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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1912
Page
3
A dense mix of classified items lists services like spirella corsets new phone 322 blue, hair switches, sewing, room and board, and furnished rooms. Lost items include a red cow and gold rimmed glasses. Jobs include laundry workers and housework. Real estate offers include a five room house and 20 acres near the city with rent and trade options.
DR W B BOTTS veterinary and veterinary surgeon office with Denton Transfer Co Lipscomb block. Old phone 359 residence phones old 486 new 132.
An old classified snippet lists autos for hire under W. W. Billingsley with phone changes, auto repairs, and several dentists in Denton Texas. It notes telephone numbers 3230 and 448 and mentions W. N. Rowell D D S with office location near McCray's. A call for scavenger work is listed with phone 397 giner.
Telegraphy department now forming to teach practs work and station agent duties including train orders freight bills and office reports with full phone access. G E Swor Mann p. Draughon’s Business College.
Concrete walks or brick work available. S A Bushey and M Gurley cement contractor offer first class work at fair prices. Get estimates and plan with us for sturdy, proper sidewalks.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for sour stomach gas indigestion heartburn and dyspepsia. It claims relief within five minutes and urges a fifty cent case be kept in every home. The copy emphasizes the remedy’s safety and scientific appeal.
B R Wilson of near Lloyd says his three sons may be Denton county’s champion cotton pickers. In a recent day the trio gathered 1625 pounds with Jack 26, 561 pounds Miller 28, 549 and Ray 17, 517 pounds.
Announcement from Dallas on October 23 notes a new wholesale dry goods and millinery house by the Minteen Graham syndicate stores. The Dealers' Mercantile Company will operate among Southwest merchants, leasing 635 Ehm street buildings. L. O. Daniel is named president with A J Jarrell and C F Graham as officers.
A Wyeth preparation of sage and sulphur offers relief for dandruff itching scalp and thinning hair. The ad claims a few applications restore color and vitality, improve growth, and remove dandruff with a money back guarantee. Also mentions Smith's Restaurant advertising regular dinners.
Oct 22 notes report light rain will aid wheat crops. Miss Johnnie Mac Rice returns to Decatur college after home visit. Mr. and Mrs. Butler attend Dallas fair. Finley Grissom and wife visit Lipscomb mother. Mr. Perry ill but sits up. Roe Crowley and Mrs. Crowley visit Mrs. Perry. Mesdames Berry and Hall visit Gainesville. Nelle Harter and Grace McMurtrey in Dallas. D. H. Collins returns from Wellington. Lizzie Wade takes Aubrey Hith School position. Ralph Marion tonisillitis. J. J. Teacle in Denton.
A brief ad promotes Sample's Grocery with evaporated and dried fruits, preserves in quart jars, olives from Reid, Murfock & Co of Chicago, and sanitary display bins. It mentions contact by phone and suggests ordering goods at reasonable prices.
Associated Press dispatch from Oyster Bay reports Col Roosevelt's return trip effects were countered by a long sleep and he is much refreshed this morning. Official word bans visitors until Thursday to allow him to resume speeches later.
Associated Press dispatch from Austin reports no decision today in the Sneed case on appeal from Amarillo where bail was denied by Judge Browning.
Telegraphic market table from Denton listing Liverpool and New Orleans/January December prices with open and close figures. Notes show slight gains and losses across months with minor differences between prior day and current quotes.
Local lint cotton advanced to 16.57 per unit and seed cotton reached 3.55 cents as a Denton market update notes price gains and trading activity.
Market rundown shows corn at 15 cents per dozen, green beans 35 cents per gallon, peppers 25 cents per pound, peaches 5 cents each, tomatoes 3 pounds for 25 cents. Concord grapes 25 cents per basket, Tokay grapes 3 pounds for 30 cents, cabbage 4 cents, lettuce 10 cents per head, turnips 4 cents, celery not very choice at 10 cents.
Miss Mary Fox daughter of Mr and Mrs L T Fox married Walter Paschall of Boyd at 2 45 P M Wednesday. Elder C E Wooldridge officiated. Afterward the couple left for a short trip to Boyd Rhome and Graham and plan to reside back here. Attending were family and friends including Mrs Ena Hawkins Mrs EB Fox Elton Gresham and others. Several relatives travel to Anson to be with Grace Fox who lies ill.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages by internal use. It asserts the remedy targets blood and mucous surfaces and promises $100 for any uncured case, inviting testimonials and listing F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Druggists, 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Prof Borden presents a concise synopsis of upcoming courses for the winter season at the Normal Lyceum of Fers. The program outlines new offerings and updated topics for students and community members.
The Normal college winter lecture and entertainment series features top bureaus like Kedpath Layton and Redpath offering artists such as the Kellogg Haines Singing Party Miss Lottie Fahilen and Miss Aitha Montague with John Eichenberger William Goldberg and William Breach. The Bergen Marx Company Leon Marx and Hans Dressel join the program. The Ben Greet Players led by Ben Greet bring Shakespearean productions and will stage The Comedy of Errors. The Music Makers male quartet and the Dunbars Marimbaphone add moving vocal and instrumental highlights next week. The course also features Frank J Danson and Frank J Cannon in discussions on Mormonism and The Modern Mormon Kingdom.
The midweek prayer service at First Methodist Church is set for 7 30 tonight. The talent play Fun on the Podunk Limited plays at the opera house tonight. The North side Ladies candy sale at the school during the event, urge parents to let children spend pennies there. Choc Roark released on 200 bond after Tuesday arrest for theft from Smiths restaurant. Aggravated assault charges filed Tuesday against two men near Little Elm after a quarrel left both with cuts. Rev D Rogers returns from Louisville convention and will preach Sunday at First Christian church on What I Saw and Heard at the Convention inviting students.
The Denton Gun Club held its first shoot at Highland Park on a Tuesday afternoon in a 25 target skeet event. Dr Inge led with thirteen hits while members struggled with practice showing low scores and several names appear in the listed results.
An ad claims Vinol strengthens weak stomachs and nerves, aided by John Lind of Oneonta who says fifteen years of stomach trouble improved after using Vinol, with a refund offer if no help. The item lists Druggist O. M. Curtis of Denton promoting the product.
The brief item lists several residents and visitors including Misses Larkin and Denton, Mrs Mayme Aureh, and Mr Davy Key of Fort Worth. Mentions of Fort Worth figures, visitors, and a newborn boy are scattered with garbled names and places.
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