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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1909
Page
4
Attention students come and see for yourself. We lean press dye or alter any clothing for ladies and gents. Operate the only steam and French benzine dry cleaning plant in North Texas. We guarantee to please. Denton Steam Dye Works and Hat Factory.
Trunks are called for and delivered day or night to any part of the city, enabling calls made at all hours. The notices emphasize ready service for immediate connection and nationwide reach through mobile and fixed lines.
Fort Edward resident Alex Benton climbs Bald Mountain to reach a neighbor with asthma. He uses Dr King’s New Discovery, claimed to relieve and cure asthma and lung ailments. The product, guaranteed by J F Raley & Co, sells for 50 cents and 1.00 with a free bottle offer.
Money to loan on farm lands or city property with vendor lien notes bought or extended. Johnson and Gillespie seek good paper for quick action. Palmer announces next Saturday special sale of ten popular songs at 15c and ten instrumental pieces at 15c, first come, first served.
Classified listing notes tennis goods need by W A Taliaferry on the north side. Items priced at 30 cents.
E B Hawkins sells a nearly new three to four block from the court square North Locust street house in Denton to J Ed Wilson for five thousand dollars. The home is described as one of the handsomest in the north part of the city.
J N Rayzor is in St Louis on business. Alvin M Owsley leaves tomorrow for New Orleans where he was elected commandant of cadets at a Louisiana military academy. Perry Lanham of Oklahoma visits the city. Mrs Margaret Wright Edwards of Dallas is entertained by Miss Leonora Hann. George W White now of Kirkland near Denver, in the grocery business, is here. Mr and Mrs E B Hawkins have sold their Denton home and will move elsewhere with many Denton friends to regret their departure.
An advertisement from Frontier Asthma Company, Room 702, Buffalo New York, promotes a home asthma cure claimed to be absolutely free of charge. It offers a treatment marketed as a cure with no cost.
Minnis Drug Store announces a fresh stock of Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens now available for customers. Includes various nib sizes and price points to suit writers and professionals.
Sept 21 Roanoke notes Rev Corder preached at Ponder and Rev Marion led baptisms at Denton Creek after a church dinner. Several births announced, visitors from Fort Worth and Gainesville arrive or depart, and multiple ministers conduct meetings amid local social visits.
Mr. and Mrs. Babe Dyche returned from Lawton Oklahoma. Miss Ruby McKinney visited Pilot Point. Ben Carlisle is in Park Springs. Mrs. H E Oustat returned from Wolfe City. Miss Taylor and Mrs. Dowling of McKinney visited Mrs. J. Mullins. Mrs. Dan Purner and children from Denton visited her mother, Mrs. Allen. Dr. and Mrs. Bates went to Pilot Point. Mrs. Horne and daughter Corinne visited Mrs. Smith. Carrol Douche was in Pilot Point. Rev J Ashburn of Detroit is visiting friends in Aubrey.
Denton welcomes Prof A G McGinnis a former Waco business college executive and North Texas Normal alumnus who has joined the Standard Business College set to open next month. Accompanying him was John R Stanley now Fort Worth lawyer. President Lewis expressed optimism for a successful opening.
The local post office reports nearly a 100 percent rise in mail with the arrival of students from two state colleges. Hundreds of letters and packages are sent and received daily, forcing the west end carrier to drop a daily trip and struggle to deliver first class mail on morning routes.
Minnis Drug Store advertises all kinds of school supplies. Palmer's Art Shop notes strong sales of college posters and hand colored postcards while framing pictures for students' rooms and schools.
Be sure you are right take your prescriptions to Minnis' Drug Store. Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as the greatest healer on earth. Quick call by Long & Turner Co. J F Raley & Co sells it with examples of family cures and homemade first aid.
Lewisville round up with residents traveling visiting and returning home. Names include Mrs Ewing Mrs Braanon Miss Gurledge Miss Degan Mrs Youngblood Mr and Mrs Fage Mrs Thomas Mrs Cleary and children Mrs Woodrum L Sigler Stanley Farrington Will Wagner Mattie Henry Rev H E Morris officiated a wedding John Milliken Lauston Jacobson Georgetown trip maternity birth September 19 other moves births illnesses and gossip item. Capitoline headache remedy ad closes.
Sept 20 report notes light cotton and corn yields with most locals finished. Grandma Williams is able to be up, and social visits include an ice cream supper hosted by Mr and Mrs H Harper. Local residents and visitors from Denton Aubrey and Ponder drop by during the week.
The article notes no public notice of the forthcoming train service start next Sunday. Local railroad offices and the post office have not received the new time card, though the schedule exists for several days. Railroad workers expected the time card days ago.
A nickel plated alarm clock is advertised at Minnis' Drug Store with a guaranteed price of 75 cents. The listing markets a compact timepiece as a daily-use item for customers seeking affordable clocks.
Announcement sets October first Monday as opening date for the Denton kindergarten with Miss Sowell as teacher who returns after last year. The rest of the text promotes Q Ban Hair Restorer with claims of curing gray and falling hair and mentions a $50 bottle offer through Hessiz Ellis Drug Co Memphis Tennessee.
Promises better drugs, clerks, methods, goods, and handling with improved accommodations and free delivery. Encourages customers to visit and call phone 52 for service and delivery.
A promotional image from Jarrell Evans Dry Goods shows Hendy Hudson and Robert Fulton's boats the Half Moon and the Clermont for the Hudson Fulton parade starting September 25. Hart Schaffner & Marx released the illustration depicting passengers on an ocean liner cheering the historic craft as they sail upriver toward Manhattan.
The ad from LONG & TURNER CO. promotes Alamo coffees claiming ongoing lead in quality and guaranteeing satisfaction with every pound.
An 1909 advertisement urges stopping spitting on sidewalks by treating catarrh with Hyomei a vapor inhaled antiseptic remedy from O M Curtis priced at 1 dollar with 50 cent refills. A testimonial from William W Goode of Newark Ohio dated June 21 1909 supports its efficacy.
One or two used pianos at very low prices offered by Palmer. Also Chamberlain's Liniment sells for twenty five cents with a damp flannel for back and chest pains, sold by J A Minnis.
A local tailor announces cleaning and pressing of men s garments and skirts with delivery to Amy. The notice lists address 40 West Side Square and phone number for the service.
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