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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
3
Advertisement notes best materials and reasonable prices for worm work. Encourages contacting J. L. Waldrip at the shop, identified as Blacksmith Shop location. Includes price partial reference 166¢.
Fern Matthews Barben invites West Side customers to join most and enjoy Wells service. The note reads oddly but signals a local business outreach and a customer appeal.
Local newspaper notes two butchers in town: City Meat Market on West Ak Street and Melett & Son run by Frank Wilkinson at 9 Elm Street. Advertisements promise fresh and tender meats with contact phones listed.
A C Y Blacksmith Shop on Main Street markets itself as reliable. It specializes in horseshoeing and buggy work, serving local riders and carriages with quality metalwork and repair.
An advertisement promotes JHOPS Bran Corn Hay and feeding supplies with best store and seater wood. It promises prompt delivery and full measure. Located on ARKANSAS street plus Kim street with both phones listed.
Do you need help with all kinds of dray work and household goods moving. Srownlow and Strickland offer new and old phones, office and barn in Denton. Denton Transfer Co and Parks and Lester advertise trunks baggage and moving vans. Calls available city wide with prompt service at reasonable rates.
Moreman and Luster at Red Barn N Elm Street offer feedstuffs for horses and cattle. They have horses and rigs for hire and an automobile line with trips anywhere. Charlie White in charge. Both phones 35.
Local notice advertises The City Livery Stable located on West exory Street offering stylish rigs and sod horses for hire with single and double carriage options.
Rooms and houses for rent by A R M Gintle in Denton. Listings cover north south east and west areas. Located one door east of Exchange National Bank. A A Anderson's Harness and Shoe Repair now at her door east of Puckett's Grocery 118tfc.
Fragmentary local ad lists dental professionals including A Bushey Dr W A Jones and J W Fralin with locations in West Side and South Side squares, middle block upstairs, enton Texas. The snippet suggests a storefront or professional directory entry from a small town.
Magill and Shepard advertise repair services for locks and sewing machines and claim to make keys to fit any lock. The ad emphasizes expert workmanship and quick service in a local storefront setting.
Old phone 1600 two rings for milk delivery. Wanted good company for feed with privilege of buying. Quick messenger service call 4.1 or 236 white 160 cents. W A Srashears Manager Hamilton & Yeatts office. Scavenger work call No 307 or ether phone.
For sale listing offers fourteen 100 by 309 foot lots in South Denton with a six room house two halls four porches a well wind mill fenced with hog and chicken wire. Bargain for cash. Also a well improved 307 acre farm in Cooke County three miles southwest of Valley View with 265 acres cultivated and remaining pasture on a public road. For prices and terms write Hox 306 City. 1$se
Poultry department advertises thoroughbred eggs for hatching including Indian Runner ducks at 13 for $1.50 Partridge Wyandottes and Light Brahmas 15 for $1.50 Eggs delivered. Mrs A L Scott Route 2 Aubrey. 180pti.
Steve Dawe traveled to Pilot Point while Mrs. Combest visited her father south of town. Mrs. Whit Brown sought hand treatment in Denton. Mrs. Ed Laney of Rosnoke visited her parents Tom Clayton. Lena Willis of Henrietta visited her sister Mrs Evans Payne and Mrs Cook. The infant of Ben Brown is improving. Ed Merideth Grover Thompson G M Marriott and W A Combest attended the W O W lodge. Roe Laney and Charlie Carter of Denon were in town.
Health boards issue notices urging cleanliness to curb meningitis scarlet fever diphtheria and other diseases. Emphasizes sanitizing premises including phones mouthpieces and hard-to-reach areas with Platts Chlorides solution priced under five cents a quart.
A location descriptor notes the site on East Hickory Street opposite C F Witherspoons. The fragment implies a street level detail likely tied to a storefront or building reference in a local notice or description.
The column notes visits and health updates from Wapanucka Oklahoma to Greenville Mississippi and Dallas Texas. Individuals include J B Parris, Mrs Fred Rayzor, Avella Turner, C A Cox, Joe H Wilkins, Charlie Miles, Geo Miles, P Wihers, Misses Leah and E S Buster, Mamie Keith, Mrs Herbert Walden, Mrs ER M Huffhnes, H F Wakefield, and T C Finley with family ties to Duncanville.
Local items report visits by residents to Roanoke Denton Fort Worth and Marietta Oklahoma. Names include John Scott Frank Butler B B Loveless and many others visiting relatives or traveling. A house fire damaged little but was controlled with no major harm. The note ends with an advertisement for a cheap meal at a restaurant.
The North Texas Normal College lyceum plans a performance by Schilkret's Hungarian Orchestra this Saturday. The group, famed nationally, offers a program from old masters to modern melodies. Tickets go on sale Saturday night at the College Auditorium.
A fragment reports railroad schedules for Missouri Kansas and Texas lines. Mentions No 81 FtgW Texarkana 3 50 pm and northbound Scot FP W Texarkana 10 26 with partial timing details.
A postal list shows uncalled letters at the Den’on Texas office for the week ending February 4 1912 including ladies list gentlemen’s list and postal cards with several names such as Miss Gertrude Bailey Miss Amandie Cleaton Mrs Mary M Mask Laura Painter and more. One cent charge applies for each advertised letter and callers should mention advertised. Also an advertisement for Parisian Sage hair tonic promotes its use and guarantees.
Mrs George McNeil entertained the Junior league of the Methodist church Friday night with a large turnout of young people. Refreshments of fruit and homemade candy were served by Mrs U T Cooper assisted by Misses Mary Shaffer Irma Berry and Grace Mc Neil.
Corhran Georgia resident Tom Moor writes that a bad instep sore resisted all help until Bucklen's Arn Salve restored him. The ad touts healing for sores ulcers boils burns cuts eczema and piles and offers the salve for 25 cents at J F Raley & Co.
Turner Bros advertises seed Irish potatoes named Ma'ne Triumph described as good quality stock. The notice includes a phone contact line but ends abruptly.
Minnesota raises seed potatoes as Turner Brothers reports strong yields. Local suppliers praise the Irish seed stock and plans for expanded distribution next season. The partnership aims to boost potato production and market reach across the region.
Yesterdays livestock receipts in Fort Worth show cattle 1500 calves 250 hogs 1700. Top beef steer price 7.50, cows 4, calves 6. Bulk steer prices 0.70 to 5.25, cows 2.65 to 38.15, calves 4.50 to 5.50. Hogs top 6.40, bulk 5.75 to 6.20.
Thursday's market prices stay steady with a new arrival born to Mr and Mrs L Forester Jr a boy. New Mexico alfalfa honey sold in 10 pound buckets advertised by Turnee Bros with contact by phone.
Mineral Wells Texas based Curtis Drug Store promotes twelve half gallon bottles for four dollars with a two dollar credit on bottle and case returns. Free delivery and telephone ordering available via Phone 52.
An advertisement urges Denton readers with stomach indigestion or dyspepsia to try Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. It promises money back after reasonable use if not satisfied and notes 25 cent, 50 cent, and one dollar sizes with Rexall Remedies available at the local Rexall Store The Curtis.
An offer appears for a group deal at IDFAL restaurant promising savings on a four-person ticket. Details are unclear due to fragmented text. Limited information suggests a promotional meal or event package.
Bethel news reports Mary Gaston on the sick list. Vatter visited in Garza Nowlin visited Little Elm. Frank Wilkerson suffered a painful wrestling accident with a broken arm but is recovering nicely. Alein Nowlin of Little Elm visited home folks Morriss Milan and son. Laurenta Nowlin hosted a musical Friday night. Mr and Mrs Sam Chandler visited here.
A list of property trades from Denton and nearby towns including transfers by Geo Younger and Chas Nicholson, Andrew Wison to Jno Bowles, and multiple parcels in Krum Sanger Pilot Point and Pijot Point. Totals range from 10 to 3000 dollars with street and survey references. If you've something to sell use the classified.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming immediate softness fullness and shine after a single cleanse. It promises dandruff relief itching scalp and new hair growth with regular use and urges a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters tonight.
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