trouble for ten years. They began using Peruna in March and continued three months. Since stopping, they report no pain and no further symptoms.
The new Denton High School welcomed a crowd of about 260 students to its quarters this fall. Visitors toured the building as the school board and city officials, led by Superintendent Beaty, reviewed the facilities, including rooms for math, recitation, and study.
A Denton County constable announces the sale of a 328 acre tract near Denton at public auction on September 3 1912 between 10 am and 4 pm to satisfy an execution issued July 31 1912 in favor of Voss Barbee Manufacturing Company against S W Kanady. The land boundary details describe parts of Morton Yarbrough Jagoe and Wilson tracts with specific varas measurements and exceptions.
Cass Tarver of Anson Texas knocked out Frank Beverly of Dallas in the eighth round at Clovis New Mexico on Thursday. State papers carried a brief report with few details beyond the result.
Local readers are urged to try Electric Etters as a remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. A testimonial from T. D. Peebles of Henry Tenn reports strong gains in appetite and strength after six bottles. Available for 50 cents at J. F. Raley & Co. in Marlow Oklahoma and exchanges offered in Denton. Miss Maurice C. Smith will open a piano studio on the High School campus September 2 with hours 9 to 12. Old phone 135, new phone 380.
Local grocers LONG & KING tout big family appeal in Denton offering quantity and quality at low prices. Prospective customers urged to call 44 to arrange a future order and experience their service.
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