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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1913
Page
4
Health Officer Piner says Denton has no spit ting ordinance and plans one if supported. He urges passage at the next meeting and cites a milk ordinance need after a typhoid linked to non sanitary dairy products from outside the city.
Local notes report Bob E Drake recovering from fever, high school campers at Club Lake, normal team traveling to Decatur, Katy dining price rise to 75 cents, land sale near Carroll Park, and a Tuesday mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce for clean-up plans. Also covered are street lake dispute settlement, exams at the Normal, upcoming commencements, hot weather, class invitations, a fight resulting in a gash, a watermelon supper for the Alliance Mill team, arrests in Dallas, a sandstorm and rains near Denison, bridge work west of the Experiment Farm, and a 19 year old jailed for alleged attempted assault on Mrs Gretg Guthrie with details of the affray.
An old newspaper item notes a studio located over a post office and an advertisement by John Post Cards offering items for $1.00 at the Fad Swartz.
Denton official Hon J W Sullivan spoke against Amendent No 48 Saturday night to a representative audience. Miss Margaret Lord left for Saune min Illinois to visit a friend. The hotel walls razed after a previous fire. a corner brick is planned to be erected.
Damaged corn suitable for poultry feed available at Alliance Mill at 40 cents a bushel. Purchaser must furnish sacks.
Paul Mathulka of Buffalo N Y calls Dr Kings New Life Pills the King of all laxatives and a blessing to his family. The ad urges readers to get a box and get well and notes a price of 25 cents. Recommended by J F Raley & Co.
Minneapolis J I Case and Hart-Parr representatives visited Monday with gasoline powered graders eight to twelve feet wide. They demonstrated on dirt near the Turner farm, and the county may purchase one of the three machines after the event.
Don’t worry over groceries we provide complete service with full time business support. Call 44 Long and King to place orders for Pork and Beans priced 10 and 15 cents. Try one and see Turner Bros. produce.
A vintage advertisement promises to rid children of worms and restore health using Kickapoo Worm Killer, a candy lozenge. It cites Mrs. J. A. Brisbin of Elgin Illinois praising long-term use and notes availability from druggists or by mail at 25 cents from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
Advisory note emphasizes proper prescription filling to aid doctors. It promises fresh pure drugs, careful compounding by experienced staff, and delivery across the city at no extra charge.
Asthma treatment claim invites at home cure with trial and full information at no charge. Contact Frontier Asthma Company Room 102 Buffalo to learn more.
A union gathering by the Methodists and Presbyterians started in Krum on Sunday with strong attendance and keen interest. Rev. Shawvers of the Krum M. E. church and Rev. Binyon of Sanger lead the two-week meeting.
A short notice describes fine feed for chickens and hogs available with furnishing sacks. The item implies delivery or sale terms and access to animal feeds for farm use.
An ad from The Jewel Store urges customers to buy freezers and coolers to beat the heat and save money. It touts dependable, even the best appliances and emphasizes their value during hot days.
Miss Lee Williams hosts a Tuesday morning bridge party in Denton for Miss Mary Williams of Fort Worth visiting the city.
Monday night at the Normal auditorium features a debate on the initiative and referendum with G E Linville and P R Hill for the affirmative and R A Counts and R A Fabian for the negative. The program includes a Normal chorus, an opening address by B F Tunnell, a Madonna at Paris monologue, Miss Lucille Prim, and a chorus finale. Also offered is a baby photo deal and post card sale by John Swartz with prices listed.
Local ad announces Denton County watermelons available at Turner Bros with a 40 cent price and sale good until August 1. Also offering poultry feed and hog feed, cabinet photos by John Swartz Studio near the Post Office, and a $1.95 portrait service with guaranteed quality.
Travel offer from Denton Texas to Fowlerton LaSalle County promising abundant crops without irrigation. Highlights include monthly schedules July 22 to July 23, land at 35 dollars per acre, easy payments, and claims of high yields with and without irrigation. Contact J H McAnear at City Hotel Denton for details.
Damaged corn by fire or water remains usable as feed for poultry and swine, priced at 40 cents.
Wanted for three weeks beginning August 1 for a white married lady without children to keep house for a family of two and to wait on a mother with a young baby. New phone 319 Red. 292tfc.
The notice reflects a postponement of a great event in the lives of a boy and girl, despite adversity and a crafty syndicate, with the event eventually occurring in pomp.
Wilbur Emmett, a banker, calls off his engagement to socialite Beryl Ross and marries Fern Bareley. Beryl trickily invites the new wife to a whist party, causing her to lose all her money and struggle to raise funds to repay a loan.
Noel Burton and Antonio Morelio contend for Annette in a days of forty nine tale. A Mexican lender holds a large ranch mortgage and presses debt repayments. The young American intervenes to save Annette and the ranch at a critical moment.
The report lists many arrivals and travels in the Denton area. Residents from Dallas Fort Worth Wichita Falls and Decatur visit families here while local officials and clergy attend meetings weddings and baptisms. Notable items include threshing updates and a road improvement contract in Pilot Point as well as travel plans to Cameron N M and Justin.
Turner Bros promotes fresh vegetables available daily at their store near 44 Long and King. The notice invites customers to visit for a reliable supply.
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