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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 247 meets on or before the full moon Saturday. Denton Chapter No. 80 meets first Tuesday monthly. Denton Commandery No. 45 meets second Tuesday monthly. O E S meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
Classified rental notes advertise two rooms at 166 North Elim with option for partial furnishing and contact via old phone 172 or new 415.
FOR SALE Ramble bicycle good as new inquire at office. FOR SALE eight room two story house east front two halls and bath lot ninety five feet front servant's house call 44 West Oak or 192 N Locust. FOR SALE full blooded Brown Leghorns and Red Jersey gifts call O L Willis Magnolia Oil Co office.
Two stoves in good condition, a dining room or parlor stove and a small air tight heater, both as good as new and offered at a bargain. Inquiries may be directed to J. E. Wilson at Wilson-Hann Co. 66tfe.
For sale or exchange a two story eight room house with sewerage, electric lights, gas, modern in every respect. Newly painted on a 100 by 200 foot lot with sheds and barn room. Price 83 500. Will exchange for smaller place and provide time on balance. Duggan Abstract Company.
Mules for sale. See A. D. Turner.
Help wanted notice seeking a boy around sixteen to work in a store. Apply in writing to this office.
Miss Kendall advertises remodeling of last year’s coat into a stylish cutaway. Prices are reasonable at MecClurkan's. Tip.
Mrs McCann a graduate of the New England Conservatory Boston offers piano and voice lessons at 29 S Elm Street. Oct 29p.
Magazine subscriptions of all kinds solicited. Clubs and renewals promptly handled. Mrs. Sam H Sullivan, 98 West Hickory, New Phone 364 Red. Time
A splendid upright piano in Denton with stool and scarf offered for sale at a sacrifice rather than shipment to Dallas. Brook Mays & Co The Reliable Piano House Dallas Texas invites quick offers and reasonable payment terms.
Jake Johnson completes a swift wood sawing task described as done in a hurry. Contact details listed as Olid 230 and a number associated with New 157 white, suggesting local tradesmanship.
Freight Transfer Co advertises office at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. Call for furniture moving and drag line items receive special attention.
The advertiser offers two Jersey bulls in season at 1.50 cash to all visitors. Also promotes a new phone number 350 and a house and lot for sale on Lula Street. Located at Will Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney Street, second yard from the square.
Portwood and Hodges list a new contact line at 426 after updating from old 297 for sanitary milk and cream inquiries.
Frank Wilkinson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meats with old phone 242 and new phone 83.
Skiles Transfer Co announces that all fares will be paid on the cash basis hereafter and urges customers to remember to pay the driver.
Advertisement lists CHEPS BRAN CORN HAY and other feedstuffs with best stove and heater wood. Promotes prompt delivery and full measure by ARKANSAS MILL located at S Elm with both phones available.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves available.
A. R. McGintie lists furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas from his office above Wilson-Hann's. Old phone 361. He rents houses in all directions North South East and West.
A local notice promotes first class drayage service with reasonable rates focusing on household moving. It lists Lester and Sherrod as the office contacts and emphasizes specialty moving capabilities.
Advertises cash payments for poultry and eggs by Sam Depot with agent G M Purviance at No. 17 Mc Street. Includes contact for sellers and price terms.
A local insurer pledges to protect clients with the same vigor used in soliciting coverage, aiming to look after their interests and offer better incentives in the event of a loss.
The document lists contact details for Dr Eli Buyher a veterinary surgeon. It includes office and residence phone numbers and street addresses in Denton and Locust Street areas. It references Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop and addresses on North Locust Street and East Hickory Street.
W E Botts listed as graduate veterinarian with an office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm Lipscomb block. New phone 269 given for contact along with residence details.
OVERALL and NAUGLE advertise home appraisal services at 46 S Elm Street with phone 422. They guarantee all work and provide estimates on short notice. The notice appears dated November 14 and 18.
M. L. Martin A B M D D treats diseases of the eye ear nose and throat. Provides spectacles and fittings. Office located over Raley & Co in downtown.
J M Gurley offers first class cement contracting with reliable pricing. Get estimates for concrete work.
S. A. Bushey advertises high grade cement and brick work with phone numbers 579 and 931. He invites readers to call or see him to get an estimate for their project.
Dentist Charles Saunders advertises a practice upstairs at Long and King with two phone numbers for contact.
W. N. Rowell D. D. S. operates an office above McCray's on the south side square. New phone 433 old pace 341.
Dr. W. A. Jones practices at West Side Square and J. W. Fralin operates a dental office on the middle of the block at South Side Square upstairs in Denton Texas.
An advertisement invites people needing scavenger work done to call phone number 307 for service. The notice provides a single contact method without additional details.
A registered Jersey bull named Padisha of St Lambert son of Wilna A, with a seven day butter test of seventeen pounds seven ounces, will be at Pinckley’s wagon yard on West Oak Street after October 1. Season is five dollars cash with return privilege. pedigree and merit certificate of its dam are on file at the wagon yard office.
The notice announces a new meat market at 380 old, 70 new, McKinney Street. L. W. Brooks is the proprietor and the business is now ready for customers.
James B. Lakey of Denton died October 10 from a gunshot linked to personal safety concerns. Charles J. Vaughn of Sanger died October 30 at age 28 years 8 months 22 days from typhoid fever.
A list of births from multiple families across Bolivar Denton and nearby towns. Entries note parents location and newborn genders, including several boys and girls born between spring and summer months. Names include Lewis, Smith, Legear, Amyx, Starr, Meredith, Zeigler, Sims, Grady, Short, Johnson, Mancus, Mills.
Sam B. Lain to Miss Ruth Garrison of Sanger. Manuel White to Annie Ware (ed.) of Pilot Foni. Bruce Ballew of Pilot Point to Miss Gertrude Griffin of Tioga. W. F. Vickery to Mrs. W. F. Hortea of Denton. Talbert Still of Greenwood to Miss Ahie Brown of Denton.
Real estate transfers report A J Woodrome and wife to Robert E Hinson for 2885-100 acres from the A H Serren survey, W L Mundy and wife to J O Morris for 4 acres from the Reuben Rebee survey at 2600 dollars, E F Stover and wife to C A Uecker for 907-10 acres from the Hugh Harper headright survey at 153.
A frightened girl confesses theft and is paid off by Mary who abusively forgives herself yet feels the ruin she caused. Aggie calls others sneaks while Mary, shaken, contemplates the lifelike justice of the scene and the girl's departure.
Mary admits she married Dick Gilder that morning to spite his father and declares she does not love him. Garson questions whether she will stay, Aggie reacts with glee, and the scene shifts as Dick Gilder arrives to confront the situation.
Mary resists Dick's wedding jubilee as plans unfold around father’s return and a demanding sister Agnes. English Eddie Griggs arrives with a tempting heist proposal, but Mary rejects illegal schemes while Garson and Griggs press for a backroom burglary of priceless tapestries.
Garson debates a risky stake with Griggs gone and Mary counsels safety. The forger unveils a magazine pistol as rough work looms while tension mounts. The scene ends with a threat and a cliffhanger marked by “To be Continued.”
A letter from San Luis Potosi dated October 23 reports a worsening crisis as revolutionaries spread across nearly every state. Communications to Tampico and north are cut, freight lines halted, and insurance discontinues war risk policies. Piloncillo losses force a sale at a fifth of normal price, amid drenching rains and disrupted trade routes.
Rain limited cotton receipts with lint selling steadily from 10 to 13 cents. Seed prices ranged 2.75 to 4.40 per hundredweight. cotton seed steady at 20 dollars per ton. Wheat firm at 95 cents per bushel amid overall market notes from Liverpool New York and New Orleans quot ations.
Cotton seed prices drifted with Waxahachie paying 26 dollars per ton and Lampasas at 25 dollars yesterday. Other localities reported little change, keeping most markets steady.
Wheat fell with July closing 1 8 to 1 4 cent lower on the Chicago market. Cash quotes show Chicago 94 1 2 to 95 1 2 cents. St Louis 92 1 2 to 94 1 2. Kansas City 89 to 94 4 2. Fort Worth livestock receipts and a favorable market featured cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with varied tops and price ranges across categories.
County Superintendent Joel J. McCook of Denton County spoke at the Texas Conference for Education in Dallas. He argued for larger taxable units to support rural high schools and urged higher local school funding beyond a 50 cent tax limit. He proposed county boards receive per diem for school Meetings and favored district voting on school expenditures.
A fragment from a grocery page notes kitchens always crave new items and urges reading today's hardware ads for price inducements. It hints at advertisers seeking to draw buyers with bargain prices.
A fourteen acre suburban property offers a seven room house, barn, a fine water well, a grape vineyard and other small fruits, plus a fine oak grove. Located within half a mile of the car line and near schools, it would suit a small-town buyer as the first payment option.
Delegates to the City Federation convened Tuesday morning led by President Mrs. R. H. Garrison for an early session. The Pure Food and Civic Improvement committees were urged to begin an inspection trip to assess Denton’s readiness for Dr. Carrick’s visit. Afterward Mrs. Garrison and Ariel Club president Mrs. Allen visited the jail, consulting County Judge Hoskins, and arranging to whitewash the jail walls with their own funds pending formal approval.
Won't you accept our grocery service which will prove satisfactory in every respect to you. Phones 44. Use them any time. Long and King.
A notice states practice in all situations at the Emory C. Smith Office Building on the N. Side Square in Denton Texas. The entry lists the location and implies ongoing instructional activity within the building.
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