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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 247 meets on the Saturday on or before the fair month. Denton Chapter No. 80 meets the first Tuesday of each month. Denton Commandery No. 45 meets the second Tuesday monthly. C. B. meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
A wide green suede belt reported found in town and a ten dollar bill lost between square and Normal. A fox terrier with black spots on ear and shoulder missing. Reward offered for the return to Mrs. Gober Wright of Mrs. B. H. Deavenport.
Twenty acres with house barn and improvements for rent after January 4th. Also 53 acres five miles from Denton for sale on credit. See L Ful ton.
Short notice rental offer advertises three furnished rooms with light housekeeping at 7 Weat Sycamore. Price listed as 93 cents.
For rent a single or double room, furnished or unfurnished. Inquire at this office. 93p.
Property offers two small farms advertised for sale on easy terms. Interested buyers directed to see A. D. Turner for particulars. Also notices mule sales and Y. M. Turpen listing available.
Help wanted notice seeking a reliable cook for Mrs. R. H. Hoffman and T. R. Brooks. Contact phone 902 for Jersey milk and cream products.
Miss Leonora Hann will receive orders for flowers for all occasions at 49 S Locust. The note specifies contact for floral arrangements and delivery.
Boston based Mrs McCann a graduate of the New England Conservatory solicits piano and voice pupils. Address 29 Elm Street, South Elm area. Oct 29 date noted.
Local supplier advertises chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs along with stove and heater wood. Promises prompt delivery and full measures from Arkansas Mill on S Elm Street with both phones listed.
Sanitary Milk and Cream lists new phone Portwood and Hodges 426 replacing old 297. Local directory note indicates updated contact for milk and cream orders.
Local ad for Frank Wilkinson Meat Market features old phone 212 and new phone listed. Promises fresh and tender meats and grocery items in a compact storefront advertisement.
Skiles Transfer Co informs customers that all coin operated and transfer fares will be collected on a cash basis. Please remember to pay the driver.
John B. Schmitz offers storage for household items at reasonable rates including furniture and gas stoves.
Freight Transfer Co offers furniture moving service from the Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak Street. For any item in the drag line they promise special attention and prompt phone contact for office and service.
Household moving specialty by Les ter and Miles at Lester and Sherrod office with new phone.
Classified note seeking a wheat pasture property now available for purchase or lease. Contact A DBD Turner for details and arrangements.
A R McGintie at office over Wilson Hanna's in Denton Texas advertises furnished rooms for rent with old phone 361. He rents houses in four directions North South East and West.
Two stoves in good as new condition offered at bargain prices. Interested buyers contact J. BE. Wilson at Wilson-Hann Co. 66tfe.
Advertises dry post oak wood at four dollars per cord and stove wood at two dollars fifty cents per rick. Lists L. O. Tomkins with old phone 1614 6R.
Dr Eli Buyher veterinary surgeon announces office at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street Denton with new and old phone numbers for office and residence and a residence hospital at 46 East Hickory Street Lipscomb block W E Botts graduate veterinarian lists office at Hancock Son blacksmith shop South Elm Street with new and old phone numbers for office and residence.
J. M. Gurley, the cement contractor, offers first class work at a low price. Get estimates for your building needs.
Old phone 579 and new phone 931 listed for high grade cement and brick work. The note invites readers to contact S A Bushey to estimate the project needs.
Dr M L Martin and colleague A B MD practice eye ear nose throat care at a downtown office located over Raley and Co. The ad notes specialty services and invites patients to visit for consultations.
A festive message wishes friends and families unity and gratitude. It expresses hope for togetherness in spirit if apart in reality and wishes a good feast and happiness for all.
Mrs K C Early of Route 2 Denton reports finding white Holland turkey keys in a 96 page item. The note specifies the keys belong to a farm or household and requests contact to reclaim.
Local notice promotes cost cutting on brick work with a sales pitch. H L DaLee announces a new phone number 372 and invites inquiries for services and pricing.
Chas Saunders, dentist, advertises an office over Long and King’s with both phones available for contact.
W N Rowell D D S S Office over McCray’s on the south side square advertises new phone 433 and old pace 344. Dr W A Jones dentist operates on the west side square offering dental services.
J. W. Fralin, dentist, located at South Side Square in the middle of the block, upstairs, Denton Texas.
Livestock note announces Padisha of St Lambert a registered Jersey bull from Wilna A with merit cow dam and a butter test of seventeen pounds seven ounces in seven days. He will be at Pinckley’s wagon yard West Oak street after October 4 with season and five dollars cash and return privilege. See pedigree and merit certificate at the wagon yard office.
Will Locknane advertises three fine bulls for sale at 1.50 cash to all buyers with privilege to return. The yard is one block east of McKelvey's yard and east of Stroud grocery store, located near the square on First McKinney street. Call his residence at New phone No. 350.
A notice seeking scavenger work for project number 307 invites contact by phone for applicants or inquiries about the assignment.
The piece argues that famed men valued for talent and influence were often plain in appearance. Julius Caesar drew affection before fame, while later figures like Sir Philip Sidney Paul Scarron Voltaire Rousseau and John Wilkes were noted for unattractive looks yet strong appeal to women.
Mammy Lou visits Lucinda who hides a boiling pot in a fireless cooker. Lucinda vows to cook the beans there despite Mammy’s fear and belief she is hoodooed. Mammy orders her to don a bonnet and leave, insisting she will not stay where the devil cooks.
A judge awake to two armed burglars in his room remains calm as one thief holds a pistol. The intruders seize a watch but the judge decries its value. The burglar overrules the motion and appeals, leading to a mock supreme court decree sustaining the lower court.
Miss Lula Dawson visits relatives in Justin while many residents travel to Fort Worth, Denton and Ponder for family, work, and shows. The area hosts colt shows, cotton and wheat markets, and multiple weddings, with notable injuries and travel to Fat Stock Show events.
BELEW Nov 25. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smotherman. Miss Myrtle Belaford of Pilot Point visited Miss Bennie Brand. Mrs. Ida Beaty visits Lon Beaty and family in Tioga. Edd Holford family moved into Ed Stroup’s former house. H R Hedrick family moving to Kelso. Otto Long of Sanger visiting Mrs. M Greene. Mrs. Edd Woodard left for Ardmore Okla. Death of Earl Beckham, sent to asylum from Pilot Point several weeks ago.
Dr Rowe of Denton visited Roanoke on Saturday. Families mentioned include Mr and Mrs J W Roark visiting Pearsall and Mr and Mrs Laney Finlayson visiting relatives. A wrist dislocation for Neelys’ daughter, attendance at Fort Worth stock show, Nina Cade and Ruby Fanning’s health, and a birthday party hosted by Fred Chapin are noted.
Rainy conditions slow harvest while many residents report health updates and local events. Rex Malicote’s horse damaged his buggy in a Sunday incident. Big Elm flooded fields washing away unpicked cotton. A. B. Stallings and Mona Cocer wed in Aubrey, with Rex and Chas Mallicote visiting Denton.
Miss Etta Mae Jenkins visits in Waco while Dr. R. H. Salmon and daughter Josephine from Dallas call on friends. Many residents travel to Dallas and Fort Worth for visits. An infant dies and is buried at Flower Mound. a basketball team forms at Lewisville Academy with officers and captains.
Roads are in bad condition after rain. Families and neighbors share visits across Spring Hill Belew Pilot Point Aubrey and Spring Hill. Miss Kate Belilar with tuberculosis worsens. schools report progress though Sunday School canceled due to rain. various relatives visit and host in Friendship area.
The Little Elm column notes Mr. and Mrs. Ward House visiting his mother and attending the Fat Stock Show in Fort Arthur Hope of Sweetwater visiting relatives. Miss Myrtie and Bertie Rose return from a Denton visit. Mr. and Mrs. C F Witt visit her parents in Lewisville.
Misses Beulah Sanderson and Ethel Oats visited in Denton while families and friends traveled to Fort Worth Stock Show. Local residents attended conventions, shopped, or moved to town. The Baptist convention gathers here Thursday through Sunday as W. Y. Barnett and sons buy cattle in Fort Worth.
Waket on records unusually warm weather for late November with grass growing like spring. Local residents and visitors listed include E. T. Pattillo, A. M. Buckner and family, Mrs. H. A. Anderson, A. J. Robertson, R. L. Kirby, Oscar Roberts, S. O. Hudson, Mrs. Burrell Calvert and daughters Maud and Fay. A heavy rain washed roads. many travel plans noted to Alabama and Fort Worth.
In Argyle on November 25 Rev Sooter plans to attend a Gatesville conference. Rev Humphreys from Commerce filled in but bad weather kept him from the Presbyterian service. Locals Andrew Key and family visited McKinney. others visited J L Birchfield. County Surveyor Pierce from Denton examined property for Birchfield. Residents Carlton of Krum and several Argyle families attended the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. Weather delayed ball pulling. Vandergriff moved into town. The interurban car line through Argyle is a hot topic.
Denton advertising copy invites readers to become customers, promising high satisfaction from LONG & KING and urging non customers to call phone number 44 to learn how they will be pleased.
Stop coughing and ease breathing with Ballard's Horehound Syrup. It claims to soothe irritation, heal lungs, and restore comfortable breathing. Price 25c and $1.00 per bottle, sold by R. H. Garrison.
A 19th or early 20th century essay lists animal lifespans from moths to swans and notes humans average about thirty three years. It compares durations for locusts dragons bees snails pigeons and others, drawing a reflection on human longevity.
Angered head of a haberdashery firm storms into an employment agency demanding an interview with the manager. He accuses the agency of recommending as AI collectors young men who allegedly extort money, denying any such losses and challenging the agency to stop lying to secure jobs.
Mark Twain jokes about a frightful town where residents supposedly die. He claims he lived there two years and never died, provoking stunned silence as he pivots with a dry retort about witnesses and the townspeople.
The piece notes Jonas Hanway’s pamphlet arguing tea causes nervous disorders and harms vigor and beauty while six ships sail the China tea trade. Dr Johnson reviews Hanway’s critique in the Literary Magazine admitting tea drinking harms the working classes, as quoted in the London Chronicle.
A quaint tombstone inscription moves a girl to tears but prompts sharp motherly rebuke as the scene unfolds with restrained emotion and a clash over propriety. The exchange highlights delicate social expectations surrounding public displays of grief.
A dialogue in a National Monthly piece contrasts a father’s harsh memory of famine with his children’s spoiled tastes. Bobby remarks on their better life, while the father condemns jam and butter on bread as excessive.
A light London Opinion quip presents a wife challenging her husband about his claim to marriage based on her cooking skill. The husband confesses he offered any excuse to spare hurt feelings, admitting he knew she could not boil a potato.
A Baltimore American quote notes an aviator’s unique edge over others, saying his advantage is the ability to want the earth without being labeled grasping. The remark contrasts ambition with public perception in a light editorial tone.
A brief comic line from Lippincott's features Johnny asking Mamma to wash his face. Mamma wonders aloud why he cannot do it himself while Johnny notes he would wet his hands, though his face does not need washing.
A brief dialogue between Geraldine and Gerald references memories of kissing games described as timeless and not needing darkness to be played. The exchange mirrors newspaper fun copy style from the New York Times.
A reader seeks a person aiming to build buy or improve property in Denton and invites stories from those paying high interest. Contact B H Gordon care General Delivery with details for possible feature.
The column notes readers are enticed by price inducements in today’s hardware ads as kitchens yearn for new skillets and pans. The remark highlights the appeal of bargain offers in the newspaper’s shopping section.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as instantly opening clogged nostrils and clearing head and throat. It claims relief from catarrh and colds by morning, urging readers to buy a small bottle at any drug store and apply in the nostrils for immediate soothing effects.
Prices listed for oats corn wheat flour meal and feedstuffs across wholesale and retail lines. Produce prices cover eggs butter hens fryers turkeys ducks potatoes onions fruit and vegetables. Following market data a historical note explains Caledonia and Scots origins and terms for Gaels Picts and highland dwellers.
A chemist notes that refined sugar from beet juice and cane juice share the same composition and sweetness, with equal dietetic effects and chemical behavior. He adds that maple sugar, if refined, would lose aroma, yielding white crystals indistinguishable from cane or beet sugar. Pure sugar is as identical regardless of origin.
Nicolo Machiavelli, famed for a name now linked to treacherous craft, earned honor as a concise Italian writer and dramatist. His Mandragola impressed Leo X in Rome, and his Art of War drew praise from Frederick the Great. His Prince contrasts with Washington’s honesty ethic.
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