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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
3
Knights Templar will meet at Asviwra at 40 15 Christmas morning for Christmas observance in full uniform. W F Jarrell, editor.
Lost gold mounted miniature portrait of a gentleman in old fashioned brooch style. Reward of $19.00 offered for return to Miss Marguerite Price. Old phone 260.
For rent a 10 room house on West Hickory near Dr. Fritz at 118 old plane with twenty acres and improvements to rent after January 1. Also 53 acres five miles from Denton for sale on credit. See L. Fulton.
Light housekeeping rooms available furnished or partly furnished. Gas for cooking provided. Contact W. L. Brock at 48 West Hickory Street.
Classified notices list a milk cow with heifer calf at 114 West Hickory, guinea pigs offered by Freeman Key at 16 S Elm St, fresh eggs for sale by Mrs M Leipse at 47 East Prairie, and a seven room electric heated house one block east of Normal on Hickory Street sold by J Williams.
For sale a twelve acre suburban parcel improved and located just outside city limits. Contact old phone numbers 415 and 413tfo for details.
For sale a house and lot near Oak Street with five rooms two halls bath gas and electric lights. Lot includes five feet? good location. Sold at very easy terms. Also for sale 40 head choice dairy cows milking daily at 12:30 one mile north of town. Portwood and Hodges Dairy lists cattle.
A car maker seeks a live agent in Denton to guarantee first-class sales for next spring. Several cars already in use provide strong satisfaction in Denton County. Address Automobile Manufacturer care Record and Chronicle for particulars.
Family with two children seeks two or three furnished rooms with light housekeeping. Apply to H. A. Goldsberry at American Express Co. 116¢.
Classified note from Record and Chronicle office seeking clean cotton rags for reuse.
After school Roy will deliver papers by visiting L. A. McDonald at the Record and Chronicle office after 4 oclock.
A short posted sign from J. J. Matthews warns that the property is private and hunting and trespassing are forbidden. The notice emphasizes keeping out and asserts ownership without providing additional details.
CH PS BRAN CORN HAY and other feedstuffs with best stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure. ARKANSAS MILL S Elm St Both phones.
A small classified note instructs calling Portwood and Hodges for sanitary milk and cream with a new phone listing 426 and Queensland number 297.
Wes Jackson listed as contact for a hog killing ring with an old phonograph number 124¢ referenced in the notice.
Local butcher Frank Wilkinson promotes fresh tender meats with a new phone number 83 and an old listing 242 for orders. Store advertises old stock and modern contact.
Skiles Transfer Co announces a shift to cash basis for cab and transfer fares. Passengers are reminded to pay the driver directly, effective immediately.
Advertisement notes storage for household goods at reasonable rates by John B. Schmitz, including furniture and gas stoves.
Freight Transfer Co. offers furniture moving with specialized attention to drag line items. Call their office at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street for service.
Promotes a dray business offering first class service at reasonable rates with household moving as a specialty. Mentions Les ter Miles and office Lester & Sherrod and a new phone number.
A. R. McGintie lists furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas from an office over Wilson-Hann’s. Old phone number 361. Rentals include houses in Worth South East and West areas.
Will Locknane offers three excellent bulls for sale at 2nd yard from the square on fast McKinney street one block east of McKelvey's yard and east of Stroud grocery. 84.50 cash to everybody with privilege to return. Call residence for details at new phone number 350. Bulls available this year and next season.
A note from L C Tompkins offers good stovewood and delivery. Contact via old phone 1614-6R for arrangements.
Dairy advertisement urges customers to call R. L. Wilkinson Dairy for pure sweet milk or cream with morning delivery. Contact number referenced as .4602-3R. Local telephone service noted.
S A Bushey advertises first class cement and brick work by J M Gurley. Estimates offered with old and new phone numbers 579 and 944 for contact.
The document lists veterinarians and contact details. Dr Eli Buyher operates at Old Lacey Blacksmith Shop on North Locust Street with office and residence numbers. Dr Botts, a graduate veterinarian, runs from Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on St Elm Street in Lipscomb block with listed office and residence phones.
Classified snippet lists CHAS. SAUNDERS dentist with office above Long & King's and two phone numbers New 433 Old Pace 344. W. N. ROWELL PD DS office over McCray's square. DR. W. A. JONES West Side Square. J. W. FRALIN dentist South Side Square middle of block upstairs. Penton, Texas.
Emmet Whitehead and Sam Allen of the John B. Benton Literary Society returned from Lewisville after a debate with Lewisville Academy. The Denton team argued compulsory education as a state issue but lost by one and a half points amid mixed judge results and gracious reaction from Denton.
Frank Belkins, Dallas branch section foreman, is placed on the Dallas district safety committee by Supt. Johnson of the Katy. He is the second Denton man honored and will receive a family annual Katy pass for the coming year. Belkins has long led Denton’s first section with few, if any, minor accidents.
Quotation notes show Liverpool open 6.58 close 6.64 with spots 691d. New York open 14.88 close 41.99. New Orleans open 42.21 close 12.29. hints at daily price movements and traded volumes across markets.
Menton December 23 reports lint at 11 and cotton seed at 3 3/4 cents on the streets today. The market shows steady demand and steady prices amid local trade activity.
Fort Worth cattle receipts totaled 2400 head with 600 calves and 4200 hogs and sheep noted. Steers sold higher with Mexican loads and fair stock at around 5.25 while feeder cattle were steady. Hogs topped at 8 dollars with bulk trades 7.60 to 7.80. calf demand strong and overall market firm.
Chicago on December 23 reports huge corn receipts and subdued market mood. Cash wheat quotes show Chicago 9 9 6 e to St. Louis 95 to 96 12 ce and Kansas City 90 to 9 fe with prices weak.
Specialists M L Martin AB MD and M DD treat diseases of eye ear nose and throat. Fittings for glasses. Office over Raley and Co. as stated in advertisements.
No market changes today as hay scarce due to bad roads keeping farmers from market. Prices cover grains feedstuffs produce and poultry with oats corn wheat flour meal and cotton seed among listed items and assorted vegetables and fruit in regional availability.
An advertisement invites people in need of scavenger work to call phone number 307 for service. The note is informal and presents a single contact option.
The City Health Officer outlines quarantine and fumigation steps per State Board of Health. Contagious cases are isolated, routes disinfected, and the home sealed after baths and clothing changes. In Denton, Albert Pfaff nears discharge after desquamation. Gladys Blewett remaining patient with next week discharge hoped. five cases were reported in September.
Local seller Mrs Dickson advertises a clearance offering all hats at cost price. The notice highlights a storewide sale with reduced headwear prices aimed at attracting customers.
Denton hosts a string of visitors and travelers for Christmas as residents from Garza Dallas Purcell Aubrey and Norman travel here or leave for holidays. Local figures like ex Senator Dallas and others visit or stay with relatives while businesses move forward and doctors report patients.
A girl was born Tuesday morning to Mr and Mrs J E Park. Mrs Melinda C Chowning widow of Uriah Chowning of Garza filed for Confederate widow’s pension Tuesday. Otis Stone sought by officers after a Quakertown fray and two girls were released on bond. Garrett George, home for holidays from Tulane University, has been elected captain of the Tulane football team.
W J Herring and Miss Lulu Miller married Sunday at 3 30 PM at the bride’s sister Mrs Gripe’s home in Plainview with Rev T B Bowles officiating. Only close relatives attended. Also, E O Kirkland returned from Ennis reporting his father remains seriously ill but likely out of danger.
County physician Edwards reports a virulent smallpox case near Sanger. The patient is Lewis Gadberry, a young man four miles south, with one exposed household contact. Both men are quarantined and under careful observation.
M. Gragg of Weneathee Washington and Miss Ruth Casten of Stony were married in Denton Monday night by Rev. M. E. Hudson. The couple left for Stony to visit the bride’s parents before returning to Washington to establish their home.
The First Presbyterian Church Sunday school and Mission society sent a box barrel and cheque for 30 dollars to Files Valley orphans home as the annual Christmas gift. Money mainly collected from church and Sunday school members by the Little Star class. Mission ladies quilted and tied comforts for the barrel.
An old health ad advises that backache and dull kidney pain signal overconsumption of meat. It promotes Jad Salts, a lithia-based drink made from grape and lemon acid, to cleanse sluggish kidneys and prevent bladder irritation, urging medical consult if symptoms persist.
A Seville bull fight themed stage piece titled For the Love of a Toreador is staged and acted tonight at the Princess Theatre in Seville Spain.
If you want a nice fat turkey or goose, call Elbert Produce Co. at once.
A Pilot Point mass meeting on December 11 discussed municipal ownership of the city water plant. A committee including H M Russell N M Peters H H Barnum Dr Rodgers and others was named to gauge citizen support. A board election will be held January 13 at the Pilot Point National Bank. Editor Cobb leases his Post-Signal to A D Wilkinson with no change in personnel. Mrs H D Cadwell celebrated her husband’s 77th birthday with four old friends including Wm Carpenter George Hulbert and W A Cobb.
The Board of Regents awarded the contract for the 850000 fireproof manual training school to J F Johnson of Denton for 50798 dollars. The appropriation covers 850000, with the remaining funds to be provided by the board from other sources.
Stomach liver and kidney troubles, weak nerves, and female ills disappear with Electric Bitters. Eliza Pool of Depew Oklahoma reports a dramatic recovery from sickness. Thousands praise the remedy and urge others to try it. Guaranteed per bottle, 50 cents and 1.00. Available at all druggists. H. E. Bucklen & Co. publishers.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Garza State Bank in Garza Texas will be held at the bank office on January 6 1914 at 2 p m. Five directors for the ensuing year will be elected and other business as may come before the meeting. E Clements cashier.
Paschall promotes fresh goods with a holiday apple order highlighted as a special buy. The copy invites readers to sample the seasonal produce and enjoy the new stock arriving for Christmas.
Winter delivery from PASCHALL'S Phone 86 for Morgan's Hygienic Vegetable Soap. Prompt service promised by MRS. L. T. FOWLKES.
Associated Press reports the season’s first killing frost with ice in exposed places forming across the South Texas region last night. Strong: temperatures dipped and frost covered fields.
Local vendor Mrs Dickson advertises a sale of flowers and novelties at cost price, inviting customers to buy direct from her shop.
Advert says Ely's Cream Balm relieves catarrh and cold symptoms by applying a small amount in the nose. It claims immediate relief from stuffed nostrils, headaches, and throat irritation, with full improvement by morning. The balm supposedly dissolves with heat and heals inflamed membranes.
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