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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
3
FOR SALE CUTAWAY SURVEY in good condition and single set of harness. Will sell cheap for cash. MONROE YOUNG 107 N Elm. 181p WANTED A PONY WILL PAY cash but must be at a bargain. See me at once John Wright Alliance Mill 181p
Advertisement seeks a reliable woman to manage cooking and house chores with no washing, promising a good wager. Contact Mrs F A Hauslein at 48 Fry Street for details. Old and fragmentary notice ends with stray lines about a missing blue collie and a local address.
Classified note offers a six room house for rent or sale at 58 West Oak Street and another on North Bolivar Street. Contact L. D. Smith by phone 412 old phone and visit in person at 166th POR RENT OR SALE CHEAP.
For rent furnished room at $39 with new phone. In solicitors wanted salesmen to earn $4 to $6 per day taking orders in Denton. References required, chance for advancement. J. and Graham, 708 Flatiron Building, Fort Worth, Texas.
J L Waldrip offers first class wool work with best materials and reasonable prices at acy s Blacksmith Shop 166.
Fern Matthews Barber Shop on West Side invites you to join the growing list of well pleased customers. The notice emphasizes a welcoming atmosphere and quality service for local patrons seeking grooming.
Fragmentary ad for a West Alaska meat market listing "CIT" and "TBLETT & SON" with half legible contact lines. The readable text hints at a local butcher offering meats and possible phone contact.
Local market listing for Fraask Wilkerson on S. Fim Street advertising fresh and tender meat selection with price and product updates. Old page notation brands new entries for meat shop inventory.
A local blacksmith shop on Noeast Street advertises reliable services specializing in horse shoeing and buggy work. The notice highlights craftsmanship and readiness to serve the community.
An Arkansas notice on Elm Street offers cher feedstuffs including hay corn bran and wood. It advertises prompt delivery and full measure with both phones listed for contact.
Moving and hauling services advertised for household goods and trunks in Denton. Firms listed include Grownlow & Strickland and Morrison, with new phone numbers and office locations. Vans available for local relocation and specialized moving, with contact options at multiple phone lines.
W. W. Billingsleby operates an auto hire service with old phone 330 and new number 42, offering vehicle rental options.
Dr W E Botts veterinary surgeon announces office with Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb stock. New phone 70, old 34 Residence phone old 486 new 295 Slue.
Moreman and Luster at REI arn on N Elm Street advertise feedstuffs for horses cattle and a range of horse rigs and an automobile line. Charlie White oversees operations with both phones listed as 35.
Concrete walks and brick work offered by A Bushey and M Gurley. First class cement contracting with reliable pricing. Get estimates for Wales or brick work and sidewalks.
Dr W A Jones and J W Fralin announce new dental offices located at Side Square and South Side Square in the middle of the Denton block.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a sale or advertisement involving Ak Heepatir Locks and Sewing Machines, with references to Magill & Shepard and keys. Details are incomplete but imply a business listing or notice of equipment and services.
Advertisement fragment notes a Pure Rich Jersey item described as a new phone model 902 with reference to 1986 pagination. Limited readable details focus on product and date cue.
For sale or trade a desirable residence lot and a house with lot on Oak Street near the car line. See George J Roark and J en 17uC¢ for details.
Associated Press reports President White of the United Mine Workers pledges a general suspension of work in the anthracite field starting April 1. He adds miners will not compromise on their demands.
A. P. dispatch from Austin reports B. Compton's father made a final appeal to Governor Colquitt to commute or save his son sentenced to hang tomorrow for the murder of a jeweler in Laredo. The governor refused to intervene.
Poultry merchants advertise hatching eggs and birds including Thoroughbred eggs for Indian Runner ducks 14 for 1.50 Partridge Wyandottes and Light Brahmas 15 for 1.50. The Cook's Strain of Buff Orpingtons eggs 1.50 per 15 with satisfaction guaranteed. Contacts include Capt H R Lyon in Denton and Tompkins Kaufman Rhode Island Reds offerings via Philo Brooder and W Bailey with phone connections.
Mrs E L Burton president of the Second district visited Denton and Pilot Point last week. In Denton the Ariel club hosted a program with music a Andrea del Sarto paper by Mrs Humphries and a Burton address. Hand painted programs were souvenirs. A reception followed at Mrs L Pscomb's home. In the evening Shakespeare club hosted a reception with Mrs Burton praised civic effort and club husbands.
The anthracite coal operators reject American coal miners demands and UMW President White says indications point to a strike. Both sides appear firm in their positions.
From Kansas City comes a statement that the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railway will be extended to Dallas and Fort Worth.
Curtis' Laxative Syrup outsells all other laxatives combined. Initial sales come via advertising or word of mouth, but long-time users provide the majority of repeat business. The product is vegetable in composition with senna and cascara, refined aromatics, and cur minatives. Bottles large size priced at 50 cents.
Prof Peters moves from West Oak street to Avenue A end. P Royle from Hillsboro returns to run his Hillsboro business as his daughter Daisy remains until term end. His son left days ago to help. Mrs Harris and Mrs Gilmore recover from tonsillitis. Maurie Martine of Fort Worth enrolls for 755 session. Fannie Pallage of Hico reenters after illness. Next lyceum is an extra lecture by Rev Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn at the Normal auditorium tomorrow night.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charlies Gatewood. The program arranged will be rendered.
AP dispatch from San Antonio says J H Wade's big balloon left Wednesday night and is moving toward North Texas. Balloons travel 10 to 25 miles per hour under wind. San Antonio lies about 200 miles from Denton on a direct line.
County Judge Hoskins told County Treasurer Reeve the General Fund balance is just over $9,000 with $2,250 moved to the Road and Bridge fund for returns. The year ending Feb 15 1912 saw $21,723 paid from the fund, about $1,809 a month, leaving a five month gap until tax collections begin October 1, risking a red balance. If full levied taxes are collected, receipts would total $22,848, only $1,025 above expenditures.
Stillman Gree malachite from Col claims doctors gave two years to live five years ago after tuberculosis. He credits Dr Kinggen Discovery with saving him, saying lung medicines kept him alive. Advertises cure for coughs colds and throat lung troubles at 50 cents to 1.00 with trial bottle free at J F Raley & Co.
Denton merchants Long and King advertise a $10 gold giveaway at the Opera House this Saturday night. An accompanying promotion touts a new cooking bag as economical, labor saving, and hygienic.
An announcement outlines actions tied to the July democratic primary. Central figures are named in connection with an ongoing inquiry affecting campaign support and potential electoral implications.
The article states that residents of the C. I. A. dormitories will be permitted to attend the Young People's Federation meeting on Friday evening and that the Y W C A at the college may participate. Town students will receive the same privilege.
O P Poe mayor issues a proclamation for the April first Tuesday 1912 election in Denton Texas. The vote will fill mayor and one alderman from each of four wards with polling places at Lone Star Marble East Hickory B F Paschal building City Hall and Dona hower block presiding officers named. Proclamation dated February 28 1912.
A long list of local candidates is named for county and city offices including County Judge H. H. Hoskins County Assessor E Tobin M. Miller Gary Lane County Treasurer M. Reeve Guy Wm Egan Tax Collector H V Hennen Sam Hawkins County Clerk C T Button Sheriff W C Orr Fry Batis County Attorney H R Wilson Geo M Hopkins I Key Superintendent J J McCook District Clerk W E Durbin S T Higgins Justice Precinct No 1 William McCormick Constable Precinct No 1 Tom Stover George Watson Commissioner Precinct No 1 John F Morgan Commissioner Precinct No 3 Fred Cunningham Commissioner Precinct No 7 T S Atcheson J A Sweat Mayors and Aldermen listed P J Beyett F Bates O P Poe S J McGinnis Alderman Ward 1 C E Fowler Alderman Ward 2 J M Evans Alderman Ward 3 R M Mitchell W L Jones.
The engineer for the City Light and Power department is in Denton to set foundations for new electrical machinery installed under a council contract. Supt. J. W. Grady expects arrival within ten days and completion within thirty days, with a new 24 by 60 foot building adjoining the power house to house the equipment.
Court house chatter Thursday focused on a potentially all new Commissioners court as several incumbents face reelection changes. Gary departs to seek Tax Assessor, Christal resigns leaving Harmonson unlikely to run, Sparks undecided, Selman opposed by Morgan, and two veteran figures Atcheson and Morgan seen as candidates with prior court experience.
A. F. Parsons, an employee at the Press Brick plant south of the city, was slightly burned Wednesday night when a gas explosion in a furnace burned his mustache eyebrows and hair and scorched his face.
A series of birth notices lists couples from Frisco near Stony Justin and Bartonville with birth dates in February and March, detailing newborns including several boys and girls. Names include P Rose Krum Noah White Lee Malone W Enlow Owen Mcconnell A Cox Richard Rippy Fred Bryan Amos Brewer John Range Mack Jones Rol Garrett Wm Widener James Williams Leon Farr Manuel Sazas and spouses.
Ben Thatcher aged 23 dies near Drop on February 25 from cerebrospinal meningitis. Alma Carpenter of Argyle dies February 27 at age 26 from pneumonia.
Dr. King’s New Life Pills offer a speedy health boost with no griping or distress. Advertisers tout ease and thorough work delivering good health and fine feelings, priced at 25 cents at J. F. Raley & Co.
Mrs Wylie Patterson aged about 40 died Wednesday at 5 pm in her South Locust street home after three years with pellagra. She spent four months in a sanitarium and had been very ill for two weeks. Survived by husband and three children. funeral Thursday and City cemetery burial.
Court members discussed the issue but Commissioners made no concrete action on improving the County Farm per the Grand Jury visit. Expect action at the April term to repair or replace the existing buildings noted as in poor condition.
The classified column provides details on the sale reach in Pine City. It notes an impending transaction and directs readers to contact for further information.
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