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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1913
Page
3
Masonic notices list Stanfield Lodge No. 217 meets on or before full moon each month. Denton Chapter 80 meets first Tuesday monthly. Denton Commandery No. 45 meets second Tuesday monthly. Eastern Star meets Thursday on or before the full moon each month.
Local notice says a red pig is found and owner should come quickly to claim it. J. W. Simmons of West Oak Street issued the notice and promises payment.
Reward offered for return of a gold watch lost between Denton and Gribble Springs. Notify this office with details to claim a reward.
G. W. Ballard offers ownership of a Zound fountain pen in exchange for describing and paying for this notice.
Nice large front room at 158 West Hickory and two rooms for light housekeeping or entire house at 84 N Elm. Old phone 565 advertises furnished upstairs rooms for four young men with table board. contact via old phone 565.
Classified item notes a 10 room house for sale or rent near the Normal campus, with contact through R. J. Wilson for details and arrangements.
FOR SALE GOOD SECOND HAND buggy. See P. C. Withers. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FRESH milk cows. J. M. Taylor, up FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN EASY terms 5 room house lot 775x150 feet 466 North Elim street Mac Morrow Route 1 Bridgeport Texas 302¢
For sale or rent a modern ten room house with a barn and servants' house near Normal. Includes electric lights and sewerage. Old phone 19% with number 307.
For sale note offers to purchase a mare and related costs. Contact M. B. Whitlock at 294tfe for details.
COMPLETE BUTCHER'S OUTFIT, practically new. C. H. SMITH, 41 Ave. B, old phone 586. Aug2it FOR SALE-14 34-acre farm about one mile of Aubrey, on rural route and telephone line. Fine water, good improvements. Price $700, if you act at once. R. G. Peipelman, Aubrey, Aubrey, Texas. 2909d-itwe.
Mrs. Lock Forester of Denton advertises a range store item in good condition for immediate sale. Contact details incomplete and unclear.
Advertises 20 acres with improvements one half mile north of town for sale. Also offers additional lots and business houses and lots for sale. Contact phone 183 or see L Fulton for details.
Property listing offers a fresh Jersey milk cow for sale located at 72 South Elm. Contact details provided with a new phone number 267-green.
WANTED GOOD GENTLE buggy horse under seven years old. P. C. Withers. 2951fe. WANTED POSITION AS STENOGRAPHER with board and schooling this fall. New phone 144 white. 299p te. WANTED SOLICITOR FOR DENTON COUNTY apply at Room 16 May building. 208¢. FOR STORAGE Of household goods at reasonable rates see John B Schmitz Furniture and Gas Stoves.
The notice offers work to any family able to pick a bale of cotton daily. Inquiries directed to Fox Brothers & Co. and payment for the advertisement are requested.
Wanted for three weeks starting August 1 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.
Fresh and tender meats offered by Frank Wilkerson Meat Market with old phone 212 and new phone & contact details. Includes mention of market services and local shop presence in the community.
Two strong men available from Skiles Transfer to move your trunks. They handle stairs without bumping your items and offer reliable hauling service for local moves.
J T Simmons advertises groceries and feedstuffs at the McKelvy Wagon on East McKinney Street with Jersey bull in service and country produce emphasis. Old phone 474 and new 266 listed for contact. Also notices a cottage for rent by King A Bowen at Record and Chronicle office after six p.m.
The notice advertises two Jersey bulls for sale at Locknane’s wagon yard on East McKinney Street near the square with season price of $1.50 cash. Also offers a house and lot for sale on Lula Street and provides a new phone contact 350.
McKelvy and Car Baugh advertise dairy services on McKinney Street Wagonyard offering Jersey bull in service and milk cow trading with exchange options.
Classified notice from H. A. Porter of Denton Cotton Oil Co seeking a four or five room cottage close in with modern conveniences available for rent. Contact through company listing 2996.
Henry Kaltruther offers wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber-tiring and shrinking on East McKinney Street. Dray service with first class moving at reasonable rates. Les ter & Miles office Ter & Sherrod. New phone.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in the Texas area. Office over Wilson Hanns with old phone 861. Listings include rent for North South West and East sectors.
When you want a good piece of fresh meat call Ben Sullivan. New phone 29, old phone 385. Free delivery from West Side square.
Freight Transfer Co offers furniture moving services from West Oak Street. Call for attention to any item in the drag line and get special handling for transfers.
Sanitary milk and cream services direct customers to Portwood and Hodges with new phone 426 and old phone 297 for inquiries.
Lester and Paschall advertise moving services at reasonable rates with emphasis on household moves as their specialty. Contact Fox Bros for phones.
Arkansas Mill on S Elm St offers chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs with prompt delivery. Best stove and heater wood available and full measures provided. Both phones listed.
W W Billingsley offers auto repair services and car hire. Former phone 330, new number 448 indicates ongoing business service for automobiles.
Expert piano tuning services advertised by H E Starkloff with contact through Schmitz Furniture Store. Services include tone restoration and keyboard care for pianos.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian operates at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop S Elm Lipscomb block. New phone 269. Residence 486 old replaced by 132.
W A Brashears offers quick messenger service to handle accounts for 10 percent of money collected. Contact details not provided.
Dr M L Martin A B MD operates an ophthalmology otolaryngology practice over Ra Ley Co. deals with eye ear nose throat diseases and fitting glasses in a local office setting.
Dentist Chas Saunders announces an office move to the premises over Long & King after February 1st. Phone contact listed as 2s.
Dr W A Jones of West Side Square and W N Rowell D D S over McCray's on the south side of the square announce dental offices.
J. W. Fralin announces dental services on the south side square in the middle of the block in Denton Texas.
Help wanted for scavenger tasks calling phone number 307 to arrange work.
J M Gurley offers first class concrete walk services at fair prices with prompt estimates and reliable workmanship.
Old phone listing offers new phones and invites all customers to see the builder for an estimate on high grade comer and brick work.
The Comptroller has received an application for a charter for the State National Bank of Decatur with $50,000 capital. The applicants are Guinn Williams J. A. Simmons E. P. Gibson A. Y. Leslie and W. B. Harrison.
Sunday school at First Presbyterian Church 9 45 a m and Westminster League meeting at 6 30 p m announced for Sunday.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 a m with W W Baxter as superintendent and a prayer meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesdays.
Rev J W Caldwell pastor conducts Bible school at 9 45 with E D Criddie Supt Junior Endeavor at 4 p m Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 15 p m Services held morning and evening every Sunday.
Church of Christ at Pearl and Bolivar holds Bible classes from 10:00 to 11:00 a m. Sermons at 11:00 a m and 7:45 p m delivered by C E Wooldridge.
Sunday school begins 9 30 a m with J H Legett as superintendent Sunbeams meet 3 30 p m Junior and Senior B Y P U at 5 and 6 45 p m respectively Connor a Fort Worth Seminary professor will preach at both services Young people's meetings follow usual hours.
Sunday school will be held at 9 45 with M L Williams as Superintendent Senior League meets at 715 No morning service due to the pastor preaching the baccalaureate sermon at the Normal college Rev F O Miller of the North Texas Conference will preach at 7 15 pm The Senior Ep worth League missionary service is conducted by Miss Bettie Bridges at 7 15 pm A cordial welcome for all
Sunday services at 41 and 8 45 feature morning message The Cause and Right Use of Dreams and evening sermon The Oath of Allegiance to the Kingdom of God. Choirs led by Mrs Hilger and Miss Ballard, Junior C E overseen by P E McDonald, Senior League led by George Kerby.
A Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles and dissolves gravel. It purports to treat diabetes, rheumatism, and back pain in men and women and regulate child bladder issues. One bottle, two months’ treatment, offered by mail for 1 cent, with testimonials by Dr. E W Hall of St Louis.
Damaged corn accepted for animal feed despite fire or water exposure offered at 40 cents a bushel at Alliance Mill purchaser must provide sacks for loading.
T. F. Jasper recounts a visit to Buckhorn Saloon in San Antonio with Ed Hawk, questioning the value of its £100,000 horn collection and its potential influence on young men toward vice. He plans to visit the Alamo and missions, Army Post, and Hot Wells, promising further notes.
Mrs Jessie Sharp of Columbia Tennessee testifies she suffered from persistent womanly troubles and fatigue until taking Cardui. She says the tonic steadied her nerves and restored health, noting it strengthens the worn-out system and aids in housework and daily life. The ad invites women to write for special introductory offers and a 4 page booklet.
A large Denton crowd watched the balloonist known as Little Prank by Seay Cranfill Co. ascend to about a thousand feet at Carroll Park. The parachutist then dropped seventy five to one hundred feet before the chute opened, then repeated the feat with a second parachute. The balloon drifted north toward the C I A area, and officials planned a repeat performance Saturday afternoon.
Pleasant candy tozenge expels worms and relieves symptoms in children. Mrs. J. A. Brisbin of Elgin Illinois testifies she used Kickapoo Worm Killer for years and rid her children of worms. Guaranteed. All druggists or by mail. Price 25c. Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
Birth reported for Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Calvert a boy born July 15. Local social notes list Mrs. Will Hallen returning from a two week visit with relatives, accompanied by her mother who will spend the summer there. Several visits among Calvert, Henry, Jeter, and Foster families noted around Denton and Joshua.
John Swartz's Studio advertises cabinet photos over Postoffice in Denton Texas. Prices start at $1.95 with a guarantee of quality and quick lead time quoted as good.
The petition by J B Baker of Argyle Denton County Texas asks for a full discharge from all provable debts under bankruptcy laws. A court order sets a hearing for August 26 1913 in Sherman Texas with publication in the Denton Record and Chronicle.
A Fort Worth loan company advertises strong Texas backing and quick farm land loans. The lender claims readiness to arrange large or small loans and urges applicants to act promptly for fast cash on farm properties.
Large crowds filled the Princess moving picture show for Friday nights benefit hosted by the City Federation. Early receipts and final totals were not yet reported as Saturday morning. more tickets were sold for a Thursday Airdome benefit, with funds to cover cleanup expenses.
An advertisement claims every home with a baby should have Mc GEE S BABY ELIXIR to treat sour stomach wind colic diarrhoea and summer complaint. The remedy is advertised as wholesome with no opium morphine or injurious drug and priced 25 or 50 cents per bottle sold by R H Garrison.
Frisco reports from July 22 noting Dr J S Rogers in Houston and Sid Duncan moved to Fort Worth for appendicitis surgery with his brother Dr Douglas Duncan. Ruby Newman visits Mrs Sam Rose. Mrs Joe Wade dies leaving six children. Miss Lena Boyd visits Mrs Lee Hays. several locals travel to Fort Worth Dallas and Falls County. The Christian church held an ice cream supper.
A drug store advertises its prescription department as a measure of quality noting over twelve thousand prescriptions filled, offering accurate, pure drugs at reasonable prices with free delivery and telephone contact.
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