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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1912
Page
3
Classified notes include a silver open-face watch with leather fob lost in New York movement and a tan Derby glove pair near Oak Street. gold-faced gentlemen’s watch with brass eagle fob missing. handmade Christmas gifts offered. salon services advertised with hours and contact details.
Classified snippets list requests for a buggy and gentle horse, two white women serving staff, a second hand incubator and 12 Barred Rock hens, a used kitchen range with hot water tank. Addresses include East Oak street Denton Oakland Avenue and 101 N Oakland.
W. W. Billingsley offers auto repairs and a hire service with old phone 330 and new phone 448 listed for contact. The ad promotes automobile repairs and rental options in a compact classified style.
Denton area ads list dentists W A Jones and J W Fralin with offices on West Side Square and Southide Souare middle block. Rentals announced by McCray and Ark McGintie. Furnished rooms for rent and milk cream service by Reynolds Hodges. Supplies include CHOPS BRAN hay feedstuffs and wood from Arkansas Mill at 8 Elm Street with both phones. New phone 426.
An advertisement asserts Pape's Diapepsin cures gas sourness indigestion and dyspepsia within five minutes. It claims no side effects and offers a money back guarantee with a fifty cent bottle providing a hundred dollars in value.
Be. M. Woods is ill with kidney trouble. George P. Elbert becomes second deputy Tax Collector by order of Collector Hennen. A 16 year old girl named Davis died at the County Poor Farm after a short illness. funeral held Wednesday. Denton Gun Club hosts Mr. Borden of Houston, a champion amateur, as guest. Rodriguez Espinoza Hernandez released on cash bond after a cutthroat affray between Mexicans. Liberty Brand Grace cherries featured for dessert and pastries. TURNDR BROS.
A series of real estate deeds lists multiple transfers including Sam W Fritz to Minerva Woody for a lot in Block A Blount addition Denton valued at 457 dollars Ada Baggett and husband B W Baggett to Prichard and Sanders for 104 acres in Lowery Cobb survey at 156 dollars J K Sullivan and wife to R B Cates for 86 45 acres in Jas Matthews survey at 2200 dollars H Cain Sr to A J Johnson for 16 18 acres in Dennis Cowan survey at 6533313 dollars W B McClurkan and wife to D B McClurkan south half of lot 6 McKennon addition Denton 1 dollar G H Kimbrough and wife to Geo Richards 120 acres in B B B C survey at 6000 dollars Porter N Goodale and wife to Miss Annie Corey 106 acres in Geo Gibson and 76 12 acres in T P surveys at 5000 dollars G W Sullivan and wife to J H Hughes lot 2 block 15 Reuben Be bee survey at 1840 dollars J W Beaty and wife to Henry A Williams lot in Eugene Puchalski survey Denton at 75 dollars A G Costen and wife to A W Jones lots 9 10 11 and 12 block 13 Krum at 825 dollars WB McClurkan and wife to Jessie Deavenport lot on south side of Hickory Street Denton at 1 dollar L E Gill and wife to Chas Pettit 43 39 acres in Alex Cooper survey at 3249 dollars
Sheriff W C Orr will sell under an order of sale issued October 24 1912 in Alvin C Owsley vs S W Kanady et al No 4983. The first Tuesday in December 1912 the sale will occur at the Denton County Court House door Denton Texas. Three tracts described include parts of the College addition and surrounding parcels with total judgment $622.60 and costs after credits.
Large lot near two blocks from car line and Normal college with electric lights bath and city water. Rent listed as 20 dollars per month.
D L Dolgener of Fisher county is a guest of friends locally. P W Collier and nephew Clay Bishop of Plainview visited. W T Bates heads to Sullivan Ind after learning of his daughter Annie Hosman illness. W H Hollowwa, once local now in Van Zandt near Grand Saline, visits with father R R Hollowwa. C A Montgomery and Riley May of Wichita Falls move here to open a gas fixture and fitting business on West Oak Street in the Fulton building.
We the undersigned agree to close our stores on Thanksgiving Day November 28 1912. Jarrell Evans Dry Goods Co Duke Ayres J B Terry Beyotts Siee Store Julian Scruggs Wilson Henn Co W B McClarkan Co Grand Leader Co Magill Sheppard W W Batton J B Lehmutz The Williams Store and others pledge a coordinated holiday observance.
James H. Lewis known as Young Jim at 76 appears as Grumbach in The Goose Girl at Wrights Opera House on Monday. He blends buoyant movement with white hair, claiming the fountain of youth lies in staying near young people, health, and rest. He stayed active between seasons traveling Rhode Island Boston the Catskills Nova Scotia and New Brunswick before rehearsals.
Denton resident Rev. T. Z. Cagle testifies to Doan’s Kidney Pills aiding his back pain and kidney irregularities. He bought two boxes from J. F. Raley & Co. and reports wonderful relief. A local drugstore advertises the remedy at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is the U.S. agent. Remember the name Dean’s.
Denton County Texas sheriff sale notices a judgment of 196 75 in favor of J C Coit against G W Wilson. The land lot lies in Denton City out of the Eckleberger survey with measurements 155 by 100 feet, fronting an 8 1/2 foot street, and was conveyed to Schoolfield by deed in 1904. Sale set for first Tuesday in December 1912 at the Denton County Courthouse door.
The Austin Statesman prints a photo of the remodeled Austin High School with additions complete. When finished the building will double its capacity and be among Texas’s most imposing structures. Project cost about 90000 dollars. Architects Endress and Walsh. contractor J F Johnson of Denton.
Notice to all persons that during the next Texas Legislature session opening January 14, 1913 at Austin the undersigned railroad companies will seek a special law to authorize long term leases of multiple lines. The listed properties include lines from Waco to Rotan, Wichita Falls to the state line, Newcastle, Wellington, Denison to Bonham, Cleburne to Egan, and other segments.
A multi company agreement grants options to lease purchase and operate a network of railroads including Texas Central, Wichita Falls Northwestern, Wichita Falls Southern, Wichita Falls Wellington, Wichita Falls, Denison Bonham New Orleans, Dallas Cleburne Southwestern, and Beaumont Great Northern. It authorizes extensions, stock and bond exchanges, and bonds under Texas law subject to Railroad Commission approval. Dated November 1912 with signatures from C. E. Schaff and William Carlisle.
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