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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
5
A mixed set of short notices includes lost and found items from South Fort Worth and Little Elm near Denton, a lost child’s Milan hat, a lost pin, a decora ration entry, and a bid for land exchange. Rewards offered for returns and owner contact details listed for several items.
Several rental notices list furnished rooms or light housekeeping spaces. 18 East Oak shows Mrs P. C. Withers available. Another ad offers two downstairs rooms for light housekeeping at Old phone 88. A furnished room exists at 21 Ash Street with Seg E. R. Lester.
Corn offered at 65 cents per bushel at a ranch eight miles west of Denton by Byron Brier. Also for sale or trade a gentle buggy mare with harness and a Jersey cow as part payment from Denton Trust Co. A small black yard farm of 53 acres near Bolivar advertised by R E Stephens at 39 Texas Street.
Small down payment on a five room house for $800 with balance like rent. Also 65 per acre for unercum bered land in Hills County near Mount Calm. Exchange for residence property in Denton. Denton Trest Company will handle the deal.
Classified notice from Springside Jersey Farm seeking a good condition used buggy or surrey at low price. Also requests a competent cook and housekeeper for a small family willing to work in the country with good home and wages. Dr W A Jones offers year old Indian Runner ducks at $1 each.
Readable line notes that Skiles Transfer Co offers hay ride services with two phone numbers 123 for contact. This brief item highlights a transportation business providing seasonal hay rides.
Miss Leonora Hann will receive orders for flowers for all occasions by phone 252 old 222tfc.
Local note shows Jake Johnson advertising a new phone 157 and old phone 236 for wood cutting and grafting work. He promises to gnaw or trim wood and provide related carpentry services upon request.
Advertisement from Arkansas Mial at 3 Elm St promoting chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs with prompt delivery and full measure. Also notes a power wood saw for the wood business and provides two phone numbers.
McGintie announces office above Willet Hanns with old phone 361. Rooms available for rent in all directions within Denton Texas.
John Keesee prep at City Meat Market advertises home delivery of fresh meats. Phone number listed for orders and West Oak Street location mentioned.
Come to Will Locknane’s wagon yard on East McKinney Street for cash season price of 150 dollars for two Jersey bulls and 50 dollars for a new phone. Also selling a house and lot on Fuula Street.
Barred rock eggs three dozen or more at 30 cents per dozen. Bronze Turkey eggs four dollars per dozen. Young turkeys five dollars per dozen. Contact E. W. Fritz via old phone 224p for sanitary milk and cream. new phone 426. old phone 297. names Peertwood and Hodges.
Freight Transfer Co offers furniture moving with special attention to dragged items. Office at Kincaid Wagon Yard West Oak Street. both phones listed for requests.
Help wanted for scavenger tasks. inquiries directed to phone number 307 for arrangements.
Lester and Paschall advertise office Fox Bros offering first class dray service for household moves with both phones listed.
Henry Kalreuther on East McKinney Street offers wood work, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring and shrinking services. Local tradesman advertises diverse craft capabilities.
A Denton advertisement promotes Paul Ramier at 31 Oak Street as a regular short order house serving hot cakes until 10 each morning and fresh fish daily, touting the cleanest restaurant in town.
Dentipots Dr W A Jones dentist West Side Square W N Rowell D V D Office over McCray's south side Square J W Fralin dentist South side Square middle of block up stairs Denton Texas Chas Saunders dentist Office over Long and King after Feb 1st Both phones.
W. E. Botts, graduate veterinarian, lists new telephone numbers for office and residence at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop, Lipscomb block. Office now reachable by 269, residence by 132, old 486 superseded.
J M Gurley promotes cement contracting services offering first class work at fair prices and invites estimates.
W. W. Bil uwingeley offers auto hire with two phone numbers 330 and 448 plus car repairs. W. M. Gribble Auto Service provides trips anywhere in the county and photos of vehicles available at 75-green or 534 or at home 66 S Elimst. Prompt repairs promised.
Paris dispatch reports H C Berger and Georges Breitzmayer, famed fencers, dueled over a quarrel from three years prior. Berger was wounded in the right breast. the fight occurred with fifty witnesses as dueling laws ban formal seances. Breitzmayer visited the injured opponent and reconciliation followed. a second duel may occur after Berger recovers.
Mrs. Eutler S Edwards is very sick and threatened with appendicitis. A new District court suit Julia Stiff v Clinton Stiff seeks divorce. E L Biggerstaff, former Denton boy and son of Mrs. E Biggerstaff, is now Building Commissioner of Oklahoma City. Alliance Milling adds a motor truck from Wichita Motor Truck Co. Baptist church meeting postponed to May 15. W B McClurkan builds a six room cottage on Mulberry Street replacing the old J D Parks home.
Professor Willy Kukepthal of Breslau explains that what sailors call a whale’s fountain is actually breath charged with moisture. He notes the blowholes connect to the lungs, the mouth to nasal passages is absent, and water taken at the mouth cannot be expelled from the blowholes. Dr Knenthall adds that young whales do not blow and are not seen to blow on hot days.
W J Mitchell of Mitchell's Barber Shop in Denton Texas offers White Indian Runner duck eggs at 6 dollars per 13 with special matings at 5 and 4 dollars and a utility at 3 dollars. Parcel post delivery available.
Purchases two fine charred stock roosters from J. W. Miller Poultry at Freeport Til. I can furnish eggs for hatching at $1.60 for 15. Mrs. R. G. Wright, New phone 205 May 6.
Mrs E T Brown offers white and fawn Indian Runner duck eggs for setting at 1.25 per setting or 13. Denton Duck and Dairy Farm advertises heavy laying Indian Runners with eggs at 1.50 per 13 and promotes white beauties. T. F. Jasper, proprietor, lists new phone 357.
Weak and nervous men and women gain energy and appetite by taking Electric Bitters. The ad claims benefits for stomach liver and kidneys with testimonials from Mrs. O Rhinevault of Vestal Center NY and recommends a bottle for 59 cents or $1, praising the health transformation.
When you want fresh vegetables that are well selected call us or phone us and we will send you our well selected stock. Turner Bros.
A lost key ring bearing the name tag Dr. J P Blount has been found and offered for return. A reward is promised for the return of the ring and its keys.
A fresh shipment of art items arrives at the Record and Chronicle office, strengthening the available selection for readers. The collection includes newly minted pieces from local artists and collectors, expanding public access to regional works.
eighteenth century French astronomer Joseph Jerome Lafrancais de Lalande argued that a collision with a comet was extremely unlikely. A 1773 paper intended for the French Academy provoked public fear and a Paris police ordered publication to calm the crowd, though many believed the paper was toned down and comet panics persisted for decades.
The Appian Way, Regina Viarum, is depicted as the oldest and most celebrated Roman highway linking Rome to southern centers. Its construction in 318 B.C. under Appius Claudius Caecus faced daunting obstacles, with deep foundations, compacted layers, and basalt lava blocks forming a tight, precisely joined pavement.
A brief notice lists Mosby Studio on North Side near Benett's offering postal cards for one dollar per dozen.
In Shellhorn Alabama Mrs Carrie May reports weakness and headaches improved after taking Cardui a tonic claimed to aid the womanly organs. The letter urges suffering women to try Cardui noting a 50 year remedy record and directs readers to Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance and a home treatment booklet.
The Ariel club held a May meeting at Mrs. Bizzell’s home with faculty ladies and several guests. New appointments included Edith Clark and Jo Blewett to Music and Earle Gillespie, Madeline Long and Pettit to Art, plus a City Federation officers slate. A 6 o’clock store closing petition was considered, and Miss Williams was elected secretary for next year.
A discussion on selecting enjoyable yet contrasting hobbies to balance a busy mind. Arnold Bennett argues hobbies should differ from one’s work in nature, offering mental relief whether the job is steady or crisis driven. The piece emphasizes self improvement may mean mild folly or absentmindedness.
New shipment of Theme Tablets from the factory arrives featuring heavy smooth paper. Each tablet contains 50 sheets and is prepared for bulk orders.
A Kansas City Journal quip mocks an unnamed figure famed for self praise and extreme language. It sits in a humorously hyperbolic tone noting even his eye condition becomes a Niagara of excess.
A compact maxim warns against delaying effort as chance steals future opportunity. The author Crowquil cautions that giving in to idleness today reduces tomorrow’s potential and schedule.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cascar ets for bilious headaches and upset stomachs. It warns of liver and stomach disorders and urges a gentle internal cleanse, promising quick cure without harsh physics.
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