Fresh meat and poultry advertised by Chas Wells
A local ad invites customers to call 98 for fresh meat and poultry from Chas Wells located on E McKinney Street.
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1910
Page
3
A local ad invites customers to call 98 for fresh meat and poultry from Chas Wells located on E McKinney Street.
We make mattresses to fit your bed and do upholstering at the lowest possible price. Call us at the new phone 94 to arrange work. We can restore your old bed for about half the cost of a new one. Hicks Upholstering Co. 74 North Elm Street. 53¢
H. W. Chandler announces a new real estate office with Joe S. Gambill above Hann and Co on the south side square. He invites sellers with a growing list of prospective buyers and offers to handle farm or city properties to buyers’ advantage. New phone listed 60.
Mrs Robt Haskins offers piano and voice instruction with choral training emphasis. She highlights 27 years of teaching experience and careful beginner practice guidance from 33 South Elm Street contact Old phone 255 Sip.
Work on a new oil test well started in Aubrey after an expert, who has located over 100 wells, chose a spot on J. N. Henderson land at the town's east edge. He forecast a lake of oil and drilling would begin once equipment is in place.
We chronicle with sincere regret the death of the infant daughter of Hon. and Mrs. W. D. Davis last Friday evening. The remains were interred in Belew cemetery Saturday afternoon.
Oode Hill and Hon Mrs F F Hill visited on Thursday. It hints he might skip extra sessions, resting from legislative labors until January and cooler weather returns.
Protracted meeting at the Methodist church closed last week. Nine conversions occurred and five were received into the church. The pastor Rev. Jas H Averitt was assisted by Revs Barcus Wheeler and Tincher and the help was greatly appreciated by all connected therewith.
Local shop John A. Hann & Co advertises latest millinery fashions with new hat styles for customers seeking fresh headwear.
Dallas reports the twenty-fifth annual State Fair of Texas racing program featuring horse, automobile, motorcycle, and aeroplane events with purses around 50000 dollars. Ten days of horse racing and three days of auto contests promise sections for events due to heavy entries.
Assistant Secretary Ben E Cabell readies the harness track for automobile and motorcycle contests with banked turns to prevent skidding. Five to six auto events and two to three motorcycle races daily will feature star drivers like Barney Oldfield and DeWitt with novelty events. The State Fair tourney runs October 24 26 offering fifteen hundred dollars in prizes and promotes chivalry and expert equestrianship revived for clean outdoor sport.
County tournaments across Texas select winners to enter the State Fair tourney. Entries must be on or before October 1, 1910. Knights will be masked in costume, with the tournament committee led by Edward B. Williams and including Major E. H. Roach Major A. S. Wilson Captain Sloan Simpson Captain W. H. Kinnard Captain June Peak Lieutenant T. C. Harry and Lieutenant A. C Allen.
At the twenty-fifth annual State Fair of Texas in Dallas, starting October 15 for sixteen days, visitors can view works by leading American artists including Charles S. Chapman Charles Peter Bock Bruce Crane Julian Onderdont and Robert Henri among others.
If you have poultry or anything to sell ring G. W. Elbert.
For headaches of all kinds including sick nervous and those from heat cold grip or stomach trouble Capudine offers quick relief. Capucline is a liquid remedy that acts immediately for attacks of cold or grip and relieves aching feverish feelings restoring normal conditions priced at 10c 25c and 50c in drug stores.
A local pharmacy advertises rapid prescription service with delivery and the ability to source standard medicines from top firms like Parke Davis and Eli Lilly. It emphasizes a registered pharmacist overseeing all fills and urges patients to ask their doctors to have Allison's fill prescriptions at West Side Square.
J R Wilson, ex Confederate and Denton county pioneer, died September 12 in Fletcher Arizona from typhoid fever aged 72. He was known among old settlers and related to G W Harmonous of this city and to J R Wilson and R J Wilson of Justin and Drop and J R Grubbs of Krum. Funeral set for Sunday at Sams cemetery near Justin.
The caldera epidemic that began in Southern Russia has claimed 100000 victims across Asiatic Russia. A Venus fire Friday night started at L B Sanders store and destroyed six brick buildings plus their contents.
S. H. McMillian has been engaged as instructor in soils and crops at the A. and M. College. He graduated from the A. M. College in 1909 and last year taught agriculture at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton.
F M Bralley superintendent of education outlines a plan for Texas independent school districts to seek a constitutional amendment. The proposal would let cities and towns that control their schools vote to cap school taxes at 50 percent of the dollar by a majority vote, instead of the current two thirds requirement.
An aged newspaper ad extols Perry Davis Painkiller as remedy for rheumatism neuralgia sprains burns bruises colds colic diarrhea and other ailments claiming seventy years of usefulness and a long list of cures. It hints at medical credibility through long history and wide application.
Rev. M. T. Andrews, pastor of First Baptist church, has returned from Mississippi where he delivered the centennial sermon at East Fork Baptist church during its 100th anniversary. The address titled The Ministry of Years highlighted Christianity’s progress over the past century attracting wide state and regional attention.
Census officials report Dallas population rising 2.10 percent and say corresponding increases in San Antonio and Fort Worth may be expected. Chicago's figure is due to be released tonight.
A large free concert is planned at the Majestic Air Dome for Monday evening. Local officials urge attendees to arrive early as space may be limited.
In Denton on September 17 cotton futures weakened with New York down 8 to 9 points and New Orleans 2 to 3 while Liverpool shed 1 to 2. Spot prices were largely steady with minor gains in Liverpool and steady to unchanged elsewhere. Reports show light 3000 bale sales in Liverpool and about 13 1 2 cents per pound on New Orleans and Galveston spots.
Denton reports strong wheat movement as large short interests covered in Chicago leading to a net advance of 7 to 11 cents. Corn and oats weakened or firm with cash closes listing by city. Denton values include wheat around $1.03 to $1.94, oats 36 to 37, corn 50 to 51 cents.
Cotton lint 12.96 to 13.10 cents. seed up to 5.26. Wheat 1.03 to 1.04 per bushel. Corn shelled 67 cents per bushel. car 5 to 60 cents. Cotton seed meal retail 32 per top. 1.65 to 1.7 per 100 lbs. Cotton seed hulls 11.90 per ton car. 12 at barn. Corn chops 1.50 per 100 lbs wholesale. gopher 160 lbs higher. Brome hay 1.15 wholesale. 5 to 15 cents higher retail. Prairie hay 14 wholesale. 60 to 65 cents per bale retail. Johnson grass hay 10 to 10.50 wholesale. 45 to 50 cents retail. per ton 12.50. Baled oats 7.60 to 8 per ton. Baled straw 5 to 6 per ton. Oats wholesale 36 to 37 cents per bushel. retail 40 to 45 cents.
The listing shows wholesale and retail prices for staples and meats. Hard wheat flour ranges 2.80 to 2.90 per 100 pounds, graham flour 3.50 per 100, corn meal 65 to 75 cents per 25 pounds, bacon various cuts from 17 to 33 cents per pound, lard at 15 to 18 cents per pound, and related can sizes and bulk options with assorted prices.
Butter is quoted at 20 to 30 cents per pound cash or trade delivered to private homes and inns. Creamery butter at 30 cents per pound. Eggs wholesale 15 to 17 cents per dozen cash or trade, retail 15 to 20 cents. Tomatoes wholesale 4 cents per pound. Prices indicate scarce supply and varied delivery terms.
Viola Baker of Floral, Ark praises Cardui the woman’s tonic for weakness and nervousness. She says one bottle restored health after an illness, and thousands report similar benefits. Cardui is described as a natural herbal extract with no minerals or strong drugs and is sold by druggists nationwide.
Wholesale prices listed for sweet potatoes and California potatoes with retail figures. Sweet potatoes wholesale 1.50 per bushel and 40 cents per package. California potatoes wholesale 1.25 and retail 1.35 or 365 cents per pack.
Farmers market poultry prices listed include hens at 7 1 2 cents per pound fryers 12 1 2 cents per pound old roosters 10 to 15 cents guinea hens per dozen 1 50 ducks per dozen? per pound 3 dollars per dozen not specified
A brief price listing shows livestock quotes with 40GS at 6 7 cents per pound light and 7 to 8 cents for heavy cattle. Cows are priced from 2 3 4 to 3 1 2 cents per pound.
Mrs. Hawkins Taylor of Washington owns Baron a bulldog who follows her everywhere. The dog is old and feeble with elephantiasis likely from overfeeding, possibly gout or dropsy. She recently traveled abroad and returned to ensure Baron could die on American soil if needed, a testament to devoted companionship.
A bystander confronts a grocer over berry price hikes. The grocer explains markup as repayment for cash given to the heathen and a reward for kindness, arguing the situation differs from railroad rate cases.
A humorous exchange centers on a man seeking help as he imagines a trip to perdition via a toboggan slide. The other person jokes about greasing the slide as a remedy.
The grand jury found no bill against Col Smith over a September personal encounter in his office with Buck Hendrick who remains confined to his room from injuries. An indictment was returned against Hendricks and Ben Davenport for aggravated assault. Col Smith has recovered.
I F Holly Jr and Miss Rosa Lott were married Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs H A Lott in Round Grove community.
George Brown of the C. 8. Wilkins farm west of town died Saturday and his remains were buried Sunday in Hall Cemetery.
Prof Dixie Boyd of Round Grove relocates with his family to Garza to take the principalship for the coming session. He is praised as a fine man and a successful teacher respected in the vicinity.
In Lewisville the number of vacant homes has dropped from four years of higher levels. prospects for the city’s growth appear strong as conditions improve and optimism rises for the future.
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