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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1912
Page
3
A collage of lost item notices, rental appeals, trades and sales from Denton Trust Co to W N Rowell. Includes lost watch, list of rooms for rent, trades for property or car, model 20 Buick for sale, dairy cattle, and local services with box numbers and contact hints.
Parks and Lester advertise a moving service offering first class treatment at reasonable rates. Office at Fox Bros with both phones listed for contact.
Concrete walks and brick work offered by M Gurley the cement contractor. First class work at right price with estimates available.
The text argues that purchasing from local merchants strengthens town prosperity. Local shopping boosts store conditions and employment, attracting people from nearby towns who seek work. A thriving local economy would lead to population growth as labor demand rises.
Notice from Ed Dillon announcing purchase and operation of the Short Order Restaurant in the Paschal building first door on the ground floor east of the corner. Invites friends and patrons to dine and share in the venture.
Eighty acres of black land with a five room house a good barn and an orchard. Practically all the farm is in cultivation. We will sell this place in the next few days for fifty five dollars an acre.
A flurry of social notices lists visits and attendance by T Turner and family in Lloyd Mrs Wrey Smith and children in Terrell R K Raines returns from Dallas James W Erwin in Fort Worth and Dallas Ralph Cole from Krum Rev O T Cooper back from Fort Worth J M Gurley family in Waco for Cotton Palace Odessa Swindell at Baptist convention in Fort Worth Mrs W G Langley of Dallas visits her mother Mrs Lipscomb Squire Richard Clark and John Fulton of Little Elm attend democratic rally Dr and Mrs Robert McBride of Dallas guests of Dr and Mrs M C McBride L L Meakey G L Builder and Jack Skiles from Dallas visit Mrs T N Skiles Rev W J Lackey of Leonard visits Squire W W Baxter Levi Belew J M Pickel and A B Noel from Pilot Point attend rally Noel candidate for Pilot Point postmaster Mrs W D Morell and son from Dumas visit Mrs R P Lomax Morell discharged from Fort Worth sanitarium after appendicitis. Pure apple vinegar advertised at Turner Bros.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a quick cure for headaches biliousness dizziness and stomach distress. It claims a 10 cent box provides months of health and urges use for both adults and children with all druggists selling the product. Turner Bros advertises fresh potato chips.
The shoe pitter notes city merchants offer tests and examinations to lure customers to inspect stock. The page contains shoe advertisements urging readers to consider offers for better value. Turner Bros. Phones 7 advertise fresh potato chips and related goods.
A thrift tip notes the shopper who buys from home merchants is more thrifty than those who shop mail order houses. She avoids overselling descriptions and unnecessary shipments and buys closer to her needs. If you have something to sell use the classifieds.
A Denton party at Mrs. Jas. Simmons West Oak home celebrated the forthcoming marriage of Miss Katherine Bass to Mr William Gregg. Guests wore elegant outfits, prizes were awarded for high card scores, and the couple’s wedding date December 18 was noted on wedding slipper keepsakes.
Telegraphic market notes from Denton show Liverpool and New York futures trading around 6.55 and 11. hourly quotes. New Orleans and Galveston middling prices are listed with small shifts. Spot quotations include Liverpool middling at 87 3d and New York middling at 12 25c.
In lint cotton selling up to 12 1 Se the top quality would pass through 12 3 8c and seed prices ranged from 3 85 to 4 25 cents for the top. News from the Ruby Sea party hosted by Miss Kathleen Henry featured games and a four course luncheon with Lula Hatcher Dora O'Brien Gretch er Waldrip Mary Fox Jim Belle Gentry Gladys Chambers Mary Kerby Mesdame Maude Flannery Dennis O'Brien Wheat Williams. The Women s Missionary society of the First Methodist church will observe the week of prayer at the Methodist church during Thanksgiving week starting Monday.
Camberlang Presbyterian Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. led by W. W. Barter with Thursday prayer meetings at 7:30 p.m. Central Presbyterian features Rev. W. T. Tourman from Arlington preaching morning and evening. Church of Christ at Pearl and Bolivar lists Bible class 10 a.m. and services 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Elder M. H. Moore presiding. First Methodist notes Sunday school 9:30 a.m. and various leagues. public worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning topic The Reality of Joy. evening The Danger of Delay. First Christian under A. D. Rogers with Sunday school 9:45 a.m. and services 11 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Junior C E 4 p.m.. Intermediates 5 p.m.. Seniors 6 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p.m.
A Den ton store runs a weekly advertising section with various listings. Readers browse the column ads and reply to the items that match their needs.
Felt bad all the time with headaches and weakness. A husband’s bottle of Cardui helped after a second dose, and the writer says Cardui is best for womanly trouble. Cardui is promoted as a tonic for women with a 50 year history and available from druggists. Readers urged to write for instructions and a 4 page booklet.
Three years after a Lyceum Bureau prophecy Jess Pugh gains wide acclaim as a baritone and dramatic reader with the Pugh Company. Reports from Camden Expositor Granite City praise his natural portrayal and gifted voice. Miss Clarissa Max violinist and Miss Elma Kennison soprano bring concert and operatic works with piano and violin pieces in their varied program.
Northbound Shasta Limited of the Southern Pacific was robbed near Delta thirty miles north of Redding. One bandit was killed, two others escaped with the registered mail sack. Local reports note the dramatic night-time robbery and ensuing pursuit.
Turner Bros advertise new stock of raisins currants and dates with a prompt call in offer. Customers urged to phone to place orders for fresh goods.
Mrs. M. Summers offers a free home treatment for bedwetting claiming a constitutional cause. She invites mothers to write for full instructions without sending money and notes the treatment also helps adults and those with daytime urine difficulties.
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