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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1912
Page
2
A public notice in the Record and Chronicle states that erroneous reflections about any firm or individual will be corrected upon being brought to the publishers’ attention. It emphasizes responsible reporting and remedies for defamation.
A Flower Mound storm Saturday leaves one dead and many injured including a broken leg. Reports indicate the injured are as well as could be expected.
A damaging storm near Elizabethtown west of Roanoke struck about 4 o clock Saturday night destroying at least five houses and injuring Dolph Ottinger with a broken leg. Hail two inches or more across ripped roofs and flattened crops in a wide area, with several homes reported damaged and a tenant house occupied by a Black family.
Denton county shifts from cotton to diverse wealth with prospects of oil and mineral wealth augmenting agriculture and manufacturing. Articles discuss cotton price impacts, new crops, rising land values, and potential oil wells while noting Titanic disaster lessons and Denton city entries.
In Clarendon Texas W B Holselaw recalls a dramatic change in a man once near consumption. After using Dr King’s New Discovery the patient recovered within ten bottles and later weighed 218 pounds. The remedy is praised as quick safe and reliable with trial bottles offered by J F Raley & Co.
Miss Fannie Brashears is home after Good View schoolhouse, which closed last week.
The second quarterly session of the Denton County Odd Fellows Association will be held in Justin on April 26 starting at 10 a.m. Delegates from the Denton lodge have been chosen. A program includes opening ode prayer welcome by the association president Geo M Hopkins music by Ruth White song by Justin school girls male quartet Justin boys address on Odd Fellowship F F Si adjournment for lunch business meeting at 2 p.m. musical program at the auditorium later.
A tornado struck near Roanoke on a Saturday night damaging at least eight homes in the Flower Mound area. The Ottinger and Lee families suffered destruction of their houses with residents taking shelter in cellars. One 106 year old son of S. D. Ottinger was injured. other occupants escaped unharmed.
G S Hammett a longtime Denton County resident died suddenly at his Avenue A home Sunday night at age 72 years 11 months and 5 days He was a Confederate veteran formerly lived near Pilot Knob and married twice Six children survive including Albert Hammett Gills Hammett Jr and Ed Hammett Funeral held Monday at his residence Elder F L Young conducted services with interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery Bearers from the C V were J C Brownlow L D Ferguson G A Wells W F Egan Capt Tom Lacs G P Davis Wm McCormick and R Neely.
The presidents of Texas Normal schools are summoned to Austin for a meeting next Monday to consider extending the normal course from three to four years of study.
Tornadoes ripping Illinois and Indiana left seventeen dead and many injured. Towns named in the path include Murphysboro Reddick Coal City Odell Dwight and Mason City with Kentland Indiana reporting nine fatalities. A Weatherford report lists Mrs Carey Richards and three children as victims of Saturday night storm near Boonesville.
Associated Press reports in New York on April 22 that F H Britton, formerly vice president, will become president of the Cotton Belt road. Edwin Gould resigned and was elected president of the board, a new office. H H Farrell was elected vice president.
Guthrie Oklahoma April 22 reports say John and Mary Gerdese children of Wim Geres and James Johnson and J M Crawford were killed near Perry in the storm last Saturday. At Hennessy a Mrs Holmes and another woman were reported killed. At Perry twenty were injured and considerable property loss occurred.
Report from Birmingham on April 22 says a tornado hit mining towns including Pinckney Jugtown and Brookside killing fifteen to twenty people and causing widespread damage. Nearby Parmiersville logged about five to six thousand dollars in property losses with no injuries.
Wise County damage from a Saturday night storm is estimated at 40,900 dollars. At Alvodro many houses were wrecked but residents found refuge in a storm house and escaped without injuries.
Arguments were heard on the motion to relocate the Orient shops from Sweetwater to San Angelo and on dissolving the temporary injunction against them. A decision is awaited Wednesday.
A crowded program on Saturday at Normal College featured water fights judged in favor of Bowles and Davis. Events included pole vault, hammer throw, shot put, 16 lb shot, sack race, and tennis doubles won by Reese brothers and by Bell Jones and Ida Reed. Girls basketball saw Freshmen vs Juniors. juniors prevailed. The day was praised as the best ever with Miss Paulson class contributions enhancing the tone.
Several orders were entered on the civil docket. Dublin Mill and Elevator Co. vs. rep. Williams debt dismissed at plaintiff cost for want of preservation. B. H Deavenport & Co. vs. Plant ers' Gin Co. debt continued with leave to amend. C. M. Simmons vs. J. L. McCullar debt judgment for plaintiff 362.85. Clarsey Champion et al. vs Henry Wright et al. debt set for first day second week July term.
The House banking committee appoints Samuel Untermyer of New York and Edward H. Farrar of New Orleans to probe the money trust. They will examine private affairs of financial institutions before the open hearing begins.
The State Department rejected talk of U S intervention in Mexico stating consular reports show no strong reason for military action and many reasons against intervention. Secretary Knox noted a vessel on the Mexican west coast seeking news of Americans would not automatically be treated as a warship.
Houston April 22 It was decided today that there will be no Democrat presidential primary in Harris County.
Advertisement for Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets claims indigestion causes and cures, urging readers to try a 25¢ package for 15 days. It promises a money back guarantee if not satisfied and notes larger sizes 50¢ and $1.00. The Rexall Store run by OO M Curtis is the sole local distributor.
About eighty five applications were filed for thirty four positions in the City Public schools by 1:06 PM with Secretary McCormick. Eleven sought the Superintendent post and several tentative filings were pending. Names include G Alexander Bowie Ross Compton Sanger A B Weisner Pot Point J W Beaty Gainesville H W Stilwell Derton MOL Girton Morganfield KY W S Elise Eagle Pass Iran Baldwin Emporia Kan M E Taylor Gonzales and M French Wagoner OK. The six member board will meet at Lee School at 7:36 to elect next year’s teaching staff.
A man identified as NPGRO was killed by a storm Saturday night a few miles east of here and substantial property damage was reported.
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