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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
3
Denton Council No 00 schedules a work session for Thursday night at 7200. B F Paschall and F Bates serve as recorders with T L NX ED.
Three furnished rooms for light housekeeping with modern conveniences at 49 North Locust Street. Another furnished room for rent near 33 E Oak Street. Oldphone 170. A room for rent to a student listed by Mrs. A. S. Cowan, phone 01d88. Also large southwest room in the opera house building and a suite in the Wright building formerly Elke, P O Box 706.
Record and Chronicle office advertises a for sale AC alternating current electric motor rated at 1 to 3 horsepower offered at a low price. Contact details appear in the notice.
A car load of registered mares and geldings is for sale at the Red Barn in Denton. Call to view. priced to sell. Contact J. C. Kerr for details.
Classified note offers a phateon and horse for sale along with washstands and dressers. Contact J. H. Swindle at the Nickels Store for details and price.
Personal notice by Oscar Smith at 51 East Mulberry St seeking to trade wagon and team for milk cows hogs farming tools and feed stuff.
Classified note offers three registered collie pups for sale with contact Jack F. Schmitz at 201Te.
For sale two four room FQ uses or corner lots one block from the square price 1500 see C Lipscomb Jr 42-18.
Classified brief listing announces a six room house with bath and normal addition terms through Chas Scripture at Taylor Hardware Company. Also advertises for sale of cows from Oakley Skiles with a note to see contact. September 27 notice appears in column.
A land & property notice offers 9 acres enclosed with hog wire and a modern five room house plus hall, cistern, storm house, and water well. Also 100 acres 1 1/2 miles from Corinth with 35 cultivated acres and a small house, balance timber at 16 dollars per acre with easy terms. See John A Hann 201fe-w.
Two houses listed for sale on North Locust Street a five room and a six room dwelling. Seller is F. R. Graham contact new phone 3e1 otf for details.
Wants to sell 20 acres with improvements one half mile north of town. Also lots and business houses for sale. Contact phone 183 or see L Fulton.
Classified note announces Mrs Dalee dressmaking now reachable at new phone 372 near CIA at 38e. Also seeks unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping with new phone 434 in red.
An old classified item seeks a used barn that can be moved quickly for cash. Inquiries directed to Hancock and Son at their shop.
Freight Transfer Co offers furniture moving from the Kincaid wagon yard at West AK Street. Call to arrange transport and inquire about special rates on drag-line items.
A. BR. McGintie offers furnished rooms for rent in an office over Wilson-Hann's in Denton Texas. He lists old phone 364 and rents houses in north south east and west locations.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B. Schmitz. Furniture and gas stoves advertised.
Advertisement for chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. States prompt delivery and full measure. Located on S Elm Street with two phone numbers for contact.
Jake Johnson completes a quick wood cutting job labeled with unit 457 white and phone contact 230. The brief notes indicate work was done in a hurry and include the code 46tfe.
Mrs McCann, a graduate of the New England Conservatory Boston, invites piano and voice pupils. 29 S Elm St. Sept 28p.
A local notice advertises two fine Jersey bulls for sale at Will Locknane's wagon yard two blocks from the square on East McKinney street. Season price is 1.50 cash to all. Also lists a house and lot on Lula street for sale and a new phone number 850 for inquiries.
Sanitary milk and cream inquiries to Portwood and Hodges. new phone 426 replaces old 297.
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market advertises fresh and tender meats with old phone 212 and new phone 83.
Henry Kaltruther on East McKinney Street offers all kinds of woodwork, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring, and shrinking services.
Wanted white rabbits grown females at 80 W. Sycamore St. by C. L. Davis. Mules for sale refer to A. D. Turner. Cash basis now applies to cab and transfer fares. pay the driver per Skiles Transfer Co.
A brief notice announces a table service at 7 p m at 7 W Hickory with details limited to the location and time. The tiny item reads like a small classified insertion for dining or hospitality.
You are urged to insure with firms with over fifty years of operation and a history of prompt loss payments. The text cites major fires, claims millions in surplus, and promises best price, efficient service, and courteous treatment for new policies.
Fort Worth bakery offers six loaves for a quarter daily. Paul Ramires Restaurant located at 31 West Oak Street features this bargain.
Live agents can quickly sell an improved Keyless Wonder Padlock with a new proposition. High demand nationwide promises 100 percent profit. Territory opportunities available. Walter F. Abbs, Manager, Hartford Building, Chicago. 2 pages.
We Buy, Sell And Exchange milk cows. Registered Jersey bull in service. McKELVY & CARBAUGH, Mc Kinney St. Wagon Yard. 2631fe
Old phone 579 replaced by 431 and S. A. Bushey advertises high grade cement and brick work with invitation to call or see him for an estimate. Local contractor promotes services and contact method.
W E Botts is listed as a graduate veterinarian with an office at Hancock and Son Blacksmith Shop on S Elm Street in the Lipscomb block. New phone 269 and residence old phone 486 plus new 132 are provided.
Les ter and Miles advertise personable drayage service with specialty in household moves. Office listed as Lester and Sherrod with a new phone number.
W. W. Billingsley offers auto repair services with contact numbers old 330 and new 48. All makes serviced and repaired by experienced mechanic.
W. A. Brash Ears offers to manage accounts for 10 percent of money collected. Call 31 for fast messenger service.
Dr M L Martin treats diseases of the eye ear nose and throat. Fitting glasses available. Office located over Raley and Co. duration and hours not listed.
Dentists Chas Saunders announces new practice location over Long and King after February first with both phone numbers listed for contact.
W. N. Rowell D D S office over McCray's on the south side square Dr W A Jones dentist on West Side Square J W Fralin dentist on the south side square middle of block up stairs Denton Texas.
Small ad seeks people for scavenger work, offering contact via phone number 307 for details.
J M Gurley offers first class concrete walks at the right price and invites estimates.
A registered Jersey bull named Padisha of St Lambert son of Wilnam will be at Pinckley's wagon yard West Oak street after October 1. He has a seven day butter test of 17 lbs 7 ozs and is presented with season 5 cash return privilege. Pedigree and certificate of merit for his dam available at the wagon yard office.
The International Lyceum Association, a thousand strong, will hold its eleventh annual convention at the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago from September 15 to 19. The group covers lecturers, managers, program sellers, and committeemen who annually spend about 40 million dollars on lyceum and chautauqua attractions. Theodore Roosevelt praised the chautauqua as a quintessential American institution.
Washington reports the parcel post, begun Jan 1 1913, logged 14 million dollars in business and 156 million packages in its first six months. Postmaster General Burleson keeps the division adjacent to his office to oversee its rapid growth and efficiency.
Senate testimony shows Postmaster General plans to raise weight limit to 14 pounds as BI Commission approves. Representative Lewis cites farm surplus value and high retail prices, criticizing express and parcel rates as scandalously high and urging reform after study.
Wisconsin statesman Robert M. La Follette praises the lyceum movement, calling it the republics salvation from Wen dell Phillips era to the present. The tribute frames the lyceum as a civic bulwark amid national discourse.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for constipated children. It claims quick relief, promotes a harmless image, warns against counterfeits, and directs buyers to the California Fig Syrup Company for authentic bottles with printed directions.
Denton reports show cotton generally stronger with gains in open and spot quotes. Liverpool Oct-Nov and New York prices rise, with lint cotton top at 13.30 cents and seeds valued around 28 dollars per ton. Wheat cited at 9.5 cents per bushel.
Denton resident J N Clark recalls backache and kidney pains relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports weak kidneys, sharp back pain, and morning soreness affecting work, and endorses the remedy sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co reklam. Remember the name Doan's.
Mrs Anna Belle Emey of Summit Point West Virginia reports relief from 15 years of womanly pain after using Cardus a tonic for women. She credits twelve bottles with restoring her health and urges other women to try Cardui noting it has helped over 50 years and recommending readers contact Chattanooga Medicine Co for information and a 64 page home treatment book.
Market listings show oats at wholesale 45c per bushel with retail 50-55c, corn wholesale 95c and retail 1.00 delivered 1.05, wheat 95c per bushel, flour wholesale 2.70 retail 2.75-2.80 per 100 lbs. Feedstuffs include bran 1.45 wholesale 1.50 retail delivered 1.55, chops 1.80 wholesale 4.85 retail delivered 1.90, shorts 1.65 wholesale 4.70 retail delivered 4.75, cotton seed 28 per ton, chicken feed 1.40 wholesale 1.50 retail delivered 1.55, Johnson grass hay 12 per ton, prairie hay 43 wholesale 45-50c per bale, oat straw 6 wholesale retail 30-22c per bale, straw 5 wholesale 20-22c per bale.
A compact list of farm and market price quotes including eggs 20c per dozen, butter 15 to 25c, hens per lb, fryers 9 to 13c wholesale, ducks 3 per dozen, okra 10c quart, grapes 1.00 to 1.25 per bushel retail, rhubarb 12.5c per bunch, olives per quart, peppers 25c per lb, beans 40c per gallon, lemons 30c per dozen, onions 4c retail 2 to 3c wholesale, bananas 25c per dozen, lettuce 0.5c per head, tomatoes 13c retail 10c wholesale, celery 10c per bunch, grapes imported 12 to 2c per lb, black-eyed peas 60c per bushel wholesale 10c per gallon retail, roasting ears 15c wholesale 20c retail, snap beans 5c wholesale 12c retail.
Classified readers respond to a vase store advertisement in Denton this week. The ad appears in the advertising columns and draws attention from potential buyers.
Gainesville reports the Cooke County fair opened with the largest first day crowd ever seen at a local fair yesterday.
Reeves County fair in Pecos opened yesterday with a most auspicious start.
With Elder Ligon away, Elder Reynolds led the meeting at Pearl Street Church of Christ on Tuesday night. A good crowd attended as interest grew. Ligon will lecture tonight on The Three States of Man with illustrations.
Volunteer wheat in several fields around Stony shows a good stand and may spare farmers from planting wheat. Volunteer oats are also thriving after plentiful rains that soaked the ground, W B Simpson of Stony says after his visit Wednesday.
American League results show Philadelphia 8 over Cleveland 7 and Detroit 4 over New York 3. Washington loses to Chicago 2 to 4 as Boston outlasts St. Louis 5 to 4. In the National League Cincinnati shuts out Philadelphia 4 to 0 while Chicago and New York are rained out, as are Brooklyn and St. Louis. Boston and Pittsburgh also rain-delayed.
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