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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No 247 meets Saturday on or before the full moon. Denton Chapter No 8 meets first Tuesday monthly. Denton Commandery No 45 K T meets second Tuesday monthly. Denton E and meets Thursday on or before the moon.
A compact lost and found item list mentions a black leather coin purse with five dollars and a large black coat button and asks the finder to return it to the office or phone Miss Edna McCormick at 122 Highland effort. Also noted is a lost fountain pen to be returned to W. F. Jarrell.
Several rental offers shown including a 5 room house on South Elm with contact KR M Barns or D M Reeve and 122p address. A 4 room house at 114 West Hickory listed by E T Bates, and a 10 room house on West Hickory offered by Dr. Fritz with old phone number 148. Also a twelty acres with house and barn for rent after January 1st and 53 acres five miles from Denton for sale on credit via L Fulton.
Short rental offer advertising one large room with full conveniences. Includes new phone line listed as 335 blue. Monthly rate stated as 125 cents.
Short notice rental listing for January offering four upstairs rooms at 36 Mounts Avenue. Units can be furnished or unfurnished with gas and bath. contact old phone 172 23e for details.
Housing notice offering 3 rooms for rent or furnished or unfurnished surroundings. Apply at 49 N Locust St for details and occupancy options.
Rental notice offers 1 or 2 rooms available for lease with optional furniture. Inquiries directed to the listed contact at 448tfp.
Two furnished or unfurnished rooms available at 132 Prairie Street near Normal. Old phone listing 563.22. Quiet building with convenient location.
Several furnished rooms available for rent. Families with small children are not accepted. Contact old phone 565 for details.
Nicely furnished room for rent in private home with conveniences. Suitable for one or two gentlemen. Breakfast available if desired. Old phone 604. 122c.
Furnished or partly furnished rooms available with gas for cooking. Contact W. L. Brock at 48 West Hickory Street.
Listing offers items from Dallas area including utensils and furniture. Sold by W Child at 125 S Lancaster Ave Station A Dallas with a Denton Trust Co office sale. Desk and office chairs available.
W. J. Simmons advertises fresh milk cows for sale at Taylor Hardware Co 122e. The notice highlights available dairy stock and directs buyers to the Taylor location for purchase details.
For sale a seven room house with electric lights bath and gas One block east of Normal on Hickory Street by J W Simmons asking 22 cents
Four 50 by 200 foot lots near Normal with corner price 225 and inside lots 200 each. 4100 by 160 feet one block south of Normal. Other lots and houses in Denton with farms and possession 41944. Flexible terms and AI V. L. notes offered. Wm. W. Wright Denton Box 537 Tex. 8. W. Phone 172.
For sale three head of good work mules. See A D Turner at the toll road yard for the price and details.
For sale or trade a Remington typewriter in good repair, offered cheap. Contact J. L. Stringer at J. E. Stringer’s of re. 6te.
For sale a house and lot on Ak Street with five rooms two halls and bath. Gas and electric lights, lot 75 by 175 feet in good location. Easy terms. Also for sale 40 head choice dairy cows milking herd near town, milked daily at 12:30. Portwood and Hodges Dairy.
Miscellaneous classified notices call for a White woman cook at 1:5 West Oak and a young man aged 17 to 24 for collecting and office work for an established firm. Written applications with preferences should be addressed in care of this office.
Announcement of a new bakery offering home made bread pies cakes and general catering. Also advertising Boston baked beans to order salad varieties and mayonnaise dressing by the pint with phone contact at 353 Rue 119tfe.
A live auto manufacturer seeks an agent to operate in two ton capacity ensuring first class service. Several agencies in use are providing support, with penton county noted in the text.
The message looks forward to a joyful, prosperous year and extends sincere wishes for happiness to all recipients. It expresses optimism that every expectation for good will be realized in the coming year.
Frank Wilkinson Meat Market lists old phone 212 and new 83 with fresh tender meats. My place is posted and hunters and trespassers are warned to keep out. J. J. Matthews. Wanted clean cotton bags per Record and Chronicle office. Cash basis fare policy advised for cab transfer. Skiles Transfer Co. Hog killing ring contact Wes Jackson.
Feedstuffs including chops bran corn hay offered with prompt delivery. Best stove and heater wood available with full measurement. Arkansas Mill located on S Elm Street lists both phones for orders and inquiries.
Freight Transfer Co lists contact details for office at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street and advertises furniture moving. The note promises special attention to drag line items and invites customers to call.
Local moving option touts first class service at reasonable rates. Les ter and Miles operate Lester and Sherrod with a new contact number for bookings.
A R McGintieve office over Wilsons Hanns offers furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas. Old phone 364. Rentals include houses available in four cardinal directions.
An old notice offers prepared stovewood delivery by L. OQ. Tompkins, reachable via telephone 16145-6R. The ad emphasizes ready supply and delivery service.
The Sanitary Milk and Cream firm lists Portwood and Hodges as contacts. New phone is 426 replacing the old 297.
Telephone R L Wilkinson Dairy for pure sweet milk or cream. Old phone number 1602 3R. Morning delivery to customers at 4130p.
J M Gurley the cement contractor offers first class work at fair prices and invites potential customers to obtain estimates.
Old phone 579 to new 931 numbers mark contact for high grade cement and brick work. Plone or see me and let me estimate the work for you.
Veterinarians listing for Dr Eli Buyher a veterinary surgeon. Office located at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street with new phone 461. Residence 355 Old Phone, office 461. Residence and hospital 46 East Hickory Street Denton.
W E Botts, graduate veterinarian, operates at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm Street Lipscomb block. Office phone 269, residence phone 132, old phone 486.
Local dental office run by Chas Saunders located over Long and King firm. Office offers two telephone numbers for patient contact.
W N Rowell and D S Pace advertise offices in the south side square with new phone 4338 and old number 344. Dr W A Jones, dentist, maintains a West Side Square location.
Dentist J W Fralin advertises at South Side Square middle block upstairs in Denton Texas offering dental services to residents of the area.
Dr M L Martin AB MD oculist and ENT specialist treats eye ear nose and throat diseases and fits glasses. Office located over Raley and Co. in downtown area.
Will Locknane advertises three excellent bulls for sale at Will Locknane yard on East McKinney street near Stroud grocery. The bulls were present this year and will be available next season. $1.50 cash to everybody with privilege to return. Call residence phone 350.
Note seeking scavenger work with contact by phone at 307. The brief advert asks for buyers to call for available tasks and work opportunities.
Paying at home strengthens merchants and helps the city prosper. Local spending allows shops to improve their conditions, hire more workers, and attract people from neighboring towns. As the community grows, the town becomes more prosperous and populated.
Local society notes list Mr and Mrs A L Tabor returning home Tuesday night. Several Denton residents and visitors travel to Fort Worth Dallas Memphis Waco Texarkana Perry Ark and Galveston. Illnesses mention lagrippe tonsilitis typhoid bronchitis and recovering child with bronchitis.
An advertisement notes that uric acid irritates the kidneys and bladder causing burning and frequent urination. It promotes Jad Salts and a four ounce rad Suits preparation to neutralize urine acids, relief in days, with claims of safety and widespread use.
About four months old white tailed collie puppy missing with white spot at tail end. Reward offered for return to J W Jagoe Jr at 15 Bernard Street.
Advertises a $4,000 stock of dry goods and groceries to trade for city property or a farm. Safe lead mentions Denton Land and Loan Co. in Denton Texas. 21¢ exposure.
Quoted prices across markets include Liverpool futures and New York spot levels with open and close figures. In Denton local Quotations lint cotton sold at 6 and seed cotton at 3 cents per pound, with daily street value noted.
Fort Worth reports 3350 cattle including calves, 1000 hogs and 500 sheep received. Beef steers to 6.87, other cattle 6.00 to 6.50, stocker steers to 6.0, cows and heifers 4.50 to 5.75, bulls active. Hogs top 8.15 per head, carload top 8.05, bulk 7.80 to 8.0. Sheep quotations unchanged.
Chicago grain markets closed with weakness across commodities. Wheat futures finished the day 1 8 to 4 4e lower than the prior session while cash wheat quotes varied by city, with Chicago at 0 to 95 3 4e, St Louis 94 to 96e, and Kansas City 84 1 2 to 81e.
Denton markets show no changes with wholesale and retail quotes for grains, feed, and produce. Prices listed include corn 92c wholesale and $1.05 delivered retail per bushel, wheat 95c, flour 2.80 wholesale and 2.85-2.90 retail per 100 lbs, eggs 30c wholesale and 35-40c retail per dozen, and various produce items like potatoes at $1.10 wholesale and $1.25 retail per bushel.
A frightful attraction titled The Brand of Evil screens at the Princess tonight. The eerie production promises chilling moments designed to creep into viewers and linger beyond the credits.
The newspaper highlights merchants’ money saving announcements as the season of thrift begins. It urges housewives to stretch dollars and take advantage of advertised deals to get more value.
Short prompt advising readers to use the classifieds for selling items. The note emphasizes concise listings and quick reach to local buyers.
In district court Tuesday the case B F Sizemore vs F A Bennett and KR L Reese was filed for debt and foreclosure. The Denton Interurban Co directors were notified of a Fort Worth meeting at 1 p m Saturday at the Westbrook hotel. The First Methodist church hosted a Board of Stewards meeting Tuesday evening to handle routine church business. A note of thanks from the Woman's Shakespeare Club expressed appreciation for services in selling Red Cross seals, signed by Cor Sec Mrs N Adkisson.
The Brown family builds a new annex on West Mulberry street adjoining their boarding house. The house, to be completed this week, will cost £2,000. George McCormick is contractor.
Deputy Sheriff Galligher returned from Gainesville with Otis Stone the man jailed there at the request of Denton officers. The prisoner bears an ugly eye wound and a cut under the shoulder, though not as severe as those who witnessed the affray reported.
The December rains make roads nearly impassable while the community discusses hog kills and local visits. Students return to school after a two week break as Miss Ida Powers wins a Celina Celina contest with two pianos awarded as premiums.
Readers shown an economic angle push to try the classifieds column for results and notices. The pitch suggests better access to market data and outcomes for sellers buyers and researchers.
Madison Heights Virginia resident Chas A Ragland reports using Thedford's Black Draught for indigestion and stomach troubles. The ad promotes the tonic as safe gentle effective with 75 years of success and available everywhere for 25 cents.
Aubrey residents report visits and travels including Mr Bibs from Gainesville visiting his daughter Mrs McCurley in Aubrey. Families from Denison, Denton, Dallas, Granite Okla and Roanoke join locals visiting kin. A newborn boy born to H Looper and wife.
Belew reports the marriage of Garland Hardwick to Dessa Lawson on Sunday December 27. Obituary notes: Mr. Miller, father of Mrs. Edd Holford, died December 24 and was buried in Belew cemetery. Local visits include Logan Mann returning from Waurika Oklahoma and Charlie Greene in Dallas. Mrs. Freda Bales and her son Mays of Dallas spent Christmas with Mrs. M. M. Mann. R. L. Parsons of East Pilot Point is up again. Ruby Farming, Frances Howe of Roanoke, and Winnie Kemp of Aubrey visited Bennie Brand.
Trinity, Dec 30 reports cool clear weather and holiday cheer as May school reopens after two weeks. Chloe Stewart returns from Durant Oklahoma. Guy Gunnels visits from Denton. local residents and visitors list includes Can ada, Wilkinson, Castleberry, Johnson, Lawrance, Gunnels, Emma Canada, Mabel Clayton. Sand Hill Sunday school gathers. T E Johnson moves. W A Combest visits sister Stubbs. Mrs Durham returns to Collin County.
A 3 inch snow fell Sunday night in Anger. Christmas trees will be at Baptist and Methodist churches Wednesday evening. Several residents visit relatives in Oklahoma and Alabama including Mrs. Jim Pickens in Purcell and families of Vetrus Bernice in Pauls Valley. J. M. H. Board leaves for Fort Worth this afternoon.
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