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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1912
Page
4
An old style autos service notice advertising day and night driving, car repairs, buying selling and exchanges. It points to Ford agency services with store phone numbers listed as Old 9 and New 99.
After recent rains multiple stagnant pools appear around the city. The Record and Chronicle reports complaints urging the City Health Department to oil the pools to halt mosquito breeding.
The First Methodist Missionary Society meets Monday afternoon at 4. The Senior Epworth League plans a business meeting Monday night at 8 at the church. The Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church meet Thursday at 4 with Mrs M E Aldredge for their first business meeting of the year.
Fresh Norway mackerel advertised at 3 for 25 cents from Turner Bros with breakfast suggestions. Also promotes Arkansas Mill Co wood for cords at 4 dollars 9 cents each and old and new phone numbers for orders.
Turner Bros promotes pumpkins at 3 for 25 cents with phone contact for orders.
Bread that tastes right and is right for your money. Try our bread and get the satisfaction your neighbor is getting at Smith's Restaurant.
Classified note from G Welbert offering to buy poultry butter and eggs at the best market price, inviting sellers to contact.
An ad offers Maxwel House Blend and notes two firms, Turner Bros and Lange & King, can be reached by phone to place orders. It includes contact details and an invite to connect for ext orders.
The advertisement promotes clever small books on Friendship Love Truth and other themes suitable for gifts. It encourages upgrading framed pictures and replacing old photos. It also highlights summer sale prices on patterns of mouldings being closed out.
We can serve you short orders day or night and you will like the style of cooking and service. Drop it and see us. Smith's Restaurant highlights fast, friendly dining as its selling point.
W H Guyse motorman on the Localtreet line reported about 23 dollars of the company money stolen Sunday afternoon. He had stored funds from Saturday and part of Sunday in a leather bag inside a box under a seat to ease a heavy pocket load. No clue was found for the thief.
Turner Bros advertises pumpkin pie for dinner today offering 3 eight pound cans for 25 cents. Call 7 for orders.
Miss Ross Poe invites interested individuals to join an Elocution and Physical Culture class at Miss Roberta Bags studio. The notice also mentions a local store Long & King selling the best coffee and a fresh vegetables supply with phone contact 44.
Master Robert Lomax celebrated his fifth birthday with about twenty five friends on a Denton lawn. Games, spiderweb unwinding, punch, a log cake with pink candles, and red flying planes delighted the children as they wished good health and many more birthdays.
Sullivan and Hill launch a new Denton law firm, renewal of an earlier partnership. J. W. Sullivan and Fitzhugh F. Hill, prominent young citizens, previously practiced together and served in the County Attorney's office. Offices are in Craddock building on the south side.
Evelyn Wells entertained Thursday evening at Fry street with Miss Juanita Bachus of Paducah as guest. Fifteen girls and fifteen young men arrived for a progressive dance and luncheon. The remainder enjoyed a slumber party with games and early morning kodak pictures of the attending girls.
The Draughon Business College on the North Side reports rising enrollment and adds Mr. BD Fowler of Greenville as instructor. Fowler brings six years of public school service and eight years in law practice, with night classes planned in law and business forms to boost the Denton Draughon college as a regional institution.
Regular dinners every day at Smiths Restaurant invites locals to dine in. The friendly note encourages patrons not to worry about going home and to eat with them.
Our grocery service is pleasing many Denton people. Let us please you. T C SAMPLE. Both phones.
John W. Finnell reports 5 acres of barley near Stony yielded about 69 bushels per acre this year and is planning 30 acres next year. After threshing, he planted the same land to corn and expects at least 20 bushels per acre. The barley is said to compare favorably with corn as a seed.
Entomologists report a renewed rise in stable fly numbers. They note breeding outside manure in decaying straw and warn farmers to remove decayed straw, bale sound portions, and spread remaining stacks to sun dry, using burning or drainage to curb the pests.
The Denton Ministers' Association met Monday in regular session and agreed to hold the Thanksgiving service at the Baptist church. Rev. H. B. Boyd was chosen to preach, with assistance from local ministers.
J A Madewell and Miss Eunice Jones of Hickory Creek vicinity wed Sunday at 3 pm in front of Rev A D Rogers home. The ceremony was conducted with the couple and about twenty guests in the buggy. They plan to live south of Hickory Creek. groom is son of A E Madewell and bride is daughter of R B Jones.
A advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a trusted cure from childhood burns, sores, and skin troubles. It claims forty years of cures proving merit and praises effectiveness for piles and various sores. Available for five cents at J. R. Raley & Co.
Turner Bros advertises careful handling of orders by phone and in person at 36 W Sycamore Street. They invite customers to try next month and announce piano lessons by Miss Jennie Keyte starting September 2. They urge calls to Old phone 308 for grocery orders and claim to please many Denton families with fresh potato chips twice weekly.
The firm of Owsley and Owsley is formed with Alvin C. Owsley and son Alvin M. Owsley. The senior is a county notable. the junior is a recent V. M. S. and UT law graduate and a democratic nominee for local representative. Offices are in the Owsley building on West Oak Street. Also listed are houses and arts for sale at 50 to 75 cents on the dollar, phone Fulton 1732.
Denton marked Labor Day with no formal program while banks did not observe the holiday first Monday. The post office opened noon and schools began as crowds filled downtown streets. Union labor men in the city observed the day.
On Monday and Tuesday mornings between 8 and 11, anyone wanting to keep Normal boarders or roomers must phone Prof Butler. The list will be created Wednesday and names not submitted by then will not be on the approved roster.
At the Airdome on Saturday night two capacity houses showed The Tragedy of the Desert and the comical Willie the Hunter. An overflow crowd gathered at the Majestic on the north side with a fair turnout. A joke suggested renaming the Majestic to The Summer Widowers Retreat due to the steady attendance of summer widowers.
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Liverpool spots show steady prices with minor changes. Open close figures for Saturday through November indicate small gains as domestic markets suspend trading for Labor Day, with about 5 000 units exchanged.
A promotional note touts reliable drug sales asserting honesty in adverts and verbal statements. It promises customer satisfaction with refunds if not satisfied and claims thirty years of practical experience.
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