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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
3
Classified ad offers first class kerosene delivery at 70 cents per gallon with contact numbers. Includes note about Anderson's Harkness shoe repair shop relocation and a quick messenger service managed by W A Brashears at Hamilton and Yeatts office.
Lost necklace Friday night features a cross pendant engraved Sara h Return to the office for reward at 157p. Wanted white DikhlL to ship with housework contact 101 West Oak t. Qld phone 1 7 149tfe.
A notice from Denton Texas seeks a reliable second hand harrow. Contact T E Berdent?n for details and offers.
A bay mare about four years old and 15 hands high is missing. Both shoulders appear injured and the horse was wearing a halter. Reported at J T Bennett Raddock Wagon Yard for recovery or identification.
Notice seeks information on a person described as a child in care at 140 West Oak. Authorities request prompt tips from the public to locate the child and ensure safety.
Classified rental notices offer furnished rooms and apartments. Includes listings near 27 South Elm and 18 East Oak, with contact cues such as an old phone number and a Pool Hall for application.
An old classified ad urges customers to visit J L Waldrip at XXX Blacksmith Shop for first class work quality best materials and reasonable prices. Contact details are unclear.
Fragmentary notice from a local bar invites customers to join a shaded evening event. It mentions Fern Matthews and a casual setting, with unclear details about time or exact offerings. The readable bits emphasize a welcoming atmosphere for patrons.
Short OCR ad copy for a West Street meat market named Icelett and Son promoting their meats with two phone numbers and a basic slogan, reflecting a small town storefront notice.
Frank Wilkinson advertises a meat market on S Elm Street offering fresh and tender meat. Old phone 212. new price listed as $3.
A local smithy advertises specialty work on small horse shanks and buggy fittings. The shop highlights skilled iron work and precision metalcraft for light wagons.
An Arkansas advertisement offers crops hay corn bran feedstuffs and net feed supplies. It promises best store and eater wood on the market with prompt delivery and full measure. Elm street and both phones are listed for contact.
Help wanted for dray work and household moving services. Contact Brownlow & Strickland at New Shone 110 or old phone 310. Office and barn located at 36 East Hickory.
The Penton Transfer Co announces H Morrison as the new proprietor with a fresh phone number 34. Old Salle is repaired for loading, with trunks and baggage handling available at the Lips et building location.
Two large teen moving vans advertise first class prompt service at reasonable rates for household moves. Contact PARKS & LES TER at office phones 242 and residence lines 1613-3r old or 351.
Autos for hire listed under W W Bil Angsley with old phone 230 and new number 42.
Taylor Dairy offers fresh milk cream and butter with delivery every morning. Call oldPhone 660 for better milk and quick service.
Property listings for furnished and unfurnished rooms and spaces for rent advertised by A R Mgintle. Mentions multiple directions and a Denton location near the National Bank.
A veterinary surgeon advertises services with an office linked to Denton Transfer Co. and notes updated contact numbers including old and new phones for reach.
Moreman and Luster advertise feedstuffs for horses and cattle at N Elm Street. They list horses and rigs for hire and an automobile, with contact through Charlie White. “Anybody wanting scavenger work” is urged to call number 307.
If you want concrete side talks or brick work let me figure it for you. A Bushey and J M Gurley advertise cement contracting and invite estimates for quality work at the right price.
A compact directory snippet lists Dr. W A Jones at West Side Square and JW Fralin at South Side Square mid block. The notes indicate dental offices located in these street areas.
Magill and Shepard advertise lock repair sewing machines and key making services. Patent devices and household security offered with quick turnaround and local reliability.
A used Frazier cart, described as in good second hand condition, is advertised for sale by Fox Bros. The listing notes the model or type Frazier and references the dealer Fox Bros for contact or purchase details.
For sale ads include a South Denton 14 lot 6 room house with well wind mill and wire fencing, 3 miles southwest from Valley View farm of 307 acres 265 cultivated in Cooke county on a public road, cash bargain. also Alliance Milling Company stock 115 quoted, will take 100. Write Sox 306 City.
Classified notices show a Kimball organ and a Kimball piano offered cheap with a new phone number 232. A lot for sale on West Oak Street near the car line, plus a house and lot, with contact J and Cagle. Also posted is cord wood for sale at Good Post Oak yard by Tobin with illegible contact.
FOR SALE SECOND HAND wagon in good condition. Inquire of 1 Locknane McKinney street. FOR SALE RENT OR TRADE 4 room house two story hot and cold water electric lights upper and lower bathrooms one block from car line also several small tracts in and near Denton Address P. D. Box 247.
Poultry department offers Thoroughbred eggs for hatching Indian Runner ducks at 13 for 1 50 and Partridge Wyandottes and Light Brahmas at 15 for 1 50. Eggs delivered. Mrs A L Scott Route 2 Aubrey 180pti.
An old time advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight remedy for bilious headaches and stomach liver and intestinal disorders. It claims a 16 cent box keeps the family feeling good for months and that children enjoy the taste without side effects.
The Corinth community reports fine weather with farmers planting garden crops and sowing oats. Amy Anderson is ill. Fred Fowler opens a hardware store. Wolves threaten fowls. Chas and Jessie Durham visit from Grand Prairie. Mary Fox visits Denton parents. Bertha Blakely visits from Sunnyvale. Dave and Mrs. Smith of Denton are in town. Mrs. E E Nichols of Garza also here.
The ad promotes Curtis selling a finest line of candy from famous makers. It claims the store keeps the products in top condition and delivers from Allegretti factory, inviting customers to send the girl a box and win her over.
An old advertisement touts Fluffy Ruffles candy ideal in quality and package beauty, priced at $1.00 with free delivery and a phone number for orders.
The District Court published appearance docket listing numerous cases including debt and foreclosure, divorce, and title actions. Parties include J. J. Mc Cook, Hulda Young, J. R. Watkins Medical Co., J. B. Adon, Mary J. Wakeham, J. R. Winded, and many more with entities like Denton Trust Co., Denison Grocer Co., and W. T. Johnson.
Harness maker promises economy through durable, properly fitted harnesses and repairs at fair prices. Emphasizes longevity and reduced upkeep with expert service.
A long list of lawsuits includes partitions trespass and title actions, divorces and removals of cloud from title. Cases name Taylor Hardware Co J S Gober Wright Luther Nichols Oldham Sallie Johnson Alliance Milling Co Gambill Hemphill Mays Underwriters Texas and others, with actions ranging from damages and debt to specific performance and insurance suit in Fort Worth and surrounding counties.
Local market quotations show eggs dropping from 30 cents Tuesday morning to 20 cents by noon and remaining at 20 cents into Wednesday. Butter remains plentiful at 25 cents, and chicken feed rose to 1.70 dollars while fresh vegetables are scarce.
Readable price list items include cotton seed hulls at 8.50 wholesale and 9.50 retail per ton, corn shelled at 0.90 per bushel by car, wheat at 1.05 per bushel, cotton seed seal at 28 per ton retail 31, hogs and poultry prices such as hens 7 per lb, fryers 13 cents, old roosters 10-11 cents, and turkeys 1. per lb wholesale 1. Retail varies with product.
Denton residents testify to Doan’s Kidney Pills curing kidney disorders with backache spells relieved after use. F F Rains of Hivkory Street praises immediate relief from Denton druggist J F Raley & Co. The ad notes 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as sole U S agents.
Miss Gwendo lin Chambers hosted the Sweet Sixteen club on Feb 2 with games and refreshments. Next gathering set for March 1 with Miss Pearl Dunn. attendees included Alyne Duncan Bessie Gerlach Vernon Bates Waldne Vaughn Pearl Dunn Helen Partlow Winnie Rice Lucile Miller Margaret McKnney and Bessie Rice.
Plainview reports several pneumonia cases with families including Marcus Hudgins of Denison and Lula Ezell of Anha called to Homer Hudgins bedside. Visitors Jude Shifflett and Julia Farmer in Slidell. Julia Williams to Mineral Wells. Jennie Ball in McGregor. Grace Homes visiting sister in Denton. Scott Baxter visiting in Denton.
Teasville reports a flurry of visits with residents returning from Denton Dallas Waco and East Texas. Charl ie Howell and J T Hamilton seen in town alongside numerous relatives and friends from Greenville Blossom Duncanville and Mineral Wells visiting familiar faces.
Benefit for hair health promises to drive away dandruff stop itching scalp and prevent hair loss. Curtis guarantees satisfaction or money back large bottle priced at 50 cents. Hannah Harkness of Marshalltown Iowa endorses effectiveness and household use.
A local classified notice advertises an item for sale. The listing provides condition notes and contact information for prospective buyers.
Weather has been fine and farmers sowed oats though wheat needs rain. Mrs R Davis visiting Frost. Whooping cough cases east of here. Hackberry Literary Society progressing. Mrs Walter Allen and children from Oklahoma visiting. County remains dry. Wm Ramsey of Garland visiting T L Nash. G L Vardaman repairing deep well. Mrs Geo Hayes visiting.
We have just received a shipment of house dresses for misses and ladies priced from 51 to 2 dollars. They are said to be extra. Come in and see them.
A Dallas brother named Jim Hays is described as very low due to dropsy in a brief notice. No further details of age, family, or date are provided in the fragment.
A Dallas visitor Arthur Russell sells visits his sister Mrs E D McCage. Denton residents Peyton Wingo and Miss Minnie Paschal travel. Miss Dora Ratchford and Mrs Laura Ratchford are in Dallas and Denton. Friends and kin gather at Rev J W Tincher's. Beatrice Allen and Mary Ballard visit Denton. Grover Tate Tol Coffey return from Mineola. several locals travel between Denton Sanger and Collinsville.
Mil ton Moore prominent early settler of Lase tonville died February 9 at age 1 year 1 month and 2% days. Remains shipped for interment with funeral services by Rev Allen of Keller.
Thirty years ago a resident is survived by children Matthew and Alf Moore of this place. Mrs Susie Robertson of Oklahoma and Mrs Ida Chambers, Seb and Lee Moore of Temple Ok, A Wilkerson and family near Justin visit W A Chambers. Miss Birdie Stanger regains strength and will return to school next week. Mrs Ethel Gibbons improves after illness. Geo Jeter visits Jim Hall, while J R Chambers goes to Roanoke. Rev R Keith preaches at Double Oak. Mrs Ethel Moore and Pilot Knobchildren visit her mother M F Brown. Monroe Robertson of Oklahoma visits relatives here. Eunice Woods shows improvement as T B Breeding travels to Argyle.
R. R. Turner announces relocation of his shoe shop to the Fulton Building, across the street from his former location, inviting customers to visit the new storefront.
A brief note directs moving poultry to Elbert and to the site at 48 Kinney Street for cash handling. The text mentions location details but lacks broader context or arrangements.
Turner Bros advertises seed Irish potatoes from Maine Triumph offering savings. Phone numbers listed for ordering.
A concise notice highlights a seller using the classified column as the main channel to attract buyers. It emphasizes clarity, contact details, and a direct call to action for interested parties. The piece frames the column as the primary conduit for sales inquiries.
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