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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
3
A vivid meditation on the difficulty of finding specific wants in a town wide want ad canvass. The piece likens listings like room for rent and boy wanted to a needle in a haystack, noting the tireless, sunlit search.
For sale our lot and building on East McKinney Street 100 by 330 feet and a 40 by 110 foot building with artesian well and city water and sewer connections price 1600 dollars. House and lot to be sold at a bargain house in good condition lot 299 by 110 feet extending from Oak to Hickory street fronting on West Oak street near car line and Normal no trading propositions owner selling property get a home and profit. Address S care this office or inquire Seven room house on West Oak Street for sale or trade Box 232 for quick messenger service call both phones 1 W A Brashears Manager Hamilton Yeatman office.
Dr W Beb Botts announces veterinary services with office at Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb block and home phone changes. Mrs Moore offers china decoration with lessons and studio space over Palmer’s Art Shop. Classes begin October 8.
Mrs Maurice C Smith, a piano teacher, is listed at 46 Deaton Street as a music instructor.
W. W. Billingsley offers auto hire with old phone 330 and new phone 448. Repairs service available for automobiles.
Local ads list drayage, milk and cream suppliers, dentists W A Jones and J W Fralin, W N Rowell D D, J W McGintie rents, furnished rooms, fire insurance, feedstuffs, Arkansas Mill, telegraphy training, and scavenger services with phone numbers and addresses in Denton Texas.
J M Gurley the cement contractor offers first class sidewalk and brick work. Get estimates for concrete walks and related cement projects.
North Fort Worth High will meet Denton High Saturday afternoon at Hiland Park. Fred Steele age 11 underwent appendicitis surgery Thursday at the Denton sanatorium. Rev W H Wycough of Fort Worth to preach Sunday at First Presbyterian with officers meeting after the morning service. Several ex University students plan to attend the Dallas football game and Varsity day. Pastor Rev Robert A Murdy of Lockhart declined the First Presbyterian call here. Dense fog blanketed the area Thursday night into Friday. Sam Fritz nearly lost his car to fire due to a deranged magneto wire. He extinguished the flames and saved the vehicle with minor burns and blisters on his hands.
A new sterling silver pattern named Chantilly is described as simple with subtle ornament. The design is French in character, named after the Chantilly palace near Paris, and touted as one of the largest selling silver patterns with a full range of pieces available.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for loss of appetite and nerve weakness. It cites Michael Hessheimer of Lincoln Nebraska who recovered after six bottles, claiming benefits include pure blood and strong digestion. The pitch notes availability for 50 cents at J. F. Raley & Co and mentions other local ads including a coffee offer and a stray Jersey cow notice.
Advertisement touts Curtis Laxative Syrup as a purely vegetable remedy to normalize body function by promoting natural secretions and waste elimination. It promotes bedtime use and lists an 8 oz bottle for 50 cents with maker details.
Local notes list visitors and residents in town including Craig of Dallas and Buckner family from Waketon. Deputies and officials move between Pilot Point and Dallas for census work and legislative matters. Reeve attends Dallas gathering and seeks House doorkeeper post while Thomas of Lewisville reports rebuilding plans for Hendrix and Degan after a busy season. McCray offers free fountain pen fills and Sample markets evaporated fruits and preserves.
A vintage advertisement invites customers to drop in for style of cooking and service available day or night at Smith's Restaurant.
Denton County announces a sale under an October 2 1912 order of sale in the court case Gordon Elmore vs Arthur Beaver et al No 5447. The sheriff will sell by cash on the first Tuesday in November 1912 at the Denton courthouse door to satisfy a judgment of 262.10 plus costs and interest. The property lies in Pilot Point near Liberty and College streets, about 250 by 150 feet in the eastern city block.
Shoppers report rising quality and falling prices at Sample’s Grocery Store. An accompanying phone notice invites customers to call for details on available specials.
Fort Worth Presbytery executive committee ordered the dissolution of the pastoral relation with Rev Harry Burton Boyd at a meeting. He will move to Olean New York about November 1 after recently being called there and will fill his schooled pulpit for two more Sundays. The Denton church regrets his departure though the congregation initially resisted the move.
Telegraphic market notes from Denton dated October 18 cover Liverpool New York and New Orleans futures and spot prices. Key figures include Liverpool open around 5.79 to 5.82 percent for December and January. New York December 10.32 to 10.56. January 10.38 to 10.58. New Orleans December 10.68 to 10.82 and January 10.68 to 10.84. Spot quotients list Liverpool 6.0, New York 10.95, New Orleans 10.75 with Galveston indicated as 11c.
Wet weather kept receipts light with lint prices based at 10 3-16 and top at 10 3-Sc. Seed cotton sold around 3.50 to 3.60 cents per pound.
The report notes small changes in prices for cotton seed and meal, prairie hay rising to 19 per ton, Johnson grass hay up 50 cents to 8, and chicken seed easing to 1.50. Greenstuff remains unchanged and Tokay grapes sell at 3 pounds for a quarter. Long & King and C F Witherspoon & Sons advertise fresh stock and ready meal planning assistance, offering twenty five cars of well cured Johnson grass hay F C B cars at any station.
A vintage ad touts Diapepsin as a quick and harmless relief for upset stomachs. It claims the product digests food, regulates the stomach, and prevents sour, gassy feelings after meals, costing fifty cents for a large case at drug stores.
The advertisement highlights the growing role of the telephone in daily life and promotes Home Telephone as offering rapid accommodating service with a trial request.
Denton Texas resident L O Tomkins endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain. He states the pills give relief and recommends them, noting price of 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co New York as sole US agents. Dealers carry the product. Remember the name can t and tak no other. You should ask for number 7 when ordering groceries from Turner Enhos.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages. The ad asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 for any failed case, and cites testimonials. It promotes the cure and accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The advertisement claims Curtis Chill Remedy contains no poison and is manufactured at home with cinchona alkaloids and purified iron. It asserts reliability with most customers satisfied or refunded, guarantees a cure and offers money back if it fails, priced at 50 cents per bottle.
Regular dinners are served daily so you do not need to go home. Join us for a nutritious meal in a welcoming setting.
A shop promotes its AI line of canned goods and bread as satisfying options. The ad emphasizes affordable prices and fresh taste, urging customers to try bread that neighbors are enjoying.
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