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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1912
Page
3
A mixed classified listing notes lost watch and bar pin with engravings, a reward for return, found items, buyers and trades, and multiple rental and sale offers. It includes notices for second hand kitchen range, furnished rooms, milk cow, house and lot, farm land, and local property trades in Denton Texas with dates unspecified.
We are installing a Telegraphy Department and will teach practical work including duties of a station agent such as handling train orders freight and express bills making office reports etc. Both phones. G E Swor Manager Draughon’s Business College.
The notice urges readers to view the daily advertisements as a source of good pay and bargains. It claims people find items they want for less than elsewhere and encourages ongoing ad reading.
Forty acres near Frisco offer an eighty acre tract with a five room house barn and orchard. Nearly all land under cultivation. Bargain priced at 55 dollars per acre to move in the next few days.
An Associated Press dispatch from El Paso reports two Mexican women and a baby were killed when rebels fired on a Mexican Central passenger train north of Chihuahua. The attack was confirmed as of November 5.
Death notice from Decatur reports John W. Hoge died Monday night. He was born in 1845 in Rusk and moved to Wise county in 1891. A brother of Gov. James W. Hogg and Judge Thomas E. Hogg, he served as postmaster under Cleveland's second administration. Funeral was held in Decatur Monday afternoon.
Denton High travels to Dallas Saturday for a varsity matchup with Dallas High. The team is partially banged up with Millar and Potts sidelined by leg injuries. Denton High’s second team hosts Sanger on the same day.
G 1 Gillespie voted at home. Ashley Davis of Dailag visited yesterday. Miss Earle Gillespie weekend guest of Miss Elkin Lightfoot in Fort Worth. R P Lomax to spend days at the Cotton Palace in Waco tonight. Mrs M W Smith visiting Mrs Wm Lightfoot in Fort Worth during Baptist convention. Mr and Mrs S Withrow returned from Sulphur Oklahoma and will reside here. Mrs P C Storrie of McKinney, formerly of Denton, visited daughter Elizabeth at Studdard Hall. Street Commissioner and Mrs Z Wiggs left for Greenville Tennessee after telegram said son Iva dangerously ill.
A misheard call to Central prompted Hodges residence on North Locust to trigger Hodges house fire alarms. Reporters questioned the incident as the fire department arrived, only to learn no fire existed and the exchange revealed a time inquiry miscommunication.
Telegraphic market notes from Denton show Liverpool futures with open close for January February 6.41 6.34 and 6.38 percent, March-April 6.43 6.35 and 6.39 percent. Markets close due to New Orleans and New York holidays for election day.
Liverpool shows local quotations with Wag at 4 cents in seed and lint prices ranging from 11.5 to 11.65 cents. The report provides daily price movement for seed and lint commodities in the local market.
The county court Tuesday did but little with no new cases set for the day. Judge Hoskins issued several orders on the Probate docket addressing old matters.
Constantinople announced that Bulgarian forces began fighting at the Tchatalja forts. The outcome and scope of the engagement were not disclosed by officials in Constantinople or London.
Mrs. M. S. Stout hosted a 7 o clock dinner in Denton in honor of Mrs. Alec Hann of Dallas visiting friends. The table centerpiece featured a fusion of American Beauty and La France roses. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Schneer, John A. Hann, Miss Leonora Hann, Mrs. John Inge, and Mrs. Alec Hann of Dallas.
The excerpt lists Northbound and Dallas Branch train schedules with numbered services including Limited Flyer Express and K. c. Special. It shows morning departures at 6:45 a.m., 7:55 a.m., 9:45 a.m., and 10:32 a.m., plus afternoon runs at 4:42 p.m. and 10:32 a.m. for various routes.
Leader II won Reserve Champion Percheron in the 1912 State Fair and his four colts swept classes. a two year old sold for 325 dollars with 400 dollars refused on another pair. Eldorado took first in the 5 year old Percheron class, IMP. Gusto is praised as a fine coach stallion and recommended for MacMahon fillies.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorse the company, Walding Ginnan & Marvis vouch for Cheney, and claim the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. 75 cents per bottle. sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Corinth on November 5, Misses May and Lena Taylor visited Garza while Mrs. Glenn spent time in Oak Grove. R L Trotter Rupert and Ewing Oliver traveled to Denton, and Shed Webster of Denton visited here. Flora and Charley Grace of Frisco came by, Ada Hammons and mother went to Denton, and Denton residents Hardy and Rennie Sparkman were in town. Oliver sisters Ollie and Nora Trotter were in Garza, Mrs Harbert visited Denton, and Corinth school closed temporarily due to cotton picking. W D Pockrus is worse.
Texas University defeated Baylor University in Waco with a 19 to 7 score yesterday. The game highlighted Texas U’s offense and Baylor U’s defense as both teams showed evolving play in the season.
Georgetown team South western defeated Polytechnic yesterday with a 14 to 7 score. The article notes W. U. earned the victory in a regional contest.
Neighbor seller Curtis advertises Elgin and Waltham watches with a guaranteed factory-backed seller promise. Stocks 16 size to 17 jewel models in nickel silver cases, prices from 7.85 to 16.75, inviting buyers to compare and shop.
Parents urged to switch from castor oil to Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna for children and adults. The ad promotes gentle cleansing of the bowels, claims no after effects, and instructs asking for the California Fig Syrup Co. product by full name.
Juan J. Tipps of Lewisville and Miss Sarah V. Bradley of Lewisville appear on the marriage register as a couple joining in matrimony in Lewisville.
The shopper who buys only from home merchants is thrifty, avoiding overordering and unnecessary shipments. She purchases closer to her real needs, buying less when shopping locally rather than through mail order houses.
The column insists readers look at hardware advertisements for bargain prices. It notes advertisers may try to induce purchases and urges following the ads for potential deals.
Mrs. J. R. McCormick suffers the grip while Thomas M. Rippy recovers from gastritis. Municipal taxes exceed one thousand dollars collected so far, and the post office operates briefly during election day. Rural routes run as usual, Deputy Gallagher retrieves company property from private land with the landowner’s warning, and a 7 o'clock church board meeting is scheduled.
Local message urges residents to invest within the community saying every dollar spent at home remains local and supports welfare. It emphasizes building up the city and leveraging money to improve services, schools, and streets for residents.
Chester Lee 2240 won first prize as yearling stallion at St. Louis World's Fair and has since topped Dallas Texas State Fair for best stallion. His colts rarely win in class, with six sold as two-year-olds for 3150 dollars averaging 525 each. Fall season 1912 planned at Lone Star Wagon Yard East Hickory Street with 325 dollars to insure a living colt.
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