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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1912
Page
3
Classified ads list furnished rooms for rent with water and light, a bay horse for sale, a couple of furnished room options near Elm and Oak streets, lost tan gloves, and a four to five room house for rent with water. Includes contact phones and names.
Fragmentary classified line shows J L Waldrip at a shop offering materials and basics. The note suggests visiting Ackamith Shop 166 for service and supplies.
Fern Matthews Barber Shop on Weet Side invites customers to join a special event. Details unreadable but signals a welcoming grooming offer and community gathering.
Local butchers Sublett & Son on Elm Street and Frank Wilkerson on West Wak Street advertise fresh and tender meats. Both lists include old and new phone numbers, urging customers to try their offerings.
The Old Reliable blacksmith shop on Locust Street specializes in horse shoeing buggy work and general metal crafting. Local readers are invited to patronize the skilled artisan known as Lacy Blacksmith.
An Arkansas mill advertises prompt delivery of chopped hay bran corn and other feedstuffs. Bert stove and neater wood on the market with full measure. Located on S Elm Street with both phones advertised.
Brownlow and Strickland announce dray work and household goods moving services. New phone 110, old phone 310. Office and barn located at 36 East Hikory.
The Denton Transportation and Railroad Company announces new phone 34 and old phone numbers for calls anywhere in the city. Services include trunks and baggage handling located at Lips Comb Building managed by H H Morrison, proprietor.
Local moving service Parks and Lester advertises two large moving vans for household moves and specialty work. Office numbers 242, residence 16-23, and 381 new.
Auto for hire listing for W W Billingsley with old phone 339 and new number 142. Nearby readers are directed to contact the operator at the listed numbers for service details.
P. T. Taylor offers dairy fresh milk cream and butter with daily delivery. Old phone 1600 with two rings. Call for better milk and prompt service.
Rooms for rent offered by A. R. McGinte with options north south east and west in Denton. Office location described as one door east of Exchange National Bank.
Dr W E Botts, veterinarian and veterinary surgeon, announces office in Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb block with new phone 70 and residence phone 295 blue. Old numbers 34 and 486 replaced.
Moreman and Luster operate REI Barn at N Elm Street offering feedstuffs for livestock and horses for hire. An automobile line runs with trips anywhere. Mr Charlie Write oversees the business. Both Phones 35.
If you want concrete sidewalks or brick work get estimates from A Bushey M Gurley The Cement contractor First class work at right price Oe Or sk Jones Dentists listed dentures kerosene 10c per 5 gallons New phone 340 white Quick Messenger Service Hamilton & Ceatta office.
Local notice seeks scavenger workers offering contact via phone number 307. Readable from an old listing. No further details available.
Local notices show a repair shop Magill and Shepard offering lock and sewing machine work and key making. A. A. Anderson's Harness and Shoe Repair moves to the first door east of Puckett's Grocery. Also advertised is a bargain sale of a residence on North Locust Street with contact F F Paschall in Leesburg Texas.
Multiple sale notices offer a West Oak street butcher shop by J H Sublet and 12 Alliance Mill stock shares. Also three houses with lots in Venton and two rooms for rent offered by W H Humphies at 69 Welch Denton. Baby Perambulator priced cheap on West Oak.
Classified item listing notes a second hand Frazier cart for sale. Includes references to Fox Bros 167p AST LOT FOR SALE UN Jaketreet and Denton County peanut price one dollar per bushel. Mentions Sample's and Crain's orders, J. D. Matthew at the 166th area.
House and five acres at the end of Avenue A offered for quick sale. If not sold this week, property will be rented. Interested buyers contact Ben Sullivan at 16%.
Poultry items listed for sale include Thoroughbred eggs for hatching Indian Runner ducks Partridge Wyandottes and Light Brahmas 13 for 1 50 and 16 for 1 50. Also Buff Orpington eggs 15 per setting with 1 50, satisfaction guaranteed. Contact Mrs A L Stft Route Aubrey Route 2 Aubrey or Capt H R Lyon New Phone 358 Blue Den ton Texas. Also Barred Rocks eggs 50 cents a dozen listed with old phone number 166 FRITZ.
An old age health ad urges caregivers to aid elderly bowel health with Cascarets. It argues aging slows digestion, promotes gentle use, and claims the product works overnight for only 10 cents per box at drug stores.
A vendor touts hardware pieces from China Queenswane to fit various home needs. The text highlights availability of suitable pieces for filling specific spaces and emphasizes frequent use around the house.
Robert S. Hichens visits New York and seeks to meet the managing editor. The office boy blocks him with a rude response, then dismisses a Higgins with Beat it Higgins. Hichens departs, beaten at the door of the Park Row paper.
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A list of candidates is revealed for Local Representative Alvin M. Owsley County Judge H. Hoskins County Assessor Tobin CG Frank Wit 8 Mille J. M. Gary County Treasurer Reeve Guy Dad Egan Wm Nelson Tax Collector Virgil Hennes Sam Hawkins County Clerk Button Sheriff W C Orr and others seek various county and precinct offices. Mayors and aldermen named for city wards with several contenders.
Tom Moore of Cochran Georgia says a sore on his instep was cured by Bucklen's Arnie Salve, describing it as a wonderful healer. The ad claims it treats running sores ulcers boils burns cuts eczema and piles and is sold for 26 cents at J F Raley & Co.
Wheat holds at 1.05 and corn at six cents. Butter unchanged at 2 cents per unit, eggs plentiful around 20 cents per dozen. Limited greens available with cabbage, celery, and turnips in small supply.
A customer request seeks a combined order for fileh and carden seed and asks for completion of the wants list. The message appears as a supplier inquiry from LONG and KING.
A wide range of farm prices is listed for cotton seed hulls meal and seed, corn, wheat, hay, straw, eggs, butter, various vegetables, and meats. Wholesale and retail rates are shown, with frequent small increases for retail over wholesale and per 100 pounds or per ton measurements. The list includes cotton seed hulls at 8.50 wholesale and 9.50 retail per car, and eggs at 20-30 cents, livestock prices per pound or per dozen.
An advertisement proclaims that the exclusive city jeweler cannot beat prices. The speaker claims diamonds come from South African mines and credits direct buying from cutters or importers for low costs. Emphasizing low expenses, he promotes his drug business linked jewelry shop and offers $150 diamonds.
Charlie Mann heads the press gallery in the house of representatives and serves as informant for city readers. On a Saturday with aviators flying at the Speedway, he reports no air flights that day as the house adjourned yesterday to meet next Monday.
Reliable garden seeds, seed potatoes and onion sets are available at Long and King. Stock is complete and well assorted.
Harmony Rose glycerine soap promoted as a premium toilet soap with high grade formula. The copy highlights transparent formula fine perfume and skin friendly qualities and markets it as a special value in town.
The notice lists wholesale and retail prices for meats including pork bellies bacon ham and roasts with per pound rates and unit packaging. It also gives wholesale and retail prices for onions and rendered fat products and mentions a new cooking bar sold in Denton by Long and King.
The piece argues busy men should still find time for exercise or risk long-term health costs. It cautions against sole praise for industry and notes the mummy analogy to remind that modern labor harms the body more than leisure temptations.
Henry F. Cope laments the futility of hypocrisy and declares that true character outshines any outward pretense. He argues that effort to appear as one thing while being another only deceives the deceiver and harms the self.
Mrs Laurence Schweer entertained a number of friends Tuesday afternoon with a 500 party for her guest Mrs Banks of Fordyce Ark and Mrs Sledd and Mrs Florence Sledd of Fort Worth. Several games were played and Miss Lee Williams received the game trophy while Mrs Banks and Mrs Shedd won reminiscences. A salad course of unusual daintiness was served to a long list of attendees including Mrs Lipscomb and many other local residents and guests.
An old ad admonishes women to safeguard hair from dandruff germs that drain nourishment and cause hair loss. The message urges constant vigilance to keep hair luxuriant and radiant.
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