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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1913
Page
3
Mason notices list meeting dates for Stanfield Lodge No. 217 A F and A M Denton Chapter No. 8 R A M Denton Commandery No. 45 K T and Eastern Star with monthly or biweekly meeting timings around the full moon on various days of each month.
A found animal and a found fountain pen are reported with contact for owners. J. W. Simmons and G. W. Ballard publish items asking owners to describe and claim the belongings by paying the notice fee.
Classified notice listing several rental options. A large front room at 1536 West Hickory is offered along with two rooms for light housekeeping or a whole house at 8 N. Elm. Additional furnished upper rooms for four men include board and contact via phone numbers provided.
A 10 room house available for sale or rent near the Normal campus. See J. Wilson for details.
For sale two Patia gold mules aged three and four years. Price by cash or approved notes. Seller C. E. Malone lists location 112 miles northeast of Denton on Mingo road.
Sale notice for a good second hand ibuggey advertised through P. C. Withers with contact details to inspect and purchase locally.
Easy terms offered for a five room house at 466 North Elms Street Bridgeport Texas. Property sits on a lot 775 by 150 feet. Contact Mac Morrow Route 1 Bridgeport Texas.
For sale or rent a modern ten room house with barn and servants’ house near Normal. Includes electric lights and sewerage with old phone 4198. Also for sale a bay mare and colt. See M B Whitlock. 204tfe
Practical, nearly new complete butcher's outfit listed by C. H. Smith at 41 Ave. B with old phone 586. August 2.
One Babcock Run buggy in good condition offered by Pink Underwood. Also for sale a 34 acre farm about one mile from Aubrey on rural route with telephone line and fine water. Price 700. interested buyers contact R. G. Peipelman, Aubrey, Texas.
Obscure listing notes a sale of a range store in good condition. Mentions Mrs. Lock Forester in Denton with a contact line ending in 299-itwe.
Advertisement offers 20 acres with improvements one half mile north of town plus additional lots and business houses and tote for sale. Contact phone 185 or see L Fulton for details.
Milk cow advertised for sale at 72 South Elm. New contact phone listed as 267 with color code green.
Several short classifieds seek a stolen ladder return from 92 Fry Street, a general housework position, a gentle buggy horse not over seven years old for sale or hire, and a stenographer position with board and schooling wages. Names include P. E. McDonald and P. C. Withers.
Someone carried off a gold handled umbrella with a pearl knob engraved Crane from the company restroom last week. The item is to be returned to Jarrell-Evans Co Denton.
WANTED Solicitor for Den ton county Apply at Room 16 May building. 2980 FOR STORAGE Of household goods at reasonable rates see John B Schmitz Furniture and Gas Stoves.
A notice seeks a white married woman with no children to care for a two person family and assist a mother with a young baby beginning August 1. Applicants should call 319 Red for details and reference 262tfc.
Wording announces a near city cottage rental sought by H. A. Porter of the Denton Cotton Oil Co. The ad requests a four or five room unit that is close in and equipped with modern conveniences, offered at 299¢.
Two strong men offer help with moving trunks by wagon and stairs. Service advertises careful handling and no bumping of items on stairs.
J T Simmons advertises a Jersey bull in service at the McKelvy Wagon Yard on East McKinney Street. The notice promotes groceries and feedstuffs with special attention to country produce and invites local business, listing old and new phone numbers.
A Wichita era ad invites buyers to Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney street to purchase two fine bulls for 50 dollars each. The note also markets a Tiie house and a listing on Lula Street for sale with a new phone contact.
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meats with old phone 212 and new phone 83 for contact.
Henry Kaltruther on East McKinney street offers wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber-tiring and shrinking. Your dray business provides first class service at reasonable rates with household moving as a specialty. Les ter Miles office Lester Sherrod. New phone.
A. R. McGintie lists rental offerings from an office above Wilcot Hann building with old phone 361. Rents available.
Freight Transfer Co offers furniture moving services with attention to day line moves. Contact at the Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak Street for office assistance and insured handling.
Sanitary milk and cream phone numbers updated to new 426 line and old 297 line retained for Portwood and Hodges customers. Contact details indicate ongoing dairy service.
Daag service at reasonable rates offers household moving and specialty moving. Lester and Paschall operate from Fox Bros office with both phones listed.
Local ad lists chop, bran, corn, hay and other feedstuffs with best stove and heater wood. Promises prompt delivery and full measure from Arkansas Mill on S Elm Street. Both phones listed for orders.
W W Billingey offers auto hire with old phone 330 and new phone 448 and provides automobile repairs.
Expert piano tuning service offered by H. E. Starkloff with contact through Schmitz Furniture Store. Advert indicates availability and price reference at 299p.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian operates from Hancock and Son blacksmith shop at 8 Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269 for office. residence old 486. new 132.
An advertisement urges calling 31 for a messenger service run by W A Brashears who will manage accounts for ten percent of money collected. The notice also includes a contact address reference.
M L Martin A B M D physician treats diseases of the eye ear nose and throat. Fitting glasses available. Office located over Ra ley Co. in the downtown area.
Dentists Chas Saunders announces practice location above Long & King beginning February 1. Phone numbers listed for contact.
Dr W A Jones dentist located at West Side Square with W N Rowell D D 8 offering dental services from an office over McCray's on the south side square.
J W Fralin dentist located on South Square middle of block up stairs in Denton Texas advertises dental services to local residents.
Help wanted for scavenger tasks advertised with contact by telephone at number 307.
Concrete walks advertised by J M Gurley, the cement contractor, offering first class work at the right price and inviting estimates.
An advertisement offers brick work and plaster tasks with estimates. Contact A. Bushey using the listed phone numbers for high grade comer and brick work services.
McKinney citizens voted at a mass meeting to back the Katy extension to Denton Texas. Mayor Finch and Senator J R Gough were named to press the case before the Attorney General in Austin and to coordinate with Denton and Greenville leaders.
Miss Eula Drake hosted a country house party near Slidell on Tuesday evening with guests including Miss Hester and Miss Annie McMurray of Denton. Out of town visitors Jones of Hollis Okla Troxall of Rhome Quisenberry and Fortenberry of Greenwood also registered in the guest book.
A brief newspaper card notes fresh vegetables watermelons and cantaloupes offered nearly every day by T. C. Sample with contact by phone 342.
AUSTIN debates a 30 day legislative session with failures to pass key appropriations. The likely result could force a governor veto as lawmakers confront a $2,000,000 gap in funding and budget choices.
Worth S. Ray reports prominent lawmakers fear delays over an appropriation clash. Disputes between the House and Senate over funding, prison debt, and a possible bond issue raise the risk of an extraordinary session. Critics question the penitentiary inquiry and call for clearer reporting and potential clemency recommendations.
The second week of County Court opens with Edwards and Alexander versus A H Harrop still on two notes and slated for trial before a jury including J A Cagle J M Knight C C Whitlock Ashley Davis Z T Kerley and W E Mercer. For the third week the jury list includes E W Stone W A Arnold Hood Cunningham Lee Cate C C Wilkerson R Elkins R T Graham KR D Brooks T M Boyd W R Brannum and T N Phillips.
A Denton citizen J R Dobbs blacksmith 40 S Elm St recounts kidney trouble backache night trips to the toilet and relief after using Doans Kidney Pills. Two boxes cured him. Ad by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents urging readers to remember the Doan's name.
On Saturday five licenses were issued. The pairs include GM Curry of Aubrey with Miss Josie Cunningham of Little Elm, W G Howell of Aubrey with Miss Florence Lawson, J J Whitis with Miss Eva Emma Elsassar of Justin, and Roscoe Gurtin with Miss Mordy Boyd.
All water light and power bills not paid by Monday will be reported to the council for action. 31 W. J. Grady Supt.
Sheriff Orr arrested Delbert Blayn an alleged deserter from the regular army near Frisco Sunday afternoon Blayn was working for J W Fox Sheriff Orr will send him to San Antonio for custody and processing
Corn priced at 40¢ a bushel as a meal for chickens and hogs, imaged by fire or water. Purchaser provides sacks. Vegetables available daily. Alliance Mill advertises supplies and service.
Curtis soda fountain offers egg drinks at 10 cents and egg malted at 15 cents. Milk drinks use milk from a Jersey herd raised on a clean high rolling farm west of town. Milk chocolate and milk shakes are 5 cents. Curtis ice cream is described as high grade Jersey Cream, flavored and frozen.
Construction activity in Denton surges with new homes rising and remodeling underway. Several business buildings are also being erected this season, signaling a notable building boom in the area.
Denton experiences a construction boom with two new stone bank buildings and a West Hickory street brick structure planned for J. D. Hodges. Fourteen to thirteen room boarding houses, remodels, and several eight to eleven room homes are rising citywide, with material on site and completion aimed for the Normal college opening. J. T. Simmons considers two brick business houses near the steam laundry, others list numerous eight to thirteen room residences across North Elm, West Mulberry, West Oak, Avenue A and more, signaling a marked growth in Denton’s business and residential footprint.
John Swartz's Studio advertises cabinet photos for 41.95 with a guarantee of quality. The offer runs through August 1st and is located over the Post Office in Denton Texas.
A 1943 sheriff sale notice in Denton County Texas details an alias execution from Tarrant Court, listing a 175 acre parcel in the Francisco Trevino survey, tied to J P Goodwin. The sale, on the first Tuesday in August 1913, aims to satisfy a $151.30 judgment in favor of E H Ratcliff plus costs.
Prosper meets the Millers in a decisive game at D. A. C. park Tuesday after Prosper seeks to rebound from a recent upset by Millers. Crockett may start on the mound after a 16 strikeout no hit, no run performance against McKinney.
Damaged corn remains usable as feed for poultry and swine though affected by fire or water. Value noted as 40 cents per unit.
A local business promotes its value by focusing on dependable delivery. It urges customers to experience timely, consistent service and invites new clients to test its commitments.
A 125 acre tract in the Jonathan Douthit survey near Denton is levied upon by Constable G H Watson for sale at public auction at the Denton County courthouse on the first Tuesday of August 1913. The property belongs to F C Lanham and is held to satisfy a 1913 judgment in favor of J W Ripy & Son against Lanham.
A Denton County justice court sale is ordered for August 1913 on a property 7 miles northeast of Denton. The land, part of the Jonathan Douthit survey and conveyed to W L Lanham, is offered at public auction to satisfy an execution in favor of J B Wilson Co against F C Lanham.
The Sign of a Good Drug Store emphasizes accurate prescription filing with pure drugs and reasonable prices as proof of trust. It boasts over twelve thousand prescriptions and offers free delivery via phone 52.
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