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Newspaper

Record And Chronicle

Location

Denton, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1912

Page

5

Property ads and trades in Denton notice column

Local notices list property for sale or trade including 20 acres with house near city, 40 acres tillable timber land in Arkansas for Denton land swap, a lot on East McKinney Street, and a seven room house on West Oak Street. Also offers rent, quick messenger service, and office ads.

Berriville Carroll County Arkansas Denton Hancock Shop McKinney Street Apply Denton Steam Laundry Co Oak Hickory Street Onk Street Car Hine West Oak Street Offie

Veterinarians Dr W B Botts Advertises Services

Dr W B Botts is listed as a veterinarian and veterinary surgeon with an office at Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb block. Office phone 359. residence phones old 486 and new 132.

W. B. Botts Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb Block

Mrs Moore China Decora Lesson Studio Opening

Mrs Moore offers china decoration lessons at the studio over Palmer's Art Shop. Open for class work starting October 8. Music instruction also available with Mrs Maurice M Smith piano teacher at 46 Denton Street.

Maurice M. Smith Denton Street

Denton Business Directory and Services Adverts

A collage of local business entries in Denton listing Auto line and repair services W W Billingsley old phone 330 new 448 dr Jones dentist Fralin dentist Rowell McGintie long rents furnished rooms Arkansas Mill Elm St telegraphy department Draughon's Business College and other ads offer furniture moving fire insurance choppings feed and scavenger work contact numbers included. It captures a snapshot of service ads and local commerce activity.

A. K. McGintie Long & Kinz Denton

Concrete Walks and Brick Work by Cement Contractor

Concrete walks and brick work offered by A. Bushey and J. M. Gurley, cement contractor. First close work at the right price. Get estimates.

A. Bushey J. M. Gurley

Invites You to Become a Patron

Three first class workmen offer courteous attention to patrons, inviting support.

Five Room Farm With Barn In Inland Town Area

Valley land near a small inland town with gin store school and church. The farm is cultivated with a five room house a good barn and an artesian well. A number one good little home priced at $65 per acre.

The Home Telephone Trial Demonstration Ad

Better Telephony Daily extols the growing role of telephone service in daily life and invites readers to experience The Home Telephone with a rapid, accommodating trial.

Texas Penitentiary Reform Visit Describes humane care

An observer with Governor Colquitt and Judge Looney surveys Huntsville and Rusk prisons and nearby farms. He praises modern discipline, humane meals, clean cells, ample baths, libraries, chapels, and educational classes. Prisoners enjoy bands, sports, and medical care. reform has reduced brutality and shifted toward oversight and welfare.

Texas prison camp methods and punishment discussed

The article discusses prison discipline in Texas camps, noting guards carry pistols only and an umbrella as a weapon. It observes the strap’s abolition, describes a punishment with leather cuffs, and argues rewards work better than fear. A follow-up promises coverage of the State’s properties at Rusk. Turner Bros and T. C Sample advertise fruit preserves and supplies.

Texas Legislative Investigating Committee Fotce Tauvir Guaras Walis Huntsville Rusk Citien Overkome Ramsey Harlem Stronly Gov. Colquitt

Denton residents tout Dean’s Kidney Pills trial

Local endorsements from Denton Texas residents praise Dean’s Kidney Pills for kidney weakness after measles. W W Billingsley cites relief after using the product sold by J F Raley Co with Foster Milburn Co as US agents. Also mentions Long King Smith’s Restaurant and Turner Bros groceries as nearby ads.

Denton W. W. Billingsley Machinist Hickory Jt Texas Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States T'’Oan

Curtis Chill Remedy Promises Safe Cure For Chills

A claim states Curtis' Chill Remedy contains no poison and is prepared at home in a personal laboratory with cinchona alkaloids and reduced iron. It asserts reliability, high customer satisfaction, refunds if failing, and a price of 50 cents per bottle.

Local News in Brief and Personal Notes

The Mothers club of the North Side school meets tomorrow at 4 PM in the school building. Dr H N Robertson's car axle snapped on a downhill, no injuries. Raymond Fox from T U Fort Worth narrowly avoided a fall from an ice wagon. Dr J S Abbott of Waco is visiting today. Various locals visited family, traveled to Fort Worth San Antonio Dallas and other places.

Mothers’ Club North Side H. N. Robertson Raymond Fox T. U Fort Worth J. S Abbott Waco C. J. Swindell W. C. Murphy Siakey Broome Mangum Ava Jackson Berry Tt. Price Berry T. Jr J. A. Withers Walter Roy R. H. Hoffman Snyder Dee Mays Louise Nellie Dee Mary Dallas J. N. Rayzor Arthur Rayzor Margaret Bowman San Antonio Fred Nance New Castle W. C. Dowder Whitesboro A. Dow

Telegraphic market quotes from Denton open close

Daily commodity notes list futures for Liverpool and New York and New Orleans with open and close prices for December and January contracts. Spot quotations show Liverpool 6.07d, New York 10.90c, New Orleans 10 3 4c.

Denton Liverpool Dee Gan New York New Orleans

Local Cotton Prices Mixed Across Market

Local quotations show cotton prices ranging from 16.30 to 10 1 2 cents per pound with variation across lots and grades.

Wreck Delays Rail Traffic Near Corinth

A coal train wreck in Corinth disrupts service as ten cars derail after the Fair special to Dallas. A wrecker from Denison is expected between 4 and 5 PM, with possible delayed passage of the Dallas train and the Fair special tonight.

Corinth Dallas Coal and Company Denison

Frugal Housewife urged to read today's ads

The article urges readers to stretch household dollars this season by studying the paper's advertisements. It claims merchants issue money saving announcements to benefit shoppers and encourages taking advantage of them.

End to Travelling Vendors Urged by Texas Cities

Southwest Independent notes crowded streets in Texas towns as itinerant vendors flood farming areas with inferior goods and evasion of taxes. Authorities discuss city ordinances and police power to clear streets while urging state legislation for vendor regulation and tax contribution. The piece cites a Den ton classified ad offering replica items and urges readers to use the ads.

Southwest Texas

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J. B. Turpen Spirella Anna Baker Jim Goode Howard J. S. Myers Denton Steam Laundry R. EB. Mitchell South Avenue East Oak Oid —S Por Cole H. B. Boyd Bolivar St Soffie Good Street W. A. Jones Dr. P. Lipscomb Oak St Oliver J. FE. McCabe Exchange Bank L. Fulton P. C. Withers Wilson-Hann Co Sehvice W. Arrashears Mhamilton & Yeéatts DAMES Parks & Lester Office Fox Bros Reynolds & Hodges W. A Jones J. W. Fralin South Side Square W. N. Rowell D. D McCray’s J. W. Johnson Arkansas Mill Elm Street E. Swor Draughon Business College E. M. Wood Barber Shop West Side Sq S. Weagley Fion Wylie Smith & Co East Side Square Real Estate Peoples Home Telephone Co F. Johnson T.l.mcdonald Garrison's Drug Store Texas Penitentiary System Colquitt Ben F Looney Hunts The Palace of Sweets Turner Bros T. C Sample T. C. Sample Reid, Murfock & Co Chicago Long & King Smith’s Smith's Restaurant Curtis O. M. Curtis Wright Opera House George Dam Ral Myrtle Vail Edward Hume Raley Oreight Denton Gun Club Hiland Park
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