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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
3
Lost on West Oak Street a crocheted handbag with a coin purse containing 3.50 in silver and other items. Finder please notify 425 old phone for reward.
Property in south Fort Worth valued at 800 dollars for exchange toward acreage near Denton. Seller will cover some difference. Respond to P O Box 103 Lewsville Texas. Classified note appears with stray lines and initials.
Help wanted ad style notice offers two furnished rooms for light housekeeping on the downstairs level. Includes contact phone number ending with 8 and the digits 236tie appear as a partial address or code.
Multiple short rental notices list furnished or unfurnished rooms at 84 North Erim Street and 18 East Oak, plus a room at 105 West Sycamore Street offering boarders. Also advertised is a grass pasture lot for rent and a private boarding possibility under Mrs P C Withers.
Byron Brier advertises corn for sale at 65 cents per bushel at his crib located eight miles west of Denton.
Advertisement notes a five room house priced at $800 with a small down payment and balance like rent. Contact Dr. W. A. Jones.
Charles H. Smoot seeks Jersey heifer calves aged six to twelve months. Call with details of your available animals.
Three year old well tempered horse in perfect condition. Gentle and trained for work or under saddle. Sold by Scott Tailoring Company.
WANTED good second hand buggy or surrey must be in good condition cheap G W ELBERT WANTED-wvAIRY HAND Springside Jersey arm 232 FOR SALE A FEW INDIAN Runner ducks a year old 1 apiece DR W JONES WAGONS FOR HAY RIDES wee Skiles Transfer Co both phones 123 MISS LEONORA HANN WILL receve orders for flowers for all occasions Phone 252 ofd 222tfe FLOWERS FOR SALE 29 EAST McKinney 2409p CHOPS BRAN CORN HAY AND other feedstuffs Best stove and heater wood Prompt delivery and full measure We have a power wood saw to run in connection with our wood business ARKANSAS MILL 3 Eim 81 Both phones
A. R. McGintie lists furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas from an office above Wilson Hanns with old phone 361. He rents houses in north south east and west Denton.
Advertises two high quality Jersey bulls at Will Locknane’s wagon yard on Fast McKinney Street with season price 150 cash. Also lists a house and lot on Lula Street for sale and mentions contact for trunk transport by Skilee Transfer with two strong men to aid loading.
Sanitary milk and cream announces contact change with new phone 426 and old phone 297. Portwood and Hodges remain the business contacts.
Freight Transfer Co advertises moving services with office at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. It promises special attention to every item in the drag line and invites customers to call for furniture relocation.
Help needed for scavenging tasks advertised with contact number 367. Readers are urged to call to arrange work details and scheduling.
A brief entry notes Lester and Paschall offering household moving services with a focus on drayage and related rates. The Fox Bros office is referenced with two phone lines for contact.
Henry Kaltreuther offers wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing and rubber-tiring services along East McKinney Street. He provides shrinking and repair work for farm and carriage needs with mobile or on-site options.
Paul Ramiers at 31 Oak Street advertises a regular short order house with hot cakes mornings until 10 and fresh fish daily. The note claims to be the cleanest restaurant in Denton.
A line of toilet preparations demonstrated at Wilson-Hann Co on North Elm Street. Sale hour is 11 am to 3 pm. Phone number listed 338-Blue.
Advertises messenger service with a phone cue 31 and offers to manage accounts for ten percent of collected money. Mentions a person named Brashears N B in Washington state.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian now operates at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop 8 S Elim St Lipscomb block. New phone 269 for residence, old 486, new 132.
If you want concrete side walks or brick work let me figure with you First class work done for price Get estimates from S A Bushey J M Gurley of The Cement Centre for concrete and brick work with clear pricing and quotes.
Dr M J Martin and A B Om Ud treat eye ear nose throat diseases and fit glasses. Office located over Ra Ley Co.
Dentists listed with office locations in Denton Texas. Charley Saunders at office over Long and King after February 1. W A Jones on West Side Square. W N Rowell D D V 8 in office over McCray's south side square. J W Fralin on South Side Square middle of block up stairs.
Automobile line offers autos for hire and repair service. W W Billingsley lists old phone 30, new phone 448 for automobile repairs and inquiries.
W. M. Gribble Auto Service offers car trips anywhere in the county with prompt repairs. Contact numbers 75-green, old 534 or home 668S, Elm Street location, prompt service.
Ben Fritz offers imported stock White Indian Runner duck eggs at 6 dollars per 13 eggs plus 4 dollars for special smashing and 2 dollars for utility. Pen stocked hunners 13 eggs for 1 dollar. Parcels post available from P. O. Box 561 Denton.
Mrs. E. T. Broun advertises white and fawn Indian Runner duck eggs at 1.25 per setting or 13. Denton Duck and Dairy Farm owner T. F. Jasper promotes Indian Runner heavy laying eggs at 1.50 for 13. New phones listed as 363 223 and 357. Ducks and eggs offered with attracting notes like Get the best.
Mrs J W Medlin and Mrs Chas Medlin attend Woman's Missionary Conference in Dallas. Denton visitor Grover Howe calls on his mother. Miss Elizabeth Washington goes to Proctor for summer with parents. Mrs W L Cornwell visits relatives in Argyle. Miss Ella Ballew visits aunt in Aubrey. Wendell Humphries hosts fourth birthday. Ernest Porter marries Pearl Cox. Rev Thompson officiates. Miss Fritz of Denton visits sister. S A and W P Davis in Fort Worth. J S Gillespie from Dallas in town. E C Brand from Hamlin here. Miss Eula Hall visits Miss Johanna Lassen. Edd Young visits Argyle relatives. Frank Butler and Willie Harris from Juetin here. Misses Sims and Nash visit Mrs C G Fanning.
Dr Sta cy and Jack Brannon visited Grapevine. Mrs J G Brumley guests in Wilkins home. Miss Mabel Jenkins and others in Dallas. Mrs Martin and children from McKinney visiting Ragland family. John P Chambers and family welcomed in Jasper visit. Mrs George Mayfield died at daughter J E Buster home. burial in Smith cemetery. Graduation of Willie Dee Farrington at Baylor marked by Farringtons in attendance.
Readers scan the daily ads and find items at lower prices than elsewhere, signaling strong demand for bargains. The note suggests many people rely on these listings to save money and gain value from the newspaper pages.
James Walters, unemployed with 45 percent funds, asks at Chicago general delivery for mail and learns from an aunt in Knoxville that his father died leaving him thirty thousand dollars as an inheritance.
Local items report M L Chander of Garza visiting, Lois Bailey in Paris, S A Taylor to Lewisville on business, C B Walker to Dallas for an operation, Mrs N E Masters visiting daughter at Carrollton, Miss Floyd visiting Plano to see her ill father, E L McGintie back from Shriners convention in Dallas, Bessie Sherrod elected Latin teacher at Iowa Park High, J H Philip leaving for Mansfield to deliver commencement address, Mrs J T Clack returning to Celina, Mrs L P Smith guest of Mrs F B Carroll, Mrs A D Miller and J A Nail in Dallas as Denton Missionary delegates, W B Bizzell and M Sackville back from San Antonio Press meeting, O T Cooper back from Dallas with $2000 pledges for dormitory improvement, A D Rogers back from San Angelo with report of Missionary convention success and large attendance. One thousand visitors and delegates attended, resolution to double church membership within five years.
A. G. Allen unveils a fresh Biz Minstrel Show for this year prompting local interest and community curiosity about new acts and entertainment.
At a meeting of the Eastern Star Miss Myrtie Higgins was elected worthy matron and Miss Harriet Whitten treasurer. Mrs. T. E. Berry was named associate matron and Miss Martie Brown secretary. W. F. Jarrell was chosen worthy patron and Mrs. J. H. Blanks conductress with Mrs. Paul G. Beyett as associate conductress. Appointive officers will be named later by Miss Higgins. A social session followed with refreshments.
Sanbury resident John Supsie hails the pills as the best for constipation indigestion and liver complaints. The ad notes price at 25 cents and recommendation by J F Raley Co.
The paper urges readers to stretch dollars by reading today's ads. Merchants publish bold money saving announcements to benefit shoppers.
When you are sick call a doctor with experience then bring your prescribed medicines to Curtis Drug Store for exact filling. The ad cites years in progressive drug stores and a St Louis College of Pharmacy course, urging patients to follow their doctors and use their delivery service via phone 52.
After nine months of study more than 300 high school students received their diplomas and left campus on vacation. Thirty four loyal supporters of the maroon and white also depart, leaving a vacancy felt by teachers and students. Plans for the next season, especially football, promise strong material and renewed public speaking standards at Denton High.
Denton resident J N Clark at 48 Stroud St says kidney pains disrupted his rest and work until Doan's Kidney Pills offered relief. He praises their effectiveness and notes price 59 cents with Oster Milburn Co as U S sole agents. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
A. G. Allens Minstrel Show announces a star studded program featuring a galaxy of sweet singers arriving soon. Local theaters expect dazzling performances and high audience turnout for the company’s spectacular musical revue.
Turner Bros. offers potato chips baked fresh twice weekly delivering crisp batches to local customers.
F C Davis and wife transfer 160 acres of the J C Caton survey to J F Lancaster for 14400 dollars. L D Smith and wife transfer a lot in Robt Beaumont Survey to HH T Higgs for 1600 dollars. Will Smith and wife transfer 2.6 acres in Wm Reed and 10.4 acres in J C Wilson surveys to J M Smith for 4836 dollars. Geo Mays and wife transfer 90 acres in Patrick Hock survey to W Y Fincher for 2850 dollars. S C Foster transfers one fourth interest in 80 acres in Wim Gazaway and 102 acres in Nancy George surveys to William Foster for 7060 dollars.
Rain hail and wind lashed Lamar county last night causing damage to crops in the northern section around Paris. Local farmers assess losses as storms continue to roll through the region.
If you have something to sell consider using the CLASSIrc LED platform for swift exposure. Post clear details and pricing to attract local buyers and quick transactions.
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