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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1913
Page
3
Lost Saturday a pale red white faced long horned cow. Notify Ben Sullivan at Evers Hardware Co for reward. Found gray mare with roan coat. Owner may claim by paying advertisement costs. F M Price Route 2.
Unfurnished room at 62 Pearl Street and furnished room with gas heat at 82 West Hickory Street available. Also listing for 117 South Myr tie with new phone 165-blue. Rent notices include single furnished room at 32tfc.
Farm listing offers 640 acres with 550 acres tillable and flexible trade. Seeks smaller farm in exchange. Contact C Lipscomb Jr for details and directions.
For sale a nice home on West Ak street. Will take a small cottage as part payment. See C Lipscomb Jr. 61¢.
Real estate listing in Denton shows a brandt new four room bungalow offered for sale at $1,000 with easy terms through Denton Trust Co.
Four passenger Overland automobile advertised for sale. Contact W. B. Scott for details.
A classified note offers a nine room house for sale on North Locust. C. J. Wilkerson is listed as the contact. No further details on price or features are provided.
FOR SALE OR TRADE ONE 2 PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE Maxwell make in machinery as good as new. Will sell cheap or take good trade. See W. E. McCabe M D Denton Texas.
Local classified note offers a Remington No 7 firearm for sale at a Western Union Telegraph Office price listed as five and a cent. The brief ad emphasizes bargain pricing and a quick sale.
FOR SALE OR TRADE STUDEBAKER 20 Roadster with new casings three extra tubes Prest-o-Light system top curtains and windshield. Standard Garage Denton. Sed itw FOR SALE ONE OF THE BEST rooming and boarding house propositions in town close in For price and terms see Denton Trust Co. d Ww
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. 7 ROOM house and lot on S Elm St. See J D Bates. Also 5Sitfe FINE FARM FORK SALE 730 ACRES tenant houses washita river bottom land alfalfa and corn land three miles from Mannsville Okla big bargain An investment W P Poland Ardmore Okla. 59p Shorts for sale by Y M Tur pen dotfe Mules for sale see A D Turner Want to sell 20 acres with improvements one half mile north of town Also lots to sell Also business houses and lots to sell Phone 183 or see L Fulton.
Notify Mrs. T. N. Skiles about eight bourbon-red turkeys missing, contact via old phone 164.
Classified notice seeking two or three men with teams and plows to work on a stubble. Also two or three single hands. Do not phone unless willing to work. Signed M. L. Portwood. Old phone 544. 35tfe
Advertises cash for old upright pianos in exchange for new uprights. States will pay cash for a few uprights if price is right. Provides contact phones: new 33 and old 93. Signed Palmer.
Mrs McCann a graduate of the New England Conservatory Boston seeks piano and voice pupils. Contact 29 S Elm Street. Also notice about Eagle Bakery Fort Worth Texas selling fresh daily bread formerly from Smith's Restaurant. Six leaves for 25 cents at Paul Ramire Restaurant 31 W Oak St with November date.
Local craftsman Jake Johnson completed rapid woodwork noting a 230 phone contact and a 157 white finish. The brief item highlights fast completion and a call for work references.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services limited to the drag line with special attention. Contact at office in Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street for furniture relocation.
Come to Will Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney Street for Jersey bulls and a season price of 1.50 dollars. A new phone 350 is listed and a house and lot on Lula Street is for sale.
Portwood and Hodges announce a new telephone contact as 426 replacing the old 297 for Sanitary Milk and Cream services. The update directs customers to use the modern line for orders and inquiries.
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meats with old phone 212 and new phone 83. The notice emphasizes quality products and local service.
Help wanted ad from H. H. Freeman at Rincess Theater seeking a reliable typewriter for a one month rental. Contact Freddie Freeman for arrangements.
Help wanted ad from A. R. Bowen seeking to buy one or two used Wil a Wil a in good condition. Contact North Elm Street.
Local providers invite residents to apply for gas permits by phone, mail, or in person. The note states permits are required by insurance companies and promises prompt service and customer satisfaction.
The notice states that the ccb and transfer fare will be on the cash basis after this point and instructs to remember the change and pay the driver.
Arkansas mill on S. Elm St offers chopped corn hay bran and other feedstuffs along with stove and heater wood. Quick delivery and full measure guaranteed. both phones listed.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves offered.
A local tailor invites clients to remodel last year’s coat into a stylish cutaway with affordable pricing. Miss Kendall handles fittings at McClurkan's store, promising fashionable results.
A. R. McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in a Denton office above Wil son-Hann's. Telephone listed as 364 and rental options cover North South East and West locations.
A local dray business advertises first class household moving with reasonable rates. Les ter and Miles operate Lester and Sherrod with a new phone number for inquiries and bookings.
J M Gurley advertises first class cement work at fair prices with invitations to get estimates.
Old phone 579 and new phone 931 are listed for contact. The contractor offers high grade cement and brick work with estimates available.
W E Botts, graduate veterinarian, runs office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269. residence phone 486 new 132.
Dr Eli Buyher veterinary surgeon lists offices at North Locust Street and Denton addresses with multiple phone numbers and a residence hospital at 46 East Hickory Street.
Doctor M L Martin MD AB treats eye ear nose and throat diseases and fits glasses. Office location is over Raley and Co. with daytime hours and trusted local practice remarks.
OveralL and Naugle street address 46S Etm St phone 422 offers guaranteed home estimates with quick service and short notice availability. Nov 18p d&w.
W N Rowell D D S office over McCray's south side square new phone 433 old pace 344 Dr W A Lones D D S west side square
J. W. Fralin offers dental services from South Side Square Denton Texas in middle of block upstairs location, inviting patients to visit for dental care.
A small classified note invites people seeking scavenger work to call telephone number 307, offering two contact options for inquiries.
A registered Jersey bull named Padisha of St Lambert son of Wiina A, a merit cow with a butter test of seventeen pounds, is to be at Pinckley’s wagon yard on West Oak Street after October 1. Season 5 cash with return privilege offered. See pedigree and merit certificate in the wagon yard office.
The notice announces a new meat market on McKinney Street run by L. W Brooks, with fresh tender meat offerings and a telephone number for contact. Ready for business, premises at old 380 new 70 location.
Associated Press dispatch from New Orleans reports a south wide cold wave pushed cotton prices up two dollars per bale at the local exchange opening this morning.
The Atlas Powder Company filed suit in Austin on October 20 seeking to challenge the state franchise tax imposed on foreign corporations. It argues the law is a tax on interstate commerce and therefore unconstitutional.
Turner Bros offers canned chicken and Underwood Deviled Ham for lunch. Available in all sizes. Phones 7.
A dense advertisement block in the Den ton store advertising columns outlines the weekly classified listings. It hints at readers replying to ads and the store handling inquiries and responses in the same period.
A portrait of Mary Turner who served three years for a crime she insisted she did not commit. She leaves prison with a legal, earned return to life, facing both lawmen and criminals as she navigates the moral ambiguities of right and wrong. One young man supports her through trials, while police and criminals reveal the workings of justice in a vivid, fleeting view.
A young woman named Mary Turner, innocent of any crime, is convicted after years of poverty and hardship. She is imprisoned for three years, confined in a cell behind a wall panel that is revealed as a window to the Tombs. Her life, marked by inherited poverty and a frail family fortune, underscores a stark moral struggle against a harsh justice system.
Mary Turner, a young woman of beauty and intellect, faces a theft conviction after silks vanish from the Emporium where she worked nine hours daily. Despite her claims of innocence, a close clerical and social circle turns hostile as the court timetable delays her fate and the public weighs her prospects. The episode reveals class, gender, and virtue in a harsh urban judgment.
Cotton quotations in Denton and New York show strength with varied market moves. Liverpool notes March-April at 14.87, New Orleans reports spots around 13.75 to 13.93, while open and close ranges differ across hubs.
The October 20 market report notes a cold wave causing serious cotton damage fears and pushes December futures up 84.50 cents per bale on the New York Cotton Exchange.
In court a young man faces a strained scene as his sister is convicted. The father is urged to negotiate a softer sentence while the son vows to help financially. Dick asks Sadie for funds and slips away in a rush to secure a taxi home.
The store owner Gilder enters his office in a tense mood after staff ask about the Turner girl. He remains focused on papers and answers only with a harsh remark, signaling ongoing concern and unresolved matters surrounding the case.
Mrs. L. J. Mitchell returned from St Jo after attending a Woman's Missionary conference. W B Carson bought a Celina hardware and furniture store and will relocate his family. The El Progresso club met with Mrs Robertson. Miss Willie McGee was elected state federation delegate with Mrs G B Moffit as alternate. The editor's mother Mrs P G Wade died Oct 13 at age 61. Mrs Nora Wilson attended the Eastern Star Grand Chapter in Dallas as Pilot Point delegate. A new cement sidewalk fronts Yeary Cottage and Miss Jesse Sullivan's studio. The Calvary Baptist Ladies Aid plans to buy a piano. A family from Pilot Point traveled to Phoenix after Miss Helen Cooper underwent surgery. Robert Patterson near Pilot Point reportedly died by suicide amid financial trouble, leaving a wife.
The Justin Tribune highlights a strong protest against bad roads with farmers south of town preferring four horses over fixing the road. Local results include H S Sexton winning at Denton Trades Day and Justin High beating the Scrubs 10 to 3. Other items cover family travels and farm sales near Krom.
A feature play unfolds at the Princess today and tonight to raise funds for the City Federation of Women's Clubs. Local theatre group members perform in support of the federation's community programs and charitable work.
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