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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1912
Page
3
Denton notices offer prime delivered produce, a lost bracelet and headlight part, a buggey mare for sale, a team and plow needed, a house and lot for sale, workers wanted for oil field sales, rental listings, peaches for sale, an 18 acre orchard with house and outbuildings and owner contact, and a front headlight part lost with Maxwell automobile.
Help wanted notice for a Denton steam laundry seeking female workers. Also advertises sale of second-hand opera chairs at a bar with contact via Box 712 Denton Texas.
FOR LEASE OR RENT THE Wright Opera House. Terms and particulars see or telephone Mrs. Wm. C. Wright.
100 bushels of peaches offered for sale at 50 cents a bushel at Underwood's Orchard. New phone number 532 289p provided.
High class dressmaking service offered by Mrs T G Caldwell located at 42 East Hickory Street with new phone number 417.
Insurance advertisement from J W Johnson touts fire tornado and accident coverage. States agency has ten strong carriers and pledges correct, prompt, and satisfying service to win new business.
Land offering of 1 1 4 miles from Nerme school with 1 acre Bermuda grass and balance suitable for fruit or truck farming. Priced at 60 dollars per acre with favorable terms at a stated interest rate. Owner M. L. Portwood lists address 164 North Bolivar Street.
Advertisement notes young fat and gentle Shetland ponies suitable for children. Listings include contact Albert Adkisson with new phone number 385. 284efe.
Ad touts exceedingly low rates during hot weather with guaranteed positions for graduates. Claims backing by fifty Draughon colleges and $300,900 capital. Denton Texas.
For sale our lot and building on East McKinney Street with 100 by 330 foot lot and 406 by 110 foot building. Artesian well, city water and sewer connections. Price 1600 dollars. Apply Denton Steam Laundry Co.
Chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs. Best stove and heater wood on the market. Prompt delivery full measure. Arkansas Mill on S Elm street. Both phones.
Help offered for dray work and household goods moving. New phone 110 and old 310 listed for Brownlow and Strickland. Office and barn at 36 East Hickory provided.
Local dray business Parks and Lester promotes first class prompt moving service with two large new moving vans. They advertise household moving as a specialty and list office and residence contact numbers for inquiries.
Concrete walks or brick work offered by A. Bushey. Contact details are not provided.
J M Gurley offers first class cement work at right prices. Estimates available.
J. W. Fralin, dentist, located at South Side Square in the middle of the block upstairs, Denton Texas.
Veterinarians Dr W E Botts and Veterinary Surgeon operate from the Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb block. New phone 70, old 3. Residence phones old 486 and new 132.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in Denton with office over Long and King, covering East West South and North Denton, contact Old Phone 91.
A Yort gold chain and cross between M E church and a car star on Highland street were reported missing Sunday night. Contact phone 391 old phone for information. a reasonable reward will be paid.
For sale at a bargain several good Oliver typewriters offered by J. E. McCabe at the Exchange Bank building 246tTe.
Local ad promotes Moon Bros buggies and carriages sold in Denton for many years. It invites prospective buyers to inspect the Moon Bros products before purchase, claiming lasting customer satisfaction and urging readers to ask past customers.
Land for sale one mile from Normal school. Good level acreage priced at 60 dollars per acre. Terms available. See M L Portwood owner at 164 N Bolivar St.
A list of candidates filed for county offices including positions for Sheriff County Attorney County Superintendent District Clerk Justice Precinct 1 Constable Precinct 1 and County Commissioners for precincts 1 2 and 3 with named individuals such as Alvin M Ossley Tobin Witt Miller McCook Durbin Higgins McCormick Watson Sullivan Kindred Morgan Johnson Riley Cunningham White and others.
Mrs W E Botts is quite sick with appendicitis and gall stones. Mrs C A Natherson of Stroud is a guest of W A Taliaferro. Mrs Robert Cook of Fort Worth visited her sister Mrs Albert Erwin. Mr and Mrs Prince Young visiting Mrs Young's parents in Tioga. Rev and Mrs O T Cooper and Miss Mary Francis returned from Arlington. Misses Myrtis and Mary Parn home from Oklahoma City where teaching. Miss Lula and Libbie Simons of Dallas guests of Mrs F Smith oy Bolivar street. Luther S Hoffman leaves Wednesday morning for Greenville to speak for the Ho Educational fund. Mrs W B McClurkan, Mrs D R Turner and Miss Mae McClurkan visiting Mrs George Niece in Fort Worth. Miss Catherine Gilchrist visiting her uncle Y A Douglass, returned to Willspoint. R L West moved here from McKinney after 10 years there. Rev John Marshal from Aubrey conducted Christian meeting here months ago. Mr and Mrs N B Whitehurst and family leave Wednesday for Big Sandy and Blooming Grove. Mrs Leona Briggs taken to Tioga for severe rheumatism. bed for weeks, sent on a stretcher.
License issued Monday to E Grace and Mes Katherine Ha of Lewisville. The baby of Joe Jones improved from meningitis related bowe trouble. A bright meteor lit the Denton sky Sunday night around 1 AM. Mrs. Herbert M Walden burned in eye by curling iron reported resting easily and safe. Typhoid epidemic near Garza dying out with no new cases. Guy Cornwell improved after illness. Georgia Bain escorted back from Denison to county jail as deputies seized her transport. Fruit wagons flood public square signaling large watermelon cantaloupe crop. A shower fell across Denton county Monday afternoon with dust to heavy rainfall.
In a hurried note, the advertisement points readers to Turner Bros. for a seven item order of groceries. It invites customers to recall number seven and visit the store on the south side of the square.
The article outlines cotton boll weevil challenges and the Farmers Cooperative Demonstration Work promoting crop diversification and home canning. It details Girls' Corn Club origins, expansion to 1910 1912, Denton county participation, and training on hot beds pruning and pest control. A Denton county meeting is planned for late July with prizes for clubs.
Local wheat prices advanced to 3 cents a bushel on Tuesday, up 2 cents from last week as Chicago futures softened to 4 cents. An asthma treatment ad from Frontiers Athma Company promises free trial information from Buffalo New York.
H R Wilson informs Dex County voters he cannot attend scheduled campaign events due to illness and ongoing medical care since July 5. He thanks supporters for their assistance and asks friends to consider his interests in his absence.
An advertisement touts Dr. King's Life Pills claiming to overcome weakness and bad breath to improve complexion breath and spirits. It promises new strength and cheerful disposition for 26 cents from J. F. Raley & Co.
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports the House approved the Beall bill prohibiting cotton futures dealings by a 95 to 25 vote. The measure targets speculative trading and migrates toward tighter market oversight.
COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS THE STATE SCHOOL FOR WOMEN lists four graduation tracks in literary household arts fine and industrial arts and commercial arts plus vocational and short-term trade courses in dressmaking millinery industrial art commercial art and photography. It notes education department courses for teachers of domestic economy and other subjects with state teachers certificates for seniors.
H W Sanders announces continue sale of peaches at 50 cents per bushel at the orchard. Describes fruit as varied size but good quality and mentions Elberta peaches may be offered at the same price. Sanders also notes cantaloupes at 3 for 10 cents.
Watch repairing is a delicate craft requiring high quality parts and careful, expert handling. A trusted repair department performs thorough cleaning, proper lubrication, and timely replacement of worn components, with prompt service and a satisfaction guarantee. Fine engraving available.
A grocery store invites customers to become regular patrons and promises careful prompt attention and consistently fresh groceries from Turner Bros. The message emphasizes appreciation and dependable service.
Public notice of a sheriff sale in Denton county Texas is issued on August 6 1912 under an execution from Ward county district court. The property is one half undivided interest in 200 acres from a 1 3 league grant to the heirs of Robert Beaumont. Descriptions begin at a rock on Beaumont survey and run west then south then east following the Koiner tract line.
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