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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
3
Lost item advertised with a reward request. Mentions Portwood Hodges phones 426 and old 297 for contact. Also notes Skiies Transfer offering packing and moving services with two strong men, and John B. Schmitz Furniture and Undertaking listing with phone numbers.
Classifieds show multiple items for sale or trade including rural and city properties on North East Street and North Locust, several Elm Street lots, and a 891 1-4 acres site six miles north of Krum. Also exchange offer near Krum, Buick Model 16 for sale, a five room house, white Indian runner eggs, and dairy cows. Contact details include T. E. Berry and Denton Salt Company.
Classified notices list several requests for furnished rooms for light housekeeping with gas, and a call to respond to a local contact. Also note openings for a white or color woman to help with cooking and washing, and a farm purchase on shares. An assignee sale of Mecca cafe in Denton is announced for a Saturday.
The district attorney Stetheimer travels the path of a bribery scheme and continuances to derail Jeremiah Patton’s trial. Mason and partners seek to influence Missouri and federal action while a courtroom drama unfolds with an unexpected acquittal.
Come to Will Locknane s wagon yard near East McKinney Street to view two fine Jersey cows, one black and one fawn, priced at 1.50 cash season. Also offering a house and lot on Lula Street for sale with a new phone number 250.
Bray Business emphasizes first class household moving at reasonable rates. Lester and Paschall are listed with Fox Bros Beth phones, indicating local agents or contact points for the service.
Local Arkansas mill advertises best stove and heater wood, prompt delivery and full measure. It notes a power wood saw is available to support their wood business and lists contact at 5 Elm Street with both phones.
Henry Kaltreuther on East McKinney Street offers wood work, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring and shrinking. Freight Answer Co provides office at Kincaid Wagon Yard, West Oak Street with two phones. Moving furniture and drag line tasks receive special attention.
Jersey bull in service advertised by McKelvy and Car Baugh McKinney Street Wagonyard listing dairy stock services with registered approval and contact details for sale inquiries.
Classified note for G Schablow sky Shoemaker at back of Denton steam bakery on north side. Denton’s eldest shop adone by night 7 4.
Veterinary office listed at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop with new phone 269 and old number 486. Residence address provided in the Lipscomb block area near Elm and S&J streets.
W. W. Billingsley offers auto hire services and repairs. Old phone 2309, new phone 4428 listed for contact.
Brief note promoting quick messenger service calling 31 to arrange fast delivery in Washington state Braehears N.B. offers to look after accounts for zero percent of money collected.
Dr M L Martin AB MD treats diseases of the eye ear nose and throat at his office in Raleigh. The terse notice lists his credentials and practice location, indicating medical services available to patients in need of specialist care.
CHAS SAUSTDERS DENTIST Office over Lome & King after Feb. telephone numbers. W A ONES DENTIST West Side Square. W N ROWELL D.D.S. Office over McCrear's South Side Square. J W FRELIN DENTIST South Side Square next to lock swap stairs Denton Texas.
An old classified fragment shows an advertisement for expert piano tuning services. The ad mentions tuning by a practitioner with stylized branding and a contact line, though details appear garbled. The note hints at professional piano maintenance offerings for local customers.
M. Bersan at 75 McKinney Street offers repair or recovery of umbrellas, parasols, and all kinds of textile goods. Buy secondhand clothing available through the shop.
Despite rough OCR, a fragment suggests an ad seeking scavenger workers with a numbered listing and fragmented contact note. The readable bits indicate a basic labor opportunity without clear dates or company names.
A concrete contractor ad offers first pass at right price with estimates. Old phone 579 and new phone 931 listed. A Bushey signs for high grade work and invites inquiries for estimates.
Federal court action filed by bondholders seeks final decree in the receivership of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad and to enable sale. A new company to purchase the Orient road is being formed.
The sheriff is commanded to publish notice of final account filed by W. L. McCormick administrator for the estate of Giles Chsum deceased. Interested parties must appear at the Denton County Court July term beginning July 21, 1913 to contest discharge. May 26, 1913. C. T. Button County Court. Denton County. J. Edwards Deputy.
Jeremiah Patton died of pneumonia at the Dresden hospital while Belmont Lane, confronted with an extradition writ, shot himself in the Gross Herzog von Wildenheim hotel entresol in Berlin. The New York arrival details reveal Patton in the U S consul’s custody.
A medical expert urges readers to drink three pints of plain water daily to maintain healthy skin, blood quality, and joints. He warns tea coffee and alcohol as harmful and notes two pints lost through breath and about one pint via bodily processes, with six half pint servings spread through the day.
A travel anecdote details a makeshift Syrian railway incident where travelers use a flag and guard to ride and are guided by a camp follower, ending with honey fed by a porter. The second item is a public citation notice from Denton Texas issued by Clerk W. E. Durbin for a divorce suit between Ione Beck and R F Beck.
Mrs. George Simg died at Pritchet the latter part of the past week. Her body was shipped here for burial Sunday at Belew cemetery. Prof S J McGinnis attends the Normal at Devon. The special school tax election carried Tuesday by 54 to 22. Aubrey Independent school district is assured of a nine months school with four teachers.
Mollie Peter executrix has filed her final account and application for discharge in the Denton County Court. Interested parties must appear to contest at the July term 1918 starting July 21 in Denton Texas. O J Button, Clerk. J R Edwards, Deputy.
Sunday theatricals in 1631 faced punishment for a private performance at the bishop of Lincoln's house in London. Puritans investigated the affair and punished Bottom actor Mr Wilson with public stocks and an ass head, as he recited a contrived moral about his beastly act. The column also mentions a store classified in Den and reader replies to ads.
An Eastman Kodak agent promotes Kodaks Brownie cameras and supplies to preserve summer outings. The copy highlights the vest pocket Kodak as compact and story telling, and invites readers to view stock and request a catalogue.
The State of Texas issues citations by publication in Denton County District Court and County Court actions. The notices name defendants such as W H Long and Will Williams colored, and describe promissory notes, attachments, and land partition lawsuits with dates, docket numbers, and procedural details for the next court terms.
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