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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 247 meets Saturday on or before the full moon. Denton Chapter No. 8 meets the first Tuesday each month. Denton Commandery No. 45 K T meets the second Tuesday each month. E S meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
Public notices show rental options: a four room house on North Elm with a big barn. three furnished rooms for light housekeeping on West Sycamore. 20 acres with a house and barn to rent after January 1. 53 acres five miles from Denton offered for sale on credit through L Fulton.
Rooms for rent upstairs in the Fowkes residence at 39 East Mulberry. Also listed is light housekeeping rooms, furnished or partly furnished with gas for cooking at 4% West Hickory Street, offered by W. L. Brock.
For sale a house and lot near Oak Street featuring five rooms two halls and a bath. Gas and electric lights. Lot measures 75 by 175 feet in a good location. Easy terms offered. Also selling Jersey cow yielding four gallons milk and one pound butter daily. Old phone 289.
All items practically new including one kitchen cabinet one kitchen table one air tight heater one new mattress six dining room chairs and one cook stove offered for immediate sale. Contact Rev. J R Atch rey 35 South Elm St phone 252 blue.
For sale a 4 year old chestnut sorrel horse, 16 hands, combination saddle and driving, city broke, no blemishes. Price reasonable. For more details, write Box 249, Krum, Texas.
For sale Buff rock pallets priced at six eight and nine dollars per dozen. Cocks available from two fifty to five dollars each. Contact V CG Spong Route 4. Phone 1613 2K.
For sale or trade one span of horses suitable for wagon or carriage or under saddle. Contact L. H. Brady at 611 Mill tw.
Forty head of choice dairy cows for sale at Portwood and Hodges Dairy located one mile north of town. View at 12:30 daily. buyers may select any animals they want.
Advertisement seeks unfurnished rooms for a man and wife. Contact Gail G. C. Fisher at this office after 5 30 p m for details.
A boy seeks a route delivering papers after school and asks to meet L. A. McDonald at the Record and Chronicle office after 4 o'clock.
Five men with solid team experience seek any employment or farm rental opportunities. Contact at 104 North Elm. 110p.
Notice from J. J. Matthews declares the property post and warns hunters and trespassers to keep out, citing 911fe as the source.
Milk and cream advertisement promoting pure Jersey dairy products from T. R. Brooks with contact phone 962 and new stock claim.
Arkansas Mill on S Elm St markets chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure offered. Both phones listed.
Sanitary Milk and Cream lists a new phone 426 for Portwood and Hodges with the old number 297 still in use. The notice provides the updated contact method for orders and inquiries.
Wes Jackson named in an old phonograph entry discussing a rumored hog killing ring. The note lists contact details and a numbered file reference 448, signaling a local case or tip line connected to farm livestock theft.
Frank Wilkinson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meats with old phone 212 and new phone 83. Located in a local storefront, the ad emphasizes quality and contact numbers for orders.
Skiles Transfer Co states that from here on payments to drivers will be on a cash basis. Please remember the policy and pay the driver promptly.
Storage of household goods at reasonable rates promoted by John B. Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves available.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services from its office at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. Call for furniture relocation and dray line handling with special attention to every item.
Les ter and Miles of Lester and Sherrod announce new phone contact offering first class drayage service and affordable rates for household moving, emphasizing specialty in local moves.
A. J. Gantt announces a new phone line 222 for piano tuning and cleaning services. The ad touts 400 satisfied customers in Denton and highlights reliable, local expertise.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas with an office over Wilson-Hann's store and old phone 364. He rents houses in all four directions North South East and West.
Veterinary surgeon Dr Eli Buyher lists office at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street. he provides new phone numbers and residence contacts including 385 464 and 620. address for residence and goat care at 46 East Hickory Street Denton.
W. E. Botts, graduate veterinarian, operates at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm Street Lipscomb block. Office phone 269, residence phone 132, old phone 486.
Important reminder notes higher property loss in December February and cites J. P. Magee & Co. offering to review renewals. The ad promises savings through careful attention to details and invites readers to call for a discussion and potential insurance help.
J M Gurley the cement contractor offers first class work at right price. Estimates available. Old phone 579 new phone 931. For high grade cement and brick work phone or see me and I will estimate the work. S A Bushey.
The note offers good stovewood delivery by L O Tompkins with an old phone contact 16144-6R. Additional contact details are not provided. The terse personal ad seeks customers needing wood supply.
Charls Saunders and W N Rowell announce offices above local shops with phone numbers. Dr W A Jones practices in West Side Square. New phone 433 replaces old Pace 341.
J W Fralin a dentist operates from South Side Square in Denton Texas located in the middle of the block upstairs listings.
Will Loecknane advertises three excellent bulls at 1.50 cash with privilege to return. Located one block east of Stroud Grocery and east of McKelvey's yard, yard two from square on East McKinney Street. Contact residential phone 350.
A brief classified item invites requests for scavenger work with contact number 307 for scheduling and inquiries. The notice emphasizes availability by phone and seeks potential clients needing tasks completed.
When vegetables are to be had we always have them Turner Bros advertise steady supply of produce for local customers.
Representative Harrison of Mississippi introduced a bill calling for an international conference to end gambling in food and agricultural product exchanges. The move targets practices on commodity markets and aims to curb speculative trading.
Office of Markets report shows cotton growers facing heavy losses. It suggests cooperation among interested parties could mitigate the downturn and stabilize prices.
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin analyzing Oklahoma cotton markets from 103 towns shows buyers and middlemen largely set prices, with premiums for higher grades undervalued and widespread averaging that harms producers. It covers 3200 bales, grading practices, and price gaps across markets and notes no relief while buyers control grading.
The text argues cotton cannot be closely graded until after growers lose possession. It suggests organized cooperation among growers for relief, notes likely costly selling departments, and cites the U S Department of Agriculture offering guidance. It mentions a co operation plan in Arkansas and provision of by law and constitution drafts. Communications to the Office of Markets in Washington D C will receive careful attention.
The Courier says the post January 1 will issue an eight page seven column paper. Editor O L Hamilton has led a year. J J Teacle earned an 80 reward for capturing Convict 4415 from South McAlister Okla. The community notes a well patronized picture show in Lowery building and several local visits and gatherings. The item ends with an advertisement pitch about diamonds and stock offered.
The new $50,000 model training school building at the Normal will be let on December 22. The building is complete and furniture has arrived. Grounds will be graded and prepared before the school opens.
A Denton resident J. C. Brownlow attests he suffered backache and found relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He bought more at J. F. Raley & Co.'s Drug Store and the back trouble was removed. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Kan-sand take no other.
Associated Press dispatch from Chicago reports fifteen deaths in baseball games during 1913 caused by balls striking players or spectators on their heads. None occurred in major leagues.
Croup and cough remedy praised in a testimonial from Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio. The ad endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cure for croup coughs and colds. Available at druggists for 50 cents or 1.00, from H E Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis.
Local ad claims Turner Bros is ready to help shoppers save money on canned goods and invites customers to allow proof. The message emphasizes value and encourages engagement with the business.
Reported battles around Tampico include Villa’s forces looting a $1.5 million department store and a $3.5 million collection of Spaniard owned properties. Spaniards face expulsion under death penalty and merchants face extortion demands for revolutions aid. Luis Terrazas Jr. sought refuge in the British consulate amid Carrancista pressure.
Telegraphic market report from Denton lists today’s quotations for Liverpool New York and New Orleans markets and details local grain and produce prices with cotton and lint values. It reports first marketed lint cotton since floods bringing about 12 ½ to 12 ¾ cents per pound and seed cotton at 3.75 cents. It also lists prices for oats corn wheat flour meals feeds and farm produce including eggs butter hens fryers turkeys ducks geese and vegetables with poultry prices and various wholesale retail ranges.
The Knights of Pythias lodge schedules a called meeting for Tuesday night to work in the knight rank. All members are urged to attend, announced by O. M. King, Chancellor Commander.
Two Irishmen arrange a pistol duel. One stout man objects that being a bigger target means he should stand further away. His second marks chalk lines on the stout man's coat and warns that only hits within the lines count as the duel proceeds.
An old medical advertisement promotes Jad Salts and Rad Salts as kidney cleaners. It claims meat overworks kidneys by forming uric acid and urges a daily dose of four ounces in water before breakfast to relieve bladder irritation, neutralize acids, and improve urination.
At the Dreamland this week the lineup includes Captain Kidd on Monday in three parts. Tuesday features Caliope and Mike and Jake at College plus Joker comedy. Wednesday offers The Primeval Test with Margareta Fischer and Bob Leonard and Slim Gets the Reward. Thursday presents The End of the Road with Fritzi Brunette and His Wifes Burglar. Friday showcases The Prairie Trail with Love and Limburger. Saturday presents The Passerby with J Warren Kerrigan and One Pine Mountain.
This week's Princess theatre lineup includes Jerry's Mother-in-Law two part Vitagraph on Monday, The Escape of Jim Dolan two part Selig on Tuesday, The Express Car Mystery two part Kalem on Wednesday, The Diver two parts on Friday, and Partnership in Crime three part Lubin on Saturday. Thursday remains to be announced.
Customer requested dill pickles added to the order. Supplier Long & King offers fresh crisp pickles in bulk for inclusion.
Long and King reports thirty five dozen quart jars of sweet relish and olives sold in November with a second shipment due now. They urge placing an order by phone next time and claim customers will like it.
Turner Bros requests purchase of one dozen 915 lb cans of California apricots for 125 dollars. The sender states the cans are fine.
The State of Texas to Denton County Sheriff. J M Gary executor has filed final settlement and discharge application for Mrs E M Turner estate in County Court Denton County. Notice by publication for twenty days in a Denton County newspaper beginning January 9 1914. Hearing set January term 1914 at Denton County Court House Denton Texas.
Denton Produce Co offers 18 cents per turkey 12 cents per chicken and 28 cents for cream for a few days. Located at 7 East McKinney Street Denton. Phone inquiries encouraged for fruit cake ingredients stock.
The fragment notes readers are urged to check hardware ads for bargains in today’s issue, claiming prices entice buyers and suggesting worn out cookware items like skillets or pans.
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