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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1912
Page
3
A collage of local ads: requests for tools and labor, farm goods, livestock, and real estate. Includes wanted help with child care, a good secondhand harrow, exchange offers with insurance stock, sale of hay and grain, autos, and property for sale or trade in Denton area. Found items include a bay horse, oats, wheat, post oak wood, and rental housing notices.
Advertisement for high quality wood work by J L Waldrip located at Lacy's Blacksmith Shop. Claims best materials and reasonable prices for carpentry services.
A fragment notes a West Side barber inviting patrons or heirs to join a group of well pleased customers. The readable text is limited and provides no full event details or names beyond Fern Matthews.
VUBLETT and SON advertise a city meat market on West Jak street offering poultry and meats with two phone numbers for contact.
Fresh and tender meats offered at Frank Wilkinson’s meat market located on S Elm Street. Old phone 212 listed with an updated number 14 for contact.
The Blacksmith Shop on Main Street advertises reliable service in horseshoeing and buggy work.
Announced sale of JHOPS Bran Corn Hay feedstuffs with prompt delivery and full measure. Includes address 3 Elm Street Arkansas and two phone numbers for order placement.
Brownlow and Strickland offer all kinds of dray work and household goods moving. New phone 110 and old phone 10 listed. Office and barn at 36 East Hickory.
Denton Transfer Co operated by H M Morrison offers citywide calls with trunks and baggage service from the Lips romb building. New phone 34 old 10.
Local ad for Parks & Lester offers first class prompt drayage and household moving services. Two large new moving vans advertised with office and residence phone contact numbers.
Advertisement notes a stable run by Moreman and Luster at Rew Barn N Elm Street offering feedstuffs for horses and cattle, a fleet of horses and rigs for hire, and an automobile line. Charle White is in charge with two phones listed.
The City Livery Stable on West Ekory Street offers stylish single and double rigs and sad horses. Contact phone numbers 62 and 28 for details of available mounts and equipment.
Housing ads list furnished rooms and houses for rent by A R M Gintie in all directions within the city of Denton. Office located one door east of Exchange National Bank.
Auto for hire listing for W. W. Billingsley with old phone 339 and new phone 48.
Dr W E Botts veterinarian and veterinary surgeon lists office with Denton Transfer Co in Lipscomb block. New phone numbers 70 and old 3. residence phone 486 replaced by 93. Blue
Notice to Farmers announces bring cotton to Taylor Brothers' gin for cleaning and potential extra earnings from $3 to $500 above clean price. Highest market price paid for freed cotton at the gin and on the Square.
New Orleans report says Charles D. Findley, a member of Taylor Brothers cotton brokerage, killed himself after the firm failed. The death follows a second failure in two days as cotton futures rise is blamed.
Fragmentary notes mention a price of 42 dollars and reference Parks and Lesters as proprietors. The item list or service context is unclear but hints at a drain related purchase or work. No clear event, location, or full names to verify.
S A Bushey offers concrete sidewalks and brick work services. The firm emphasizes durable construction, precise edging, and professional installation. Customers seek reliable, long lasting improvements for paths and entryways.
Dr W A Jones dentist and J W Fralin dentist announce offices in central Texas locations on West Side Square and South Side Square with entrance in the middle of the block upstairs in Enton.
Magill and Shepard advertise repair services for locks and sewing machines and offer key making to fit any lock.
Classified notice featuring dairy ad for Taylor Dairy Fresh milk and butter with daily delivery and old phone. Harness and shoe repair shop now located near Puckett's grocery. Quick messenger service and scavenger work call numbers provided.
The drive seeks one million dollars to support a Methodist hospital serving as an adjunct to the medical department of the Southern Methodist University. The plan outlines fundraising for construction equipment and clinical services to advance medical education and care.
The auxiliary of the CW B M meets February 7 with Mrs. A W Palmer presiding. Mrs. W J McCray leads, topics include Mission Training Schools and its relation to individual mission, to the cause, and to the entire church. Mrs. E Serry, Mrs. Cancey, Mrs. A D Rogers also speak.
J L McQuinn arrived from Bartonville yesterday. Z S Armstrong of Garland, visiting Evan Embree and relatives, has returned home. Mr and Mrs J W McReynolds of Fort Worth visited R B Harris. Mrs George Harshaw and daughter Hallie of Ponder are guests of Dr and Mrs W E Botts. G E McNew left for Big Springs to make his home with family following him yesterday. his son Homer McNew will stay in Denton to attend high school.
An advertisement claims pimples sallowness blotches and dull eyes stem from stomach issues. It promotes a week long MI-DNA stomach tablet treatment guaranteed with money back if unsatisfied. The large box costs 50 cents and is sold by Curtis and druggists nationwide.
Mrs. F. M. Craddock suffers an eye abscess. Dick Turpin begins a bungalow in south Denton. Harry Marks completes a North Belvar Street bungalow. First Presbyterian choir to practice tonight at Mrs. Charles Saunders home. Tax Assessor RE Miller and seven deputies survey 1919 taxes with May 1 completion.targeted workload and timing.
The advertisement claims that taking Pape's Cold Compound every two hours for three doses will break up severe colds or grippe in any body part. It says the first dose relieves the cold and lists relief from headache fever sneezing stuffed nose and other symptoms. It notes three years of research and cost over fifty thousand dollars and that the formula contains no quinine.
Frank Abby, the man who looked like William J Bryan, died at home in Manchester Cann aged 58. He was often mistaken for Bryan.
In a playful exchange, a suitor vows not to take no for an answer while Miss Bright offers to marry only if he asks whether she is determined not to marry him under any circumstances, as reported by the Catholic Standard and Times.
A witness testifies that the man is generally truthful in his community but would swear to a lie if absolutely required, comparing himself to the lawyer, highlighting doubt about honesty under oath.
Market report notes futures for May and July cotton rising after opening. Local Denton prices list mixed staples from celery to potatoes with small goods and livestock values cited. Court filing in Denton seeks to clear clouds on 80 acre land title tied to the Hufford Robertson lineage and Wainscott estate.
Denton residents publicly support Doan's Kidney Pills with Mrs. A Collins of 54 Stroud St praising relief from kidney and back pain after using the product bought at J F Raley Co. The presentation notes wide local use, 50 cent price, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sale agents for the United States, and urges the memorized brand name.
The State of Texas commands Denton County officers to summon John Davis and his wife Mary Davis along with Cynthia J Hufford and others by publication. The order alerts the sheriff or constable to initiate service of process under the citation rule.
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