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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1912
Page
3
Mixed classified notices list goods and services for sale or trade in Denton Texas and nearby areas. Items include autos, pigs, oats, wheat straw, wood, a bay horse, house rentals, a furnished cottage, and real estate offerings with contact references such as J. M. Martin, A. D. Turner, T. E. Peters, and R. B. Wilson, plus a sales agent for Winona Mills.
A. R. McIntgle offers furnished rooms for rent in various directions within Denton city. Office located one door east of Exchange National Bank.
Sublett & Son promotes a city meat market in West Sak Street with contact phones and a promise of quality meats. The ad urges customers to try their meats, claiming they are fine.
Frank Wilkinson advertises a meat market on South Elm Street offering fresh and tender meats. The notice lists old phone 212 and new number 14 for contact.
Acy Blacksmith Shop run by Sid Rellable offers expert horseshoeing and buggy work at N. Street.
Fern Matthews Hare shop on West Side invites a list of well pleased customers with a note dated 01 heirs.
Workman and Luster run The Red Barn stable offering good horses stylish buggies and ample feed. The City Livery Stable is reachable at phone 62 New 28 on West Ekory Street with stylish rigs and both single and double-horse arrangements.
An Arkansas ad promotes hops bran corn hay and feedstuffs for sale with best stove and seater wood. It promises full measure and prompt delivery from a shop at 4 U and Elm Street with two phones for contact.
Advertisement offers dray work and household goods moving services by Brownlow and Strickland. New phone 110 old phone 810 office and barn 36 East Hickory.
H. M. Morrison, proprietor of the Denton Transfer Co., reports a new phone number 34 and old 70. Service available citywide for trunks and baggage calls from Lips on the building.
A notice invites readers to place classified ads for selling items. The short ad highlights easy placement and prompt results for listings across products and services.
A fragmented old time classified style listing shows automobile lines for hire veterinary services with Dr W E Botts at Obaraon Bros barn West Hickory, drayage float line contact, first class walks by W H Parkis Lesters, concrete and brick work by J M Gurley, and dentists Dr W A Jones and J W Fralin on local square. partial contact numbers included.
Farmers are urged to bring cotton to Taylor Brothers' gin for cleaning. Get from 3.00 to 5.00 more per load when not cleaned. Highest market price paid for seed cotton at the gin and on the Square.
Mrs. KR Rich and many residents are listed as ill with grippe bronchitis tonsillitis and other ailments. Among those mentioned: Mrs. Harrold, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Thomas, J E Kinard and family, Baxter Hobson, Mr and Mrs Tom Mason, Mrs Grey, W N York, and several children. The report notes illnesses, recoveries, a run of pneumonia and a serious runaway injury, plus local shipments and a health officer plan to fumigate the courthouse and jail.
Magill and Shepard advertise repair of locks and sewing machines and offer key making services for any lock. The terse notice presents a shop focus on hardware services with emphasis on locks and keys.
Daily ads list dairy delivery PVT TAYLOR DAIRY-FRESH with cream and butter and old phone 1600 two rings. A. A. ANDERSONS HARNESS and shoe repair moves to Puckett's grocery area. QUICK MESSENGER SERRVICE calls to both phones. J A MINNERLY NORTH RIDE offers fruits nuts cold drinks hamburgers and short orders.
Lydia Ahlfinger an 18 year old from Dallas remained alive with two lung wounds after a street shooting that killed J. W. Whaley and endangered bystanders. Police reported a note signed by Ahlfinger blaming Bob Day also called Bob Davis and she said he forced her to sign it at a rooming house. Davis a press feeder was arrested after the fatal shooting and is described as intoxicated.
Nine teen new cases and eight deaths in Kansas City since January reveal the spread of cerebrospinal meningitis. In Houston four deaths and three new cases in 24 hours. Seventy-one Texas towns lift meningitis quarantine, officials announce.
The Democratic steel and iron tariff revision bill passed the House by 101 votes Monday afternoon. Three Colorado Democrats opposed it and one Missouri member abstained. Twenty-one Republicans voted for the bill.
Jan. 29 report highlights warm weather aiding spring prep for crops with some sowing of oats. Rain needed for wheat and fall oats. Local illnesses mentioned including Mrs. Laura Garrett and Mrs. W. L. Coleman. Judge and family visited Decatur. Litz and W. Hi. Cope in Justin. Church events nearby with E. H. Coburn preaching February second Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. Ross ill, affecting services.
An inhaler based Hyomei treatment offers immediate relief from catarrh with a bottle of HYOMEIL for 50 cents or a full HYOMEI outfit for one dollar. The ad promises five minutes relief, a day to improve, a week to clear snuffles and mucus, and a second week to banish catarrh with a money back guarantee sold by O M Curtis and druggists everywhere.
Mrs Will Taylor returned to Fort Worth after visiting Bolivar. Murray Bryant of Oklahoma visited. Miss Hattie Wildher visited her sister Mrs H H James. Moses Frankie and Alma Lain were in Denton. Mrs MF Hampton entertained children Saturday. Mrs Robt Ashley had been ill. Sallie Taylor of Fort Worth visited friends. In Denton were Mrs Tom McClelland and several Misses. Sanger High football boys played Denton High Saturday.
Monday report tallies eight new meningitis cases and one death in Dallas, two new cases in Galveston, and multiple fatalities across cities including Fort Worth Farmers Branch Sulphur Springs Gainesville Paris Corsicana Ennis Denison and nearby areas. Additional deaths occur in Secuin Brenham Marshall and other locales as Hunt county Lone Oak Waco Teague and Denison also record cases.
Fort Worth market receipts smaller with cattle 2000 calves 300 hogs 2500. Beef steers top 6.25 average 5.25 to 6.10. cows top 4.65, bulk 3.45 to 3.85. Calves top 6.50, bulk 4.75 to 5.75. Hogs top 6.25, bulk 5.85 to 6.15.
Tuesday prices show the hen market weaker but levels unchanged overall. Fryers remain in strong demand while wheat stays at 1.01 and corn holds. Wholesale molasses and starch rose a few cents per case but retail markets were unaffected. Eggs remain scarce as country supplies dwindle.
A young girl rides through the Catskills at midnight to warn and rescue people from a spreading forest fire. The tale contrasts her heroic deed with a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery curing lung trouble and related illnesses amid a safety claim and a sales pitch.
Associated Press dispatch from Lawrence Massachusetts reports twelve hundred militiamen defending textile mills to quell rioting by strikers. Several injured as Syrian strikers tried to form a parade. one woman killed and a policeman stabbed during Monday night clashes. Police and militia dispersed the mob at Everett mills with more units deployed by Governor Foss.
Advertorial style claim promises relief from indigestion and fermentation in five minutes by taking a 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin. Describes symptoms like belching fullness and nausea and urges readers to check local Record and Chronicle ads for shopping tips and dressmaker help.
A brisk roundup of ad lines invites readers to spot money-saving bargains across items. Scattered entries promise low prices and direct interest for shoppers seeking value in everyday purchases.
The infant of Harry Marks of Bolivar Street is reported to have bronchitis in a brief local notice.
The Sherman Presbytery awards a gold plush Sunday school banner for rally day. Denton previously led with seven Storrie children contributing, but after the family moved to McKinney the banner was taken by McKinney Sunday school. A separate note reports the county attorney's son improving from a severe cold and bowel trouble.
A dealer offers a selection of watches in 16 and 18 sizes for railroad workers and others who need precise time. Includes lower grade pieces and many watches for boys, promising lasting reliability. Highlights seven jewel Elgin or Waltham watches with twenty year gold filled hunting cases.
Dispatches report Mukden police raiding homes of prominent men suspected of revolutionary sympathies and taking wives and daughters. Consular sources claim nightly murders in Mukden. In Denton County, all records for filing chattel mortgages were broken with 112 filings, highest prior 96 during Clerk Button's tenure. about 30 percent are renewals.
Publication cites the unknown heirs of Emily M Harper in a Denton County case filed November 24 1911 by W T Turner asserting ownership by fee simple of a 240 acre tract in the Elizano Pizano survey. The suit seeks title removal of clouds from Clara Yeatts and related defendants and requests guardian ad litem for minor heirs with a February 19 1912 return.
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