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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1913
Page
3
Regular business and installation of officers to be held by Stanfield Lodge No. 217 A F and A M. John Pierce W M R H Evers Secretary.
Lost bar pin with cameo setting in center belonging to C. E. Fowler or Miss Vertie Jones. Reward offered for return to this office.
For rent furnished rooms at 124 N Elm with new phone line. Property offers basic amenities and is located near downtown. Contact for details and availability.
Two furnished up stairs rooms for four young men with good ventilation and excellent table board. Phone listed as old 65. Also one or two furnished rooms available by Mrs P C Withers at 18 East Oak Street.
Ten room house near Normal campus available for sale or rent. Contact R. J. Wilson for details. Also offered is a suite of rooms previously occupied by Ellis lodge. Inquiries to P. O. Box 706 or at the office. WAC.
For sale piano in good condition used less than a year and priced to move. Payment terms limited to five good installments. Contact D C Christian at the Oatman hotel by Saturday night.
For sale a bicycle in good condition. See Ned Milligan. Price 386¢.
Sale offers a steel hay press gelf feeder sulky rake Buck rake and a five foot mower in good condition at attractive prices. See or write J P Magee Denton Texas.
Advertisement from Aubrey Texas by F M Morris offering prepaid shipment to any railroad station in Denton county at 2 25 per case of 24 No 2 cans. 186p2twp.
Two houses offered for sale or rent on the car line as arranged with T. E. Berry. This classified item notes available properties and contact point for inquiry.
Property for sale includes 20 acres with improvements located one half mile north of town. Also other lots and business houses with land available. Contact phone 183 or inquire with L. Fulton.
Classified item listing offering sale of pigs and shoots with contact name Y M Turpin and old phone number 462.
Classified ad notes a Jersey milk cow for sale at 72 South Bim with a new phone 2¢7 green.
Down payment small with balance like rent. See Dr. W. A. Jones at 177tfe for details.
Classified item seeking a four cylinder five passenger car in good repair as part payment for a cottage on North Elm street. Includes address 66 West Hickory street and old phone 101. Also a small notice for a copy of Record and Chronicle issued Monday July 7th.
A family of six seeks a cottage to rent. Contact King A R Bowen at the Record and Chronicle office after six in the evening.
A. R. McGintie lists furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas. Office over Wilger-Hann's, old phone 361, advertises rentals in all directions including North South East and West.
Local moving service Les ter and Miles at Lester and Sherrod advertise first class household moving with specialty options at reasonable rates. New phone number provided for inquiries and bookings.
An ad urges customers to call 338-blue for Arabian Toilet Goods and lists Mrs. A. L. Alexander at 12 North Elm Street. It also promotes Skiles Transfer with two strong men for trunk hauling and moving trunks down stairs.
A local notice invites customers to East McKinney Street for groceries feedstuffs and country produce. J T Simmons advertises a Jersey bull in service and offers contact numbers Old phone 474 and New phone 266.
Ben Fritz advertises imported stock duck eggs at 6 dollars per 13 with other specials 4 dollars and 2 dollars for utility. He offers 13 eggs for 1 dollar and parcels post shipping from Den ton P O Box 561.
The ad invites buyers to Will Locknane’s wagon yard two blocks from the square on East McKinney street offering two fine Jersey bulls, one black and one fawn, at 1.50 dollars season price. Also advertises a house and lot on Lula street for sale with contact via new phone 350.
Henry Kalreuther offers wood work, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring and shrinking on East McKinney Street. He advertises a full range of skilled metal and wood services for local needs.
When you want a good piece of fresh meat call Ben Sullivan at new phone 29 or old phone 35 Free delivery is available on the West side square
Jersey bull service offered by McKelvy and Car Baugh in McKinney. Advertisement notes buying selling and exchange of milk cows with Jersey cattle.
Wanted to rent a four or five room cottage. New phone number 444 Red. 286c.
Storage of household goods at reasonable rates offered by John OB Schmitz with furniture and gas stores. Plain sewing offered at the cheapest town rate with guaranteed satisfaction. Frank Wilkerson Meat Market lists old and new phone numbers and advertises fresh and tender meats.
Peacock Bros offer a newly opened eatery in Lipscomb block promising any fare with short orders as a specialty. Square meals available on Monday.
For sanitary milk and cream phone Portwood and Hodges. New phone 426 old phone 297.
Breter and Paschall, the Fox Brothers, announce closing their service at reasonable rates as a household moves a rally to a new location. Both phones listed.
Freight Transfer Co offers furniture moving services with special attention to items in transit. Call from the Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak Street for reliable relocation.
Local ad from Arkansas Mill on S Elm Street offers chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. Promises prompt delivery and full measures with both phones listed for contact.
W W Billingsley offers auto repairs and hire services with old phone 330 and new phone 448. The brief notice markets automobiles for repair and rental.
Expert piano tuning offered by H. E. Starkloff with contact via Schmitz Furniture Store. Phone listed at 239p.
W E Botts, graduate veterinarian, establishes office at Hancock and Spon blacksmith shop 8 Elms Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269 residence and 486 for office.
An ad promotes messenger service with a phone call to 31 for fast delivery. It mentions W A Brashears and notes payment as ten percent of money collected for handling accounts.
M. L. Martin, A. B. M. D., treats diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat and fits glasses. Office over Ra ley Co. d&w.
Saunders, a dentist, announces a new office location over Long and King after February 1. Both phone numbers are listed.
Dr. W. A. Jones and Dr. W. N. Rowell announce offices on the West Side Square and over McCray's on the south side square.
J W Fralin dentist located at South Square block middle stairs Denton Texas announces dental services and office location for residents seeking care in the area.
Classified notice offers scavenging work with a contact at number 307 and instruction to call for job arrangements.
J M Gurley offers first class cement work at right price with estimates. Old phone 579 new phone 981. For high grade cement work call or see him to arrange service with a price quote. S A Bushey.
Mrs Helen Dalton of Draper NC credits Cardui the woman’s tonic with ending years of left side pains and near suffocation. She urges others to try Cardui, claiming it has helped many and inviting readers to write Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance and a 64 page treatment book.
Washington July 11 the appointment of Mrs H J W Ham as post mistress at Gainesville Georgia to succeed Mrs Longstreet was confirmed.
A Catholic lady promotes a home treatment for rheumatism, sciatica, backache, and kidney pains claiming it cures these conditions without climate change. She promises relief and urges sufferers to write for the method which she says has helped thousands. The offer highlights free guidance and self-treatment.
Alan Millers Normal team won a rough game aided by Miller's many fielding errors as the home squad pulled away in the eighth and ninth innings.
In a Friday afternoon match at D A C Park the Normals defeated Alliance Milling 7 to 5 to claim the championship in the three game series. Pitcher Collins held steady until the eighth before Normals rallied with hot hitting from Hall Gilbert and Muns led by three singles and a two bagger in four at bats.
Dr. Jas. R. Edwards reports home from the Gettysburg semi centennial celebration. He praises modern Yankees as the finest folks he has ever met and recounts details of the reunion trip for the Denton veteran.
Dr. James R. Edwards, a Confederate veteran, enjoyed his first Gettysburg visit in fifty years. He praised Yankee hospitality, food, and camp accommodations, noting about 80 or 900 Southern survivors and 15,000 Northern veterans. He also observed cordial relations between victors and former foes and expressed mixed views after a stop in Washington.
An old health ad claims daytime lethargy and yawning from an impure body stem from a torpid liver. It promotes Herbine as a remedy that strengthens the liver cleanses the bowels and restores health. Price 50 cents. Sold by R H Garrison.
Yesterday a shipment arrived offering White House coffee in three sizes. The shop also carries Schottens Best Maxwell House Blend T C Samples Guatemala Wedgewood Mocha and Java along with India Teas Lipton Tetley and bulk gunpowder tea.
Early 20th century advertisement touts Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder ailments in men women and children. Claims dissolve gravel regulate urinary issues and cure diabetes and rheumatism with two months of use per bottle. Sold or mailed on receipt of price.
Alias execution issued May 21 1913 by Denton County Court in The Exchange National Bank of Denton vs E L Hopkins and J W Skiles directs sale on August 5 1913 before the Denton County courthouse. Property includes Denton city lots 9 10 block 24 College Addition and half interest in Jasper Addition blocks 2 3 4 Hiram Cisco survey. Judgment $501.77 plus costs. Sheriff W Orr deputy Pat Galligher signs 1943 dated July 3 with notice marked 7-5-3Sats.
The State of Texas issues a citation by publication to summon unknown heirs of Lafayette E Morris deceased and heirs of Jonathan Yetty deceased and of Rachel M Petty W M Petty or their unknown heirs. The notice also names Thomas Petty Hiram Layton and their unknown heirs and directs the Denton County Sheriff or a constable to serve.
B A Swindoll and W M Swindell sue unknown heirs and legatees in Denton County seeking title to about 130 acres of land from the Jonathan Petty survey. The petition details chain of title issues, destroyed records in a 1875 courthouse fire, and seeks cancellation of liens and defective instruments, with damages claimed at 500 dollars.
Writ directs the sheriff to divest all interest in specified land and vest it in the plaintiff 3 Swindo and to quiet title and possession. The District Court clerk W E Durbin signs the writ with date June 5 1913 in Denton County.
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