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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 217 AF and AM meets Saturday on or before the full moon. Denton Chapter No. 80 RAM meets the first Tuesday each month. Denton Commandery No. 45 KT meets the second Tuesday each month. C E S meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
Multiple item notices including a lost fox terrier with black spots on ear and shoulder offered for reward to Mrs. Gober Wright and Mrs. B. H. Deavenport, a lost book belonging to C. J. A. student left in a store, a lost letter bird dog named Truman Stroud with reward, a notice about a streetcar book found at this office, and forwarding notices to A. W. Palmer and T. Stroud.
Ten room house on Hy 84 North Elm with phone 565 available to rent after January 1. Twenty acres with house barn and improvements for rent. Also 53 acres five miles from Penton for sale on credit. See L Fulton.
Classified line notes two downstairs rooms available to rent with light housekeeping. Contact Mrs. Fowlkes at 39 EB Mulberry for details and terms. Also lists a furnished room on Mulberry Street near 4th Ave and a second listing for two furnished or partly furnished rooms at 4166 Bolivar.
Classified notice offering two small farms for sale on easy terms. Direct readers to A. D. Turner for particulars. Also advertises shorts for sale by Y. M. Turpen and another note about sale of males through A. D. Turner.
Used about one month. See J. W. Brewer at Taliaferro Brothers for details. Price 87 cents.
Eleven acres inside city limits offered with two blocks to street car line four and a half acres in fruit five acres in cultivation a good well a five room house ample outbuildings and good fences terms offered F S Pride New Phone 352 sale notice and furniture sale at Oak Street Church including chairs organ pulpit desk book case stove and bell sold cheap apply to B Anderson 38 Bolivar Street WeW Phone 184 2tfe
Help wanted for housework duties. Contact Mrs. Ben Fritz at 86 W Oak St, Rie. No other details provided.
Mrs Buneh at 40 E Hickory invites carders for flowers for all occasions. Old phone 63y 86 Miss Hanora Hann will receive cards. Locust Ave? The notice appears in a small classified-style ad offering dressmaking services and a request for craft workers.
An advertisement from Mrs Nmegann, a graduate of a New England conservatory in Boston, offers piano and voice instruction. The note lists 29 S Elm Street and a contact date around October 28.
A local notice advertises magazine subscriptions of all kinds with renewals urged. It names Mrs. Sam H. Sullivan of 98 Wagtwillock, Hickory, New Phone 364 Red, urging prompt response.
Advertisement listing available feedstuffs including chops bren corn hay, stove and heater wood with prompt delivery and full measure. Arkansas Mill located on S Elm Street offers two phone lines for orders.
Message updates Portwood and Thieg Es to new phone 426 while old contact 297 remains obsolete. The notice instructs customers to use the new number for sanitary cream services.
Frank Wilkinson seeks contact at WIFAT after listing old phone 212 and new phone S. He mentions iFresh and tender meat in a brief personal notice.
Announcement from Skiles Transfer Co stating that transfer fares will be charged on a cash basis from now on. Customers are advised to remember the new method and ensure payment accordingly.
Storage and household goods offered at reasonable rates by John B Gangutz. Furniture and gas slaves listed. advertise available storage services and items in a compact classified notice.
PenqiIGHT Transfer Co. offers moving and freight services in Kincaid, with focus on handling items in the grey line and providing special attention to every job. Call for service.
Lee ter Miles of Lester and Sherrod advertise a household moving specialty under the Wray business name. They promote a new phone contact for customers seeking moving services at reasonable rates.
Wheat pasture wanted see A. fp. Turner. Rent houses North South East West. Office over Wilson-Harpn's. Old geone 31. Denton Texas. Furnished rooms for rent.
One handsome dining or parlor stove and a small room heater. Both stoves are in good as new condition and priced to sell. See EB Wilson at Wilson Hann Co.
Dry post oak wood offered in 4 a cord lots and stove wood at 2.50 a rack. Contact L C Tomkins by phone 1614 6R for details.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a rapid cure for catarrh and nasal congestion. It claims small drops in the nostrils open blocked airways, relieve headache, and hasten recovery from cold or sore throat, urging immediate purchase at drug stores.
Neighborhood notes list residents visiting relatives and returning home to Dallas Fort Worth and Denton. Transfers include land sales near Waketon with 32 and 13 acre parcels valued at 6400 and 600 respectively. School reopens after a one week delay as cotton harvest continues and local families report travel and personal business.
Classified notice reads plain sewing and mending services offered at 46 E Sycamore St with a sip and a phone contact 327 green BSP.
Elbert Produce Co offers 11 cents per pound for turkeys delivered over the next few days, as announced by the company. The notice appears under a local business ad segment.
Mrs. Db C Early of Route 2 Denton seeks White Holland turkey keys in a brief local notice. The message lists contact routing for responses and aims to secure the birds for home use.
Jake Laird offers woodwork blacksmithing and horseshoeing services plus rubber tire work at 102 East Moakinney Street. He advertises tire shrinking and general metalwork for customers in the area.
Dr Eli Buyher a veterinary surgeon lists offices at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street New phone 461 and residence 355 Old Phone residence 620. Residence and hospital at 46 East Hickory Street Denton. W E Botts graduate veterinarian lists Hancock and Son blacksmith shop S Elm Street Lipscomb Brock office new phone 269 residence 132 old phone 486.
Doctor M. L. Martin A. B. M. D. offers treatments for eye ear nose and throat diseases. Office located over Raley and Co. with potential losses noted.
A local contractor advertises house estimation services at 46 S Elm St and 422 iPhone with guaranteed work and quick quotes. The notice mentions estimates furnished on short notice and a November 18 date fragment.
ChiAS Saunders dentist advertises office over Long and King stores with both phones listed for contact.
W. WN. Rowell D D S. Office over McGray's on the south side square. Near phone 483 Old Pace 341.
W A Jones at Week Side Square debuts as a local dentist offering new services and patient care in the community.
Local advertisement shows Dr W Pralin a dentist located at South Side Square in the middle of the block in Denton Texas listing practice details.
A registered Jersey bull named Padisha of 1 Lambert, son of Wilna A, described as a merit cow with a corn feed butter test of seventeen pounds, 792s in seven days. He will be at Pimckley's wagon yard on West Oak Street after October 1 with season cash and return privilege. Pedigree and merit certificate filed in the wagon yard office.
Three high quality bulls offered by Will Leimane at the Will Lock Lane yard one block east of McKelvey’s and Stroud Grocery on East McKinney Street. Cash price $1.50 each with privilege to return. Call residence phone 350.
A terse classified note invites callers for scavenger work, offering contact via phone number 307 or an alternative phone option. The fragment provides minimal details about job type or compensation.
If we pay at home our merchants will be more prosperous and help the city. They can improve stores, hire more workers, and meet labor demand. A growing community attracts people from neighboring towns who live here to work.
Cotton picking and wheat sowing near completion hindered by a light shower. Attended second Monday at Pilot Point. Mrs. F. M. Johnson gravely ill. J. D. Sullivan and Jim Sullivan family illnesses noted. Baby of Jim Sullivan buried at Valley View from catarrhal fever. Mrs. Jim Maxwell suffers rheumatism. R. L. Harrison of Corinth and H. H. Nichols in Denton. Andrew Beckham returns to Oklahoma.
Nov 18 notes report H F Wakefield in Fort Worth. E F Proffers visited Gainesville. Minnie Knight visiting Justin. J T Bledsoe of Petersburg Tenn and T W Swofford visited last week. K K January on the coast. W G Harris bought a farm near Madill Oklahoma. Misses Ollie Harris and Nona Tinsley of Justin school visited home. Join Gale moved to Ponder and opened a meat market. M L Simmons building a residence on his farm. R P Lomax building a residence on his farm northwest of town.
Nov 18 Little Elm updates show farmers preparing land for next year amid nearing cotton picking end. Transactions include T M Green selling one acre east of town to Walter Harris for 60 dollars per acre. Social visits feature Mrs Wilks and Mrs Hawkins from Denton. School work advances on a new building and several residents travel to Denton and Lewisville.
In Waketon on November 18, reports indicate cotton picking in the area nearing completion. A. Harris was seen in Denton on business.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a cheap, easy solution for heavy lustrous hair and no dandruff. It claims visible fullness within ten minutes and new hair growth after about two weeks, urging readers to try Knowlton's product at drug stores.
Mrs Stump and daughter Oma visited in Keller while a box supper is planned at the school house on November 28 to benefit the new school building. Roanoke's Literary Society forms with Dave Whitesides as president and Virgie Morgan as secretary.
The ad claims a simple strand by strand method will transform hair to a soft glossy beauty in moments. A surprise awaits anyone who tries the technique.
At the regular weekly meeting the fire department decided the December 17 banquet will be for members and their families only. J O Bell P J Bevett and James Goode were named as arranging committee and each member is to provide part of the necessities for the spread.
Bantam, Conn. resident H. D. Ely suffered a four year foot ulcer. He refused amputation, used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a last resort, and reports his foot was soon completely cured. Claims it treats burns, cuts, bruises, and eczema. Available 25 cents from all druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co.
Wheat futures rose on Argentine parity expectations, lifting Chicago prices by 3 8 to 3 4 cents. Oats eased slightly. Cash grain quotes showed Chicago at 94 to 96 1 4 cents, St. Louis 93 to 95 1 2, Kansas City 87 1 2 to 88 1 2 cents.
Fort Worth stockyards receipts show 3 100 cables, 500 calves, 1 700 hogs, 250 sheep. Steers top 6.70, bulk 6.00 to 6.75. Cows top 6.00, bulk 3.65 to 5. Calves top 6.79, bulk 6.75. Hogs top 8.07, bulk 7.80 to 8.05. Sheep top 4.00, bulk 4.00.
An old advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound for stuffed heads and colds. It instructs taking every two hours up to three doses to relieve nasal congestion headache feverishness and sore throat and claims 25 cents at drug stores with prompt relief and no side effects.
An advertisement touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a thorough remedy for worms in children and adults. It claims safe, candy flavored doses aid digestion, improve liver action, and curb constipation, with a 5 cent price and mail order options through Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.
Neuralgia of the face shoulder hands or feet requires a powerful remedy. Ballard's Snow Liniment possesses that power. Rubbed in where pain is felt relieves suffering and restores normal conditions. Price 25c 50c and 4.00 per bottle. Sold by R. H. Garrison.
The Princess debuts a refined new program tonight featuring elegant acts and polished performances. Spectators can expect a sophisticated showcase highlighting music dance and stagecraft from a curated lineup.
Robert Hickey, a 14 or 15 year old Western Union messenger, escaped serious injury when his bicycle hit an auto driven by Joe Jones. He was knocked onto the car hood and rolled to the curb, suffering only bruises and walking home the next morning. Real estate transfers follow, listing several properties and buyers in Denton and area.
Omer L. Sanders of Ponder weds Miss Ethel Stallings of Denton. J R Lewis of Peoria Alabama to Miss Claude Alice Bell of Denton. Leon French to Mary Nichols of Lewisville. George Morrison to Miss Ruthie Mae Royston of Pilot Point.
An older storefront ad urges shoppers to keep number 44 in mind for groceries. It promises courteous service and best quality and prices. The message emphasizes consistent value and customer care from Ong & King.
Mrs. Jessie Wood aged 74 years 7 months 25 days died October 28 near Denton eight miles southeast of the city after illness from a malignant tumor.
Birth announcements list a boy born November 4 to Mr and Mrs Will Hames two miles north of Pilot Point and a girl born October 25 to Mr and Mrs J C Witt in Greer County Oklahoma.
An ad touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup for cough relief and lung comfort. It claims to soothe irritation and restore easy breathing, priced 25 cents and one dollar per bottle, sold by R. H. Garrison.
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