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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
3
An office listing offers rewards for return of several lost items including a brown fur neck piece a watch and a string of gold beads. A depot area loss near West Oak is noted with reward. Also present is an ad for a 3 room light housekeeping rental at West Hickory and a 5 room house rental under Dr W A Jones.
Readable text notes best materials and market prices for first class wool in the area. J L Waldrip offers shop services and catalog guidance at Slacksmith Shop. Pricing referenced as 166¢.
Fern Matthews Barber on the West Side invites residents to become part of a growing list of pleased customers. The note highlights trusted service and neighborhood accessibility.
FEySE Wilkerson offers fresh and tender meats at S Elm Street. Old phone 212, new 83. customers urged to call for orders and selections.
Tak a Bellabie offering horseshoeing and buggy work at N oroet street with a focused craftsman service.
Magill and Shepard advertise repairing locks and sewing machines and making keys to fit any lock, inviting customers to visit their shop.
DO YOU NEED HELP All kinds of drag work and household goods moving done. Phone BROWNLOW STRICKLAND new phone 110 old 3109 Office and barn 36 Hast Hickory tf DENTON TRANSFER Co H M Morrison Prop New phone 76 Old phone 34 Calle made anywhere. Trunks and baggage Lips omb building.
Local dray business promotes first class service at reasonable rates. It touts two new moving vans and household move specialty. Office phones listed as 342 Resigerite and 161-Sr old or 381.
Auto rental notice listing W W Billnggley as a hire service with old contact phone number 330 and indicating new information may follow.
A. KR McGintie advertises houses and furnished rooms for rent in Denton City. Located in central area, offices one door east of Exchange National Bank. Rentals cover all directions in city.
A fragment describes Moreman and Luster with an Elm street feedstuffs operation and plans for horses, cows, and an automobile line. Mr Charlie White is in charge. Two phone numbers are given.
Auction and sale notices clutter the page alongside a list of county government candidates. Items include household goods for sale, an incubator, a cultivator, and a Model 47 Oakland car. A slate of county offices lists candidates for judge, assessor, treasurer, tax collector, clerk, sheriff, attorney, superintendent, and district clerk with precinct names.
Veterinary surgeon notes new and old phone numbers for quick messenger service. Entry lists Lipscomb block location and transfers office address with manager Brashears at Hamilton and Yeatts.
Associated Press dispatch from Hillsville Virginia reports the Allen gang remains at large as a note near the governor’s reward proclamation threatens retaliation. The note claims readiness to fight and warns that strangers are unsafe in the hills.
The Ariel Literary and Woman's Shakespeare clubs met at homes in Denton in regular sessions. Leaders covered Shakespeare Act 4 of Antony and Cleopatra and modern home topics. A business change moved next meeting to Tuesday at 4. Guests enjoyed a salad and ice course as March 28 plans were made.
Poultry ads list Thoroughbred eggs for hatching Indian Runner ducks at 14 for $1.50 and Partridge Wyandottes and Light Brahmas at 15 for $1.60, from Mrs A L Scott Route 7 Aubrey. Also The Cook's Strain of Buff Orpingtons eggs $1.50 per setting. Captain H Raron contact. Tompkins Kaufman Rhode Island Reds cockerels and pullets 15 eggs for $1.50 Philo Brooder $2.50 two large coops WT Bailey Kellehar Strass White Orpington stock and eggs few cockerels $1 each Mrs W A Richards Centon Tex.
Spencer is very ill at his home on North Bolivar. The First Presbyterian choir will meet Friday night at Mrs. Charles Saunders home. The Baptist Ladies Aid and Missionary Society will meet Friday at Mrs. R. M. Huffhines home at 25 East Oak Street. All members urged to attend.
The next issue of the Record and Chronicle promises ready classifieds and listings. Readers are advised to check for Loox and aoe style notices and potential new items.
A brief notices that all announcements under this head await action of the Democratic primary in July. The gentlemen named invite scrutiny of their claims and seek public support.
Col Stillman Gree Malachite claims a two year prognosis reversed by Dr Kinggen Discovery. He states he is now working and credits the lung medicine with saving his life. The ad promotes the cure as safe for coughs colds and throat and lung trouble with prices 50 cents and one dollar and a free trial bottle at J F Raley & Co.
A small print line touts commitment to quality goods and dedicated service from Long and King, signaling a storefront emphasis on customer care and reliable assistance.
Mayor O P Poe proclaims city election to be held in four wards on the first Tuesday in April 1912. Officers elected include a mayor and one alderman from each ward with named presiding officers at Lone Star Marble east Hickory B F Paschal building public square City Hall West Oak Street Dona hower block. Witnessed February 28 1912.
Wi Williams visited Dallas today while Rev Andrews traveled to Hillsboro yesterday. R H Hopkins Jr and B McQuinn from Parker County were in Denton yesterday. Clyde Cocanougher from A and M returned home briefly. Mrs C B Hanks of Ardmore Okla visits her sister Mrs S Taylor. Dr A J Sanders from near Aubrey attended a patient, Miss Cassie Nichols, operated on at the Denton sanitarium for a 20 pound cystic tumor. Barber’s Grocery advertises cash prices for poultry and eggs and offers home calls for chickens. Martin and Barber.
The Ma tron s club met at Mrs W C Edwards home for a Spring Garden Sewing Party. Guests sewed shared floral decor and took part in progressive conversations and garden planning contests won by Mrs Banks Sr and Mrs A L Banks. A dainty luncheon followed. guests included Mesdames Stout Taylor Haile Johnson Evers Kirkpatrick Banks Ivy Johnson Magee Spangenburg and Miss Williams.
The Temple of Pythian Sisters in Denton invites members to Friday night games and refreshments at Castle Hall on the North Side. Ms Jenne Boulton Tanner hosted a twelfth birthday surprise party with friends, flowers, treats, and games, with guests from Austin and local girls assisting.
A Friday matinee at the Wright Opera House is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Readers are advised to arrive early as seating may be limited and the performance features local artists.
City of Denton Texas schedules a bond election for April 9 1912 to issue 9090 dollars for North Ward and West Ward school building improvements. Voting sites listed by ward with appointed election officials. Ballot options read For the issuance of bonds or Against the issuance of bonds. Proclamation signed by Mayor O P Poe.
Howard Peak Jr president of the Players' club and Rufus Goldstick business manager with Olive Millican arrived in Denton to set plans for the play The Winning of the Dean at Wright's opera house tomorrow night and a matinee. The company of 50 members includes many girls and will travel with chaperones and Superintendent Cantwell. Peak said there is no danger of small pox in Denton and praised Fort Worth critics for the play’s merit.
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