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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
3
Classified notice seeking a suitable building for rent near Normal, Illinois. Includes contact for W A Wilson at 105 Sycamore and notes possession terms and rent affordability. Also a separate line requests office work for a lady, with reply to this office.
Pearl Ma Han at 200 West Sycamore provides English and Latin coaching for regular students.
Lease notice for the Wight Opera House with terms and contact details. Reading indicates inquiries by telephone to Mrs Wright for rental arrangements.
Classified notice lists rooms and houses for rent. Mr Davis at 61 North Elm, a six room house with electric lights at 2666. A five room house with bath and halls in West End near Oak Street. Office records indicate rental listings.
Several advertising scholarships offered for sale at a bar team George J. Roark 157th. For rent house near high school building A Logan Hart by reliable firm. Ener jades or gentlemen for local traveling salesmen required. Local 31.75 per day traveling $4 per day plus expenses. Call City Hotel Room 5.
House and lot with furniture offered by J. A. Cagle. Two story residence on West Street listed for 4800 dollars. Contact new phone 212e.
Classified notices list a for sale property on McKinley Street with artesian well and utilities, a wagon yard or livery business potential, a four passenger auto for exchange, and a binder job request by J Simon. Also mentions insurance fire tornado accident phrases and a Denton Steam Laundry Co remark.
Two story 50 by 80 warehouse on north side of square. Contact J Wilson old phone 74. Also a 320 acre farm near Krum with good soil and water, northwest of Krum. Quick sale at low price. Contact J E McCabe Ange Bank building. Special low rates for graduates from Draughon’s College in Denton.
The West Side Square notices a clean shop with good barbers inviting customers to visit E. M. Wood Barber Shop for grooming services.
Denton ads list dray and moving services including DRAYMEN and Denton Transfer Co. H M Jorrison and Parks & Lester advertise prompt service with two large moving vans. Phone numbers 116 and 310 for Rownlow & Strickland, 70 and 4 for Denton Transfer Co. Offices listed at 36 East Hickory and 342 and 1613 for Parks & Lester.
Advertisement noting J L Waldrip at Lacy Blacksmith shop offers first class woodwork using best materials and reasonable prices. Located at 166¢.
Dr W A Jones dentist located at West Side Square and J W Fralin dentist on South Side Square middle of block upstairs in Denton Texas also Wes Jack lawn mowing and yard work advertise contact via old phone 3738.
Local retailer advertises a wide range of sizes for clothing and gear with a bold invitation to view the selection and secure the best prices. No specific products or prices are listed in the readable text.
Dr W E Botts veterinary surgeon announces new contact numbers for office and residence with Denton Transfer Co listed as associated. Old phones 3 and 486 replaced by new lines 76 and 21s. The notice identifies a relocation of livecom flock related services.
W W Billingsley offers auto hire services with old phone 3530 and new phone 1458 for local rentals and chauffeurs.
A notice seeking anyone interested in scavenger work, with contact number 307 for calls.
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS for sale Fawn and White 2 per setting of 13 Pure White 5 per setting of 13 May June and July best months for hatching ducks See Will Michell Mitchell's Barber Shop
The United Daughters of the Confederacy at 08 North Elms Street held a Friday meeting with good attendance. The group changed its meeting from the third Friday to the fourth Tuesday to avoid conflicts with other clubs. A hostess was presented a cut glass dish for long service as secretary. Program included poems, readings, music, and a discussion on secession led by Mrs. Durbin. Refreshments followed.
Dr. M. J. Martin was in Dallas and Fort Worth yesterday. Several residents including Will Roark of Mangum Oklahoma and Mrs. Chas Taylor of Palmer visited Denton relatives. Noah Roark, assistant county attorney, came from Dallas. James Potts visited Commerce to see a very ill relative. Various locals guests and visitors are named as well as upcoming speaking tours linked to Hogg University fund support.
Mrs K C Caldwell offers high class dressmaking at 42 E Hickory St with new phone 417.
Turner Bros promotes their potato dips with an invitation to try them on the next order highlighting new flavors. The note reiterates the Turner Bros name and urges customers to include dips in future purchases.
notices warn that all announcements under this head depend on the Democratic primary in July. The gentlemen named are subject to investigation into their claims and support.
For State Senate contest Jist Distrct R L Cable of Montague and James R. Wiley of Montague County are listed as candidates. The race unfolds in local government coverage.
Two story six room boarding house offered for 2250 dollars. Cash first payment 750 dollars, balance 37.56 dollars monthly. See J L Blewett Vice President Denton County National Park.
The message states someone moved a plate of bus tess back to a former location at 43 Weet Cak Street and provides two contact numbers, old and new, for a call.
The list names candidates for county and district offices including Alvin M Owsl ey for Local Representative, H Hoskins for County Judge, F E Tobin for County Assessor, Frank Witt for County Treasurer, and others such as J K McKelvy, Virgil Hennen, Sam Hawkins, W C Orr, Dad Bgan, William Nelor, K R Wilson, George M Hopkins, J J McCook, W E Durbin, S T Higgins, and John F Morgan for various posts.
Several young friends of Miss Clara Curtis left this afternoon for her home near Argyle for a weekend visit. They plan a creek bank picnic Sunday and a party tonight. In the crowd were Ardis Nichols Grace Christal Johnnie Arnold Olga Arnold Ollie May Evers and Bonnie Bell.
The note urges readers to check today’s hardware ads for prices and inducements. It warns advertisers may use price incentives to attract buyers and emphasizes reading the ads for best deals.
Advertisement copy promotes a combination rate of 4c per 6 words for a weekly Daily and Weekly classified run. It targets about 3 090 families and 15 000 people at a low cost.
Musicians and teachers endorse the instrument and anticipate it will be 90 percent of piano sales within five years. The public shows growing attention, and dealers promote the improved player piano as a sales advantage over older pianos.
The 500 club shared a pleasant afternoon with Miss Grace Beyett. Daisies decorated tables as Miss Nette Schultz and Rita Beyet served punch. Prizes included silk hose for Zumwalt and a handmade hair ornament for Midkiff. Guests and visitors attended in a pastel yellow and white decor.
An informal Elks hall event Thursday night featured eighteen dances with punch refreshments. Attendees included Claude and Mrs Roberts, John Scott, Paul Byrd, and many young visitors such as Frances Lewis, Claude Bell, Lotte Owsley, Avella Turner, Eula Bates, Gertrude Reynolds, Katie Bass, Emma Lipscomb, Grate Bernett, Nette Schultz, Teresa Abney, Althea Owens, Virginia Rabb, plus Roark Edwards Francis Gregg Ross Owsley Campbell Deavenport Bush Knight Cox Whitson Jackson Schmitz Rathbone Pruett Fowler Ivey and Bates.
Miss Lillie Webster entertained several friends on her fourteenth birthday at her Myrtle and Highland Street home. The festivities included games and a candlelit cake moment, followed by ice cream served to a group of named guests namely Jennie Tanner Naomi Haren Josephine Yeagley Corinne Stanney Blanche Church Blanche Miller Norine Miller Irene Bruce Bessie Bruce Russell William Kincaid Frank Kincaid and two Mrs. Stanly and Mrs. Barns.
Miss Lottie Owsley entertained Saturday morning with several tables of 500. Ethel Allen won the high score and Frances Lewis took the consolation in a cut. Guest list includes Emma Lipscomb, Avelia Turner, Nora Jones, and Lottie Owsley among others. Following refreshments, the group announced a B Y P U program for Sunday June 23 at 7 15 pm with Miss Bette Davis leading and Miss Maggie Brashears assisting.
Ross Compton and Frankie Mae Lain wed at the Methodist church in Sanger on Thursday evening. Compton, formerly a Denton High School teacher, becomes principal of the Nocona High School. the couple plans a Missouri honeymoon before returning to Nocona in July.
An advertisement touts Electro Bitters as a cure for a woman's weakness and ailments. It claims the tonic enhances vigor, sleep, complexion, and mood, promising health and freedom from indigestion backache headaches fainting and dizziness. Sold for 50 cents at J. Raley & Co.
The phrase appears to be a garbled advertising claim or cipher from an OCR fragment. No clear event or identifiable entities are readable. Context suggests a classified style prompt piece rather than a complete sale offer.
Classified ad seeks a boy with a horse to deliver the Dallas News and work in an office. Contact B. Be. Drake for details and to read the advertisement.
Cumberland churches announce Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by W W Baxter at Cumberland Presu and A D Rogers at First Christian church. Morning preaching at 11 a m with Patience as subject and 8 15 p m on The Why of Temptation. Junior C E at 4 p m and Senior meeting at 7 p m. Prayer meetings set for Thursday 7 40 p m and Wednesday 8 15 p m.
Central Presbyterian Church invites worshipers to Sunday services with Pastor Mary Burton Boyd preaching at 8 15 p m Bible school at 9 45 a m under EF D Criddle superintendent Christian Endeavor at 7 p m morning Sabbath school will present a children day program all are welcome to attend worship.
The church led by Pastor B A Copass invites students and strangers to Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. and evening sermons at 11:00 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. The morning topic is The Will of God the Salvation of Men and the evening topic The Great Salvation. Members are urged to attend.
First Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9 36 a m led by W D Butler with sermons at 11 a m on A Cooperative Labor and at 8 15 p m on The Second Mile Man. Young People and Senior Leagues meet. new pews and choir chairs added. regular hours noted during terms. Church of Christ at Pearl and Bolivar holds services at 11 daily and 8 30 p m with Bible topics The Wise Men and The Fools of the Bible.
An advertisement by Mrs. A L Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment to help children with bedwetting and urges mothers not to blame the child. It claims the method also helps adults with daytime or nighttime urinary difficulties and requires no payment upfront.
The Record provides after supper reading for subscribers and keeps readers posted on current events and social happenings. It highlights what is doing in the social world and invites readers to place orders for more news.
After a severe coughing fit in Neenah Wisconsin a man suffered broken ribs. The ad extols King’s New Discovery as a remedy for coughs colds and lung weakness claiming it saved a woman from consumption and offering free trial bottles through J F Raley & Co.
The administrator J N Rayzor requests publication of this citation in a Denton County newspaper for twenty days to inform interested parties that the administrator has filed his final account and application for discharge in the county court at Denton Texas. Interested persons must appear at the July term 1912 at the Denton court house to contest. Given June 13 1912 by Clerk Oscar T Button and Deputy T M Rucker.
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