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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1912
Page
3
Frank Wilkinson offers home delivery steaks roasts ham bacon and sausage. Also contains scattered terse lines about scavenger work call numbers and an automobile line with autos for hire and repairs mentioning W. W. Billingsley with old and new phones.
A mixed Denton Record casual classified item list includes lost gold face watch with brass eagle fob, a ladies gold Waltham watch, stenographer wanted, cotton picker labor, second hand kit chen range wanted, vendor lien notes purchasing, corsets ad, garden work, rental rooms, houses for sale or trade, model Buick sale, dairy cows, and land or property listings with contact hints and prices where given. It presents a bustling, multifacited classifieds page from a Denton newspaper.
A five room house on a good deep lot with sheds barn fruit and shade trees and a cement storm house is offered for 850 dollars. A down payment of 150 dollars and monthly payments of 7.50 dollars. See Dr. W A Jones.
Dr W A Jones, dentist near Side Square J W Fralin dentist south side Square middle of block Denton Texas W N Rowell D D & office over McCray's south side square listing dental services in Denton Texas
Directory style notices advertise veterinary services at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop with new phones 269 and 122, milk and cream delivery via Reynolds Hodges, a dray service, Parks and Lester office contact, A R McGintie rental services with furnished rooms, insurance agency with ten companies, J W Johnson feed and chophouse supplies, Arkansas Mill on S Elm with two phones.
J M Gurley advertises first class cement contracting with reliable work at fair prices. Get estimates for cement projects and repairs.
The county commissioners met for the November term with four veteran members present for the last term. They canvassed the general election results, with certificates to be issued after bond approvals. In Beulah District 60 the 25 cent tax for a schoolhouse was unanimously abrogated, and new officer bonds are to be presented Wednesday for approval.
A tract of eighty acres near Frisco offers a five room house a good barn and an orchard. Virtually all land is cultivated and the seller quotes a smooth bargain to sell in the next few days for 55 dollars per acre.
In the fifth article of a series on Texas prisons the Huntsville facility receives high marks for supervision and progress. Prison industries have rebounded after a recent fire, with improved clothing and shoe output and better training under competent foremen. Governor Colquitt supports six year terms for prison commissioners rather than making the office constitutional, arguing for continued state supervision and a full trial of the commission system.
An advertisement urges that healthy women are rare and overworked, describing Vinci as a tonic to boost appetite digestion blood and strength. It cites Mrs W G Ritchie of Patchogue New York and promises a money back guarantee through Druggist M Curtis of Denton.
Word came Monday of the death Saturday afternoon at Decatur of C L Uncle Carg Smith a longtime Denton county resident and Civil War veteran. He came to Texas in 1845 settled near Flower Mound later lived southwest of Denton. Survived by three daughters Mrs Book Bowen Wise county Mrs Jeo Hargis Paris and Mrs Geo icCormick Denton. burial Sunday at 4 pm in Decatur beside his deceased daughter.
IGH's second team beat Sanger 19 to 10 in a Saturday game at Hiland Park after Denton High's second team defeated Sanger earlier. A small crowd watched a fairly interesting contest as the city reflects on spending to boost local welfare.
In Saturday's note Mrs James Simmons party for Miss Katherine Bags, the Gregg and Bass wedding date is corrected to December 18th from November 18th. Denton clubwomen will attend the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Fort Worth November 19 through 21 with delegates from local clubs.
A vintage advertisement touts Wryeth s Sage and sulphur Hair Remedy as a simple solution to gray hair and dandruff. It claims rapid color restoration, strengthened growth, and improved appearance after a few applications. The ad offers a fifty cent bottle from druggists with a refund guarantee.
A Denton resident J R Dobbs of 40 Elm Street testifies that after years of kidney trouble and back soreness he used Doan's Kidney Pills from F Raley & Co Drug Store and two boxes cured him completely. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Mrs. J. E. Yeary, 27, wife of a farmer near Krum and daughter of Rev. W. F. Burton of Slidell, was judged insane by a county court jury. Witnesses described violent behavior since last Friday and a threat to kill a child. She will be taken to the insane asylum at once. Also noted, Mexico considers Trevino for provisional president in a new manifesto dated Puebla, signed by de la Lave and others.
Several men at the Made well place south of town uncovered a large tooth weighing nine to ten pounds they believe belongs to a mastodon or similar ancient creature. John Sublett took the tooth home and locals inspect it while others read daily ads promising good pay and bargains.
George W. Godwin arrives from Frisco EK. J. Farrington comes from Lewisville. Drue Underwood of Clifton Arizona visits A. J. Underwood. Editor O. L. Hamilton from Lewisville travels toward Roanoke. George Button arrives from Little Elm. Bells on the cotton debated by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Langley and Mrs. Joe L. Chandler of Dallas visits. Mrs J. A. Withers leaves for Ryan Oklahoma to see her daughter Mrs. B. T. Price. May Withers accompanies as far as Fort Worth.
Classified notices show a single store advertisement inviting reader replies through the advertising columns. Readers are urged to respond to the store's ad as part of the marketplace flow.
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