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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
4
A brief classified item advertises groceries produce butter eyes and wood for sale. G W Elbert lists 120 West Oak Street as the contact point.
City schools and nearby colleges plan to reopen after the Christmas vacation. The Normal and College of Industrial Arts will begin again Tuesday January 8 following ten days off. Also noted are fresh fish and oysters at a cafe and a 65 acre farm for sale at $20 per acre with good improvements.
Watch-night gathering begins at 10 o clock at the M E church with Rev W A Stuckey in charge. Mrs J N Rayzor hosts First Baptist choir watch party from 8 to 12 05 at her home. Several other watch parties planned at Denton residences.
The city street force began split log dragging on clay streets again after a recent shower. Street Commissioner Wings says the method keeps clayed thoroughfares in good condition, noting better results after rain. Fresh fish and oysters at Smith's cafe.
The county clerk lists recent registrations for vehicles and motorbikes. Wilson Hardware Co. 87 W. H. Peaden 88 Dr. J. H. Allen 89 Dr. A. H. Knox 90 G. W. Ballard 91 H. B. Stanley 92 Geo. W. Reed 93 resh fish and oysters at Smith's.
As the February term of the District Court nears, filings increase in Durbin's office. A suit titled James Howell versus Fred Huber covers debt and foreclosure. Turner Brothers grocers solicit customers with best goods low prices prompt service and both phones.
One hundred dollars reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio asserts its reliability. Waldins Kinnan & Marvin Toledo wholesale druggists testify to Cheney's honor. Cure is taken internally and claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Situation.
A store extends gratitude to patrons for 1910 and pledges renewed effort in 1911. The note hopes customers will find the shop more convenient economical and satisfactory than any other in town. It wishes health happiness and prosperity to readers and their families in the new year.
O. M. Curtis operates a drugstore and jewelry shop in Denton Texas offering medicines and jewelry items to local customers.
Cumberland Presbytean and First Presbyterian hold Sunday school at 9 45 with sermons at 11 and 7 15. Other churches including Church of Christ and First Baptist feature Bible school mornings and evangelist led meetings with 3 pm lectures and evening preaching. Public invited.
A garbled notice says Frontier Asthms company Room 702 Buffalo and Turner Brothers grocers invite local grocery buyers to try their products in January. The message promises full information and treatment at no charge.
A Denton Diamond Council No. 28 Fraternal Aid Association meeting on December 22 elected officers for the year. Frank Belkin becomes president and J. T. Wooldridge vice president, with L. S. Rose as past president and Sophia Moore as secretary. Other officers include Maggie Belken treasurer and Ada Kincaid W. C. Kimbrough medical examiners.
Advertisement touts Bucklens Arnica Salve as a cosmetic aid for women. It claims to banish pimples skin eruptions sores boils and to soften and smooth the skin while offering relief for burns scalds fever sores cuts and cracked lips. Sold by J. F Raley & Co. for 25e.
Elder Price Billingsley will begin a protracted meeting at the Pearl Street Church of Christ at 11 a.m. Sunday and continue indefinitely. The opening sermon titled The Purpose of the Revival will be followed by False Standards at 3 p.m. and Prayer Its Necessity and Elements at 7 p.m. Weekday services run 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily.
A quirky promotional blurb urges customers at Smiths Restaurant on the west side to try the next order of dread, claiming buyers will like it. The short notice reads as a bold, tongue in cheek invitation with minimal detail.
Post Office closes Monday January 2 for New Years. General delivery stamp and carrier windows open 8 30 to 9 30 am. City and rural carrier trips will not run.
Mrs Hattie Cain of Carrsville Kentucky touts Cardui as a mighty fine doctor noting it cured sixteen years of female troubles after previous medical visits. She says the medicine improved her health from the first bottle and invites other women to try it with a free Home Treatment booklet offer from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
Reports from gins up to December 30 show total unpicked cotton bales for the season at 4896. Some gins have closed for Christmas while others continue. Distribution lists Farmers’ M as 1125 bales, Taylor Brothers 2169 bales, with total gin output 4830. At the Texas and Pacific Freight office 5248 bales have been shipped from Venton. Farmers Gin expects to close in about two weeks, Taylor Bros. in about three weeks or a few days.
Mr and Mrs Houston Stiff and Mr and Mrs John Underwood entertained a group of young people at a house party three miles from town. The pleasant evening featured coffee and cake at midnight with guests including Linda May Mamie Bratcher Nora Freeman Beulah Crain Ezan Lissie Arthur Opal Ruby Aldredge May Crowder Lillian Sullivan Leta Bayless L Forrester Will Hoffman Pen Fritz Ben Bratcher Arthur Wilkison Ben Chapman Elmore Pratcher W R B Taylor Charlie Freeman Charles Irrinturs Ed Cobb Glenn Egan Shelby Stiff and Charles Pierce.
Albert Erwn arrived from the road. J F Bell of Dallas visits on business. Magnus Anderson from Argyle. J S Matthews of Frederick Oklahoma. Mrs W S Fry and two children visiting in Dallas. Mr and Mrs P C Withers visiting relatives in Fort Worth. Robert Woods and family visiting his sister in Dallas. Miss Minnie Prior and sister visit Corinth. Miss Tereza Abney visits Dallas friends. Mrs M B Anderson and children visit Corinth. Mrs D W Elbert visits Garza. Miss Briggs returns to Dallas for new job. Mrs Hollis returns from Wallas. Miss Blanche Robinson starts at Long Wilson in Dallas. Mrs J J Marrs returns from Fort Worth. Miss Margaret Evans returns to Dallas. Misses Matte Robinson and Lucile Farris return to Oklahoma. Miss Nell Musgrave returns to Anson to teach. Miss Minnie May Withers teaches at Krum. A J and M J Nance from Bolivar report good conditions after rain. Frances and Bird Lovett and Ed Lisle return to Whitesboro. FE Ymth, treated for facial cancer, returns home then to continue treatment. Perry Schoolfield leaves for Austin to resume studies. Elder Warren E Starnes returns from Arkansas with sermons for Church of Christ. accompanied by brother Arthur T Sternes to Normal college.
Classified text promotes Minnis Drug Store prescriptions and fast service. Also advertises Turn er Brothers grocers and a low 4 cent per word rate for Daily and Weekly classified ads reaching thousands of readers.
Beginning Monday January Second the store offers cash back tickets with each purchase except soda water and cigars. Save tickets as one day each month will be drawn and redeemed for full purchase value. Five dollar tickets can also be redeemed with a box of candy. You gain service and goods plus a one in thirty chance to recover your money.
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