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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
4
The salary of postal clerk John Campbell rises from 900 to 1000 per year and A Dowdell from 660 to 809. The Denton office now lists 10 600 per year in salaries, not counting rural carrier pay, with most funds spent locally.
An ad promotes the Palace Restaurant urging readers to give it a trial while noting nearby tennis goods at the bicycle shop run by W. A. Taliaferro on the north side.
Denton Texas firm Duggan Abstract Co Incorporated offers to provide abstracts to reduce uncertainties in land trading seeking to protect buyers sellers and lenders with clear title documentation and record verification through an established local firm.
D K Allison stated Friday that 200 acres of cotton on the Garnett place northeast of town should produce about fifty bales. D W Mulkey has already marketed nineteen bales from fifty acres, with excellent quality seed cotton yielding ten bales per eight loads. Lee B Litsey, in the county’s dry area, expected to make three bales from his 100 acres. Post oak and blackjack wood sold for 3 dollars per cord.
Minnis Drug Store advertises Waterman fountain pens and bargains on used pianos. Fort Edward resident Alex Benton recounts curing asthma with Dr King’s New Discovery, which he also notes helped his son’s wife. The pitch claims universal lung relief and cites 50 cent sample trials from J F Raley & Co.
A quirky custom centers on the lack of advertising practices during the day. Observers note this deliberate restraint reflects local habits and cultural norms shaping daily life.
The Standard Business School planned by Prof. Troy Wilson Lewis will transfer John B. Denton property on October 22 and open October 26. The catalogue outlines its aims, building plans, and financials, noting a 1500 seat three story brick campus costing about 30000 with a private corporation and a broad curriculum in business and shorthand.
Drop in to see how Wiss Scissors are made and why they deliver excellent service. Any hand pair cheerfully replaced we want you to bring them back if they don’t do the work. Made and sold on merit by Ary.
This course regularly completes to earn a diploma conferring the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. It covers higher auditing systematizing stenography and typewriting, with graduation awarded upon completion of the curriculum.
At a Thursday session the Denton Chamber directors discussed entertaining Bishop Key and Methodist visitors in October. A committee led by O P Poe and W C Edwards will coordinate an automobile tour and church hospitality. They reviewed Dallas fair prep, membership drive aims, and aladies society sandwich service.
Be sure you are right take your prescriptions to Minnis Drug Store for accurate fills and timely service.
H Davie Thusday sold a bale of cotton for 75.10 on the local market. He also obtained about thirty bushels of seed for 39. The cotton and seed weighed 1676 pounds and the ginned bale weighed 590 pounds, totaling about 38 percent interest.
Long and Turner Co advertise two and five pound packages of New crop oatmeal and an extensive range of school supplies at Minnis' Drug Go. Dr King’s New Life Pills praised by Raley & Co for treating digestive ailments. Also Palmer promotes sheet music and instrumental pieces at sale prices. Raley notes seed cotton price set at 5c per pound by Taylor Bros with 38 percent lint.
Mayor E F Bates said the sewer pipe will be laid by late next week and after completion contractors Jackson and Truehart will repair street and sidewalk damage. Ridges above ditches remain and delay was hoped to be eased by rain, reducing future dirt work.
MO A Hann & Co invites ladies to view their fashion catalog showing samples materials and cuts for tailor made suits and skirts. Each garment is guaranteed and delivered about ten days after order. Prices equal to regular ready to wear.
A false alarm of fire was turned in shortly after o'clock last night. No flames were seen and no injuries reported.
Vendor's lien notes bought or extended. We seek good paper for farm lands or city property and promise rapid action. Johnson and Gillespie advertise their readiness to finance. A Narrow Escape recounts Edgar N Bayliss credit recovery after using Foley's Honey and Tar to cure a long cough and gain weight.
Our millinery department is ready for inspection and we extend a cordial welcome to visitors. MO. A. Hann & Co. New Goods. Attend to Your Liver. No organ in the human body can give as many different kinds of trouble as the liver when it is right. S'mmong Liver Purifier makes it right and keeps it so. It will pay you to get prices on plumbing supplies and plumbing work from Wilson Hardware Company.
Everything in Toilet Articles at Minnis Drug Store. Avoid plasters buy Chamberlain's Liniment for twenty five cents a bottle. A damp flannel with liniment eases lame back and chest pains. Sold by J. A. Minn's. Also new shipment of Royal Breakfast mackerel Holland herring crystal bone less catfish from LONG & TURNER CO.
A series of brief mentions lists Gran Christal, J. E. Stanley, T. A. McGallard, County Attorney Chas. Maya, Prof. J. B. Park, Mrs. D. L. Long, M. L. Chandler, W. M. Ganzer, Dr W. H. Brace, and N. W. Dunham visiting Denton or county areas. Topics include education, exploration of a gas pipeline, cotton conditions, and farm demonstrations with comments on advertising by the Denton Chamber of Commerce.
An offer advertises a home asthma treatment with trial and full information free of charge. Readers are directed to Frontier Asthma Company in Buffalo, Room 702, for details.
Demand a proven abstract to confirm chain of title before any land transaction. The document should verify all deeds and encumbrances. Ensure lenders and buyers review the title history for full legal protection.
O M Curti offers Hyomei on a liberal basis promising to kill catarrh germs by breathing the mist. The ad pledges relief from hawking, bad breath, mucous, coughing, sneezing, and breathing difficulty, forecasting renewed vitality. A complete Hyomei kit with inhaler bottle and instructions is sold for $1. Ad emphasizes nationwide sale.
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