Lost leaf brooch found between Normal and M E Church
A lost leaf brooch was found between Normal School area and the M. E. Church and is to be returned to the finder at the church vicinity.
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
3
A lost leaf brooch was found between Normal School area and the M. E. Church and is to be returned to the finder at the church vicinity.
Twenty acres with house barn and improvements to rent after January 1st. Also 53 acres five miles from Denton to sell on credit. See L. Fulton.
FOR RENT TWO ROOMS FURNISHED or unfurnished at 125 West Chestnut street. Also rooms for light housekeeping furnished or partly furnished with gas for cooking. W L Brock at 48 West Hickory St. Furnished rooms available new phone 411.
Four room house with hall and bath on a 60 by 140 lot offered at 1250 dollars with 500 cash and rest as rent. Box address 66 percent. Eight line sale for a six room East front with 150 foot frontage on North Lo cust street. E. E. Miller seeks immediate contact. Also Dumas 28 volumes and Balzac 25 volumes in buckram bound. exchanged for Dickens Cooper Bulwer Lytton or encyclopedia. Dr WN Rowell solicits offers.
Denton Floral Co announces beautiful flowering plants now arriving and urges early selections. A posted notice warns hunters and trespassers to keep out from a property of J. J. Matthews. An employment ad seeks a good cook for Mrs. R. Hoffman, while a dairy ad advertises Jersey milk and cream with a phone contact.
Feedstuffs including chops bran corn hay available with prompt delivery and full measurement. Best stove and heater wood offered. Arkansas Mill located on S Elm St with two phone numbers for contact.
Sanitary Milk and Cream reports new contact numbers with Portwood and Hodges. New phone is 426 and old phone was 297.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a person or tag Wes Jackson and a number 124 linked to a killing ring or alert. Details are unclear but suggest criminal context or an index entry.
Local butcher advertises fresh and tender meats with contact numbers 212 and 83. The notice highlights old and new phone listings for customer reach.
Skiles Transfer Co announces a shift to cash basis payments going forward. Customers are reminded that fare payments and river charges will be collected in cash.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Sehmitz. Includes furniture and gas stoves offered for storage.
Freight Transfer Co advertises furniture moving services at the Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. It promises special attention to items in the drag line and invites customers to call for moving jobs.
First class dray business offering household moving at reasonable rates. Les ter and Miles, office Lester and Sherrod. New phone for A. R. McGintip. Office over Wilson-Hann's. Old phone St. Rents furnished rooms for rent in Denton.
J M Gurley, cement contractor, advertises first class cement and brick work at fair prices. Publicize estimates by calling old phone 579 or new phone 931 and arrange site visits. S A Bushey endorses contact for quotations.
Veterinary professionals listed with office and residence contact numbers. Dr Eli Buyher operates from Burgton and Denton locations including Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop and East Hickory Street. Dr W E Botts, graduate veterinarian, runs from Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elim Street Lipscomb block with updated phone lines.
Local tradesmen display a mixed assortment of horses and related goods. Blacksmiths and woodworkers showcase skills and wares in a bustling market scene with vendors from nearby areas.
A bread product labeled Mother's Bread is described as produced by Flour Select using best methods, clean and correct.
The Denton Steam Bakery keeps a steady supply of buns and cakes, offering a sweet staple that draws steady demand from local customers. The shop emphasizes consistent quality and a comforting treat presence in the community.
J W Fralin dentist located at South Side Square middle of block upstairs in Denton Texas offering dental services in the local area.
Dr. M. L. Martin and A. B. M. DD treat eye ear nose and throat diseases and fit glasses. Their office is above Raley and Co. department store.
Three fine bulls offered for cash S150 each with privilege to return. Yard located second from square on East, near McKinney street one block east of McKelvey's yard and east of Stroud grocery store. Contact Will Loecknane at residence New phone No. 356.
Condensed from the Herald. Births reported include a girl born Nov. 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Grady Rutledge. Other births noted to Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Clack and to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smith. Visits include Mrs. John Morgan in Lula Oklahoma and Miss Ola Davis from Fort Worth visiting Aubrey. Entries also mention Winnie Kemp in Roanoke and visits by Omar Jones of Howe and J. Brown with W. Ty Hodges in Fort Worth.
A telegram from Waxahachie announces Paul E. Baker son of J T Baker of Denton and a Denton High graduate won a place on Trinity University's intercollegiate debating team for the coming year.
A day of very heavy rain fills branches and low spots. parents take children to the school by buggy as water prevents returning home. The Argyle school reports 46 in primary and about 35 in higher grades during the closing week of the first month. Visitors include D Fowler from Wichita Falls, Miss Littie Birchfield, Miss Wright, Miss Etta Foster, the Summers sisters, and locals T J Lewis, Mrs Clark, Leslie Brockett, and Will Potts visiting Fort Worth.
A Denton area column lists residents and visitors traveling to Dallas Fort Worth and surrounding towns. Names include Dee Puckett J M Rieger Lee Kinard and many others visiting or on business from Argyle Stamford Lewisville Gainesville and Clovis New Mexico with several attending medical meetings in Fort Worth and exchanges of visits to relatives and friends.
An advertisement acclaims Cascarets cure bilious symptoms and digestive disorders by morning. It claims a 1 cent box keeps liver and bowels clean, promotes a sweet stomach and clear head, and that children enjoy the taste without gripe or sickness.
W L Chambers returns to Oklahoma after visiting his father. Mrs Nada McKinney suffers appendicitis. Ivis Kine visited Denton. Will Turner hosts a Saturday night social. Richard Porter and son Gene visit Fort Worth. Mrs Sarah Gibbs celebrates birthday with family. Walter Chambers of Oklahoma also present. Ed Mason completes new house. Osborne Moore’s daughter ill. J Scott visits Denton. Marsh Foster and wife move from Aubrey. Alex McMakin visits Denton. Mrs Maude Yoakley visits sister Mrs Ben Taylor. Singing at Ben Tisdale’s draws large crowd. J T Curtis near Denton visits Chambers family.
Free trial asthma treatment information from Frontier Asthma Company. Contact Room 102 Buffalo N. Y. Aavt.5
In the Probate division of the County Court on Tuesday the estate of Jacob K. Decker, deceased, Francis Decker was appointed temporary administratrix.
An advertisement extols Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a remedy for old sores and pain. It claims immediate relief and healing, noting price options 25c 50c and 1.00. It also promotes Mrs Dickson selling ribbons at cost.
Born Monday to Mr and Mrs W A Mathews a 11 pound girl. A heavy frost formed Monday night with the mercury down to 28 above. Charles Mellvane of Ponder sold a saddle horse at Fort Worth last week for 225 dollars. A new County Court suit is styled H H Hardin Co vs J P Goodwin debt.
Rainfall for December measured by the Experiment Farm gauge reached 2.89 inches. Through December 7 the gauge showed 2.839 inches with the total increasing as the month continued.
The regular monthly meeting of the church officers will be held this evening at 7 30 at the First Presbyterian church.
A new suit is filed in the Sixteenth District court styled W. H. Cliett versus the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad seeking damages.
T M Rippy has about recovered from a case of ptomaine poisoning that afflicted him for several days. He was poisoned while in Dallas last Monday.
Miss Marie Beard a Normal student from Springtown Parker county is critically ill with a carbuncle on her face. Tuesday morning she was reported no better with her pulse still at 140.
A weak point in the trolley wire on the southwest corner of the square broke Tuesday morning causing a near hour delay in all street car service. Repairs began immediately and service resumed after about an hour.
F M Crowley sold eight acres in the western suburbs to C s Wilkins of Lewisville for 5000 dollars. Crowley plans to move to Ralls in Crosby county to join his sons.
Judges will reveal the outcome of the Normal College declamation contest held Saturday night during the next event slated for Saturday December 13. Eight entrants competed and all but two will be eliminated.
Early morning Dallas train due in Denton at 6725 a m has been annulled for several mornings due to track trouble above Wichita Falls. Uncertain when service will resume. Other trains through Denton now run but many are behind schedule.
Cocanougher went to Dallas today to visit his brother Charles Cocanougher in a Dallas sanitarium where he was operated on at 2 o clock Tuesday afternoon for adhesion of the bowels. Mrs Cocanougher had received no word at 2:30 and did not expect to until later. Acre(s) deeds filed show 1 acre sold for $4,000 and 100 acres transferred for $4,000. Deed also conveyed eight acres west of Denton for $5,000.
E Hussey, a mill worker, slipped near the seed conveyor at the Den ton Cottonseed Oil Mill around 7 am and sprained his ankle. A physician treated him, and he was sent home on Fast McKinney Street, expected to return to work in a few days.
An advertisement warns that constipation poisons the body and promises relief with Dr Kings New Life Pills. The claim states pills cure constipation headaches and other troubles and are sold for 25 cents by H E Bucklen & Co in Philadelphia or St Louis.
Telegraphic market notes from Denton list cotton quotes in Liverpool New York and New Orleans areas with prices around 12.5 to 14 cents for lint. Local cotton seed hay oats and grain prices shown with wholesale and retail figures. Turkey and egg prices noted along with a broad range of produce dairy and feeder item costs for the day.
Births announce a girl for Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith on November 29. Belew school schedules a spelling match Friday night with invites for all to attend. Mason Walling of Bloomfield visited A. C. Stoup. Charlie Greene visits in Sanger. Mrs. Ed Woodard returns from Ardmore Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. R. Johnson hosted a Sunday night singing. Most residents used the norther to slaughter hogs.
The Victrola brings world class music into the home to educate children in appreciation and provide family enjoyment. Buy a Victrola for Christmas and enjoy it together. Price $15.00 with convenient terms to responsible buyers.
An advertisement touts D. D. D. PD for eczema with claims of soothing, cooling relief and rapid improvement. It cites a nurse from a Catholic institution, Dr. Geo T Richardson, and J F Rat endorsing the product and offering a refund if the first bottle fails to help. The copy urges readers to follow directions and buy through Y & Co.
Bartonville items note visits among local families and friends from Waketon Denton Argyle Walters Justin and Snyder. A school box supper at Double Oak raised over 360 while residents like J R Chambers Bessie Chambers and J R King are mentioned with various relatives visiting.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast cure for colds and catarrh. It claims to open congested nostrils instantly, relieve head pressure, soothe inflamed membranes, and stop discharges with a small bottle applied in the nostrils.
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