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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1913
Page
3
StamGeid Lodge No 217 A F A M meets Saturday on or before the full moon. Denton Chapter No 80 R A M meets first Tuesday monthly. Denton Commandery No E T meets second Tuesday monthly. 0 E S meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
A lost seven month old pointer with black head and body, white legs and breast, and about three inches of tail white. Please report sightings to C. F. Witherspoon.
Lost pale red faced cow and a black short loss report seek Ben Sullivan. Found gray mare with boon cost owner must pay ad fee to claim. Gold rimmed spectacles advertised for return at local office with reward. Items listed near post office and Grapevine Texas.
Unfurnished and furnished rooms available for rent. Includes gas lights and heat. Locations include 117 South Mybrtie near 6&8 Pearl Street and 2 West Hickory Street. New phone numbers 165-blue and 444 listed for inquiries.
A mixed sale list offers a Remington No 7 for sale at the Western Union Telegraph Office Syc a 7-room house on South Elm Street with J. D. Bates as contact a Jersey cow producing over a pound of butter daily a Studebaker 90 Roadster with extra tires and Prest-O-Lite system and a fine 730 acre farm near Mannsville Oklahoma with tenant houses river bottom land and alfalfa and corn potential all marketed as bargains or trade options through various local contacts.
Short sale notices appear for Y N Turn pen 60tfe Soa and 5 mules for sale via A D Turner. Also 20 acres with improvements one half mile north of town for sale with additional lots and business houses. Contact 183 or see L Fulton for details.
Help wanted notice from M. L. Portwood seeks two or three men with teams and plows to clear stub ble. Also one or two single hands. Do not phone unless you want to work. Old phone 544. 35tfe
Mrs McCann a graduate of New England Conservatory Boston offers piano and voice lessons at 29 S Elm Street. Contact available for pupils seeking musical instruction in piano and vocal performance.
Fort Worth bakery supply offered six loaves for 25 cents at Paul Ramires Restaurant located at 31 West Oak Street formerly sold by Smith's Restaurant. Novice note indicates fresh daily bread stock.
Jake Johnson performs rapid woodworking with a saw. The men work at Old 230 and New 457 white in a hurried session. Local notice notes swift completion and skilled hands.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services from the Kincaid wagon yard at West Oak Street. Customers are urged to call for furniture relocation and special attention to drag line items.
The notice advertises two top Jersey bulls from Locknane’s yard on East McKinney Street near the square with season price of 1.50 cash. It also markets a house and lot on Lula Street for sale and lists new phone number 3530.
Portwood and Hodges advertise dairy services with new phone 426 and old phone 297 for Sanitary Milk and Cream. Reaches indicate contact update and continuation of delivery.
An old classified style ad for Krark Wh and Birkerson Meat Market promotes fresh and tender meats with contact numbers 212 and 83. The snippet reflects a small local grocery listing likely from a mid century newspaper page.
Skilles Transfer Co informs customers that transportation fares will be collected on a cash basis from now on. Passengers are reminded to have cash ready for payment to the driver at pickup and during service.
Miss Kendall invites clients to remodel last year's coat into a stylish cutaway at McClurkan's with reasonable prices and a 50 cent estimate indicated.
Chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs offered by a local mill on S Elm Street. Prompt delivery and full measures claimed.
Storage for household goods at reasonable rates advertised by John B. lebmits. Includes furniture and gas stoves as part of available items for storage.
Office space advertised with rental options in multiple directions and finished rooms available. The fragment notes an address cue and phone contact, implying leasing details for a location near a central hub.
J. P. Magee & Co offers insurance for dwellings, furniture, wearing apparel, books, paintings, jewelry, stocks, brick buildings, lodges, autos, cotton gins, and live stock in Denton County. They issue building permits and promise efficient service and courteous treatment.
Dairy farm seeks a dairy hand and offers moving services by Lester & Miles and Lester & Sherrod. New phone number listed for contact.
J M Gurley promotes cement contractor services with first class work and competitive pricing, inviting readers to obtain estimates.
Old phone 579 offered for high grade cement and brick work estimates. New phone 9831 provided. S A Bushey advertises contact for estimating work and arranging services.
W E Botts, graduate veterinarian, lists office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269. residence phone 486 and new number 132.
Dr Eli Buyher veterinary surgeon lists offices at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street and residence contact numbers for office and residence. The residence and hospital are at 46 East Hickory Street Denton with additional details and codes.
W W Billingsley offers auto repairs and vehicle rental services with old phone 330 and new phone 448.
Specialists M. L. Martin A. B. M. D. D. Treats diseases of eye ear nose throat Fits glasses Office over Raley & Co. d&w
Advertisement for Chas Saunders, dentist, located above Long and King’s with contact phones listed for appointments and inquiries.
W N Rowell D D S offices located over Mccray’s on the south side square with new phone 433 and old pace 344.
A new dental office by Dr W A Jones debuts at West Side Square offering general dentistry services to the community. The move expands local dental care options with an established practitioner in a central location.
J W Fralin is described as a dentist located in the South Side Square in Benton Texas, on the middle of the block upstairs.
Short classified notice invites people to call 307 for scavenger work opportunities. It offers two phone options for contact.
A registered Jersey bull named Padisha of St Lambert, son of Wilma A, holder of a merit cow record, with a seven day butter test of seventeen pounds seven ounces, will be at Pinckleys wagon yard on West Oak Street after October 1. Season 3 cash with return privilege. See pedigree and merit certificate for its dam in the wagon yard office.
Old and new customers urged to call 380 or 70 for good fresh tender meat. McKinney Street Meat Market announces readiness for business with L. W Brooks as proprietor.
Vital statistics list newborns from Denton and Frisco areas. Mr and Mrs Christ Schlemat welcomed a boy on December 3. Mr and Mrs J J Hard near Frisco welcomed a girl on September 23. Mr and Mrs A G Muse near Frisco welcomed a girl on August 3. Mr and Mrs Geo Gibbs near Frisco welcomed a boy on September 4. Mr and Mrs Jess Mitchell two miles SW of Pilot Point welcomed a boy on September 23.
J E Humphries marries Miss Lillian Burns of Denton. H W Payne weds Miss Lula McDaniel. L A Gilbert of Collinsville weds Miss Ethel Jenkins of Pilot Point. Robert Coon of Denton weds Miss Ethel Thetford of Garland.
A publisher states after investigation that a wash of Oil of Wintergreen in D. D. D. prescription can be relied upon for eczema and other skin diseases. They note they tested remedies in their store and endorse this prescription.
A three day convention is arranged starting October 17 with delegates from the Fort Worth district expected to attend during the event.
The Fort Worth district Christian Endeavor convention runs October 17 for three days in Denton with 50 plus expected delegates from district societies. The program features prayer, devotions, round tables on society troubles, publicity lessons, a president’s address, and sessions at First Christian and First Presbyterian churches.
Woodmen Circle initiated three candidates while two more joined the Ll. O. O. P. The Sanger cotton market remains strong with lint at 12.25 and seed at 5.50. Headlines include residents traveling, illness, a Typhoid case, mules shipped to Gainesville, and measles spreading locally.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a quick fix for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims one application doubles hair beauty, dissolves dandruff in ten minutes, and stops itching, with a 25 cent bottle recommended for soft, lustrous, heavy hair.
Prospect uses testimonial from Mrs. Laura Gaines of Avoca Louisiana praising Electric Bitters after doctors abandoned her. Ad claims quick relief and renewed strength from first dose. Available at druggists for 3 cents and 1.00 dollars, via H. EB Buckley Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
A new method to prepare apple dumplings yields a crispy biscuit shell that holds the apple and juice, served with hard sauce or cream and sugar. Prepared by Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill, editor of the Boston Cooking School Searner, the method avoids leaking juice and burning unlike traditional dumplings.
A recipe describes filling buttered muffin cups with sliced apples and a soft dough, baked twenty five minutes and inverted onto a serving dish. Each dumpling is finished with hard sauce and nutmeg. The instructions tie to KC Baking Powder promotions and a 25 cent can offer.
An old advertisement touts a ten cent Casearets box that supposedly cleanses the stomach and liver while you sleep. It claims to ease headaches, bad breath, dizziness, and stomach upset, promising a clean bowels by morning for adults and children who dislike laxatives.
Auto polo, a new West origin sport, will debut at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Six machines and eighteen men, led by H A Hankinson, bring high speed play to the grandstand arena between events during the October 18 to November 2 fair.
Grain and feed prices listed with wholesale and retail figures for oats corn wheat flour meal bran chops shorts and seed. Produce prices cover eggs butter hens fryers turkeys ducks okra beets greens peppers citrus fruits onions bananas lettuce tomatoes celery grapes and more.
Lord Wolseley recalls how shouting guided early Crimean engagements near Sebastopol. He describes urging loud cheers and bugle blasts to mislead the enemy into thinking there were more troops in reserve, a tactic likened to ancient examples.
A West Wales bridegroom, told to mind and repeat after the parson, heard the phrase The fee The fee as the service ended. He was awakened from reverie to give the required response from his pocket, in a humorous lapse noted by the Cardiff Western Mail.
A Pittsburgh Post tease features a humorous dialogue about multitasking services in a barber shop with a patron requesting pants pressing hair cutting shoe shine and a newspaper. It notes a lunch order from the restaurant next door and mentions 15 cent pimento cheese in glass jars from TURNER Bros. with contact phones.
The State of Texas Denton County sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in November 1913 at the Denton Court House door the property of F A Bennett et al to satisfy a judgment of 697 plus costs. The land lies in Denton city part of B B C R R Co survey with bounds Oakland avenue center and survey corner. Issued by Sheriff Orr on 10 14 31 and ordered by Denton District Court in J A Barton vs F A Bennett et al No 5626.
Dallas preps for Farmers' Day on October 22 during the twenty eighth annual State Fair of Texas events. Peter Radford, president of the Farmers' Union of Texas, leads with Farm Life Commission in charge of details aiming for a strong turnout and practical benefits. Notable participants include U.S. Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston and other farm and banking leaders from Texas and neighboring states.
An old advertisement touts Bal lard’s Horehound Syrup as a remedy for tickling throat hoarseness and coughs. It claims to ease the lungs quiet the cough and restore bronchial health with bottles priced at 25 cents 50 cents and 1.00 sold by R H Garrison.
Quality photos offered in a hand sketched Ivy style by Swartz. Distinct and uncommon designs marketed as studio works over postoffice deliveries.
Mrs Dickson invites readers to see the latest millinery ideas offered by Wilson-Hann Co. The notice highlights hats bought in Chicago and New York and urges an in-person visit.
Market notes from Liverpool New York New Orleans and Galveston show spot cotton prices in various quotes with ranges for futures and local bids. Basis middling cotton averaged around 12 3-4 to 12 38 cents, while seed prices rose from 8.25 to 4.50 per hundredweight with boll issue noted from rain damage.
Kornfalfa Feed Kandy provides a complete ration for horses and cows. The advertisement claims the feed is economical and combines straight alfalfa with molasses. Orders accepted via new phone 77 and old phone 410.
A fragmented note suggests readers are encouraged to read the hardware advertisements in the current issue, implying price incentives and deals may be offered by advertisers.
In the Denton County District Court J M Terrell sues W C Dickson case No 5624. The sheriff will sell W H Pea survey near Little Elm 320 acres more or less to satisfy a judgment of 735 15 and costs in favor of G T Reynolds. Sale date October 13 1913. W C Orr Sheriff Denton County Texas. 0-14-3t.
Denton County on October 7 1913 by the Clerk in the case Geo B Dunham versus W J Newbolt et al No 5747 I as Sheriff will sell for cash on the first Tuesday in November 1913 being the 4th day before the Court House door in the City of Denton the desired property as directed and delivered under the sheriff sale laws
Partially described tracts on Denton Creek and Elim Fork of Trinity River, tied to the Harris and Knight surveys, foreclosed liens, and a separate judgment sale in Denton County. Properties include 320 acre Jo siah Phillips tract, 25 acre Harris tract half, 3 acre Snead half, with dates 1887 1888 and 1909. Purchaser notices list W. J. Newbolt and Andrew Fouts et al. sale set for first Tuesday in November 1913 at the Denton County courthouse.
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