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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
3
fd Lodge No. 217 A F and A M to Saturday on or before full year. Chapter No. 86 BR A M meets first Tuesday monthly. Denton Commandery No. 45 KT meets second Tuesday monthly. Oo B 8 meets Thursday on or before full moon.
Lost and found notices describe a black feather coin purse with five dollar bills and a large black coat button, returnable at the office or via Fiona McCormick 122 Highland street. A lost fountain pen should be returned to W F Jarrell, and a black mare about 15 hands with a $1000 reward is reported by H C Ragsdale of Roanoke Texas.
Several rental offers and land sale notices. Mrs. ID M Reeve seeks tenants at 62 North Elm Street. E T Bates advertises a six room house at 114 West Hickory. Dr Fritz lists a ten room house on West Hickory. Land: twelve acres with house and barn available after January 1, plus 53 acres five miles from Denton offered on credit through L Fulton.
Multiple short rental notices list rooms for rent with furnishing options. January availability at 36 Mounts Avenue referencing Old phone 172. Another ad offers 3 furnished or unfurnished rooms at 49 N Locust St. A third ad advertises 1 or 2 rooms, furnished or unfurnished, with in place contact 418tfp.
Classified notice offers two furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent at 182 Prairie Street near Normal. Contact by old phone 563 for details.
Several furnished rooms available for rent. Families with small children are not allowed. Contact old phone 565 for details.
Notice of a neatly furnished room for rent in a private residence available to one or two gentlemen. Includes conveniences and optional breakfast. Old phone 604 422¢c.
Light housekeeping rooms for rent furnished or partly furnished. Gas for cooking included. Inquire W. L. Brock at 4S West Hickory St. 96 tfe.
For sale very cheap 114 acres at corner of Stroud and Center Streets in Denton. Listing by W Child at 1858 S Lancaster Ave Station A Dallas Texas. Also office furniture including roll top desk and chairs available at Denton Trust Co 123¢.
W. J. Simmons advertises fresh milk cows for sale at Taylor Hardware Co, priced at 122 cents.
For sale seven room house with electric lights bath and gas one block from Normal Hickory street. J W 122 4 Your lots 50x200 feet one third mile from Normal near car line. Corners 225 inside lots 200 each 100x160 ft one block south of Normal 750. Several other lots and houses and farms with possession 1944. Trade or easy payments long time. Wm W Wright Box 937 Denton Tex S W Phone 172.
Auction notice offers fifty good work mules for sale, contact A. D. Turner for details and arrangements.
FOR SALE OR TRADE REMINGTON No 7 in good repair Will sell this machine cheap plans for anything See J L Stringer at 4 E Stringer's office FOR SALE HOUSE AND LOT JUST off Oak Street at a bargain Five large rooms two halls and bath Gas and electric lights Lot 1x75 feet Good location Can be bought on very easy terms FOR SALE 40 HEAD CHOICE DAIRY cows See them milked one mile north of town at 12 30 any day Portwood Hodges Dairy
Classified items show a wanted good cook preferring a White man and a 17 to 21 year old for collecting and office work with application details at 156 West Oak. Another ad announces a home bakery offering fresh baked goods and Boston baked beans with salads and mayonnaise priced 40 cents per pint, phone number 353.
A car manufacturer aims to appoint a live agent in Denton to promote four guaranteed first class autos priced at $900. Several units are in use in Denton County and proving satisfactory. Send inquiries to the Mobile Manufacturer through Record and Chronicle for details.
Short classified notice advertises storage of household goods and furniture with gas stoves available through John Ymitz at nearby location.
A cryptic line appears to list contact details or a catalog entry with a phone number and a new item reference. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR. The fragment lacks names, places, or events to establish a clear news item or person.
J. P. Magee & Co offers insurance for 1914 promising prompt settlements and courteous service. The firm thanks customers for their confidence and goodwill and pledges careful handling of all business with sincere New Year wishes.
Local notice posted by J. J. Matthews warns to keep out of the area. The message labels the land as posted and forbids entry to hunters and trespassers.
Record and Chronicle items note cash basis for cab and transfer fare and remind payment to driver. Wes Jackson advertises hog killing ring with old phon No 448. A boy is wanted to deliver papers after school, see L A McDonald at Record and Chronicle after 4 PM.
Feedstuffs including chops bran corn hay offered by Arkansas Mill on S Elm St. Prompt delivery and full measure guaranteed. Both phones listed for contact.
Freight Transfer Co. offers furniture moving services from the Kincaid wagon yard at West Oak Street. For any drag line items they promise special attention and prompt service by calling the office.
Local moving outfit Les ter Miles operates as Lester & Sherrod offering first class drayage and household moving at reasonable rates with a new office phone number.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in an office above Wilson-Hanna's in Denton Texas. The listing notes the real estate focus and references contact by Old phone 361. It emphasizes rental options across north south east and west sections.
Advertisement by L. O. Tompkins offers stove wood delivery from a local provider, with a contact phone 1614-6R. The note notes a ready supply of seasoned wood for households.
Local dairy service lists Portwood and Hodges and updates contact numbers. New phone 426 replaces old 297 for sanitary milk and cream inquiries.
A local dairy offers telephone orders to R L Wilkinson Dairy for Pur Sweet Milk or Cream with morning delivery at old phone number 1602 3R. The ad references service and contact method.
Concrete walks by J M Gurley cement contractor offered with first class workmanship at fair prices. Get estimates for sidewalk and pavement projects.
S A Bushey advertises high grade cement and brick work with a new contact number 9314 and invites estimates. The notice references old phone 579 and directs potential customers to contact for quotes.
Veterinary surgeon Dr Eli Buyher lists office at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street with new and old phone numbers for office and residence. Residence and hospital at 46 East Hickory Street Denton.
W E Botts a graduate veterinarian maintains office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm Street Lipscomb block. Office phone 269 residence phone 132 formerly 486.
Denton Texas listings show dentists Charles Saunders W N Rowell W A Jones J Fralin with office locations on Long King McCray square West Side South Side and the middle of block. New and old phone numbers included.
SPECIALISTS. M. L. MARTIN, A. B., M.D. Treats diseases of eye, ear, nose, throat. Fits glasses. Office over Raley & Co. d&w
Advertises a cattle sale by Will Locknane at his yard near East McKinney street. Claims three top quality bulls available this year and next. Priced at $1.50 cash to all, with privilege to return. Contact personal residence phone number 350.
Classified brief invites readers to call number 307 for scavenger work tasks with two phone options.
F Chastain and A R Anderson returned from an extended trip to West Texas plains. Herring and Lula Miller remarried on Sunday December 1. School opens with three teachers this week after a two weeks vacation.
A T and P special train visited Denton Tuesday morning to announce plans to re cover the cracked and disfigured concrete floors at the passenger depot. Officials on board were J W Everman Dallas General Superintendent H Chamberman Pallas Chief Engineer and George B Johnson Fort Worth Joint Tracks Superintendent.
Local notes show Miss Neal visiting in Dallas yesterday while A D Rogers and J J Matthews plan or recover in Dallas and Abilene. Dozens of residents from Little Elm to Pilot Point travel, visit relatives, or prepare for teaching posts in Hawley and West Dallas.
Lewisville churches held Christmas trees with special or improvised programs. The Baptist and Presbyterian services featured activities while the Methodist church arranged an improvised program. Presentations and decorations drew praise. Camp W O W in Lewisville to install officers and host a large supper for members and families Thursday. John Milliken of Southwestern University is home for holidays. Willie D Farrington and brother Hanks Farrington, Baylor students, are home for holidays.
A brief note urges sellers to use the FIED method for efficient listings. It highlights clarity and quick action in placing ads. The message emphasizes organized steps to reach buyers and simplify the selling process.
Local notes report visitors from Oklahoma Texas and Kansas City visiting relatives in Justin across Christmas and New Year. A wedding in Roanoke and a burglary bankruptcy update are noted along with a new barber shop purchase and a crippled man after mule incident. A tragedy in South Texas is reported involving Ab Matthews.
Telegraphic market weak with London futures around 6.52 to 6.77 for March and June options. New York opening and closing bids near 12.01 to 12.60 with spot around 12.41 to 12.54. New Orleans at 2 pm bids around 12.41 to 12.54 with spot 12.16. Galveston spot 27 1/2 cents.
Denton on December 30 reports good lint cotton at 12 1/2 to 12 3/4 cents per pound and cotton in the seed at 31 1/2 to 31 3/4 cents. Market activity noted as steady with bids unchanged.
The Denton market shows no changes with steady prices. Grain and feedstuff costs include oats wholesale 50 cents per bushel and retail up to 61 cents, corn wholesale 92 cents and retail 1.00, wheat 95 cents, flour wholesale 2.80 per 100 pounds, retail 2.85 to 2.90. Produce lists eggs wholesale 30 cents per dozen, retail 35 to 40 cents, butter 15 to 25 cents country and 30 to 35 cents creamery, and assorted fruits and vegetables with fixed local prices.
Lagrippe confines C. Meturkan to bed four miles from Denton while Mrs Joza B Dickson plans a Wichita Falls move to open a millinery store and return in spring. Dr E A Shaffer Sieh is ill with acute indigestion at his son in law McNiels Bolivar Street home.
Deta, the little Floyd girl ill with scarlet fever, is reported no better today, and the ear complication is giving much trouble.
C E Hussey, who broke his ankle two or three weeks ago at the oil mill, was able to be out for the first time Tuesday morning using crutches.
Daniel M. Reeve, age 76, files a pension application with Judge Hoskins. He served throughout the Civil War in Company I of the Alabama Tooth County infantry, Wilcox's brigade.
Mrs J J Matthews enjoyed a Christmas present from an aunt in Red Bluff California a can of olives and several oranges all grown on the dooryard trees the simple gift brought her great pleasure.
The architect for the new Normal Eclipse building is expected this week and the campus site for the 850000 dollar project will be decided likely on Thursday. Contractor is Jack Johnson of this city.
Residents from various parts of the county report several days of dry weather aided by frost and cold have significantly improved most roads with many now in fair condition.
A meeting of the Ministerial Association is set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Barton Yancey offices. All members are urged to attend as several important matters will be discussed.
Mrs. M S Stout is having a new 3000 2 story 0 room house built on West Hickory Street beyond Center. Two current houses on the block are being moved to make way for the project with T D Wynn holding the contract.
The local committee received two benefits for the Red Cross seals sale from the Princess theater rather than the Dreamland as previously reported. The note thanked Mrs. A. C. Owsley for her assistance during the sale.
Unusual frosts struck Monday and Tuesday mornings with hydrants freezing and a heavy frost. Officials declared the Monday dawn the coldest morning of the winter season.
Tom Manus of near Cooper Creek was knocked down when a horse ran away with his buggy carrying his two young sons. He suffered three broken ribs in the midnight accident close to his home.
Mrs J G Tomlinson sent two small branches from a June apple tree in her yard to the Record office. One branch bore a fair size June apple nearly 2 inches in diameter and the other bore three rosy red apples about an inch across. The tree blossomed in the recent warm spell and the fruit is half a year early.
The Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church will meet tonight at the church to transact their regular routine business. The board members listed include E. F. Bates J. D Bates W. D. Butler B. H. Deavenport W. M. Harper J. W. Hoke D. M. King J. M. Gurley A. Logan Dr. M. L. Martin W. S. Miller Dr. W. N. Rowell Ed H. Smith J. W. Smith PD. R. Turner W. J. Waggoner J. H. Whitfield M. L. Williams.
Dr J L Hooper treating a child with scarlet fever reports a rubber raincoat was stolen Sunday night. He warns the possessor the coat may be highly infected as the case is most contagious now.
One hundred dollar reward offer for an incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by F. J. Cheney & Co and local banks in Toledo. Internal cure promises to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Emily Pills for constipation.
The article encourages readers to stretch dollars this season by consulting the day’s advertisements. It praises merchants’ money saving announcements and urges shoppers to take advantage of them.
The London Lancet states lemonade mixed with soda water is a strong germicide. It notes water charged with carbonic acid loses active germs and that natural waters rich in carbonic acid may be sterile before surfacing. Citric acid in lemon adds further germ destroying properties even in weak solutions.
Quote from a New York Times item recalls a downtown office clerk who buys a suit that does not fit though he returns it for another. He returns with the same ill fitting attire, lamenting that his chest, waist, and legs are out of proportion. The Daily at 40¢ a month reports the gag about tailor anatomy.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast cure for nasal congestion and catarrh. It claims the balm clears nose and throat, stops discharges, reduces headache, and cures cold or catarrh by morning with a small bottle at any drug store.
W L Davis and wife convey 112 3 4 acres from the F Trevino survey to Mrs Lillie K Copenhaver for five thousand dollars transfer of property.
J P Hustead weds Miss Minnie White at Pilot Point. Smith Wiley marries George Ann Springfield in Benton.
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