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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 247 meets Saturday on or before the full moon. Denton Chapter No. 86 meets every Tuesday each month. Penton Commandery No. 45 meets the second Tuesday each month. C. E. S. meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
Found stray big gray horse with a blanket near 39 West Sycamore Street in Cleveland. Reward offered for its return to Lys Staples. (Exact location and details partially unclear in text.)
For rent one six room house on West Oak Street with contact Barton Yancey Heal ty and phone. For rent ten room house on West Hickory with Dr Fritz at 448 old phone. Acreage available for rent after January with house barn and other improvements. Also fifty eight acres five miles from Denton to rent on credit. See L Fulton.
Light housekeeping rooms offered furnished or partly furnished with gas for cooking. Contact W. L. Brock at 4 West Hickory St. Y6ife.
Classified note offers guinea pigs for sale as a Christmas present raised by Freeman Key. Contact Freeman Key at 465 Kim St. Lise for details.
Local notice lists fresh eggs for sale by Mr M Leipse at 47 East Prairie with price 44 cents per dozen.
For sale a seven room house with electric lights bath and gas one block east of Normal on Hickory Street offered by J. W. Simmons. Property features include modern conveniences and convenient location.
For sale a twelve acre suburban parcel just outside city limits with improvements. Old phone number 113tfc.
For sale a house and lot off Oak Street with five rooms two halls and bath gas and electric lights and a 75 foot lot in a good location. Terms are very easy. Also for sale head choice dairy cows milking at 12:30 daily one mile north of town Portwood Hodges Dairy.
A live automobile manufacturer seeks a live agent in Denton to guarantee first class car sales with several cars already in use in Denton County. Now is the time to line up for next spring’s business. Address Automobile Manufacturer care Record and Chronicle for details.
Family with two children seeks two or three furnished rooms with light housekeeping. Apply to H. A. Goldsberry at American Express Co. 116.
Help needed by the Record and Chronicle office for rag supply. Workers sought to collect clean cotton rags for reuse and paper making.
Roy seeks to deliver papers after school with L. A. McDonald directing to the Record and Chronicle office after 4 o'clock.
Five men with good teams seek any kind of work or farms to rent. Contact at 4104 North Elm.
Notice posted by J. J. Matthews warns that the premises are private and trespassers are prohibited from entering. The short sign serves as a clear warning to hunters and others to keep out of the property.
An advertisement for fresh Jersey milk and cream urging readers to call 902 for delivery. Mentions T. R. Brooks as contact or source. Lodged in a small classified-style notice with limited readable details.
Feedstuffs including chops bran corn hay available from Arkansas Mill on S Elm St. Prompt delivery and full measure of stove and heater wood. Both phones listed for contact.
The Portwood and Hodges dairy lists updated contact details with new phone 426 and old line 297 for sanitary milk and cream orders.
Classified ad notes an old phon number 448 Wes Jackson and a meat market listing Frank Wilkinson Meat Market with old phone 212 and new phone & fresh and tender meats advertised.
Skiles Transfer Co notifies riders that cab and transfer fares will be payable in cash from now on and reminds passengers to remember to pay the driver.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Schmitz offering furniture and gas stoves storage services.
Freight Transfer Co. lists the office at Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak Street and offers to move furniture with special attention to drag line items. It invites customers to call for service.
Les ter and Miles advertise new drayage business offering household moving at reasonable rates. Office listed as Lester & Sherrod with a new phone number.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas from an office over Wilson Hans with old phone 361. He lists houses for rent in all directions North South East and West.
Telecommunication ad for R. L. Wilkinson Dairy promoting pure milk or cream delivery by morning service. Includes old phone number 1602-28 and contact timing.
J. M. Gurley advertises cement work and tractor services with first class workmanship and competitive pricing. Calls for estimates.
Old phone 579 and new phone 931 advertised for high grade cement and brick work. The note invites readers to see him to estimate the work.
December January and February see the most property loss, prompting a local insurer J. P. Magee & Co to advise renewal or new policies. By careful attention to details, they claim to save customers money and invite calls to discuss coverage.
Dr Eli Buyher veterinary surgeon lists offices and residences with new and old phone numbers at locations including North Locust Street and Denton. W E Botts graduate veterinarian operated from Hancock Son blacksmith shop with office and residence numbers 269 and 132, plus 4864.
An ad states readiness to furnish stove wood, with contact listing L. O. Tompkins and old phone 1614-6R.
Charleton Saunders dentist operates over Long and King store with both phones. W N Rowell dentist at McCray's south side square with new phone 433 and old number 341. Dr W A Jones dentist located at West Side Square.
J. W. Pralin announces a dental office located in the South Side Square in Denton Texas. The practice is on the middle of the block upstairs offering general dentistry to local residents.
Dr M L Martin A B MD treats diseases of eye ear nose and throat and fits glasses. Office located over Raley and Co. in downtown.
Will Locknane advertises three fine bulls for sale at the second yard from the square on fast McKinney street one block east of MecKelvey's yard and east of Stroud grocery. Price one dollar fifty cash with the privilege to return. Call residence 350.
The building contract for the manual training and domestic science building at the Normal College will be let during the week. An infant of Mr and Mrs T E Trice at 42 South Locust died yesterday from congestion of the stomach. The funeral was held at noon Monday and burial in the L O O F cemetery.
Health Officer says Pfaff scarlet fever case will be discharged before Christmas and Blewett family case may follow in a few days. No typhoid reported and no early-stage development among exposed individuals.
Deputy Sheriff Pat Galligher transported Aggie Miles, a Pilot Point woman ruled insane months ago, to the asylum for the insane on Monday. They also returned Q C Mullough from furlough to the institution.
Local social notes list residents and visitors from Gatesville Dallas De Kalb and other towns. People travel for holidays visit relatives attend events and faculty members depart for Christmas trips and out of town engagements.
A classifieds item invites readers to call number 307 for scavenger work. It offers both phone options and invites inquiries from those seeking such tasks.
Readers are invited to purchase Red Cross Christmas seats to attach to mail and packages, spreading holiday support through themed labels. The program promotes charitable giving while decorating parcels.
Pettie's Club System offers reduced rate piano tuning with guaranteed satisfaction. Includes address 201 W. Sycamore Street and contact information.
A Farmers and Merchants Bank gathering on Friday night discussed the Dallas-Denton interurban proposal. A committee of Dr Knox E M Rucker S A Blewett and J O Mc Clister was named to study the matter further.
The item appears in winter months at local markets and drugstores, with displays highlighting its vegetable soap formula and cleansing properties. Look for Morgan’s brand near personal care sections during cooler seasons.
Mrs. L. T. Fowlkes directs readers to call Paschall's phone 86 for prompt delivery of services or goods.
Shopper notice offering ready packed Christmas fruits nuts and candies with delivery timing arranged by Long and King. The message emphasizes avoiding rush and arranging delivery when desired.
A brisk sales pitch urges readers to contact Elbert Produce Co. immediately for a sizeable turkey or goose, emphasizing quick action and direct ordering.
Goose calls Elbert Produce Co using the listed numbers. both phones active for contact. The terse note indicates a business outreach or procurement inquiry directed to the produce supplier.
A Den ton store ad draws many replies as readers read the advertising columns The Daily offers a bargain at 40 cents a month and readers respond to the listings in this week’s edition.
An offer from Elbert Produce Co invites customers to call immediately for a fat turkey or goose, highlighting available poultry for immediate purchase. The notice emphasizes urgency and direct contact.
A health ad claims regular meat can harm kidneys by overworking them and causing backache and other symptoms. It promotes Jad Salts, four ounces in water before breakfast, to flush and normalize kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder disorders.
Births listed for several couples near Aubrey Roanoke with dates in Nov and Dec including a boy for T E Snodgrass and a girl for T M Chapman. Deaths noted include May Seavens age 28 near Bolivar and Berry Hans Stewart age 28 in Sanger with causes listed. Additional births and deaths from Denton County and Roanoke detail also include Gertrude Lassen age 13 with typhoid fever.
A testimonial from Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio praises Dr King’s New Discovery for croup coughs and colds. The advertisement urges every home to have a bottle priced 50 cents or one dollar, available at all druggists through H. H. Bucklen & Co.
A big socialist gathering is set for Saturday night December 27 at 7 30 p m in the County ere room in Denton to organize a local group. A prominent speaker from Dallas is scheduled to attend. Everyone is invited. adv) M H Smallwood acting secretary.
Special ly nice items advertised at Paschall's with invitation to call for details and ordering.
Bayless Nurseries promotes a Christmas sale with a wide selection of climate friendly trees including Carolina Poplar American Elm English Elm Hackberry and Sycamore. Customers are urged to place orders soon and contact Old Phone 199. Mrs Dickson's adds Christmas bargains.
Denton society notes two weddings. Lawson Cothran wed Esther Allen at the Baptist parsonage with Rev. M. E. Hudson officiating. The couple will live in Denton after a ceremony attended by relatives.
Quotations for today in Liverpool New York and New Orleans markets with open and close prices listed. Local notes report good lint cotton at 12 ½ cents and cotton in the seed at 3 ¼ cents.
The Christmas class will hold commencement exercises tonight in the R F E Lee auditorium. Dr. Bizzell will deliver the address. A large attendance is expected as this is the first class to graduate at this time of year from Denton High School.
Congressman L S Pepper of Iowa's second district and secretary of the Democratic National Committee died in Clinton. He had been preparing to enter the Senate race against Senator Cummins.
Oak Grove residents report a week of hog slaughtering. Mrs. Jessie Hampton of Alvarado plans Christmas at Mrs. Iva Mallicot in Trinity. A. T. Bates of Denton and George Button of Denton visited for business. Perry Wilson stays with sister Mrs. Lee Reed in Palo Pinto County. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tipps visited daughter Mrs. Henry Hawkins.
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