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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
3
Misscellaneous notice offers peaches for sale at 35 cents a bushel at the orchard Mamie Ross variety 50 cents a bushel. Contact O Q Petty new phone 298 Blue 289. Also buying all kinds of brags iron and rubber at Brownlow cotton yard J Hume.
Denton notices advertise seventy five bushels prime onions for delivery, peaches at the College of Industrial Arts and a sale of 100 bushels Mame Ross peaches at Underwood’s. Also listings for house and lot west of Normal, rental houses, four hustling men wanted to sell lots, and a missing front headlight alert.
High class dressmaking by Mrs T G Caldwell located at 42 East Hickory Street with a new phone number 417.
Local agency advertises multiple insurance options including fire, tornado, and accident coverage. J. W. Johnson invites clients to trust ten strong companies and promises prompt, satisfactory service.
Market note lists peaches priced at 50 cents at Orr CharD with small quality good. Item appears under local grocery listing with brief tag line and price.
SHETLAND PRONIES FOR SALE young fat and renue for children. ALBERT ADKISSON New phone 385. 284¢sc SPECIAL WE ARE GIVING exceedingly low rates during the hot weather. We guarantee posi tions to graduates. Investigate. We ae backed by fifty Draughon Col leges and $306,006 capital. DRAUGHON'S BUSINESS COL LEGE Denton Texas is FOR SALE OUR LOT AND building on East McKinney street for 100x330 building 40x110 ar resin well city water and sewer connections price $1609 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 S Elm Street. Both phones.
Brownlow Strickland offers dray work and household moving with two large moving vans. Office and barn at 36 East Hickory, New phone 110, old 310. Parkes and Lester advertise with office and residence phones to arrange first class prompt service at reasonable rates.
J M Gurley, a cement contractor, offers concrete side rails or brick work. Get estimates for quality work at the right price.
Dr W E Botts operates as veterinarian and veterinary surgeon in Denton, with an office at Lipscomb block connected to Denton Transfer Co. and a listed contact with Newphone 70 and old phone 314. Residence numbers show old 486 and new 132.
A R McGintie operator of the Old Phone 9 office above Long and King advertises furnished rooms for rent in East West South and North Denton.
Denton Transfer Co offers fast baggage transfer and hack services from Walnut Street. New phone 70, old 34, with W A Brashears as manager and Hamilton Yeatts' office listed.
Notice seeks workers for odd jobs at unspecified location. Call numbered contact for opportunities and pricing about tasks described as general labor.
For sale several advertising scholarships to the Draughop Business College at a bargain. See George J. Roark. 157tfe.
Help wanted notice for dressmaking and plain sewing tasks by Mrs H Luckett located 89 North Locust Street. Short classified ad mentions a20c.
Democratic primary action in July may affect candidate claims. R Cable of Montague and James R Wiley of Montague County seek support in the State Senate 31st District race.
A local announcement lists candidates for county offices including Alvin M Owsley for county judge H Hoskin for county assessor F E Tobin C F Prank Witt E E Miller J M Gary C L Lane J K Meekelvy for county treasurer D M Reeve J G Gun W F Egan J W Nelson for tax collector H V Hennen Sam Hawkins For county clerk ooo yt Button For sheriff W C Orr WWW G Fry N C Batis For county attorney HR Wilson Geo M Hoplin G Key for county superintendent J J McCook For district clerk W E Durbin S T Higgins
In county court little business has been done since Wednesday as lawyers focus on campaigning. One plea of guilty on the criminal docket: Mont Maxwell admitted theft of a pair of spurs, receiving a sentence of one day in jail and a $5 fine.
The College of Industrial Arts offers nine buildings including a new Household Arts and Science building with dormitories and a hospital. It provides nine curricula from literary to commercial arts plus vocational short courses in dressmaking and photography. Tuition is free and quarters begin September 24 and other dates. address President W. B. Bizzell, Denton, Texas.
A parade of acquaintances visit and travel across Texas towns including Fort Worth Sherman Corsicana Galveston and Dallas as locals report arrivals departures and family visits. Notables include A A Abney Ada Kinead Walter Latimore Hazel Phillips Estelle Armstrong and others with updates on Crops weather and a John W. Marshall lecture tour.
Abandonment of the Democrat filibuster in the Senate allowed business to start with a rush. The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up and an effort will be made to pass it with little debate.
In San Diego county a man identified as Leborad Flores and a woman named Pilar Lopez were found dead on a ranch forty miles southwest of the city. Both victims died of gunshot wounds with one victim killed by a shotgun blast and the other by a rifle. The couple had been keeping company, and no witness accounts of the shooting are reported.
The ad touts careful selection of reliable cigar brands and storage facilities. It notes five brands of outstanding quality and a Saturday sale offering La Marca cigars at 3 for 25 cents with a limit of fifty per customer.
Mrs. Pitman, 71, celebrated her birthday and remains the oldest music teacher in Denton. She is in good health, can manage housework, and still conducts her music class.
J M Gurley builds a six room bungalow on Bell Avenue at about 1800 dollars. Judge W W Grubbs plans a July 24 speech for his Congressman at large bid. The infant of W D Boyles of Garza dies and is buried in Garza cemetery. Majestic theater promotes Scott's Lady of the Lake as this Saturday’s feature. Auto numbers issued include Hudson 213, Smith 214, Cureton 215. Old Settlers reunion set for August 23 24 promises top county picnic. Lode Elbert injured when horse spooked and wheels ran over him but injuries are not serious. C M Cureton promoting his bid for Congressman at large with a courthouse address. W W Shepard reports crop conditions across western county are good with threshing nearly finished and rain last Monday aided wheat harvest expected by mid next week.
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