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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
3
A garbled advertisement from a medical specialist office in Gainesville Texas claims to treat chronic private and nervous diseases. It promises $100 for cancer piles eczema or catarrhal disease and urges patients to seek treatment locally in confidence.
Doctors Crudgington and Lanius, with leading physicians, offer free examination and honest evaluation. They claim to cure allergies, skin diseases, rheumatism, malaria poisons, piles, female troubles, appendicitis, paralysis, goitre, tumors, gall stones, cancer in some stages, and consumption when others fail, without surgery. They urge those who spent money on patent medicines to seek a free checkup.
Dre. Crudgington and Lanius are members of the Southern Association of Specialists, the greatest body of specialists on earth.
Notice calls a meeting of the Eastern Star for Tuesday night and requests full attendance. W F Jarrell signs as W P with Miss Mattie Brown as secretary.
Lost child ring with Y engraving seeks return to this office for the girl's gratitude. A raccoon lost between Denton and Fishtrap crossing offers reward to Freeman Key. A black memorandum book found between Elm crossings contains names and figures. return to Record and Chronicle or H. Green for 2.00 reward.
Several rental notices list furnished rooms for light housekeeping on West Hickory Maple Oak and other streets. Contacts include Mrs W A Richards Mrs A S Cowan and P O Box 706 with old phone numbers. One SW room in an opera house building and a Wright building suite formerly used by the Elks are offered.
A promotional note touts trusted insurers with over fifty years of experience and large surpluses. It cites major historical fires to claim resilience and promises low, fixed pricing, efficient service, and courteous treatment to attract new policy buyers.
Classified notices list furnished rooms for rent at 128 W Highland and 139 W, a family seeking six girls for room and board, J T Super offering a granite house near Denton, fresh Jersey milk cows for sale by John Miller of Krum, and A R McGintie office over Wilson-Hanna's with Denton listings for rents in multiple directions.
Three room house for rent near Normal. Inquiries in this office. Also five room house on West Mulberry with both features. Call Mrs. A. 8S. Cowan for details.
Portwood and Hodges advertise Sanitary Milk and Cream with a new phone 426 and an old number 297. The notice directs customers to reach the firm for dairy products and cream deliveries.
HB Stanley announces relocation of the shoe repair shop to a position beside the North Texas Gas Co. office on West Oak Street. The notice dated October 3 indicates the move to the neighboring storefront and new street address.
Bargain listing offers eight room house and lot with 40 acres lands two miles of courthouse. Contact W. H. Doty at the barber shop on the N Side Square. Also note sale of a 3 horsepower alternating current electric motor offered cheap via the Record and Chronicle office.
A vintagead promoting Frank Wilkerson Meat Market listing old phone 212 and new phone 83. It advertises fresh and tender meats and emphasizes value and availability.
Henry Kaltreuther offers wood work blacksmithing horseshoeing rubber tiring and shrinking on East McKinney Street. He markets a range of metal and wood crafts with service to local trades and horseshoeing needs.
Two four room houses on corner lots one block from square priced at 1500 dollars. See C Lipscomb Jr December 18.
Chops, bran, corn, hay and other feedstuffs. Best stove and heater wood. Prompt delivery and full measure. Arkansas Mill, S Elm St. Both phones.
Wanted ad notes cheap sale of phategqn and horses plus washstands and dressers. Contact J. H. Swindle at the Nickel Store for details.
Skiles Transfer Co announces all cab and transfer fares will be paid on a cash basis moving forward. Remind passengers to have cash ready and pay the driver at the time of service.
Advertisement item lists a 730 acre farm with river bottom land near Mannsville Oklahoma suitable for alfalfa and corn. Mentions tenant houses, river access, terms and contact W. D. Poland Ardmore Okla as a bargain investment opportunity. Also references additional property and a mule sale via A D Turner and John A Hann.
Fort Worth Bread sells six loaves for 25 cents each day. Paul Ramires Restaurant located at 31 West Oak Street is noted in the record.
Wagon Yard advertisement for J. K. McKelvey McKinney Street advertises buying selling and exchanging milk cows with a registered Jersey bull in service.
S A Bushey advertises high grade cement and brick work and invites calls to estimate the project. The notice lists old phone 579 replaced by new phone 931 for inquiries and estimates.
W E Botts graduate veterinarian lists office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop S Elm Street Lipscomb block. New phone 269 residence old phone 486 new.
FOR SALE HOUSE SIX ROOMS AND bath. Normal addition terms right. Charles Scripture at Taylor Hardware Company. Sept 27. FOR SALE One 5 room and one 6 room house on North Locust street. F R Graham new phone 301 off. WANT TO SELL 20 ACRES WITH Improvements one half mile north of town Also lots to sell Also business houses and lots to sell Phone 18 or see L Fulton.
A local dray business advertises first class service for household moves at reasonable rates. The ad lists Les ter Miles and the office Lester Sherrod and notes a new phone number for contact.
W. W. Billingsley offers automobile repairs and repair services with old phone 336 and new phone 448 for inquiries and dispatch.
A man with a large family seeks to farm on halves and will pick three bales of cotton per week. He prefers sandy land and asks landlords with black or sandy land to rent to write W. M. Reeve at Krum Texas. 34-1tw.
Dr M L Martin A B MD offers treatment for eye ear and nose diseases and fitting glasses. Office located over Raley and Co. department store.
Help wanted ad seeks three unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. New phone 434, red.
Denton Texas listing of dentists including Charles Saunders with office over Long and King's, W N Rowell, Ed S with office above McCray's on the south side square, Dr W A Jones on the west side square, and J W Pralin in the south side square middle of block upstairs. Both phones listed for contact.
Freight Transfer Co advertises furniture moving by phone from Office Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. Call for a special rate on items in the drag line.
Classified brief invites inquiries for scavenger tasks with two contact options, encouraging readers to call or request work. The note emphasizes availability and willingness to take on scavenging assignments.
Storage of household goods at reasonable rates offered by John B Lehmitz. Includes furniture and gas stoves for safe, affordable keeping.
J M Gurley promotes first class cement contractor services at the right price and invites potential clients to obtain estimates.
Boston based Mrs McCann graduate of New England Conservatory advertises piano and voice lessons. 29 Elm Street. Sept. 2.
Notice advertises two Jersey bulls at Locknane's wagon yard near East McKinney street with season price 1.50 cash to all. Also lists a house and lot for sale on Lula street and a new phone number 350 for inquiries.
Contractor A J Noblett guarantees wholesale prices from mills in Louisiana. He promises to save money on all grades. Also notes Jake Johnson saws wood to any length with fast service. Inquiries at Old 230 or New 157 white. A separate notice seeks a cheap good bicycle through Live Oak Grocery.
Padisha of St Lambert a registered Jersey bull with merit status will be at Pinckley's wagon yard West Oak street after October 1. The animal shows a butter test of seventeen pounds seven ounces in seven days and requires season 5 dollars cash with return privilege. Pedigree and merit certificate for its dam are on file at the wagon yard office.
A spring 1885 ArkansasTraveler reporter dies. At the funeral the staff discuss mourning with crepe as a joke. A visitor misreads crepe as mourning cloth, but Opie Read clarifies it is the office towel and calls for its removal.
Denton market reports list cotton bids from 13.25 to 13.65 cents and seed at 4.25 to 5.09 cents. Wheat and grains advance on local market. Detailed wholesale and retail prices for flour, meal, feed, corn, oats, hay, seeds, eggs, butter, poultry, vegetables, fruits, and other farm staples across multiple items and units.
In October Woman's Home Companion readers sharply mock a thirty year old bachelor who advised an engaged woman to marry. Critics argue women’s work is evolving and question the man’s priorities. The letter-writer is labeled selfish and urged to marry now.
A vintage advertisement claims Electric Bitters strengthens weak kidneys and relieves pain, promising rapid relief and renewed ambition. It cites Mr John Dowling of San Francisco praising the remedy for his wife and adds liver, digestion and biliousness benefits. Sold by J F Raley & Co at 50 cents and 1.00.
An irate passenger complains from an upper berth that the porter delivered mismatched shoes a tan and a black one. The porter apologizes and notes this is the second mixup of the morning.
The notice promotes a bargain rate for The Daily priced at 40 cents per month. It invites readers to read the advertisements for details on subscribing offers and terms.
An advertisement proclaims 10 cent Cascarets strengthen you up by cleansing the stomach, removing sour food and bile, and improving bowel action. It claims a box works overnight and is safe for children, with a separate note touting HERBINE as a liver correctant priced at 50 cents sold by R. H. Garrison.
The article explains hornets are harmless to people and beneficial, catching house flies and stable flies. It describes hornet behavior on porches, nesting habits, wintering queens, and occasional targeting of large horse-flies, noting hornets may carry prey to their nests and perform significant fly control.
Notice to patrons states the Arkansas Mill will close at 6 o clock during the Hendricks Carter meeting. Readers are urged to place orders early. Hester & Baker, 36e¢ Props.
The column notes readers should check today's hardware ads for bargains on skillets pans and other kitchen items, suggesting a price inducement from advertisers in the issue.
An advertisement touts Symphony Lawn writing paper as a refined stationery choice for discriminating people. It promotes boxed papers at 40 cents per box and higher, with At Home ecards tablets and pound papers with matching envelopes in white and modern tints, sold by a retailer.
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