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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1909
Page
1
A woman who spends 115c on Standard Patterns for May gains a lasting investment with potential returns and personal satisfaction. With tact and sewing knowledge, one can create garments at a low cost or obtain more outfits for the same price, including a special shirt waist pattern for stout women.
The notice promotes a thirty day free trial for Ocean Wave and Typhoon rotary washing machines. Customers may test the machines at home with payment only if they perform perfectly and satisfy the buyer. The offer asks if the reader may be sent a unit for trial.
The notice promotes new Spring footwear for Easter with a call to dress shoes suitable for the season. It emphasizes shoes as the key to a good appearance, claiming the best looking feet on Easter morning will wear their Spring range.
Senator Bascom Thomas was sworn in with no opposition as the Senate and House move on key bills. Adjournment plans remain unsettled, with possible reconvening and a second special session proposed. The House and Senate approved a health board bill and a tobacco station appropriation while bank guaranty talks stall.
Austin reports the House will approve a dozen Senate measures including anti trust and stenographers bills as the new legislative day opens at 2 o clock. Dashiell withdraws from Railroad Commission race narrowing candidates to Robertson Bradfield and Love. Legislative notes mention a free conference on Board of Health and Agricultural Experiment Station bills establishing a seven doctor board and possible quarantine and sewage codes.
The bank book is described as a record of life, each deposit representing labor and sacrifice. It calls readers to grow their account and view it as a history of personal success, offering a deposit form for those without a bank book.
Exchange National Bank lists directors including A. J. Nance J. C. Colt J. R. Christal A. M. Bush E. F. Bates C. A. Williams A. C. Owsley Dr. J. M. Inge R. L. Bass in its roster.
In Tulsa on April 10 Judge Marshall upheld the quashing of indictments against Governor Haskell and six other Oklahomans. The ruling found the grand jury in Muskogee town land indictments consisted of twenty one members rather than the lawful sixteen. Federal counsel would decide later if retrial before a new grand jury is required.
Tom Flournoy died at noon on Saturday at his home on Wainwright Avenue. A Georgia native age 43 or 44, he moved to Denton from Parker County about 15 years ago to work at Thompson gin and later another firm. He served two terms as tax assessor for Denton County. He had no immediate relatives locally but had kin in other parts of the state. Kidney trouble and acute blood poisoning from treating corns contributed to his death. The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at the First Christian Church with Pastor Hawkins, under the auspices of the Odgellows, followed by burial at the I O O F Cemetery.
Oliver Jones son of Alderman T M Jones and formerly a telegraph operator at Gainesville is in Katy hospital Sedalia Missouri very low with consumption. A letter says he has been in hospital only a short time and his life may last only a few days. Alderman Jones left Friday to bring his son home. Jones was raised here and began work as an operator under Denton operators.
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