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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
3
Stanfeld Lodge No 217 A F A M meets on or before the full moon this Saturday. Denton Chapter No percent KR A M meets first Tuesday each month. Denton Commandery No 45 KT meets second Tuesday monthly. C E S meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
Found gray mare with roan color offered for reward via advertisement. Owner asks pay for ad to reclaim. Items include gold rimmed spectacles by A F Woods Grapevine Texas and a F C B pin with diamond and pearls returnable to Lem Pierce or postoffice.
Two downstairs rooms for light housekeeping available. Mrs L T Fowlkes at 33 East Mulberry advertises the rental. Also furnished or unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping with new phone 338-blue listed by J P.
Furnished rooms available at 29 East Oak Street. Old phone number 406 listed for inquiries. Listing appears as a brief classified notice with basic contact details.
Rental notice advertising furnished and unfurnished rooms at 42 East Hickory with a 49 cent rate.
One furnished room available for rent with gas lights and heat at 2 West Hickory Street. Transit, duration, and terms not listed.
For sale items include a Jersey cow that yields butter daily and a set of furniture with a Morris chair library table rocking chair and 11 book cases Old phone numbers 705 and 623 listed Separate ad: L C Smith typewriter offered cheap for cash Box 5 Garza Tex Soc.
A collect of classified notices lists several sales and properties. A LAD extricated bridle and blanket ad with contact 222, 49e, plus a 730 acre farm near Mannsville Oklahoma with alfalfa and corn land and three tenant houses. W P Poland Ardmore Oklahoma handles. Also mules for sale via A D Turner. Twenty acres with improvements a half mile north of town offered, plus additional lots and business properties. Contact numbers 1&3 and L Fulton.
Help wanted notices show Dairy Hand needed at Springside Jersey Farm with teams and plows to break stubble and several single hands sought. Contact M. L. Portwood at old phone 544 and avoid phoning unless ready to work. Also Mrs McCann advertises piano and voice lessons at 29 S. Elm Street.
Eagle Bakery in Fort Worth offers fresh daily bread formerly sold by Smith's Restaurant. Six loaves cost 25 cents at Paul Ramirez Restaurant located at 31 West Oak Street. November IC
Jake Johnson completes a rapid wood cutting job described as a hurried sawwork. The note lists equipment or inventory identifiers, including old 230 and new 157 white, without further client details or location.
Freight Transfer Co offers furniture moving from their office at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. Call for service with special attention to items in transit.
The ad offers two top bulls, a black Jersey and a fawn Jersey, at season price of 1.50 cash and invites buyers to the East McKinney Street wagon yard near the square. Also advertises a house and lot for sale on Lula Street with new phone 300.
Portwood and Hodges announce new contact numbers for Sanitary Milk and Cream. New phone is 426 and old number 297 remains in service for reference.
Farm fresh and tender meats advertised by Frank Wilkerson Meat Market listing old phone 212 and new number 8 offering fresh cuts at a local storefront with old style contact details.
Skiles Transfer Co announces that soon all cash and transfer fares will be on a cash basis and requests customers to remember and pay the driver accordingly.
Miss Kendall advertises remodeling services offering to turn last year's coat into a stylish cutaway at reasonable prices from McClurkan's. The brief note ends abruptly after inviting customer contact.
Chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood available from MILL on S Elm St. Both phones listed for prompt delivery and full measure requests.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves are available.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent above WilHam's, with old phone 361, located on North, South, East and West in Texas.
S A Bushey offers cement and brick work estimates using new phone numbers 931 for inquiries and 579 for existing contact. He promises grading and estimating services for construction projects.
Lee pursues a business approach focused on reasonable rates and specialty offerings.
J P Magee and Co promotes comprehensive coverage for dwellings furniture clothing books paintings frames musical instruments and more including watches jewelry sewing machines trunks dry goods hardware groceries stock and other property across Denton County. They offer building permits and invite customers to seek efficient service and courteous treatment.
W. E. Botts, graduate veterinarian, operates from Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S. Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269, residence old phone 486, new 132.
Veterinary surgeon Dr Eli Buyher lists office at 46 East Hickory Street Denton with residence numbers 355 and 620 and a workplace at Old Lacy Blacksmith office 461 New Phone and 4iffe.
M. L. Martin A B M D treats diseases of eye ear nose and throat. Fits glasses. Office located over Raley and Co. in downtown store.
Dentists Chas Saunders and W N Rowell announce offices over local merchants. Dr W A Jones is at West Side Square. Rowell lists new phone 433 and old number 341, Saunders notes office over Long and King and both phones.
J W Fralin dentist located on South Side Square in the middle of the block in Denton Texas advertises his office upstairs for patient visits and dental care.
Classified note invites interested individuals to call number 307 for scavenger work opportunities.
J M Gurley offers first class cement sidewalk work at right price with estimates available.
A registered Jersey bull Padisha of St Lambert son of Wilna A with a 17 lb 7 oz butter test in seven days will be at Pinckley’s wagon yard West Oak street after October 4. Season price five dollars with return privilege. See pedigree and merit certificate of its dam in the wagon yard office.
Fresh tender meat advertised for sale at McKinney Street Meat Market operated by L. W Brooks. Phone contact listed as old 380 new 70 for ordering.
Invitations are out for a private shower honoring Miss Wooley hosted by Mrs. J. F. Raley Mrs. W. J. McCray Mrs. A. W. Palmer and Mrs. L. L. Fry on Saturday October 41 1913 from three to six at 108 West Oak Street in Denton.
An advertisement claims Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment heals eczema rashes ringworm tetter and other eruptions by penetrating the skin. It asserts a doctor’s prescription status and offers purchase by druggists or mail order from Dc Pfeiffer Chemical Co.
Prince Taro Katsura, former premier of Japan, died in Tokyo today after a long illness. The Associated Press dispatch reports the death occurred on October 10.
Arkansas Mill markets K F K Kornfalfa Feed Kandy as a complete economical ration for horses with a straight alfalfa molasses mix for cows. New phone 77 and old phone 410 listed. Order today.
A note advises keeping Phones 44 in mind when planning grocery trips. It emphasizes using the number for quick contact or ordering assistance. The reminder aims to streamline shopping and ensure access to needed items.
A Washington Star quip quoted Miss Cayenne denying corn on the cob as a food risk. She warned that corn may loosen and absorb cosmetics, endangering both complexion and digestion.
A promotional note invites customers to try the grocery service and asks them to contact Turner Bros by phone for satisfaction. The message emphasizes a direct call option and showcases the firm’s name as the contact point.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy tast ing stomach remedy. It claims five minute relief from dyspepsia gas heartburn sour stomach and indigestion and urges readers to ask pharmacists to show the formula printed on the cases.
The Denton telegraphic market report lists London Liverpool and New Orleans quotations with open and close prices for cane sugar, cotton, and peas. It shows local basis middling quoted at 31 8 cents and spot ranges for several items, including Galveston and New York markets.
A dense list of wholesale and retail prices for grains and feedstuffs including oats corn wheat flour meal and various hay and feed items. Produce prices cover eggs butter hens turkeys ducks okra beets onions bananas lettuce tomatoes grapes and more with per unit and delivered rates.
Judge Parker accuses Sarecky of lying about campaign finances and Sulzer's role. Reported items include unreported contributions totaling 40,400 dollars and broker payments of 40,462.50 dollars. Sulzer's deposits and endorsed checks are cited amid the dispute.
Phones 44. Long and King grocers invite readers to visit their shop and see the groceries in stock and compare quality for themselves.
Local shop Paschall’s advertises Burmese Swiss and Stilton cheese for sale. Contact by phone at 8 and 6 to place orders or inquire about availability.
The London Bystander reports a talking parrot praised for virtue after a dealer recalls teaching swearing to previous parrots. The animal supposedly converted the lot with its uso of beautiful language.
If you want photos of quality and style, get the hand sketched, made only by Swartz. They are different and not so common. Studio over post office.
A Denton Record and Chronicle article by Douglass Witt details the Denton Steam Laundry as a modern sanitary facility. It describes the washing, extracting, mangling, starching, and drying steps for linen and starched garments, plus the Bowser dry cleaning system with underground gasoline tanks and a gas-driven washer and tumbler for suits.
The State Fair of Texas in Dallas marks its twenty eighth anniversary with $75 000 in prizes to boost school child work in art drawing crafts and domestic science. Highlights include expanded departments in crafts textiles fine art and culinary arts with prize structures for drawings sewing preserves and fancy fruit jellies. Notables such as Julian Onderdonk Colin Campbell Cooper and Childe Hassam will be featured among other leading American artists.
Judge Cummings, Fort Worth Confederate historian, moves from courthouse to First Christian Church on West Hickory for memorial services. He will discuss "The Philosophy of History Gettysburg The Sixteenth Decisive Battle of the World's History" with veterans Daughters and Normal College groups attending.
Grape fruit available for grocery orders at Paschall's with fresh fruit just received. Contact by phone 8 for details or to place an order.
Mrs Dickson of Wilson-Hann Co promotes the latest millinery styles in fall and winter hats, inviting readers to come and see the collection in Chicago and New York.
Paschall's advertises new stock of excellent imported cheese at Turner Bros store. Fresh arrivals highlight quality and service for grocery shoppers seeking premium cheese selections.
Mrs A C Owsley hosted the Woman's Shakespeare Club on its fourteenth birthday at West Oak street with assistance from her daughter Mrs William Boney of Amarillo. A Shakespeare contest awarded a bound volume of Shakespeare to Mrs Coit. Guests and members enjoyed a salad and ice course after the program.
Dallas announces the state fish hatcheries at Fair Park will operate by the 28th annual State Fair of Texas opening on October 18 and run through November 2. The project cost over 20000 dollars with a donated Fair Park site and eleven 50 by 150 feet ponds plus two large triangular pools for bass and other species.
Kodak film paper and photo chemicals are offered at the town store. The ad claims amateur photography is now a practical tool for daily use by serious men and women and emphasizes Eastman tested chemicals as the best for Kodak use.
Texas Governor C. B. Colquitt will preside at the opening exercises of the twenty-eighth annual State Fair in Dallas. Opening day is Saturday Oct. 18 with closing on Sunday Nov. 2. Officials promise prosperity and the greatest agricultural exhibit in history with top entertainment features.
Real estate transfers list H. C. Cain to Wm. Griffin for 2 percent acres of Dennis Cowan survey at 743.65 dollars, Peter Lassen and wife to Bart Cox Lot 9 Block 15 Roanoke at 350 dollars, I. M. Williams and wife to Nelson Buchanan totaling 285. 41 acres from Rebecca Eastman and S. F. Parks surveys with multiple Josiah Sprouse portions, 24000 dollars, A. % Chandler and wife to Ella Chandler various undivided interests and acres from N French W Matthews M E P BR R Co and C N Holloway surveys.
A series of deed transfers across Denton County lists buyers and sellers including A N Chandler, Lamar Allen, J F Amonette, Joe Gambill, and Beacher Minor. Parcels cover various surveys such as N French, W O Matthews, M E P RB Co, C N Holloway, and J C Baker with values ranging from 1 000 to 7 250 dollars. Also noted are transfers involving Gulf Colorado Santa Fe Railway Co and several additions to Denton.
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