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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
3
A note announces a Cal meeting with a visit from Grand and initiation. The event includes a social hour. W. F. Jarrell is Worshipful President and Miss Mattie Brown is secretary.
Lost child’s gold ring with a Y engraving. return for the little girl’s gratitude. Lost pet raccoon. reward for return to Freeman Key. Mysterious memorandum book found between Denton and Fishtrap crossing on Elm with names and figures. leave with Record and Chronicle or H. Green. Reward offered $2.00.
Classified room and board ads list lodging options for six girls at 428 West Highland plus furnished rooms for rent in multiple locations. Entries include two light housekeeping rooms with new phone, one furnished room with gas heat, three furnished rooms on a car line, and other rooms with modern conveniences and old phone numbers.
Room for rent advertised by Mrs. A. S. Cowan offering student housing. Contact via phone number 61d88. Located in presumably local area listing with minimal details.
For rent a large southwest room in the opera house building and a suite of rooms in the Wright building that were formerly used by the Elks. Contact P. O. Box 706 for details and inquiries.
Describes a newly available cottage for rent near Normal and a streetcar line. Directs readers to see McDonald at this office for details.
Three room house for rent near Normal. Inquire at this office. 39p Nineteen words list shows rental. five room house on West Mulberry with both. Phone Mrs A S Cowan. 37p
For sale at a bargain an eight room house with lot and forty acres of land two miles from the courthouse. See W H Doty at his barber shop on the north side square. October.
Classified notice offers a 1 to 3 horsepower alternating current motor for sale at a low price with contact through the Record and Chronicle office.
Two four room houses on corner lots one block from the square are for sale at 1500 dollars. See C Lipscomb Jr for details by December 18.
A 730 acre farm with tenant houses and river bottom land along the Washita offers alfalfa and corn potential three miles from Mannsville Oklahoma. Included is mules for sale through A D Turner. W P Poland Ardmore Oklahoma promotes an investment bargain.
For sale six room house with bath and normal addition terms. Contact Chas Scripture at Taylor Hardware Company. September 27.
Classified notice offers 20 acres with improvements one-half mile north of town for sale. Also lots, business houses and sets for sale. Contact ig3 or see L. Fulton for details.
Wanted two dry hand milkers. Portwood and Hodges list new phone 426 and old phone 297. 35tfe.
Advertises for two or three men with teams and plows to break stubble and two or three single hands. No phone calls unless interested in work. Contact M. L. Portwood, old phone 544.
A man with a large family seeks to rent Sandy or black soil land to farm on half shares. He will take three bales of cotton a week and prefers sandy land. Write W. M. Reeve at Krum Texas with land offers.
Classified note seeks immediate housing for lighthouse keeper role. Contact via new phone 434, red.
Freight Transfer Co offers moving services with two phone lines and a location at Kincaid wagon yard West Oak Street. They advertise careful handling of items in the drag line and invite customers to call for quotes.
For storage of household goods at reasonable rates see John B Schmitz, furniture and gas stoves.
Contractor A J Noblett advertises wholesale building materials from Louisiana mills with strict quality guarantees and promises to save customers money. Contact at 35p B5p.
The note describes Jake Johnson cutting wood with a saw while working quickly. It mentions old wood 230 and new 157 white, implying a rapid completed cutting task. No further context available.
A brief classifieds item lists a cheap bicycle for sale with contact details in a neighborhood notice. The fragmented ad invites inquiries and specifies a simple cash transaction and pickup at a local address.
A sales pitch touts stable insurers with a long history of paying losses promptly. It cites historic fires including Chicago 1871 and San Francisco 1907, claiming millions in surplus and a single low price for all policies with efficient service and courteous treatment.
John Miller in Krum offers fresh Jersey milk cows for sale. Item listed includes 39d with a short description of the herd and availability.
A R McGintie advertises furnished rooms for rent in Denton Texas from an office above Wilson Hanna's. Old phone 361 listsservice with rental options across multiple directions North South East and West.
Portwood and Hodges list new phone 426 and old line 297 for sanitary milk and cream inquiries. The notice directs customers to call the Portwood Hodges exchange for service.
H.B. Stanley announces relocation of his shoe repair shop to the neighboring premises beside the North Texas Gas Co. office on West Oak Street. An October notice confirms the address change and new location details.
Frank Wilkerson Meat Market promotes fresh and tender meats with old phone 21412 and new number 83. Local listings highlight old and new contact details for orders.
Henry Kaltruther on East McKinney Street offers wood work, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, rubber-tiring and shrinking services. He advertises a diverse trades shop serving local horses and vehicle needs.
Local ad lists chops bran corn hay and other feedstuffs plus stove and heater wood. Promises prompt delivery and full measurements from Arkansas Mill at S Elm Street with two phone numbers.
The message states that future eb and transfer fare will be paid on a cash basis and requests payment to the driver, addressed to Skiles Transfer Co.
Fort Worth bakery offers six loaves for a quarter daily. Paul Ramires Restaurant located at 31 West Oak Street advertises bread sales to customers.
We buy, sell and exchange milk cows. Registered Jersey bull in service, J. K. McKelvey, McKinney Street Wagon Yard.
Old phone number 579 switched to 981 for high grade cement and brick work estimates. Contact S. A. Bushey to arrange an assessment of the job.
W E Botts a graduate veterinarian lists office at Hancock and Son blacksmith shop Elm Street Lipscomb block with new phone 269 and residence line 132 replacing old number 486.
A local dray company advertises first class household moving with reasonable rates. Les ter and Miles operate from the Lester and Sherrod office, announcing a new phone contact.
W W Billingsley offers auto repair services and vehicle hiring. Formerly listed at phone 330, contact now at 448 for repairs and rental information.
Dr M L Martin A B M D treats diseases of the eye ear nose and throat and fits glasses. Office located over Raley and Co. d&w.
CHAS. SAUNDERS, DENTIST, OFFICE over Long & King's. Both phones. W. N. ROWELL, D. D. S., OFFICE over MecCray's, south side square. DR. W. A. JONES, DENTIST, WEST Side Square. J. W. FRALIN, DENTIST, SOUTH Side Square, middle of block, upstairs. Denton, Texas.
Padisha of St Lambert, a registered Jersey bull from Wilna A, has a confirmed seven day butter test of 17 pounds 7 ounces. He will be at Pinckley’s wagon yard on West Oak Street after October 1. Season costs five dollars cash with return privilege. See pedigree and merit certificate for his dam in the wagon yard office.
Yesterday’s results include New York 3 Cleveland 1 and Philadelphia 21 Detroit and Boston 3 2 Chicago 2 3. National League games saw Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 1 while Boston plays Philadelphia and Brooklyn vs New York with Chicago at Pittsburgh.
Acting Governor Mayes designated October 9 as Fire Protection Day and urged all citizens to inspect their heating apparatus and take precautions to prevent fires. The proclamation calls for public awareness and preventive actions statewide.
The United States suit over Northwest telephone properties and the ICC inquiry prompt the Bell System to outline its policy. The company argues public interest guides its practices, advocates for regulated universal service under permanent quasi-judicial bodies, and explains its centralized control, fair rates, and avoidance of duplication. It cites 1913 figures showing assets, obligations, and growth in lines, stations, and employees to support its stance.
Buildings should be inspected and fire drills conducted in schools. Pupils must be instructed on preventing a catastrophe in case of fire.
Notice to patrons states the Arkansas Mill will close at 6 oclock during the Hendricks Carter meeting and asks customers to place orders early. Hester and Baker advertise 36¢ props.
Denton market report details open and close quotations for Liverpool New York and New Orleans, plus local prices for cotton seed grains and produce. It lists extensive commodity figures including wheat corn oats flour meal feedstuffs eggs butter poultry beef and produce items with wholesale and retail ranges. It notes lint cotton price levels the highest since 1940 and provides specific per unit prices for staples like okra grapes lemons onions lettuce tomatoes and more.
In a church scene the deaf clergyman misreads a baptism notice as hymn book distribution and offers sale details for those without hymnals. A Mississippi bear hunt ends with a local planter sending a trusted servant into the cane thicket to retrieve the bear amid a chaotic scramble.
Mrs. J. B. Whittaker of McDuff Virginia says Thedford's Black-Draught relieved her family from severe headaches and stomach trouble. She keeps it on hand for her children and notes the vegetable remedy regulates weak stomachs and aids digestion with over 70 years of use.
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful for coated tongues and various stomach ailments and warns against counterfeit imitators.
Advance notice for Denton on Thursday October 9 promises two performances by Miller Brothers and Arlingtons 101 Ranch Wild West Show. New features include auto polo played for blood and a parade at 10 30 am along with traditional Wild West acts featuring cowboys Indians and stagecoach raids. Reserved seats go on sale at O M Curtis drug store at camp price.
Montreal dispatch reports the Canadian Pacific steamship Mount Temple ran ashore near Maissoneuve in the St. Lawrence River during dense fog. The vessel was badly wrecked but there is no loss of life reported.
A brief humor note from Youth's Companion recounts a math moment where Miss Emery asks Tim to add grocery items Mamma sends for lamb potatoes carrots turnips and tomatoes. Marybell suggests the result is stew highlighting simple arithmetic and childlike wit. Tur ner Bros advertises fresh potato chips with a phone contact.
An advertisement praises Symphony Lawn writing paper for discriminating customers. It highlights box papers At Home cards tablets and pound papers with matching envelopes in white and modern tints. Prices start at 49 cents per box.
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