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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1913
Page
3
Classified notice seeking a capable cook for Mrs R H Hoffman. Includes contact details with phone 902 and a reference to Jersey milk and cream, possibly an advertisement from T. R. Brooks at 4412p.
Miss Leonora Hann will receive orders for flowers for all occasions at 19 S Locust. Local shop note directs customers to her for arrangements and inquiries.
Boston based Mrs. McCann a graduate of the New England Conservatory invites piano and voice students at 29 S Elim Street. Advertisement dated October 29.
CHOPS BRAN CORN HAY and other feedstuffs. Best stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measures. ARKANSAS MILL, S Elm St. Both phones.
Sanitary Milk and Cream lists contact details for business inquiries with new phone 426 and old phone 297 for Portwood and Hedges. The notice directs customers to use the updated number.
Frank Wilkinson Meat Market offers fresh and tender meats with old phone 212 and new phone 83 for orders. Local shop promotes reliable cuts and courteous service in a compact storefront note.
Skiles Transfer Co announces that going forward charges and transfers are payable on a cash basis. Passengers are reminded to pay the driver at the time of service.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves offered.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services from office at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. For furniture relocation call to arrange service and receive special attention to drag line items.
A local moving firm promotes first class service at reasonable rates for household moves. Les ter & Miles operate Lester & Sherrod with a new phone listing for contact.
Wheat pasture sought by A Db Turner and A McGintie. Office over Wilson Hanns. Old phone 34. Rents houses in all directions. Furnished rooms available in Denton Texas.
One handsome dining room or parlor stove and one small airtight heater offered for sale. Both stoves are in good as new condition and priced to move. See J. E. Wilson at Wilson-Hann Co located on 66th Street.
A terse classified notice advertises dry post oak wood at four dollars per cord and sieve wood at two dollars fifty cents per rick. Contact L O Tomkins at old phone 1614 6R for details.
Veterinarians Dr Eli Buyher and 4life W E Botts are listed with office locations and phone numbers. Buyher operates from Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop on North Locust Street with multiple new and old phone listings and a Denton residence hospital at 46 East Hickory Street. Botts, a graduate veterinarian, rents at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on South Elm Street with office and residence numbers and both new and old phones.
Jake Laird offers blacksmithing and horseshoeing plus rubber tiring and tire shrinking on East McKinney Street at 402-2twe. Local ad notes varied metalwork and tire services in a single storefront listing.
J M Gurley offers first class cement work and estimates for concrete walks. Reliable service at a fair price with completed projects and customer testimonials in local advertising.
QLD PHONE 579 new phone 9381. For high grade cement and brick work contact S. A. Bushey. He offers estimates for your project and can schedule work.
Town ad offers plain sewing and mending as a specialty with contact via phone 327-green.
A fire policy holder certifies policy No. 38872 with J. P. Magee & Co agency written by Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. He received a full settlement four days after loss adjustment and commends Magee and his companies for looking after clients interests after a loss.
Mrs B C Early of Route 2 Denton advertises White Holland turkey keys for sale. These farm birds are described with emphasis on breed and availability, inviting interested buyers to contact for details at the listed route.
Dr M L Martin A B M D treats diseases of eye ear nose throat and fits glasses. Office located over Raley and Co. downtown.
H. L. DaLee advertises brick work services with a new phone number 372. 96p prompt pricing and local reliability.
CHAS. SAUNDERS, DENTIST. OFFICE over Long & King's. Both phones. W. N. ROWELL, D. D. S., OFFICE over MecCray's, south side square. New Phone 433, Old Pace 344. DR. W. A. JONES, DENTIST. WEST Side Square.
J W Fralin dentist advertises at South Side Square in the middle of the block upstairs in Denton Texas offering professional dental care to residents of the area.
A register of merit Jersey bull Padisha of St Lambert, sired by Wilna A, with a seven day butter test of seventeen pounds seven ounces, will be at Pinckley's wagon yard on West Oak street after October 1. Season cash with return privilege. See pedigree and merit certificate for its dam in the wagon yard office. 26th.
Will Locknane advertises three fine bulls for sale or swap at 81.50 cash to all buyers. The listing notes a privilege to return and invites interested parties to call at residence new phone number 350. The note places the yard near East McKinney Street and Stroud Grocery.
Anyone seeking scavenger work, please call number 307, either phone.
The Tribune notes Alonzo Faneht’s thirty fifth birthday marked by a surprise birthday dinner. Relatives and friends including Jim and John Fowler of Ponder visited Mrs. Jim Knight. Other visitors frequenting the area include W. W. Dawson and Mrs. Frank Helm of Fort Worth, plus Miss Mattie Karnes of Saginaw.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder problems and dissolves gravel and diabetes. It says it treats men women and children and promises two months per bottle with a high success rate. Order by mail if not available locally from Dr E W Hall in St Louis Missouri.
An old advertisement promises immediate nasal relief from cold or catarrh using Ely's Cream Balm. It claims the product opens clogged air passages, relieves headache, and dissolves inflamed membranes through mild application in the nostrils, with a small bottle recommended for trial.
Folklore across nations claims riches at the rainbow’s end. Swabia seeks gold bows, Hungary cups of silver, Switzerland a shoe filled with gold, Bosnia transforms metal to gold, and other regions look for a golden key or silver bow. Some regions promise cures for fits and insanity where rainbow water touches ground.
In a French tale several shoemakers debate who is most meek before his wife. The host offers the prize boots to any claimant who proves his claim, with double price if defeated. A bold man declares fear of his wife and is challenged to grease his boots but hides the grease in his waistcoat, prompting a double price outcome.
The piece lists renowned conquistadors and discoverers who died violently or in disgrace, including Columbus, Balboa, Cortes, Pizarro and others. It notes drownings, imprisonments, executions, and betrayals among major and secondary figures from the era of exploration and conquest.
John Burroughs recalls a western city scene in an Atlantic Monthly piece where a wild sunflower pushes through asphalt. He notes the plant’s folded leaves bulging the concrete and compares the effort to a man's fist, emphasizing the plant’s remarkable resilience and force.
In Mrs. Andrew Crosse's Red Letter Days a Somersetshire old nurse is sketched. She lived to nearly a hundred and preached regular meals, recalling eight daily bites: a dew bit and breakfast a stay bit and dinner a mommer and crummer and a bit after supper.
A local baking service offers to bake and deliver Thanksgiving meals at lower cost. They promise fresh cakes pies buns and other treats and to take the hard burden of baking off customers.
LATE PERSONAL NEWS MENTION Fat Stock Show visitors include E Cocanougher and Tom Johnson while Ben Fritz and R P Lomax attend to business in Dallas Fort Worth guests Mrs Joe Booth and Mrs Z T Kerley travel for brief visits. Several residents travel to Fort Worth Prosper Lewisville and Dallas for Fat Stock Show and family visits. Mrs J T Follis and R Ausbrooks attend Klepper funeral. Mrs John Kirkpatrick injured and recovering at Walter Kirkpatrick home.
An advertisement touts Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion as a safe non alcoholic strength builder for old people. It emphasizes nerve nourishment, tissue rebuilding, and energy, with a money back guarantee if no quick relief, sold at O. M. Curtis Rexall Store in Denton Texas.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the M E Church South will hold a market sale on Wednesday November 26 at Harper and Grabawm’s Store. Proceeds support church missions and local outreach activities.
Quotations for today from Liverpool New York and New Orleans with open and close prices for spots and futures. Local Quotations note minimal receipts due to bad weather and mention a low grade lint at 8.75 and a seed cotton lot at 4.25.
The list shows wholesale and retail rates for grains, feed, hay, straw, eggs, butter, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and staples. Items include oats 50c wholesale 55-61c retail, corn 92c wholesale 1.00 sacked retail, wheat 5c per bu, flour 2.80 wholesale 2.85-90 retail per 100 lbs, cotton seed 24.00 per ton, and produce such as butter 15-30c, hens at 0. Teasing minor price ranges across multiple items.
An old advertisement touts Casecarets as a superior laxative over salts and purgatives. It claims a ten cent box cleanses the stomach, removes undigested food and foul gases, reduces bile, and purges waste overnight without griping. It targets men, women, and children as easy to take.
RECTON Nov 24 reports heaviest rain in a long time. Stewart's Creek nearly bank full aiding wheat and oats. Farmers cut bottoms and prep for next crop. T L Nash builds bungalow rent house. Mrs Davis' father Mr Taylor suffers stroke in Dallas. taken by Tom McKinney. Shed at Stewart's Creek being painted. Gilbert Self to build new barn. Andy Call family moved to Tioga. Orchard planting expanding. E A Gentry visits father J R Salmon at Floyd.
Head and nostrils suffer from cold. Pape's Cold Compound ends grippe and colds in hours with two hour dosing. It opens nasal passages relieves headache fever and throat soreness. Costs 25 cents at drug stores. Do not substitute.
Peanut threshing, delayed by wet weather, is nearing completion though many crops remain. J N Stover reports a very low yield, not more than one third of the average, with 6 to 25 bushels per acre. The Cheatham farm, one mile south of Corinth, saw last year’s average around 30 bushels. Hay crops suffered from rains, and extreme July August heat reduced overall yield.
An advertisement touts Harmony Hair Beautifier as a daily spray to make hair glossy and manageable with a rose scent. Harmony Shampoo promises quick cleansing without oil or residue, both sold at the Rexall Store in Denton Texas with money back guarantees.
The Normals won 36 to 10 against Pilot Point in a soggy Monday contest. Poor footing limited play. W. M. Strone led with 20 points and his brother Joe contributed in the first half. Next game after Thanksgiving is against Decatur, with a later date set for December 5 versus the Polytechnics.
Local druggists advertise D D D Prescription for Eczema as a proven wash from Chicago laboratories. They claim instant soothing, pore penetration, and germ destruction, offering a money back guarantee if it does not help, with D D D Soap also available.
Wet weather brings four inches of rain over two days. Wheat and oats look good. Peanuts threshing finished with a strong yield. Cotton nearly all picked. Corinth school making steady progress and has formed a literary society with Friday night meetings.
Fresh vegetables advertised by LONG & KING at phone number 44. The note highlights produce offerings and contact for orders. The brief lines imply a local grocery sale or farm market promotion.
A Den ton store's weekly classified page shows numerous readers responding to advertisements. Local readers engage with the ads in the advertising columns, reflecting active interest in listings and services.
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