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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No217 A F A M meets on or before the full moon. Denton Chapter No0 BR A M meets first Tuesday of each month. Denton Commandery No45 KT meets second Tuesday each month. Order of Eastern Star meets Thursday on or before full moon.
Lost a book belonging to C. J. A. student likely left in a store. notify A. W. Palmer. Missing half heart shaped pin set with pearls and diamond. return to Long and King. Lost fox terrier dog with black ear spots. reward for return to Mrs. Gober Wright of Mrs. B. W. Beavenport. Lost letter bird bog white with lemon spots. Drumen Stroud on collar. reward to YT Stroud care post office.
Public notice lists rental options at 84 North Elm for a house and barn with improvements, available after January 1. Also offers 20 acres for rent and 5 acres for sale five miles from Denton on credit, with contact to L. Fulton.
Two S8 and SALL farms offered on easy terms with details available from A D Turner. Shorts for sale by Y M Turpen. Soft mules for sale also via A D Turner.
For sale an EMEFRSRON visible typewriter used about one month. See J. W. Brewer at Taliaferro Brothers. Price 87 cents.
Property listing offers eleven acres inside city limits two blocks from streetcar including four acres of fruit and five acres in cultivation. Features a five room house good well multiple outbuildings and sturdy fences. Terms offered by F. Pride, new phone 352.
Classified notice seeking a dependable agent to manage Fort Wolf records. Apply to Mrs R H Hoffman at the Tife, Ciby hotel. Also an ad for pure Jersey milk and cream with contact phone 902. R Brooks listed.
Help wanted for housework. Call on Mrs. Ben Fritz at 6.4V Oak Street.
Fragmentary note indicates Miss Leonora Banwawill to receive orders for flowers at Torall occasions located at 19 S Locust with a partial address.
Mrs McCann and GradTUxe solicit piano and voice pupils in Boston area. Address 729 S Elm veinest with contact numbers. Also offers hay and feedstuff notes and stove wood with prompt delivery from Arkansas Mill.
Portwood and Hodges advertise sanitary milk and cream with a new contact number 2426 and the old line 297 still listed. The update reflects a business contact change for customers seeking dairy products.
Frank and Wilkinson Meat Market advertise a change of contact with a new phone number and reference to preferred tender meats.
The message from Skiles Transfer Co states that after this time fares will be collected on a cash basis. It instructs passengers to remember and pay the driver directly.
Fragmentary notice lists storage and household items for sale including gas stoves and furniture. Mentions John 8B and Johmitz as identifiers. lacks clear dates or locations. Limited legible details hinder full reconstruction of the event.
Wraight Transfer Co. offers moving and furniture handling services from the Kinwid wagon yard at West Oak Street. Special attention to all items in transit and stored. Call for estimates and assistance with furniture moving needs.
Ter Miles of Mee Lester and Sherrod announce a new phase in the local business association. New phase aims to boost enterprise growth and streamline services for households.
Classified note offers wheat pasture and furnished rooms for rent in Menton Texas. Contact A D Tureer and A R MeGiste for details at listed phone.
Rem SALE One and several dining room parlor stoves offered by Gee J. Wilson at Wilseond Hen Co. 6644 Good oak wood priced at 4 per cord and stoves listed near 4250. L. C. Tomkins contact old phone 1614-6H. Rates noted.
Dr Eli Buyher and W E Botts are identified as veterinary surgeons with office addresses on North Locust Street and S Elm Street Lipscomb block respectively. The listings include office and residence phone numbers, along with locations described as blacksmith shops and a Denton street address.
Local craftsman Jake Laird offers woodwork blacksmithing and horseshoeing services on East McKinney Street. Tire repairs and tire shrinking also available. Contact for rates and availability.
A client commends J. P. Magee & Co for a fire policy No 38872 with Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance, stating the loss was promptly adjusted and a check issued in full. The letter extols the agency for looking after the client's interests after a loss.
J M Gurley cement contractor offers first class work at fair prices. Old phone 579, new phone 931 for estimates. For high grade cement and brick work contact S A Bushey to arrange an estimate.
Classified notice seeking plain sewing and comfort making services at 46 East Sycamore Stop.
Plain sewing, mending and darning a specialty with contact phone 327-green.
A fragment notes a route in Denton and mentions Mrs D C Early and a 96D designation in connection with a White Holland turkey raffle. The readable details are sparse but indicate a local sale or raffle event.
Local contractor NAUGLE offers complete home estimating with guaranteed work and prompt service. Phone and address provided for quick contact, emphasizing short notice estimates for housing projects.
Hil DaLee advertises brick work savings with a new phone number 372 O6p indicating affordable masonry services.
Charage Saunders dentist office located over Long and King store with both phones. W N Rowell dentist office over MecCray’s on the south side square with new phone 433 and old number 344.
Dr W A Jones opens a new dental office in West Side Square offering routine care, fillings, extractions, and periodic checkups to the local community. He relocated from previous practice to serve residents and nearby neighborhoods.
Dentist J W Pralin advertises his office on South Side Square in the middle of the block in Denton Texas with upstairs access.
A registered Jersey bull named Padisha of J Lambert will be available at Pinckney's wagon yard on West Oak Street after October 1. The merit cow has a butter test of seventeen poured and a seven day milk yield of 7,028 production with season cash and reform privilege. Pedigree and registration certificates are at the wagon yard office.
Fragmentary ad describes wagon yard near McKinney Street and McKelvey’s yard with prices around 81.50 cash. Mentions wagons available this year and next season and a return privilege. Contact possible at Nose phone No. 350 for Will Nocknane.
A terse notice invites interested individuals to call phone number 307 for scavenger work opportunities, with no further details provided.
Denton Rhodes scholarship holder declares English are hard to get acquainted with. But he is enjoying life more than at first.
A long letter from Homer Bruce, Rhodes Scholar for Texas, describes first year at Oxford. He notes tough exams, gown customs, and cross‑cultural dorm life with students from Scotland, South Africa, Poland, Switzerland and the U.S. He recounts memorizing Latin and Greek, and a sample exam asking where Socrates mentions Pindar.
A letter describes settling in Texas, adjusting loyalty, and adjusting to life with new Oxford style clothes called bags. It notes costs: thirteen dollars for a three year outfit, four days to press, and college dues of 120 dollars per term plus athletics fees totaling about 250 dollars a year.
In a Worcester college letter Homer reports on American foreigners facing limited chances in selection, noting Rhodes scholars dominated nine events while few Americans made teams. He describes damp atmosphere, strict exercise needs, and a monotonous diet, with anecdotes of menus and long nights, ending with affectionate wishes to his family.
A testimonial advertises Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles. Mrs A F Meriz of Glen Ellyn Iowa says six weeks of doctoring failed but the remedy cured her stubborn cough. Claims relief from coughs colds and throat issues with price one dollar and money back guarantee.
We are in position to save you money on your canned goods. Let us prove it. Turner Bros.
Today's market quotations show Liverpool at around 6.93 to 6.96 with spots at 7.34. New York opens near 13.25 with spots around 13.50. New Orleans notes December 13.06 and January 13.06 as spots. Calveston shows 13.25 spots.
Fort Worth on Nov 22 reports Friday livestock receipts: cattle 3500 calves 800 hogs 1300 sheep 3000. Steers and stockers steady, South Texas range calves sold at 7.50. Butcher cattle uneven, choice cows up to 5.50. medium fleshed cattle 25 cents lower. Calves steady. hogs 10 cents lower, top 8.05, bulk 7.85 to 7.90.
Chicago November 22 official figures cut the prior Argentine loss, leaving wheat futures down 3 8 to 1 2 cents. Cash quotations show Chicago 54 to 54 1/2 cents, St. Louis 98 to 99 1/4 cents, Kansas City 86 1/2 to 87 1/4 cents.
An 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh and offers a $100 reward if not cured. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and a supporting note from the National Bank of Commerce. Claims include internal action and testimonials, with price 75 cents per bottle and additional Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Sainte Marie with 1600 residents is ravaged by a controllable fire as of today. Reports state 150 houses have burned and the blaze remains unchecked with heavy losses expected.
Wizard Triangle Polish Map offered for $1.50 with one free quart of Wizard Oil at Turn Er Brothers. The notice highlights a limited promo and customer incentive at the hardware or auto supply shop.
Advertises discounted bananas at a fruit house on Wednesday the 19th. L. D. Smith Sells Fruit promises first come bargains due to overstock.
The text indicates a performance titled Whither goest thou by VADIS at the Princess with Monday afternoon and night showings.
Mrs Sarah M Chappe of Mt Airy North Carolina says she suffered two years with womanly and stomach troubles until six bottles of Cardui, the womans tonic, almost cured her. She reports friends noticed her improvement and many now take Cardui. The ad urges reader women to try Cardui, claiming a million users in the past fifty years. All druggists carry it.
The Thanksgiving day service at First Methodist Church hosted by Rev. Oscar T. Cooper features Rev. Dr. J. W. Caldwell delivering the sermon. Proclamations from the President and Governor, a United Charities pledge drive, special choir music, and a 10 30 a m program including doxology invocation and Benediction.
Berlin November 22 The 1914 Imperial budget raises to full legation status the ministers residences in Guatemala Venezuela and Peru signaling growing German relations with Latin America. The total budget exceeds 900 million marks.
John A. Marble ICC member died in Washington after an attack of acute indigestion last night hospital report said he was prominent in railroad regulation and public affairs for many years
Dr. W. B. Bizzell president of the C. I. A. was named vice president of the Texas Baptist convention. Denton Baptists D. M. E. Hudson J. N. Rayzor J. S. Carlisle W. B. Bizzell and J. W. Underwood attended the event.
Bantam Ohio resident H D Ely suffered a four year foot ulcer. Doctors urged amputation but he refused and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a last resort. He credited a complete cure to the salve and praised it as best for burns cuts bruises and eczema. Available 25 cents from AH druggists or by mail from H E Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
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