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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
3
A branded nine by cow with seven white spots on the left side and initials RB L pod is described as lost. Bunch of keys also reported missing with return requested to this office.
Classified line notices show several furnished room rentals with addresses including 124 N Elmine 59 West Sycamore 61 W Mulberry and 18 East Oak. Some entries mention light housekeeping and single or two rooms available under Mrs P C Withers.
Leasing options listed include a suite of rooms formerly occupied by Ellis lodge at P O Box 706 and a store building for rent at the West Prairie and Welch Streets area. Contact W S Humphreys, old phone 118, Wright Opera House. Address 278.
Sale notice offers a Majestic range in nearly new condition. Contact Nathan Evans at Jarrell Evans, 208 old phone, for trade or purchase details.
Classified ad offers a three burner oil stove for sale with contact phone 346 and a vehicle tag 4tw277d.
For sale a three month old Jersey heifer. Contact T. D. Roberts at Highland Street for details.
Advertisement notes a peach offer at orchard with J. J. Matthews listed and price line reading 2691 fc. The short item reads like a local commerce notice advertising fruit sales and a seller name.
Want to sell 20 acres with improvements a half mile north of town. Also lots and business houses and lots for sale. Phone 183 or see L Fulton.
Classified notice offers sale of livestock and shooting equipment. Y M Turpin listed with old phone 462 at 26Stfc.
A storefront classified item notes a Jersey milk cow for sale. The ad lists location 72 South Elm and a new phone contact 267 green.
For sale some register ed Duroc Jersey pigs listed by S Ball at 281c¢. readable line mentions animal sale details and contact.
Small down payment on a five room house advertised by Dr. W A Jones. Balance due like monthly rent, with $800 price noted.
Advert shows a McCaskey register offered for sale by Freight Transfer Co Pinckley and Brownlow Props at 264tic. The item is described as in good condition and priced cheaply due to no need for it.
Advertisement offering imported stock eggs at 6 dollars per 13 with special smating at 4 dollars and utility at 2 dollars. 13 eggs sold for 1 dollar. Parcels post available from Ben Fritz P O Box 561 Denton.
Help needed for a boarding house. assistant matron sought with related experience. Good salary for qualified woman. Apply at Stoddard Hall or ring old phone 138.
John B. Schmitz Furniture Carpets and Undertaking offers packing and storage of household goods at reasonable rates. Both phones listed 20.
Wanted woman to do house work washing and ironing white woman preferred good wages call ad 482 North Locust A P Blank Nship old phone QT70 41
When you want a good piece of fresh meat this ad promotes Ben Sullivan New phone 29 Old phone 35 free delivery located at West side square.
Wanted second hand refrigerator at least 100 pounds in good condition. Call 1614 3R for details.
Innovative cosmetic ad from Sour Lake Texas promotes wrinkle removal crowfeet and facial line reduction. It claims to develop the bust remove excess hair and invites readers to write for free information.
An advertisement seeks customers for Arabian Toilet Goods and directs calling the new number 338-blue. It lists Mrs. A L Alexander at 12 North Elm Street and includes the code 290c for reference.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent from an office above Wilson-Hann's in Denton Texas. The notice promotes Skiles Transfer with two strong men for trunk hauling and bicycle or luggage movement services across directions North South East and West.
Local Arkansas supplier on S Elm Street advertises chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood with prompt delivery and full measurement options. Contacts listed for orders.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions yards on East McKinney Street and references two bulls, Jersey cattle, and a cash sale. No clear dates or full names available.
A notice offers an experienced seamstress who will call at homes to sew by the day, with new phone 404 red. Sanitary milk and cream contact listed as Portwood & Hodges with new phone 426 and old phone 297. Also freight transfer service with office at Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak Street offers furniture moves and special attention to drag line items.
Peacocks Bros announce a Lipscomb block restaurant launch located at McKelvy & Car Baugh Wagonyard. They advertise short orders and square meals on Monday, offering a full menu to patrons seeking meals and dining services. Milk cows traded by buyers and sellers. Registered Jersey bull in service is listed by the firm.
J T Simmons advertises at the McKelvy Wagon yard on East McKinney Street offering a Jersey bull in service and a variety of feedstuffs plus country produce. He notes old phone 474 and new phone 266 and requests business.
W. E. Botts, graduate veterinarian, operates at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm St in Lipscomb block. New phone 269. residence old phone 486. new 132.
Auto repair and hire services listed under W W Billingsley with old and new phone numbers. Includes automobile repair offerings and contact details.
A local ad invites readers to call 31 for a quick messenger service. W. A. Brashears offers to look after accounts for a ten percent commission of money collected. Contact at the listed address.
Dr M L Martin A B MD treats eye ear nose diseases and fits glasses at an office over Ra ley Company.
Dr Chas Saunders announces office location over Long and King start February 1st. Phone numbers provided.
Dr W A Jones, dentist located on West Side Square. W N Rowell D D S operates offices over McCray's on the south side square.
Dentist J. W. Fralin advertises services from South Side Square in Denton Texas inviting patients to visit in the middle of the block for dental care.
M. Berman at 15 McKinney Street offers repair and recovery of all kinds and colors of umbrellas and parasols. Also advertised is a shop that buys second hand clothes.
Short classified notice inviting workers for scavenger tasks. Provides a single contact number 307 and urges interested individuals to call for details.
J M Gurley the cement contractor advertises first class work at a fair price and invites readers to obtain estimates for their cement projects.
Old phone 579 to new 931. for high grade comer and hijick work, contact S. A. Bushey to estimate the project.
A beneficial rain fell at Union Hill on Sunday afternoon. Fort Worth preacher Lee Reeves will lead a service here next Sunday. Local residents Mr Griffin and daughters attended church in Sanger. Shipp family visited Gainesville. Brown family from Sanger visited Union Hill. Holloway returned from Pilot Point. Mrs. J. M. Griffin visited Sanger. McReynolds of Pilot Point was in Union Hill. Martin of Lewisville visits Crawford family. The Schwartz child is sick and Willie Standifer's son has typhoid fever.
Readable note states Turner Bros offers comb honey from South Texas apiaries. The item is presented as available for purchase with no additional details on price or quantity.
The Normal team beat Harrison Show 8 to 4 before a fair crowd. Muns starred with a two run homer and a strong pitching day, supported by Strong Starnes and Douglas. Harrisons made a late push, but Caesar and the Harrisons could not close the gap as Smith and Muns shut them down.
Denton First Church leads the Christian Church Sunday school quadrangular contest with up to date totals excluding Durant which only reports attendance through the last Sunday. Lampasas reports low attendance due to heavy rain.
Rain showers hindered threshing with little help to corn. Miss Ophelia Moore of Vernon visits sister Mrs J A Minnerly. A C Litz and family visit Juffin. Jesse Minnerly in Fort Worth. Robert Lopp, long in a Dallas sanitarium, visits his father Dr J L Lopp. Mrs Callie Copeland of Fort Worth visits Miss Mary Vaughn. Willie A Minnerly's ninth birthday party with nine guests ends in cake ice cream and fruit as candles are blown out.
Stony reports ongoing local showers that slow threshing but boost corn and wheat yields. Wheat averages over twenty bushels per acre with some farms at forty. Visitors in Denton last week included Dr S P Odell Chas Gray and others while social visits touched on marriages and kinship in the area.
Forty women of the better class in Durango report rebel occupation has caused them distress. They describe banditlike troops pillaging the business district and burning it after occupying the city, prompting a citizens appeal for relief.
Gen. Juan Medina with four hundred troops departed Agua Prieta today to support rebel forces in the assault on Juarez.
Market holds steady with wheat at 84 cents and green produce abundant. Roasting ears fetch twelve and a half cents a dozen while tomatoes cucumbers and cabbage remain plentiful. Poultry produce and animal feeds show mixed wholesale and retail figures across grains hay straw and oils.
Smyrna reports a beneficial Sunday rain that promises a large corn crop and healthy cotton. Mr and Mrs Marsh Foster and family moved to Smyrna and plan western travels before settling. Miss Kate Foster, after a visit to Aubrey, returns home.
A two inch rain last night raised crop prospects across the Panhandle and Childress area, with farmers reporting improved conditions and optimism for yields this season. The rainfall came despite hot July weather, bringing moisture to parched fields and benefiting newly planted crops.
The longtime Denton grocery invites families to become patrons, offering decades of service and satisfaction. Call numbers 8 and 6 for details.
The notice touts high quality goods at low prices and asks readers to give the supplier a chance to prove it through July. It is signed by T. C. Sample.
Mr and Mrs Bob Christian visited his sister Mrs S B Bates at Bolivar Johnnie Miller of Kaufman visited his brother Phillip Miller A good rain fell Sunday evening about 4 o clock Corn is looking fine Mr and Mrs Walter Christian visited J A McClendon at Slidell The health of the community is good
The State of Texas issues citations by publication to Will Williams and R F Beck in Denton County. The Roark partition suit seeks court-ordered division of a large land tract with co owners and claims improvements and homestead rights, while Beck seeks dissolution of marriage citing abuse and abandonment.
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