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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1913
Page
3
G. H. Schablowsky opens a shoeshop behind Kunz's bakery offering all kinds of repairing with neat workmanship. F. M. Griffith also advertises shoe repairs done quickly at the Airdome Building on Hickory Street.
Found items include a silver watch and a gold chain with locket. Owner may claim by describing property and paying notice costs at this office.
Classified notice offering 5 acres at 25 per acre with wagon and team, P O Box 196 Denton. Also 50 acres well improved farm 4 room house barn water near school, possession by March 1, $1000 cash down, balance terms from J B McCabe Real Estate.
A collage of classified ads lists people offering wood work cleaning and trimming, blacksmithing, garden and home services, baked goods, messenger services and brick contractors. It mentions multiple old and new phone numbers, addresses on McKinney Street and Elm Street, and a wood saw service at Arkansas Mill.
An assortment of local business advertisements and notices: moving services by First Class Dray, Lester & Paschall. City Meat Market run by John Keesee offering home delivery. Jersey bulls for sale at the wagon yard east of the old McKelvy yard on McKinney Street. a house and lot near the Normal for sale. contact numbers and names include Fred Moore and Will Locknane for various goods and services.
A. R. McGintie rents furnished rooms at multiple locations in Denton and advertises office services. Freight Transfer Co offers moving services from Kincaid wagon yard. Sanitary milk and cream by Reynolds & Hodges. Trash hauling and garden plowing offered by M Turpin. Scavenge work advertised with contact numbers.
Two vendor's lien notes totaling 934 dollars offered for sale with 8 percent interest. No red tape or delays. Apply by mail to M. Record and Chronicle office.
Autos for hire offered by W W Billingsley with old and new phones listed for contact. Braids and switches from combings advertised with delivery service. Dental offices of J W Furalin, Chas Saunders and Dr Rowell shown on Denton square with addresses and phone numbers.
J. M. Gurley advertises first class cement work at right prices. Get estimates for sidewalks and brick work.
W B Botts veterinarian announces office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop S Elm Street Lipscomb block with new phone 269 or residence 486 and new 132.
White Orpington farm at Garza Texas advertises utility pens and Rhode Island Reds eggs at 1 per setting. Roosters sold for 1 each. Also offers Indian Runner ducks eggs 1.50 per setting of 13. Denton area listings include Mrs E T Brown Mrs R L McReynolds Mrs W A Richards and Denton Duck and Dairy Farm promoting ducks and stock reduction sale.
Mitchell offers White Indian duck eggs ready for sale with a drake imported from England this season to head the first pen. Eggs priced at 6 dollars per 13 with other matings from 4 to 6 and utility 3. He promotes using kitchen waste as feed to reduce living costs and offers parcel post nationwide plus a free booklet with care and hatching instructions. Contact Mitchell's Barber Shop or Box 293 Denton Texas. also mentions Black Orpington eggs at 1 dollar for 15.
The State of Texas to the Sheriff or any Constable in Denton County. J H Garnett as administrator of the estate of Mrs E J Garnett deceased has filed in Denton County Court his final settlement and petition for partition distribution. Interested parties must appear to contest at the April term 1913 beginning April 21 at the Denton County Courthouse.
Local tradesperson offers full plumbing gas connections and tin work with estimates. Ready to perform work to standard and ensure proper installation.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a harmless, natural laxative for bilious stomachs and clogged bowels. It claims to soothe headaches and indigestion by regualting the liver and bowels, using figs, senna, and aromatics, and urges reading the California Fig Syrup Company label to avoid imitations.
W B Brown arrived from Pilot Point while J W Rippy came from Fort Worth. J E Jackson of Lewisville attends court as County Judge Hoskins visits Aubrey to study a lunacy case. W F Woodrum, formerly Aubrey, now in Seymour, visiting Lewisville. G A McMakin of Argyle plans to move seven or eight Shetland ponies to the Fat Stock show. M H Ponder returned from Jacksonville and other Texas and New Orleans trips. he notes East Texas crops of peaches and strawberries look promising this year.
An advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Eiscovery for irritated throat and lungs, claiming to stop chronic coughing and tickling sensations. It urges single use and repeated use, and directs readers to buy at J F Raley & Co.
Fort Worth clubs will host a series of entertainments for the stock show week. Mrs George Reynolds and Mrs Ben O Smith lead Monday and Sunday gatherings at Westbrook hotel Livercrest Country Club and Majestic theater. Princesses named include Mary Colquitt Amarillo Martha Shelton Abilene Loise Batyr Albany Camile Webb Albany Maude Webb Bellevue Carrie Kell Wichita Falls Cleo Frost Mineral Wells Eloise McFarland Weatherford Mary Knight Dallas Esther Hardie San Antonio Mary Hartzog McKinney Glen Platt Cisco Garland Bonner Houston Lucile March San Angelo Lorene Norvell Greenville Nell McKibben Vernon Thenfa Spell Dublin Gwyn Griffith Terrell Maude Austin El Paso Franklyn Wood Honey Grove Ruth Lennox Waco Margaret Whited Shreveport Lillian Harrie Pine Bluff Henrietta Kleber Kingsville Lorene Norvell Beaumont Avis Blewett Denton Dainty Cummings Cleburne Chase Crothers Brady.
An advertisement urges readers to resist weakness and disease with Electric Bitters, promising rapid benefits from the first dose. It touts guaranteed satisfaction and wide availability at J. F. Raley Co. plus various local shop offerings from Bob West and Turner Bros. and dry goods promotions.
Several farms offered with strong yields and improvements. A 200 acre Denton county farm near railroads on two main roads includes a seven room house four tenant houses barn stock barns orchard and wells with fencing and proximity to school church gin and stores. Asking price 65 dollars per acre. A 120 acre Wise county parcel on a main road with phone line has 75 acres cultivation and the rest usable pasture at 40 dollars per acre. A 125 acre Ponder tract near waxy black soil lies flat and nearly all cultivated at 65 dollars per acre.
Winona Mills Seamless Hose and Underwear may only be sold and delivered by me in Denton. Others claiming to do so are frauds. I offer a $100 reward for evidence leading to a conviction.
Local shop advertises a wide selection of mantel and alarm clocks from $1 to $2.50. The Mam moth clock in nickel casing with a 6 inch dial is offered at $2.50 and noted for steady or intermittent five to ten minute ringing. Seth Thomas mantel clocks in mahogany, oak, and marbleized finishes are also available in large stock.
An infant of Mr and Mrs CC Cherry residing on the Yeatts place south of town died last night. W B Martin residing east of the city was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a complaint charging unlawful disposal of mortgaged property. The sold property allegedly mortgaged to the Lewisville State Bank.
An Oklahoma and Texas ad feature touts Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs colds throat and lungs with money back guarantee. Testimonial from J R Wells claims cure and 15 pound weight gain. Also promotional notes for flour cigars cheese and gas demonstration at Bevett's and Paschall's.
The First Methodist church will conclude its Parables study with a sermon titled The Talents from Mathew 25 14 30 led by Rev Oscar T Cooper pastor In charge of the service and the lesson. A local ad mentions Turner Bros honey and Barretts ten cent candies as available specials at nearby stores.
Denton residents are urged to try Dean's Kidney Pills for back ache and kidney pains. Mrs. J F Stanley of 48 Bois d Arc St credits the pills with removing back pain and kidney discomfort after purchases from J F Raley Co. Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is sole U S agents. price 45 cents. Millinery notices from Jarrell Evans Dry Goods Company to follow.
Taliafferro Bros markets the best seed potatoes and garden seeds on the market, emphasizing quality and selection for growers and home gardeners alike.
A new owner says he has bought the J. W. Johnson Insurance business and merged it with his own. He asks policyholders who use gas to inform him so he may issue the necessary permits and renew their coverage.
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