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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 247 A F and A M meets on Saturday on or before full moon Denton Chapter No 86 RAM meets first Tuesday each month Denton Commandery No 45 KT meets second Tuesday each month OES meets Thursday on or before full moon
Notice lists lost items including a wide green suede bell found days ago, a ten dollar bill between square and Normal, and a fox terrier dog with black spots on ear and shoulder. Rewards offered for return to Mrs. Gober Wright of Mrs. B. H. Beavenport.
For rent two listed properties including a twenty acre tract with house barn and improvements available after January 1st and a fifty three acre parcel five miles from Denton offered on credit Prospective renters or buyers should contact L Fulton at 84 North Elm or telephone 565.
Short rental notice offering one or two rooms for rent in a private office setting. Inquiries directed to this office for details on furnishing options and availability.
Small farms offered for sale on easy terms. See A D Turner for particulars. Shorts for sale by Y M Turpen. Mules for sale. See A D Turner.
Help wanted ad seeks a good cook for Jersey milk and cream duties. Apply to Mrs R H Hoffman at phone 902. Contact T R Brooks at 4112p for details.
Miss Leonora Hann will receive orders for flowers for all occasions at 49 S Locust. The announcement appears in a local notice column and directs customers to her shop for floral services.
Boston based piano and voice tutor Mrs McCann, graduate of the New England Conservatory, invites pupils. Location 29 S Elm Street. Oct 29.
Arkansas Mills on Elm Street advertises chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure with both phones listed for contact.
Sanitary Milk and Cream lists new contact lines for Portwood and Hodges. It provides a new phone number 4% and a Queensland line 297 for inquiries. The brief notice updates readers on altered telephones for order placements and service.
Fresh and tender meats marketed by Frank Wilkinson. Old phone 212 replaced by new phone 83 for contact.
The message states that from now on the e b and transfer fare will be on a cash basis and requests payment to the driver. Skiles Transfer Co.
Fragmentary note cites reasonable storage rates for household goods. Mentions John and KBchmitz Furniture and Gas Stores in relation to storage services.
Seth rphones Office Kincaid wagon yard on Wrest Oak Street offers moving services. They advertise special attention to freight and drag line items and invite customers to call for service.
Local notice for a dray and moving service announces specialty moving at reasonable rates. The ad lists Lec ter Miles and Lester Sherred as contacts with a new phone line.
Classified note advertises pasture space sought by A D Furner, contact details implied by the short notice for leasing grazing land.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent at his office over Wilson-Hants in Denton Texas. Contact old phone 364 for housing across Worth South East and West areas.
For sale one handsome dining room stove or pastor stove and one small air tight bewier both stoves are in good condition and offered at a bargain. See J. E. Witkan at Wilsen Hann Co otic.
An aged clipping lists dry pestoak wood at four dollars per cord and stove wood at two fifty a cord. Seller L O Tomkins is named with an old telephone tag reference.
Listing shows Dr Eli Buyhhr a veterinarian in Grecon with office at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street and multiple phone numbers for office and residence. Also notes residence and hospital at 46 East Hickony Street Denton and a garbled 47tfe entry.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian operates from Hancock and Sons at Breck Smith Step on S Elm Street Lipscomb Block. New contact numbers include 269 and 132 with a 486 listing for CID phone.
Local craftsman Jake Laird offers woodwork, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber tire work, and tire shrinking services from Fast McKinney Street. Advertising a versatile shop serving vehicle and farm needs with skilled metal and woodworking.
J M Gurley promotes first class cement and brick work at fair prices. Offers estimates by phone 979 old and 931 new. Contact S A Bushey for high grade cement and brick work estimates.
Thanksgiving wishes from J. P. Magee and Co. express gratitude for friends and family and hope for togetherness in spirit and a good feast for all.
Elbert Produce Co advertises payment of 11 cents per pound for turkeys delivered over the next several days, noting farmer participation and terms for suppliers.
A terse note from Denton Route 2 mentions White Holland keys sought by Mrs. Bb. Early. The message lists 96p and appears as a cryptic local notice.
A compact notice offers money saving brick work services by H L BaLee with a new phone number 872. Sop.
Charles Saunders dentist operates above Long and King’s store with two phone numbers listed for appointments and inquiries.
Advertisement for doctor W N Rowell D D 5 announcing office location over McCray's on the south side square with a new phone number 488 and old pace 344.
Dr W A Jones operates a dental practice at West Side Square offering general dentistry. The ad highlights location for convenient neighborhood care and patient-focused services.
J W Fraltn dentist located on South Side Square in the middle of the block upstairs in Denton Texas offers dental services from a central downtown site.
A registered Jersey bull Padisha of St Lambert son of Wilna A with a 17 pounds 7 ounce butter test in seven days will be at Pinckley’s wagon yard West Oak Street after October 1. Season cash with return privilege. See pedigree and merit certificate in the wagon yard office.
Advertises three high quality bulls for sale at the Will Locknane yard located one block east of Strand grocery store and east of McKelvey's yard on East McKinney street. Cash price is 81.30 to all buyers. Contact number 350 for return arrangements.
Short notice call offers scavenger work to those seeking odd jobs. Text simply invites interested individuals to contact the number 307 for employment.
A record of engagements and performances across cities listing Christene Miller as a featured artist. Orchestras include Theodore Thomas Orchestra in Pittsburgh, New York Symphony, Cincinnati Orchestra, Minneapolis Orchestra, and St Paul Symphony with dates in November December February. Messiah and Requiem oratorios appear in New York Boston Philadelphia Toronto and other cities. Recitals noted at Yale Bryn Mawr Princeton Northwestern Amherst and C.I.A. event in Cambridge.
A cough remedy promises relief for consumption symptoms by stopping cough loosening the chest reducing fever and aiding sleep. A Glen Ellyn Iowa testimonial from Mrs A F Merte credits six weeks of doctoring and a stubborn cough with failing, praising Dr King’s New Discovery. Money back if it fails with prices 50 cents and 1.00 delivered by mail from H E Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
A heavy rain swept Trinity on Saturday with cooler air following. Local residents including J. P. Lawrence and M. F. Mercer visited Denton and Gainesville. Rev. A. Gunnels attended the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas. Arthur Russell and others returned from nearby towns. several townsfolk were noted visiting relatives and hearing sermons.
Mrs. A King remains ill for two months. Ed Brown moves to Mrs. A McMakins for another year. Box supper planned at Double Oaks on Nov 29 for the school. Local visits include Mrs. Frank Woods to Taylor and John Levett to Denton. Various residents travel to Lewisville Fort Worth and Argyle others.
The Smyrna column notes persistent rain since Saturday, full stock water, and wheat looking time. Local residents travel to Denton Fort Worth and Taylor, with weddings, visits, and social events including Luther Rose and Lula Lollar marriage near Bartonville.
November social snippets place Fred MecCormick in Dallas and Tom Hill in Dallas while Tom Hampton Clarence Woodford return from Celeste. Denton visitors include W L Tavis and Charles Ellis. A newborn boy born to Mr and Mrs Tom Barnes on November 20. The McDonald child died Saturday November 22. Miss Linnie Boss shown improved after illness.
Heavy rain began Saturday evening and persisted through the night in Sand Hill. G. W. Dooley visited his brother in law John Sharber of Avevie and returned home Sunday. Children Bell and Geneva Wil James recover from scarlet fever. Sand Hill teacher Grover Combeet from Denton teaches this year. Visits from Bill Dooley and Minnie Griffiths family noted. Dr. Hooper completes farmhouse reconstruction three miles east. Peanut threshing slowed by showers. Local residents Mack Hutcheson and others returned from town.
After days of rain the sun shines in Sanger as Methodist ladies plan to serve dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Local residents like Mrs. Shirley, Mrs. McMurtry, Miss McMurtry, J. H. Hughes and wife, Miss Bertha Balls, Miss Mildred Marston and Roy Rice are noted for travels, visits, and new residences are being built with a moving picture show in town.
Union Hill reports one of the season s heaviest downpours over Saturday and Sunday. Many travelers in Sanger zones faced flooding and delayed returns. Local residents like Mrs. F M Johnson and Herbert Sullivan suffer illness while cotton picking and wheat sowing pause due to rain.
In Sunny Dale on November 25 Mr and Mrs G Vaughn visited relatives near Argyle while heavy rains persisted through Sunday. Grandma Yeek from Denton visited D F Yeek and family. Mr King shows improvement after illness. A Civil War lecture and picture show drew a small crowd due to bad weather. Grover Vaughn teaches at the school as new scholars arrive. farming mostly finished cotton picking. Luther Wilkersons move into the former R L Wilkerson residence. no Sunday school due to weather.
W. W. Billingsley, a Denton machinist, reports kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at J F Raley Co. Drug Store. He suffered after measles with frequent urination and sediment in secretions, but health improved with the remedy. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Mud and rain dominate Plainview as farmers try to manage fast growing wheat and oats. Dr. S. Donald attends the Fat Stock show in Fort Worth. A youth and elder group enjoyed a rainforest weekend picnic at Clear Creek, with most staying over Sunday. Over 100 enrolled, Sunday services canceled by rain, health generally good.
An old time tonic promises to restore natural hair color and shine. The Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur remedy is sold in drug stores for about fifty cents and is said to darken gray hair evenly without looking artificial.
Scotland celebrates the daft days as New Year festivities once ran exuberant in streets and cottages. Temperance laws eased but noses still long for revelry. In Edinburgh a Black Marta ferried drunken folk to the police. Lanterns with wrens were carried by Ireland and Wales on New Year’s Day inviting gifts.
A listing of wholesale and retail prices for grains, feeds, and farm produce. Includes oats, corn, wheat, flour, meal, bran, chops, shorts, cotton seed, mixed cow feed, poultry feeds, various hays, oat straw, straw, eggs, butter, poultry, ducks, geese, Irish potatoes, greens, peppers, fruits, onions, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, celery, grapes, and sweet potatoes with price ranges and delivery notes.
The piece notes that in Tientsin and Peking most shops are one story with street shutters by day and no doors or windows. Shops measure fourteen to sixteen feet wide with a short front counter, and storerooms are shallow due to the layout of Chinese houses. It describes single and multiple courtyard houses and official residences built around courtyards.
The article traces opal superstition from 2 to 3 centuries ago in Europe. Italian jewelers thrived before a Venice plague linked dying victims' opals to fever brightening the stone and postmortem dulling it. Many then believed opals brought death and misfortune, reducing sales.
The origin of the expression scot free is traced to Scottish romances cited by Sir Walter Scott. In The Antiquary and Rob Roy offenders faced a ritual where they ran between archers who fired on command. If no arrow struck during the run, the condemned man was freed.
A strong country woman rides a New York dry goods elevator repeatedly refusing to alight at any floor. The elevator operator finally asks where she wants to go and she replies to exit as near Madison Square Garden as possible. Delineator reports the curious incident.
In London Punch a playful remark notes a crowd around an elderly professor famed as a conversationalist. The exchange mentions attempting topics from bridge to music halls and finding him useless in the chat.
An exchange from Chicago Tribune humor pages features a doctor noting his wife never looks at arrivals in church on Sunday while the Rev Dr Goodman recalls she makes him report who comes in after their service. The gag highlights social etiquette and churchgoing routine.
The Home Economies Department met at 3 p.m. with Mrs. Francis Craddock hosting. Guests Mrs. E. D. Criddle and Mrs. F. M. Craddock attended. Mrs. F. A. Haustein led the lesson on building a house and hospitality as a lost art sparked a lively discussion. The group enjoyed social time after the program.
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