This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
4
Long & King reported the largest shipment of oranges to Denton, over ten thousand fruit equaling about a quarter dozen per resident. A gold handled umbrella is offered as a fine Xmas gift and can be reserved.
Longtime Denton County resident J. E. H. Johnson Jr departed Tuesday night with a carload of household goods and farming implements for Yeager Oklahoma to establish a new home. He recently sold 67 1 4 acres east of the city to Sim Geisling of Jones County for $3000.
The report tells how Robert Madsen of West Burlington Iowa, after seven weeks in hospital and four doctors giving up, recovered from liver trouble and yellow jaundice following eight months of suffering by using Electric Bitters. The medicine, claimed to cure stomach liver or kidney troubles, is sold for 60 cents at J F Raley & Co.
Minnis' Drug Store advertises individual drinking cups ten cents and fresh stock of up to date groceries. D R Turner lists fresh fish and oysters at Smith's cafe. Hammered brass has just arrived and is available at W J McCray's.
An old ad notes housekeepers' rubber gloves priced at $1.00 at Minnis' Drug Store. It also oddly advertises Smith's Restaurant with a mis-typed promise of a duplicate order and regret.
Fragile, mixed text notes a sewing machine at a Bicycle Store and mentions home treatment and free information from Wile Frontier Asthma Company Room 702 Buffalo. The legibility is poor and details are unreliable.
A busy advertiser notes a large stock of fireworks at the Bicycle Store and mentions seafood by Smith's with assortments like Queen olives and small midgets in bulk from LONG & KING.
An old ad column offers a one dollar guaranteed watch at Minnis Drug Store and promotes Christmas fruits nuts and candies. It also markets Parisian Sage dandruff remedy with testimonials and a note on stock and prices at O M Curtis Sells the Remedy. Also mentions fruit seller L D Smith and D R Turner inviting grocery orders.
A compilation of deeds shows transfers involving J H Nicholson to L G Blanton in Williamson County for 110 acres in the Sarah Winfrey survey at 5500 dollars, and many more transfers to and from Denton Cooke and McLennan counties, with parcels ranging from small lots to hundreds of acres and prices from 250 to 14 000 dollars. Names include J B Cox, L Bell, E W Thompson, J W Williams, John Cooter, T F Dickens, James G Wright, J L Gillespie, W T Johnson, M M Carroll, R J Moses survey, and others.
Minnis' Drug Store advertises a wide array of Christmas items including oranges apples English walnuts Brazil nuts almonds pecans tang erines grapefruit cranberries stuffed dates and bananas. Delivery available via Long and King.
A vintage ad offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin certify Chaney's honorability. Cure advertised as internal acting on blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials free. 75c per bottle. sold by all druggists.
A 65 acre farm offered by owner A. J. Turner with good improvements. Fresh supply of Christmas fruits and nuts just received at D. R. Turner’s. display of cut glass at W. J. McCRAY. Santa Claus items for fruits candies and nuts at D. R. Turner’s. phone 7.
An ad touts Cuticlay as a miraculous natural cure for eczema and skin ulcers. It cites a Chicago dentist and doctors endorsing quick relief, offering a 50 cent can and a trial packet by mail, with Denton distribution by O M Curtis.
Among C L A students headed home for Xmas, a list shows many names and hometowns such as Bonham Aubrey Misa Beatrice Allen Lindale Lindae N T S N Itasca Itasca Fort Worth and Houston.
D. R. Turner advertises Christmas fruits and nuts and a fresh stock of first class groceries. The notice urges customers to place orders and states the phone number 7 for supply needs.
An old advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as a universal remedy for both winter chills and summer complaints. It promises quick relief from bowel cramps, urging warm water dosing and declaring there is only Perry Davis, the famed Painkiller, for fast comfort.
Southbound schedules list No. 209 Limited 6:10 a m No. 205 Flyer 8:18 p m No. 281 to Dallas 12 06 p m No Mixed to Dallas 8:00 a m. Northbound shows No. 206 Flyer 12:32 p m No. Mixed from Dallas 10:00 p m No. 182 from Dallas 4:25 p m No. 210 Limited 9:04 p m Arrives Texas and Pacific No. 41 Ft W Texarkana 8:56 p m No 42 Texarkana Ft W 10:20 a m
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.