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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
3
All members of Stanfield Lodge No 207 A F and A M are summoned to the present Thursday evening September 4 at 5 o'clock. P Lipscomb W M RR H Evers secretary.
Lost and found notice seeks return of a Cameo La Vallierre on chain. Reward offered for the return to this office.
Lost item reported includes a small Chochett coin bag a link watch chain with a heart charm engraved M and a ring with two diamonds a missing middle stone and a device for return to this office. Please contact the office with details for identification and return.
For rent unfurnished rooms call 327 Green. Two for rent three furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 33 E. Oak St old phone 170. Room for rent to student Mrs A S Cowan phone 611d8s.
For rent two room house with single available space. Contact Albert Erwin at old phone 101 for details.
For sale or trade listing offers iron beds springs dressers wash stands mattresses study tables bowls lamps chairs and more. Contact W A Oliver at 181 West Hickory Street. 22p.
Seeks buyer for a 64 acre Alvord property featuring a small three room house, good well, pasture, barns and sheds near a good school and church. One half payment with a good team and wagon taken in trade. Write S E Moore Alvord Texas. White rabbits for sale at 1.00 for four pairs by Walter Smoot 64 N Elm St.
FOR SALE Nice cottage on North Elm street. Old Phone 101 Albert Erwin. 45tfe FOR SALE Butcher complete out fit. Call at the Exchange Bank. 20p FOR SALE Near new Singer Sewing machine half price. Call old phone No. 445. 14tfe FOR SALE Nice 4 room house large lot nice shade trees on N Bolivar St Price £1600 Good terms. Denton Trust Co. 19¢ FOR SALE First class drug store located in Little Elm doing good business Apply this office. 14ife FOR TRADE IMPROVED FARM 154 acres near Frederick Okla for Denton county land city property or good notes. Denton Land and Loan Co old phone 45 over Kealey's. 19¢eitwe
Two four room houses on corner lots one block from the square for sale at 1500 dollars. See C Lipscomb Jr December 18.
Classified ad noting a six room house with bath for sale by Chas Scripture through Taylor Hardware Company with terms to be arranged. Other item lists shorts for sale by Woodson Harris at Long and King’s. includes a reference to a widow.
Three lots on South front four blocks from the square in Stroud street are offered for sale. Listing notes Truman Stroud at Postediiece for details. 146d-itwe.
For sale a fine Jersey cow that yields 3 to 3 1 2 gallons of milk daily, a mice saddle pony, several horses, second hand buggies and wagons. Inquire at Will Lochnane's wagon yard on East McKinney Street. 3i2d wife.
Fr R Graham of Denton Mill offers a sale listing for a five room and a one room house on North Locust street. The notice is brief and notes the sale location and contact.
Six room house including hall and bathroom near North Side School. Good terms offered. See Hi Higgs or call old phone 475.
Broun Realty Co advertises two small farms for exchange for a residence in Denton. Properties are 50 and 72 acres. Office listed as over Long and King’s grocery with contact for Zoe.
Advertises two houses for sale in Dallas with small down payments and monthly installments. One 3 room on East Oak Street and one 4 room on Bolivar Street. Contact George Fritz care P O Implement Co Dallas Texas.
Want to sell 20 acres with improvements one half mile north of town. Also additional lots and business houses and lots for sale. Call 183 or contact L Fulton for details.
Wanted a cook German preferred. Apply to Mrs. Frank Mahan at 200 West Sycamore Street Denton Texas.
Mrs McCann graduate of New England Conservatory Boston piano and voice pupils forfeited 29 S Elm St Sept 28p.
A R McGintip advertises furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas. Office location is over Wilson Hann’s with old phone 361. Listings include houses available in north south east and west.
An ad offers storage of household goods at reasonable rates and promotes furniture and gas stoves by John B. Schmitz.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services with two contact phones. Office located at Kincaid WA near West Oak Street. They promise special attention to items in the drag line and invite customers to call for furniture moves.
Local woodworker Jake Johnson completes a rushed job cutting and trimming boards. Customer reports efficient speed and clean finish despite tight schedule and limited details.
For sale mare and make cost through M. B. Whitlock. Wanted a competent dairy hand, single. Springside Jersey Farm managed by Will F. Parks. Come to Will Locknane's wagon yard near East Kinney Street. Two top Jersey bulls offered, one black and one fawn. Season price $1.50. New phone 350. Also house for sale on Lula Street. For sanitary milk and cream call Portwood & Hodges. new phone 426 old 297.
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meats with phones 242 and 83.
Announcement that cab and transfer fares will be collected on a cash basis moving forward. Passengers are reminded to pay the driver directly. Skiles Transfer Co. will receive all cash payments for services rendered.
Henry Kaltruther of East McKinney street advertises wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber-tiring and shrinking services for a range of metal and wood needs.
Fort Worth bakery sells six loaves of bread for a small amount at Paul Ramires Restaurant located at 34 West Oak Street.
Wording notes a business listing for McKelvy and Car Baugh at McKinney Street Wagonyard offering buying selling and exchanges of millions. It also mentions a registered Jersey bull in service and a student seeking work for board while attending school, with Acme Tailoring Co as an address reference.
Advertisement for chopped feed and bran corn hay plus stove and heater wood. Promises prompt delivery and full measure from Arkansas Mill located on S Elm Street with two phone numbers listed.
Old phone numbers listed as 579 switch to 931 for high grade center and brick work estimates. A. Bushey invites customers to call for assessment and pricing.
W E Botts a graduate veterinarian offers office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop on S Elm Lipscomb block. New phone 269. residence old phone 486. new 132.
An old classified style notice offers first class dray services at reasonable rates. It highlights household moving as a specialty and lists the office as Lester & Sherrod with a new phone number.
W W Lingsley offers auto hire services and repairs. Old phone is listed as 30 and new contact number 448 for inquiries and bookings.
A terse advertising note urges calling 41 for quick messenger service run by W. A. Brashears. The line suggests a percentage arrangement with Will Took for 10 percent of money collected.
A local notice states Dr. Martin will be away from town until September 111.
Denton Texas announces several dentists with office locations: Dentpts Chas Saunders over Long and King after February 1st with both phones. W N Rowell D D S over McCray’s south side square. Dr W A Jones dentist on West Side Square. J W Fralin dentist on South Side Square middle of block upstairs.
Local notice seeks individuals willing to perform scavenger tasks and directs callers to dial phone number 307 for details.
J M Gurley offers first class cement work at the right price. Get estimates today for durable concrete walks and paths.
A Denton county list of notarized appointments from a recent special legislative session has arrived at the County Clerk. Under the new law appointments may occur at either the regular or special sessions. Names include J. W. Johnson, J. F. Bonner, Luther Hoffman, Frances Miller, W. W. McClister, R. H. Rhine, W. G. Kimborough, F. F. Hill, J. W. Erwin Jr., Paul Bird, L. Fulton.
Sheriff Brandenburg says a “nerviest burglar” robbed his Oak Cliff home in the early hours. He woke to find his trousers missing containing a watch, chain, and money. the trousers were recovered in the yard but no valuables or suspect were found.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe prompt laxative for women. Mrs Dunlap of Leadville Tenn Testifies it helped her troubles greatly. The ad urges buying a box at 25 cents and notes recommendation by F Raley and Co.
Turner Brothers carries Beechnut peanut butter in all sizes available for shoppers.
In Plymouth a duel erupts when the Duke of Arcester seizes Mistress Lucy at Master Ficklin's estate. The narrator, a sea captain, frees her and defeats the duke, carving two long scars on his cheek as a branding of his cowardly act. The incident ends with the duke fleeing and vowing vengeance.
Contemplated church relocation from Bolivar street to vacant lot behind the west side of the square opposite the Baptist Church. Rev Caldwell travels to Fort Worth to study costs while Rev Hendricks and Rev Carter lead a revival starting the 21st on the same lot for citywide access.
Grandmother kept her hair dark and glossy with Sage Tea and Sulphur. The Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is sold at drug stores for about 50 cents and is advertised to restore natural color and shine, reduce dandruff, and treat itchy scales with simple daily use.
Fragmentary note mocks constant demand for tools and cookware while urging readers to study hardware ads for best price. Mentions worn skillet or pan and advertisers pushing price inducement.
A brief dialogue excerpt shows a speaker urging a companion to depart tonight to sail at the ebb tide toward a distant merse. The woman agrees and takes the speaker’s arm as the scene ends with a note that the continuation follows.
Local market quotations show wholesale and retail prices for grains, feedstuffs, produce, and fruits with oats, corn, wheat, flour, meal, bran, and various farm goods listed. The Dead Letter List itemizes names and addresses with delivery to Washington DC if unclaimed by 1919, with a one cent postage due.
Local cotton prices show lint at 12.75 and seed at 5.07 while trading in New York and New Orleans markets. Commodity notes reference nearby futures and spot rates with miscellaneous ticker data and sporadic figures.
Readers are urged to study shoe store ads in today’s paper to compare offers and examine stock. The page invites inspection of merchandise for better value and discount prices.
The Nickel Store on the east side will henceforth remain open Saturday night to serve convenience for its patrons. Duke & Ayers sign off respectfully.
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky credits Cardus with curing long standing head and nervous issues and other women’s troubles after trying doctors. She says eleven bottles restored her strength and ability to work. The ad urges women with female ailments to try Cardus today and notes decades of past use.
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