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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1913
Page
3
The list reserves Marshal JIM GOODE GARRETT WELLS FAYETTE SMITH and City Attorney ED I KEY with Assessor and Collector R LEDBETTER City Secretary WYLIE SMITH City Treasurer R M BURNS Aldermen J M GURLEY Ward 2 W W BAXTER Ward 3 W BAXTER Ward 4 J A BARTON L T OWENS.
Classified notice seeking a woman to cook and assist in housework. Apply to Morrow at 9 North Locust Street. Also listed is a wanted house girl with German preference. Call old phone 392.
A family of five seeks a woman to perform general housework. Contact via old phone 1600 2 190p.
Advertises sale of fixtures of Mecca Cafe in Denton with assignee G W Saunders Denton Texas and contact details. Also offers a found dust pan and a house to be moved off lot with K Withrow phone numbers. Includes sale or exchange offers for Denton and other Texas properties with prices and encumbrance note.
For sale from John A. Hann listing genuine FiveLock Rowden cotton seed peanuts for planting and Silver Mine corn. Contact John A. Hann at 18Otfc for details.
Classified note offers a five room house for eight hundred dollars with an email payment option. Mentions balance akin to rent and directs inquiry to Dr. W. A. Jones.
Small sandy land farm for sale. [% acres] at 25 dollars per acre. Will take wagon and team if interested. Write P. O. Box 196, Denton for details.
An old classified note promotes Messenger Service with a 321 contact for fast calls and offers to manage accounts for ten percent of money collected.
Bar listing seeks ponies and a pony horse plus sale of good prairie grass hay delivered for twelve dollars or eleven at the barn on G B Collins place north of town. Notices also list piano and voice clay lessons and conservatory graduate F M Riney and N E Conservatory graduate McCann with names and address at 101 Oakland Street.
Henry Kaltruther on East McKinney Street offers wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber-tiring and shrinking services for local customers.
Advertisement lists feedstuffs including chops bran corn and hay with prompt delivery and wood heater fuel. Mentions power wood saw for wood business and promotes J F Ramsay general contractor and builder with references and guarantees in Denton with new phone 262.
A. R. McGintie lists furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas. Located at an office over Wilson-Hann's with old phone 361, he rents houses across the north south fast and west areas.
Jake Johnson advertises a new phone 157 and an old phone 230 and offers to saw your wood.
We have moved in the oat man hotel and invite patrons and friends to our Clear neat shop. Fred Moore City Meat Market John Keesee Proprietor Delivers fresh meat to your home Phone us West Oak Street.
Short notice call for individuals willing to perform scavenger tasks. Call number 307 to express interest or arrange work.
A wagon yard on McKinney street east of the Mc Kelvy ward offers two Jerseys for sale. The advertiser also promotes a house and lot near the Normal. Contact provided as new phone 249-green.
Office Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak street offers furniture moving with special attention to items in the drag line and invites customers to call for service.
A historical ad offers first class moving service at reasonable rates by Lester and Paschall. The listing notes household moving as a specialty and provides office location with Fox Bros and two phone contacts.
Sanitary milk and cream lists new phone 426 and old number 297. For inquiries, call H Reynolds & Hodges at the updated line.
J M Barber announces the sale of his business to Armstrong & Co and asks customers to continue patronage. All accounts due should be paid to Barber at the store.
Public notice offers car service for trips across North Texas with contact via Raley & Co. and a new phone number 294. The ad also promotes hair braiding and switching from combings by Mrs. Grimm at 108 Oakland, with service hours 11 am to 2 pm.
Fred Rayzor and Mrs G W Raines show illness changes while Mrs Alvin Owsley hosts Shakespeare club. J N Rayzor sells West Oak street home and plans a modern replacement. Dr E W Fritz hosts visiting Hess Cole and Truax from Michigan. W A Matthews illness raises concern after two week abscess. First Christian church reports 208 Sunday pupils, up from last week. West Side Mothers Teachers club meeting delayed to Wednesday due to weather. Texas Christian College officials W M Williams and Logan Martin visit Den ton. Easter attire lighter amid cloudy forecast.
Local office seeks to purchase first and second lien notes. Immediate offers possible. No delays or long tape required. Inquiries should be directed to this office.
F M Griffith offers prompt shoe repairs at Airdome Building Hickory Street. Reliable service for quick fixes and thorough repairs with skilled workmanship.
J W Fralin dentist located at South Side Square Depron Texas with address in the middle of the block. Jae W Rowell doctor of veterinary medicine has an office over McCray's on the south side Square.
Charles Saunders dentist operates from an office over Long and King after February lease. Both phone numbers provided.
Bushey J. M. Gurley advertises first class cement work at fair prices. Estimates invited for sidewalks and brick work.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian advertises office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269 residence old 486 new 132.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grace, seven decades old and one of Denton County's oldest settlers, was found dead in her eastern home by daughter Mrs. Maud Mabrey. Widow of F. M. Grace she had not been ill. She leaves six children and several grandchildren. Funeral at home Monday with interment in Little Elm Cemetery.
Mrs Emmale Hill transfers to W J Armstrong a lot in E Puchalski survey for 2000 dollars J R Hall transfers to AD McDonald lot 4 block A Blount addition to Denton for 150 dollars W K Miller and wife to L P Hansel 80 acres in A H Lynde survey for 6400 dollars MT Griffin and wife to J I Morgan Jr 125 acres in S H Brown survey for 11375 dollars J O M Clary to R B Rucker lots 4 5 and 9 block 55 Krum for 2094 dollars J R Sullivan and wife to RR W Mallow north half of lot 2 block J R Sullivan addition to Sanger W C Moore to George N Moore 20 acres in Mason survey for 1500 dollars C C Gentry and wife to J Campbell 50 acres in W R Sutton survey for 2000 dollars J R Thompson Sr to G R Jones 120 acres in Despallier survey for 5750 dollars.
An old-era reminder highlights keeping phone 44 in memory for use in grocerikts. The note suggests easy access to a helpful contact for shopping needs.
J. K. P. Polk Mathews died last week in Springtown Parker County of heart failure. He was eight years old and settled on his homestead before the war, with a brief move to Denton County during Indian raids. He was brother to W. L. Matthews and uncle to Delo and Juan Matthews near Argyle.
The Shetland stallion HAL will begin the season at Wy Barn located on West McKinney Street under owner E. Yarnell. The note indicates 1932 as the year.
Garza farm offers White Orpington stock described as Cook strain and imported varieties. Eggs priced from three to ten dollars, reflecting market range for poultry products.
For sale a mixed lot including 13 ducks 2 draxes and 15 penciled runners offered by Mrs. Co V Spong of Denton for 12 dollars.
More dictionaries have been received at the Record and Chronicle office. Officials report additional volumes added to the reference shelves and expect quick distribution to readers seeking language and usage guidance.
Multiple local ads list white and fawn Indian Runner duck eggs for sale with prices per setting or per dozen, offerings from Mrs E T Brown Mrs W A Richards Nathan Evans and W J Mitchell in Denton Texas. Also advertised are White Indian Runner eggs from imported stock and barred rock roosters from J W Miller Poultry Farm offering hatching eggs and parcel post options.
A fresh shipment of dictionaries arrived at the Record and Chronicle office for distribution or sale. Officials note steady demand from readers seeking reference works and language resources.
Mr Elise F Heinisch of Sherman led the Komitee fuer deutsche Sprache for the Sons of Herman as examinations at the Normal began Monday morning to award 156 dollars allotted to German classes across Normals and the CIA. In the Second-year division Augusta Mirus Corsicana won first, Lucille Wooten Paris second, Emma Kosanke Halsell third. In the Beginners division Mildred Masters Denton first, Beulah Brady Jefferson second, Beulah Smith Caddo OK third. The CIA exam follows Tuesday.
Tom Conner was called to Alabama due to his father’s illness. H Simmons of Ponder visited. W F Clevenger couple returned from Galveston. Loran Taylor and wife from Wichita Falls visited. Miss Jude Shiflett of Decatur visited relatives. Mrs C A Davis and daughter Annie spent time in Denton. Mae Grubbs Beula Sanderson Harley Sanderson mentioned. J J Regan Ramsey J K Blewett W Y Barnett listed. C A Ball and Mr Mrs J E Jones noted. Mr and Mrs M Rucker attended the Fort Worth stock show. Rev Shawver is ill. Mr McQuirtie moved to a new house.
I Reynolds from Dickson, W M Cannon from Argyle, Miss Eula Piner from Dallas visited Mrs F E Piner, Miss Mary Williams from Fort Worth visited Miss Lee Williams. Sam Rosenberg of Dallas visited Mr and Mrs T A Robinson. Dr Hill Rowe returned from New Orleans after postgraduate work. Missee Criss and others from Fort Worth spent day with Mr and Mrs Rob Edwards. Mrs W J McCormick of Frederick OK and Mrs W C Hodges of Bellevue left after visiting their father C L Smith who is much improved. Constable Luther Dorris of Lewisville reported arrest of Lee Chaney and recovered the horse east of Lewisville, returning it to Fort Worth.
Mrs M Ponder hosted a Saturday afternoon Easter social for Ladies at Mrs H A Wolfsohn s class in the Baptist Sunday school. The program featured Miss Roberta Bass on piano, solos by Mrs Ponder Miss Poe and Ruth Ponder, and a word-building contest from Easter. Mrs West won with thirty four words and refreshments followed amid blue and white decor and Easter carnations.
Mrs H G Allen entertained Friday afternoon with an informal Easter party for Mrs Juliet Allen. Guests sewed and exchanged Easter cards with riddles, a pasted slip revealed the answer, and a themed refreshment course featured Easter lily ice cream and light bites. Attending were Mesdames Barton Tyler Pearson McRea Bizzell Carroll Lacy Banks Adkisson Pfaff Williams and W B Bizzell.
Mrs. R P Lomax hosted a Saturday Easter party at Hiland park for her Sunday school class. Children found reed baskets with candy filled eggs then hunted dyed eggs around the park followed by a ride on the chute. Guests included Marie Banks Yorke Haustein Mary Moore Elizabeth Lomax Ruth Crawford Willie Davidson Clara Phinizy Lilie Sullivan Lacey Gatewood Wilanna Sullivan Virginia Edwards Wayne Nelle Pettit Princes May Long P J Beyette Maurene Beyette Robert Lomax.
A vintage ad promotes Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to restore color, improve scalp health, and reduce dandruff. It claims rapid results within weeks and offers a fifty cent bottle with a money back guarantee if not as represented.
Warning that Winona Mills agents in the prior fourteen years before 1912 never sold or delivered garments. The firm severed ties with Winona Mills and allied with Krossnit Mfg Co of New York to offer hosiery and underwear, urging customers to contact W M Strong in Denton Texas for prompt orders and assurance of quality and service.
A Denton County Texas constable announces a public sale of four parcels of land totaling about 356 acres. The sale is authorized by an execution issued March 7 1913 by Justice Court Precinct No 1 and will occur April 1 1913 at the Denton County courthouse between 10 a m and 4 p m. The real estate described spans multiple surveys and includes tracts from Luttrell Cooksey Hicks Teague and Kirkpatrick, all under J P Goodwin as the property owner.
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