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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
3
Lost item description mentions a baby dress with lace. Finder urged to return to office for a reward. Advertisement notes several housing rental listings including a very good four to five room house and furnished rooms with phone numbers in Fulton and East Oak areas.
Multiple items offered for sale and trade in Denton area listings. Includes a boy saddle $8, a 6 year old mare with buggy, a five room house with payment terms, a cream separator used five months, horse and buggy, lot with building on East McKinney Street, house and lot near Oak and Hickory streets, and a request to inquire at the office for details.
Two strong men move vans and household goods as a specialty. Parks & Lester offer first class service at reasonable rates with office phones 342 and residence 1613-3r old or 3881.
Veterinarians W. E. Botts and Veterinary Surgeon Office with Denton Transfer Co. Lipscom block old phone 359 and residence 48h now 132. Mrs Moore offers china decoration lessons and orders taken with studio over Palmer's Art Shop open for class work Oct. 8.
Mrs Maurice Smith piano teacher advertises her services at 46 Denton Street with autos for hire listed under Automobile Line. W W Billingsley is given with old phone 380 and new phone 148.
DAIRIES. YOUR DRAY BUSINESS FIRST CLASS SERVICE AT REASONABLE RATES. HOUSEHOLD MOVING A SPECIALTY. PARKS AND LESTER, OFFICE FOX BROS. BOTH PHONES.
Telegraphy department offers practical work and station agent duties including train orders freight and express bills and office reports. Classes advertise two phones, listing G E Swor manager and Denton area dentists and real estate offices with furnished rooms for rent.
Local insurance broker J. W. Johnson promotes agency services covering fire tornado and accident risks with endorsements from ten reputable companies. He invites clients to submit their needs for prompt, satisfactory coverage and promises professional guidance.
Arkansas Will offers chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and renter wood on the market. Prompt delivery and full measure. Call No 307 or other phone for scavenger work or inquiries.
Concrete walks and brick work offered by Bushey. Expert help with sidewalks and related masonry projects. Satisfaction promised and references available.
M Gurley promotes cement contracting services offering high quality workmanship at a fair price and inviting potential customers to obtain estimates.
On an improved Denton street with pavement sidewalks electric lights sewerage gas and city water the property features five rooms a servant's house barn storm cellar good shade and convenient carline. For a few days a favorable close price and easy terms are offered.
The passage discusses telephone growing importance in daily life and advertises Home Telephone as fast and accommodating. It frames a trial as the request to evaluate its usefulness and duty.
A Texas company with one million dollars capital and one million dollars surplus issues an assurance of title protection against all claims. Duggan Abstract Co leads the action.
A four year old from Durant visits a Denton aunt with his mother and grandmother. While washing his face before dinner across the street, he asks curiously who they are visiting and giddily asks if they are going to Mrs Cobb and if Ty Cobb will be the host.
The second article surveys Texas prison laws effective January 20 1911 and reforms guiding prisoner rights treatment work classification and discipline. It covers classification into three classes, abolition of whipping, separate facilities for races and sexes, educational programs, compensation for good conduct, ten hour work days, Sunday labor limits, guard staffing rules, and procedures for death, health care, and visits by officials.
The article outlines good time loss for misconduct and escapes, parole eligibility after two years with governor approval, and discharge benefits including clothing, money, and rail fare. It previews discussing present laws and hints at canning recipes as a separate topic, signed LONG & KING.
Claiming a home asthma cure is available with a trial treatment and full information at no charge. The notice directs readers to write Frontiers Athma Company, Room 102, Buffalo New York for details and enrollment.
Advance notice touts the Sells Floto circus as overcoming uphill fights with a 25 cent general admission. The agent says the show will arrive October 19 with novel features and a 10 30 am parade, promising value and faithfulness to the public while aiming to grow affection through affordable pricing.
In Everybody's Mouth a well worn path leads to the old drug store corner where discriminating smokers seek my 10c cigar La Marca offered Saturdays in limited quantity. La Marca is a high class 3 for a quarter domestic cigar with a fine band. Remember Saturdays 5c straight, not more than a box of 50 per person.
Judge J S Crawford of Austin visited today while W D Smith of Krum came on business. Mr and Mrs C G Holman left for Dallas after visiting Mrs C A Whitehead. Judge D A Holman returned to Seymour after visiting his daughter. Mrs 3 G Roberts returned from Johnson City Tenn where she spent the summer with Mrs W J Sowder. Mr and Mrs F M Burgoon of McComb Ohio visited J N Burgoon and traveled to Bay City to see their daughter. Mrs L E Langston of Dallas is visiting Mrs W T Evers and will be joined by her husband next weekend. T R Durham Ike Durham and Joe Stroud returned from Corpus Christi where Ike’s health was not improved and Durham has dropsy.
Advertises Pape's Diapepsin to cure indigestion and sour stomach in minutes for fifty cents. Claims to digest all foods, improve appetite, and cleanse intestines, while warning of many local crank reports and urging immediate purchase. Ends with a job ad: WANTED GIRLS TO WORK at Denton Steam Laundry.
Mrs. H. B. Boyd is reported in. In County court Thursday afternoon Mrs. Dora Arnold was adjudged insane. Mrs. A. T. Butler of 73 Pear street is reported very low today. She has been ill only a short time. Mrs. S. W. Shaw received a telegram Thursday bearing the news of the death of her mother in Tennessee. The Baptist Mission society is meeting this afternoon at the homes of Mesdames L. D. Borden, J. A. Freeman, John Connelly and R. H. Garrison. E. Wooldridge of the Church of Christ will preach at Cooper Creek school house Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 3:30 pm. A. T. Bates claims the championship as mudden killer. At the Club Lake Thursday he killed twenty four at one shot. The ducks are beginning to come in now and several have been killed by local sportsmen. The weekly choir rehearsal of the First Methodist church will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock under A. Pfaff. A Garza county lawyer was here seeking evidence in a case filed at Post City by Judge Henry Clay Ferguson against C W Post et al. for damages about $120,000. We want you to know of our grocery service. The best way to know it is to give us a few trial orders. Do it today. T. C. Sample. Both phones.
A brief ad-style notice promotes grocery availability with meal deals and affordable pricing. It invites readers to call for more information and mentions Turner as the contact, though the exact business details are unclear.
A brief note praising shoppers who buy from home merchants over mail order houses. It argues that local buyers avoid overordering and waste, purchasing only what they truly need and want from nearby stores.
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