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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1909
Page
4
R M Mitchell proprietor operates as piloting a barbershop and bath services business. Descriptive text notes quality services and local clientele support.
Advertisement notes a shop that cleans presses alters and makes men's clothing and also cleans and presses skirts The business offers call for and deliver service from location at 6 West Side Square with new phone 49.
A local shop promotes new department offerings including copyright print reproductions, photo touch up, and modern frames. Advertisers tout exclusive mouldings, hermetic frames, and ready framing services while hinting at opportunistic piano sales if demand grows.
Notes on residents visiting from Dallas, West Oak street guests, Roanoke travelers en route home from Gainesville and Pilot Point, Kaufman County seeker planning to relocate to Denton, and others from Corsicana Ardmore Fort Worth Fort Smith Sanger and Nava. Also mentions rain impacting crops and a Boulder Colorado trip. a home asthma cure offer and plumbing prices.
The Denton Chamber of Commerce moves to clinch the Lewis school by forming an agreement. A Owsley reports plans nearly arranged, with a 30 day window for Denton to meet terms. Lewis seeks town subscription for 200 scholarships of 50 dollars each and a building site, plus at least 25000 dollars in initial funding from Lewis and partners.
Misses Lee and Dorothy Williams entertained Friday afternoon from 4 to 7 with five tables of 42 in honor of their nieces Misses Mary and Marjorie Williams of Altmore OK. Guests enjoyed seven games, dainty favors for the honorees, and an ice course after the event. Ice watermelons are available at Alliance Milling Company.
A note lists Curtis' Drug Store offering violet water as a hot weather necessity priced at 50 cents.
Fragmentary ad copy urges customers to use Minnis Drug Store for prescriptions and cites a hardware company and Curt's Drug Store in vague promotional lines.
J H Campbell died of heart disease at the Fletcher farm west of Denton after a brief illness of a day and a half. He was 59 years old. The remains were taken to Denton Tuesday and buried at the I O O F cemetery. Delicious marmalade net Cur tie' Pountain. Try Tf you want sanitary plumbing at reasonable prices see Wilson Hardware Company.
Ten pick and shovel men are at work on the disposal tank with a small crew. A ditching machine, shipped by Trueheart and Jackson, should arrive Wednesday and will replace a large manual effort. The contractor intends to put it to work immediately. The ad notes the store offers a neat cool parlor and refreshing drinks.
Nathan Evans and Miss Bulah White were quietly married in Dallas on Monday. Both worked at the Jarrell-Evans store and have returned to make their home here, a surprise to friends.
Hart and Woodley opened a three night stand presenting Twenty Minutes on the Bowery at the Majestic Airdome. They sang several new songs and Hart performed clever dancing. The act featured Chimmie and Lze making love. Tonight promises an entirely new bill with new pictures each night.
A sequence of transfers includes A G McMath to H F Schweer for lot 1 block B Blount addition at 1250 dollars J E Gotcher to H P Swisher part of Garza block 5 for 150 dollars and other deeds across Garza Schmitz Rippy Denton College addition and nearby tracts. Notable sales include Abe Smith to Nall Smith 79.62 acres for 2500 dollars and Dupree to C E Roberts lot 4 block 3 College addition at 1350 dollars.
A fragmented classified section from the Record shows brief notices and small ads. Readable items include limited text fragments hinting at services jobs and goods for sale with names and locations largely obscured.
A large wagon train delivered eighty seven people to Denton for Trades Day. The group included Buster Cochran and a long list of attendees across families and neighbors such as Cochran, Beaird, Gray, Blagg, and James families along with several others, marking a notable community turnout.
J W Koons a Sanger lawyer visited town Tuesday and found no foundation for a rumor of a saloon opening near Sanger just over the Cooke county line though reports claimed a saloon would be placed there He cited Cooke county prohibition rules and noted the distance from Sanger to the Cooke county line is about three miles.
Children desiring Indian style outfits for the Shetland Pony Parade can purchase them at Wilson-Williams Co. The store offers a selection of suitable costumes and accessories for young riders preparing for the event.
A Denton Texas post office list of uncalled letters for the week ending July 11 1909 notes many ladies and gentlemen by name plus postal cards and film letters. Letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office July 25 if not claimed. one cent per letter advertised. Public notice by P M John B Schmitz Curtis Drug advertisement.
A contractor asks prospects if they have had fewer connections and offers to figure a bill. He states he can do the work for less money and invites calls for estimates.
J. D. Alsup, jailed on an assault to murder case in connection with the cutting of a Normal student named Sumner, was released on bond Monday afternoon. Bond set at $750 signed by W. B. McClarkag and W. T. Johnson. S. W. Kanady to bid on oak cord wood contracts at 16 dollars per five cord lots delivered.
The school tax election in Justin was delayed due to irregularities and will be held later. Perry Harmonson of Graham leads a protracted meeting this week with good attendance. Residents visit relatives in Gainesville Mineral Wells and Austin. Grandpa Williams treated at the Pasteur Institute after hydrophobia fears. Local sports saw Drop and Prairie Mount split in a doubleheader, with Drop winning both games as hot winds hurt crops.
A terse classified item repeats ten word blocks for a 20 cent rate per insertion. The text contained garbled place names and partial phrases from a Frederick Oklahoma school listing.
Hatters Cleaners Tailors and Dyers offer a fully equipped dry cleaning plant with sanitary steam pressing and steam dye works. They reblock all hat classes and promise unsurpassed service at lower prices, with delivery and pickup across the city.
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