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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1913
Page
3
Strayed pony described as half-Shetland with a hip injury. reward offered to Henry Qwiley for return. Found target rifle claimed by owner upon property proof and ad payment. R. N. Huffhines referenced. Lost items include a N. T. & N. ’13 pin and a handbag on West Gak Street containing $3.50 in silver and other items. Contact old phone 425.
Classified notices list two furnished rooms for light housekeeping downstairs at 18 East Oak, with contact Mrs P. Co Withers. Multiple items for sale or trade include a Quick Meal gas online store, a New Home sewing machine, Rhode Island Red chickens, and a 60 to 20 600 land exchange prospect. A Model 10 Buick with full equipment and a well drilling outfit are offered, plus a desirable lot with cottage near the C I A and a Denton address all in short numbered listings.
A five room house priced at 800 dollars with small down payment and balance like rent. Also offering 40 acres half a mile south of Norma to cut into 5 acre blocks for sale. Terms, prices, and details available from E. T. Brown or at P.O. Box 366. Contact Dr. W A Jones or P O Box 366 for particulars.
A brief notice describes twenty head mules offered for harvest work under owner A. D. Turner. The fragment notes a quantity and a placeholder identifier 244dkwtte.
EXPERENCET SEAMSTRESS will call at homes and sew by the day. WANTED NURSE TO TAKE care of mother and baby. Phone 125 new. address 47 N Locust.
G W Elbert seeks a good, cheap second hand buggy or survey instrument in working condition. Respond to G W Elbert with offers.
For sale a few Indian Runner ducks one year old at $1 each. Doctor W A Jones advertises a breeding sale. Men and women can earn guaranteed profits up to 16 dollars daily with full part time work. Rerunners investigate. Wear proof address 3628 Chestnut St Philadelphia PA.
Miss Leonora Hann will receive orders for flowers for all occasions. Phone 252. Also wanted to buy a used or second hand piano at 196 West Mulberry Street. Bray 246p.
Local advertisement for ARKANSAS MILL offering chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. Promotes prompt delivery and a power saw to support the wood business at 8 Elm St with two phone numbers listed.
R McGintie offers furnished rooms for rent at his office over Wilson Hains in Denton Texas. Contact old phone 361 for North South East and West locations and further details.
A local listing advertises two high quality Jersey bulls for sale at Will Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney street with cash price. It also mentions a niece house and lot for sale on Lula street.
Two strong men ready to move your trunks and goods. Skiles Transfer offers careful loading and stair handling for local moves.
A local dairy asks customers to call Portwood and Hodges for sanitary milk and cream with a new phone 426 and the old number 297 no longer in use.
Business notice for a moving company offering furniture relocation in the Kincaid wagon yard area on West Oak Street. Promises special attention to items in transit and invites customers to call for service.
Local dray business offers first close service at reasonable rates with household moving as a specialty. Lester and Paschall operate the Fox Bros office with available phone contacts.
Henry Kaltruther on East McKinney Street advertises all kinds of wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber-tiring and shrinking services for horses and wagons.
Paul Ramieris of 31 Oak Street runs a regular short order house in the Owsley building offering hot cakes mornings till 10 and fresh fish daily.
A line of toilet preparations was demonstrated at Wil son Hann Co on sale from 11 a m to 3 p m at 124 North Elmost. New phone 338 Blue.
J M Gurley a cement contractor advertises first class work at right prices and invites readers to obtain estimates for cement projects.
S A Bushey advertises new phone numbers 579 and 9231 for high grade comer work. The note invites callers to contact for estimates on hone or related tasks and to arrange a visit for assessment.
An advertisement promotes quick messenger service calling 31 for speed with WA Brashears offering to handle accounts for ten percent of money collected.
W M Gribble Auto Service offers trips anywhere in the county with two locations listed 75 Green and 534 or at home 66 S Elm St. Cars repaired promptly with new and used photos available.
CHAS. SAUNDERS DENTIST office over Long and King after Feb 1 Both phone DR W A JONES DENTIST West Side Square W N ROWELL D D 8 office over McCrays south side square J W FRALIN DENTIST SOUTH Side Square middle of block Denton Texas
Ben Fritz offers duck eggs from imported stock at 6 dollars per 13 with special assortments at 4 and 2 dollars. Utility items and 13 eggs for 1 dollar are listed for sale. He can ship by parcel post from Denton, P O Box 561.
Indian Runners lay heavy laying strain eggs for setting at 1.50 dollars for 13 pearls. Get the best. Denton Duck and Dairy Farm, F. Jasper owner. New phone 357.
Short ad seeking scavenger work with a contact option via phone number 307. Reads as a local classified notice offering labor. No further details provided due to fragmentary OCR.
Associated Press dispatch from Amarillo reports a grasshopper column five miles wide and eight miles long moving northeast toward Texline in northeast New Mexico. The swarm is spreading and denuding pastures, with smaller infestations noted in parts of Texas.
Advertisement for Pr King’s New Life Pills promising prompt relief from constipation indigestion and liver complaints. Testimonial from John Supsie of Sanbury Pa who calls them the best pills and recommends use. Price is 25 cents. Endorsed by J F Raley & Co.
Weather Bureau predicts generally fair conditions for the South Southwest and Central West for the week. The forecast covers broad areas including the South and Southwest with no expected storms or heavy precipitation.
In a May 3 1915 communication Mrs W C Wright Denton Texas receives assurance from Endress and Walsh Architects that repairs and floor supports render the building safe for practical use. Copy 250¢.
CC. F. Witherspoon & Sons report a Galveston Maritime Committee letter stating that from July 1, 1913 the approved gin box size is 27 by 54 inches and an extra 14 dollars freight per bale for bales larger than these dimensions. Each bale must have eight ties and be fully bagged to prevent damage, with best quality ink marks that will not fade. The rules will be strictly enforced.
R R Turner of 125 W Oak Denton Texas reports back pain attacks from lifting and stopping. After two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills the pain left and he felt renewed. He praises others who used the remedy and allows name use. For sale by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
The Supreme Court ruled that retailers may resell patented items under price restrictions at reduced prices. The decision covers patented medicines razors vending machines and thousands of other articles.
J T Sosaman of Newg Cornelius NC says one box helped his serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. The ad notes the salve treats burns bruises and boils and reduces inflammation. Recommended by J F Raley & Co.
Denton families are urged to buy the freshest vegetables from Phines and Paschall’s as the store promises to maintain its reputation for quality and prompt service with every order of produce.
The Bennett Company offers cash for Denton county farms and requests full property descriptions. Interested sellers should contact via their Dallas office at the Guarantee Bank Building.
Curtis' Candy advertises a premier selection of graduation sweets from top makers. The note invites customers to view stock or call 52 to discuss desires and price limits for delivery.
G A McMakin reported Sunday night the loss of C C Lacy's barn two and a half miles west of Argyle due to a fire of unknown origin. Lacy lost all feedstuff but saved implements and live stock. The total loss is not yet known.
Mrs L D Cook of Vineland New Jersey reports a five year struggle with indigestion ended by Vinci a cod liver and iron tonic without oil she says she improved rapidly and regained flesh O M Curtis Denton druggist endorses the product and offers a money back guarantee Also notes Saxo Salve for eczema and photographer John Schwartz opening a new Fort Worth studio with samples and twenty years in Fort Worth price 250 cents
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