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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
3
Stanfield Lodge No. 217 meets Saturday on or before the full moon. Denton Chapter No. 80 holds the first Tuesday monthly. Denton Commandery No. 45 meets the second Tuesday monthly. C. E. S. meets Thursday on or before the full moon.
Stray light brown Jersey cow with one horn partly dislocated and no halter. Reward offered for return to Mrs J B Sims at 190 West Oak Street. Contact if found.
Locket lost with initials R J W on back. Reward offered for its return to R J Wilson. Gitfe
Three furnished rooms with modern conveniences for light housekeeping available at 33 East Oak. Old phone 170. Also furnished or unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping at 42 Fe Hickory, old phone 621.
Owner may reclaim a pin lost at FOUND-NORMAL COLLEGE CLASS area. Payment for this notice required to retrieve item. Contact the desk to prove ownership and arrange return.
A note from the office indicates a missing pair of double lens glasses on a silver chain. The item was likely lost in the office area and is sought by staff for return.
For rent a seven room house with a well located property listed by Denton Trust Co. at 60 cents. Price indication notes a 17.50 amount, implying a rental figure or deposit context.
Mrs. Joe King offers a four room rental at 64 cents per day or week? on 7 W Hickory St. Includes furniture options.
For sale two year old steers. Full information available by contacting Box & Stony Texas by mail.
For sale a secondhand phaeton in good condition at a low price. Also advertised is a 640 acre black land farm with 500 acres tillable. The seller would consider a smaller farm in exchange. Contact C Lipscomb Jr for details.
Short items list mules for sale by Y. M. Tur Pen and Dotfe. A. D. Turner offers 20 acres with improvements a half mile north of town. Also lots and business houses for sale. Contact L. Fulton or call phone 183.
Classified fragments show a first class coin request with W Ss Fry contact, a 16 year old store job plea, coat remodeling by Miss Kendall at McClurkan's, piano and voice lessons by Mrs McCann near 29 S Elm, and Ragle Bakery advertising bread at Fort Worth with six loaves for 25 cents at Paul Ramire’s Restaurant on 31 W Oak St.
Short dispatch notes Jake Johnson doing rapid wood cutting work. Customer contact listed as Phone Old 230 and New 457 with white wood. Job completed in a hurry.
The Freight Transfer Co offers moving services for furniture from its office at the Kincaid wagon yard on West Oak Street. They promise special attention to items in the drag line and invite calls for service.
Come to Will Locknane's wagon yard on East McKinney street to see two fine Jerseys and a season price of 1.50 dollars cash to everyone. Also selling a house and lot on Lula street. New phone 350.
Sanitary Milk and Cream reports new contact portwood and hodges with new phone 26 and old phone 297. The notice specifies updated numbers for customer inquiries.
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meals with old phone 212 and new phone 83 for contact.
Skiles Transfer Co announces future fares on a cash basis. Please remember to pay the driver. This notice instructs customers to settle payments in cash going forward.
Arkansas Mill on S. Elm St offers chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure available. Both phones listed.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves available.
A. BR. McGintie reports an office over Wilson-Hann's in Denton Texas with old phone 361. He rents furnished rooms for rent across four directions North South East and West.
Household moving specialty promoted by Les ter and Miles from Lester and Sherrod, announcing a new phone contact for their business.
Local ad lists OVERALL and NAUGLE at 46 South Elm Street offering guaranteed figures for house plans and furnished rooms on short notice with phones available for contact.
A local agency pledges to look after your interests with zeal if you suffer a loss, claiming they worked hard to solicit your insurance and inviting you to see them for your next policy. You will like their services.
W E Botts, graduate veterinarian, lists Hancock and Son blacksmith shop at S Elm Lipscomb block as business address. New phone 269, residence line shows old phone 486, new 4132.
Dr Eli Buyher lists office at Old Lacy Blacksmith Shop North Locust Street Denton and residence at 46 East Hickory Street. He provides a new office phone 461 and residence numbers 355 and 620 for contact. The listing appears as a historic business card or classified notice.
Dr M LMartin A B MD treats diseases of eye ear nose and throat and fits glasses from office over Raley and Co. Accessory details indicate medical practice offering eyewear services.
J M Gurley offers first class cement contracting with reliable pricing. Get estimates for concrete work by a known local contractor.
Old phone 579 and new phone 931. For high grade cement and brick work call or see me and I will estimate the work. S A Bushey.
Dentists office operated by Charles Saunders located over Long and King's with two phone lines available for contact.
W N Rowell D D S operates a dental office over McCray's on the south side square with a new phone number 433 and the old Pace number 341 for patient contact.
Dr. W. A. Jones based at West Side Square and J. W. Fralin at South Side Square middle block, upstairs. Denton, Texas.
Brief classified notice invites inquiries for scavenger work with two ways to respond. The text lists a single contact number 307 and mentions phone availability. No further details on location or compensation are provided.
A registered Jersey bull Padisha of St Lambert son of Wilna A will stand at Pinckley’s wagon yard on West Oak street after October 1. He has a butter test of seventeen pounds seven ounces in seven days and a season price of five dollars cash with return privilege. See pedigree and merit certificate at the wagon yard office.
Advertisement notes a new meat market at 380 old 70 McKinney Street with L. W Brooks as proprietor announcing readiness to serve customers.
The Ladies of the Modern Maccabees hosted about fifty guests at City Hall for a Tuesday evening program. Michigan guest Mrs. Sarah Jennings O'Brien gave an address while local members presented readings and music. Refreshments followed the social hour as the lodge colors decorated the hall.
A mild gentle laxative is what people demand for constipation. Thousands swear by Dr Kine's New Life Pills. Hugh Tallman of San Antonio Texas says they are the best pills my wife and I have taken. They never cause pain. Price 25 cents at druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis.
The sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in November 1943 at the Denton Court House door to satisfy a judgment for 697 and interest in the case J A Barton versus F A Bennett et al. Property described as a parcel in Denton City, on B B C R R B Co survey, scrip No. 411, patented to John R Henry. Sheriff W C Orr signs.
Dr Bruce announced the Normal College Model School will start Jan 15, not Jan 1, marking the end of the mid winter session. Excavations for the temporary building began Tuesday with hurry on a large frame structure 4114 by 80 feet. George Harris is the contractor.
New suits filed in the district court include Joe S Gambill vs George Younger over debt and foreclosure and J C Fleece vs Horace H Thomas et al over trespass to try title and to remove cloud from title.
Local Quotation highlights show lint cotton trading from 13.5 to 9.8 cents per pound for dirty and damaged stock. Seed prices span 4 to 4.25 cents, affected by dirtiness and damage. Cotton seed held at 20 dollars per ton. Local soda fountains raise egg drink prices to 15 cents amid egg scarcity. sellers paying 35 to 40 cents per dozen.
Chicago traders noted relief from Argentine drought as wheat prices eased. the close showed a net decline of 0.4 percent. Cash quotations in Chicago ranged 94.5? to 96e, St. Louis 95? to 96e, and Kansas City 89? to 92e per bushel.
Fort Worth notes receipts of cattle 4700 with 800 calves, 1200 hogs, 800 sheep. Beef steers top 86, stockers and feeders to 86.50, feeders bulk 5 to 6.25, yearlings at 7.35, butcher stock 853.50, bulls steady with top 87.50. Hogs top 8.05, bulk 7.80 to 8.00, sheep and lambs weak to steady with Mexican sheep at 4.75 and lambs at 5. Market slow but steady.
Dallas reports from October 29 show cotton seed prices in Texas markets ranging from 8 dollars per ton at Ennis to 23 dollars per ton at Brownwood. Waxahachie quotations rose sharply from 8 to 21 dollars per ton reflecting market volatility.
Denton ginners at noon Wednesday report receipts totaling 438 bales seed cotton and 472 bales lint seed. yard receipts and railroad shipments show 946 bales shipped by M. K. & T. and 3,638 bales by the T. & N. O. lines.
Public school opened Monday in the new building. The Ladies of the Maccabees will entertain Monday night Nov 1 in the new school. R Darnell sold his blacksmith shop to T E Wood. Mrs Will Bishop returned from a visit near Ponder. J H Robinson and family moved to Strawn. Wm Whitfield reports killing a cata mount east of town. Nine hundred seven bales of cotton ginned to date. Joe Riddle and Edith Dodson visited relatives. Born to Lee Arnold a boy. A fire in the Kelso gin caused about 10 dollars damage.
A vintage ad touts Laxative Bromos Quizine promising to stop cough and headache from a cold. It guarantees a refund if it fails to cure. Each box bears ER W. Grove’s signature and costs 25 cents.
The Longview Times Clarion reports the Alabama Minstrels opened under a large waterproof tent to a crowded audience. The review praises the show as a standout mix of new songs, clever dancing, original jokes, and clean, up to date performance. Clarke Brothers are highlighted as top performers and C L Erickson is credited for assembling the act.
Seventy four Denton girls representing about fifteen percent of the total 526 students attend the College of Industrial Arts this year. Most are in household arts and preparatory classes with a mix across fine and industrial arts, literary, special, and prep work.
In a wide appeal the advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal remedy for coughs colds throat and lung troubles. S. A. Stid of Mason Michigan testifies that two bottles cured pneumonia and thousands of families depend on the medicine. Available from druggists for 30 cents or one dollar from H E Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
An advertisement touts a product to relieve eczema by destroying parasites and soothing inflammation. It promises quick relief and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to work. The copy targets readers seeking skin relief and emphasizes universal relief.
G. L. Taylor son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Taylor of Denton and Miss Katherine Jenkins of Caddo Texas were quietly married in Fort Worth on Saturday. The couple will reside in Denton.
Birth announcements list several families with new babies in and around Pilot Point and Wise county. Entries include parents Reb Hiltz and wife in Pilot Point for a girl born September 29, Wylie Caraway Wise county for a boy born October 19, Hunt at Stony for a girl on October 19, Babe Maynard Pilot Point for a girl on September 21, Jim Crane and wife near Pilot Point for a boy on September 9, Claude Beck near Pilot Point for a girl on September 4, T A Conway near Pilot Point for a child on August 22, Bob Ford near Pilot Point for a child on August 18.
Hilliard Spencer Masters wed Miss Eleanor Lucille Ward in Mart. C L Wheeler tied to Miss Ollie Pope of Krum. Frank McCoy married Miss Cecil Herring of Frisco. Fred P Ferry of Grapevine to Miss Irene I McCombs of Lewisville. Oscar Byrom wed Miss Mamie Bell of Aubrey. Marion Malloy married Miss Veda Scott of Hollis Oklahoma.
Alias execution issued by Denton County District Court in the case J M Ferrell v W Dickson No 5624 directs the sheriff to seize 320 acres of land described as the W H Pea survey on the Little Elm waters about 10 miles south from Denton to satisfy a judgment for 735.15 dollars plus costs. The notice is dated October 13 1913 and signed by Sheriff of Denton County.
3 acres described as north half of the tract stand foreclosed as of November 3 1909. Levied on as property of W J Newbolt et al to satisfy a $548.75 judgment plus interest and costs in favor of Geo B Dunham. October 1943. W C Orr sheriff Denton County Texas.
Denton County notices announce sales by sheriff on the first Tuesday in November 1943 to satisfy judgments in two cases Isom versus Fouts and Isom versus Isom Fouts et al. Writs specify multiple land tracts across the James Knight and Harris surveys along Denton Creek and Elm Fork Trinity River with parcels totaling 34 to 53 acres. Affected property includes 48 acres near Denton Creek and 25 acres from the Harris survey plus a large tract described by metes and bounds. sale to be at the Denton County Courthouse door in Denton Texas.
At the Tulsa game between the American and National leagues, a bleacher collapse just before the start left one spectator dead and about forty injured. The incident occurred October 29 as fans gathered for the match.
Cody Wyoming October 29 Charles G Gates son of the late John W Gates died in his private car Tuesday afternoon of apoplexy He was here arranging a hunting trip
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