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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1912
Page
3
Allaneo nious nice peaches for sale 35c a bushel at orchard Mamie Ross rarety 50c a bushel O Q Petty new phone 298 Blue 289 will buy all kinds of brass iron and rubber See me at Brownlow cotton yard J Hume
Denton postings show farm produce and services available. 75 bushels of prime peaches with delivery on short notice from O P Taylor. J W Ellison advertises peaches and delivery in city. W H Guyse sells house and lot west of Normal. Caddo Lake Oil and Gas seeks four salesmen in Denton County. L Fulton rents houses. Lost headlight fragment from Maxwell car. Wight Opera House lease offers. Mie Ross peaches 50c per bushel at Underwood's orchard. Fox Bros and Denton Steam Laundry ads included.
Mrs T G Caldwell offers high class dressmaking services at 42 Fe Hickory Street with new phone number 417. She advertises refined work for discerning clients.
A local insurance notice promotes J. W. Johnson offering comprehensive coverage for fire tornado and accident risks with ten solid companies and a pledge of prompt, satisfactory service.
A brief ad notes peaches priced at 50 cents per unit at a local orchard run by B. L. Tanner. The short listing emphasizes small, quality fruit and locations near 289.
SHETLAND PONIES FOR SALE young fat and gentile for children Albert Adkisson New phone 785 284 to SPECIAL WE ARE GIVING exceedingly low rates during to hot weather We guarantee portions to graduates Investigate We are backed by fifty Draughon Colleges and $200 000 capital Draughon s Business College Denton Texas FOR SALE OUR LOT AND BUILDING on East McKinney street for 100x230 building 40x110 artesian well city water and sewer connections price 1600 Apply Denton Steam Laundry Co
Local advert promotes chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs with stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery full measure from ARKANSAS MILL located on S Elm Street. Both phones listed for contact.
Brownlow and Trickland advertise drayage and moving services with new phone 110 and old phone 319. Office at end of barn, 36 East Hickory. tf
Mov ing van service advertised for household moves by PARK & LESTER. Office phones 342 and residence numbers 1613-3r eld or 381.
If you want concrete sidewalk brick work let me figure with you. J M Gurley is a cement contractor offering first class work at right price. Get estimates.
ENTIOT Dr. W. A Jones operates as a dentist at West Side Square, offering dental care services from a downtown location.
J W Fralin dentist located on South Side Square in the middle of the block in Denton Texas promotes his dental services to local residents.
A veterinary office in Denton announces a phone number change and new contact plan. The notice references Dr W Be Botts and the Lipscom mock transfer service with updated telephones and old numbers retired.
Autos for hire listed for W. W. Bil Kingsley and A. R. McGintie with old and new phones. McGintie office location over Long & King rents furnished rooms in East West South and North Denton.
Denton Transfer Co advertises quick messenger service for hacks or baggage with new phone 70 and old 34. The stable is on Walnut Street and W A Rprashears, manager, operates from Hamilton and Yeatte’s office.
Classified note seeks individuals to perform scavenger work. contact number 307 provided for inquiries.
Several advertising scholarships offered for sale to Draughop Business College. Buyer to contact George J. Roark at 157tfe for details.
Wanted dressmaking and plain sewing by Mrs H Luck Ett at 8 9 North Locust St. A Thoroughbred Jersey cow with heifer calf for sale by A D Miller at 73 W Sycamore. Good seven room house for rent near Grand Leader by L E Kinard. Bargain sale of several Olver typewriters by J E McCabe at Exchange Bank building.
Note that announcements under this head wait on the democratic primary in July. The gentlemen named are subject to investigation of their clause and support for State Senate 31st District R. L. Cable of Montague and James R. Wiley of Montague County.
A slate listing candidates for county and district offices includes Alvin M Owsl ey for local representative, B H Hoskin E for county judge, F E Tobin for assessor, C F Witt E (Prank) Witt E E and M Gary for treasurer, J K McKelvy for county treasurer, D M Reeve for tax collector, Virgil Hennen Hawkins for county clerk, W C Orr and W Fry for sheriff, H R Wilson for county attorney, J J McCook for superintendent, W E Durbin and T Higgins for district clerk, and George Watson C C Sullivan Granville Kindred for justice precinct No 1, with John F Morgan for commissioner precinct No 1 and J B Johnson G W Riley for commissioner precinct No 2 and Fred Cunningham for commissioner precinct No 3.
The college presents four main tracks including literary and household arts plus commerce and industrial arts with short-term trade options in dressmaking and photography. It details nine buildings, a dormitory, hospital, demonstration cottage, labs, a faculty of twenty-one, quarterly start dates, and free tuition with affordable expenses. Address President W B Birgell at Derton Texas for a catalogue.
Local items report Fort Worth and Amarillo visits, family travel, and health updates, with names such as A Dowdell F F Hill H T Stewart and others. A lengthy citation by publication for Otis Miller King et al is issued in Denton County to appear in the 6th Monday in July 1912 in suit No. 5523 seeking title clearing on a 40 acre tract with multiple clouding claims and heirs.
The State of Texas issues a general publication summons to unknown heirs and legatees of multiple deceased individuals in Denton County. Plaintiff seeks to quiet title to three tracts in the Bernard Davis and Morton surveys, claiming clouded titles from fragmented chain of title, lost deeds, and past judicial partitions. The notice requests appearance at the next Denton District Court term beginning August 19, 1912, to answer petition No. 5526 and for judgment to quiet title and remove clouded interests.
Local readers scan the advertising columns of the Den ton paper as creatures of commerce respond to ads. Merchants rely on classified listings to connect with customers and drive sales throughout the week.
Farmers urged to plow fall small grain land deeply and bed low, wet fields, harrow topsoil to keep moisture, sow rust resistant wheat and oats in August to November, and maintain mulch to absorb rains for a strong fall and winter pasture and a robust spring crop. Henry Exall, President of the Texas Industrial Congress.
Mrs M Stum mers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment to help children with bedwetting and lifelong urine difficulties. No money needed, just write for full instructions and guidance for mothers. The ad targets parents and claims adults may benefit too.
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