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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1910
Page
3
In Corinth Texas on August 2 rain remains scarce. Farmers report cotton suffering and corn burned up. The community notes visitors and family arrivals while local demonstration work expands, with farmers urged to keep books to track profits and losses.
Rocky Mount North Carolina resident J R Pitt reports suffering a severe cold and cough but says one bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery cured him. The ad claims it treats diseased lungs hemorrhages lagrippe asthma hay fever with a trial bottle offered and guaranteed by J F Raley & Co.
All persons indebted to Mrs. B. Milligan are asked to call and settle with me. BE I Enx Trustee office over McClurkan and Co. dry goods store 306¢.
August 1 summary of residents visiting, returning home, and church protracted meetings. People mentioned include Miss Price McCulloch Denton. Mr Hill Pilot Point. Mrs Horton Denton. J T Simmons Baird. B F Tisdale Baintonville. J G Schopptaul Bartonville. Dr Pennington Justin. Albert Keith Pilot Point. Mr and Mrs Arthur Butler Denton. W E Oliver Weatherford. J R Degan Bartonville. Stamps family Childress. Mona Hickey Denton. A Guinness family near Nenton. Tim Cavote Sim Williams Keller. Walter Billingsley Anson. Bud Bullard infant death west of here. interment Denton I O O F cemetery. Ambrose Chambers Bartonville. John Simmons Roanoke. H R Wys on Justin. W T Richardson Denton. Mrs Schnably Sherman. Joe Biewett Arthur Duggan Denton. The protracted meetings at Baptist church and Methodist church are noted.
Ponder notes list of residents visiting relatives in Hood, Collin, Wise, and Denton counties. Visitors include Mrs Skidmore from Harlem Ky, Miss Minnie Pegram from Coleman county, and Charley Wakefield in Colorado. The column also mentions births, fishing trips, and a ringed contact for fresh vegetables.
Prairie Chapel August 1 The Sunday school drew only a few attendees due to cloudy weather. Mrs Leonard Belcher is sick with typhoid fever. The Baptist revival closed with good service and attendance but no conversions. The Methodist revival will begin at Wesley Chapel Friday night. Mr and Mrs Chas Truitt visiting his sister near Denton. Claud Dales and Clay Holloway returned from trips to Sherman McKinney and Van Alstyne. Nina Mays of near Sanger visited her uncle J D Mays. Pearl Garner visiting her mother Mrs McDaniel at Rockwall. Mr and Mrs J L Bailey and children returned from a Collin county visit.
A short note from LONG and KING Grocers urges customers to ring the bot for food guidance or ordering assistance. The message emphasizes quick help for hungry patrons and mentions the store name as the point of contact.
Illinois wheat prospects call for 45 million bushels, eclipsing last year’s 31 million as markets slip. Illinois field data from the State Grain Dealers’ association cite 2,639,000 acres yielding twenty bushels per acre. Kansas Nebraska rains ease corn and support weak cash trade amid heavy buying on declines. Oats soften with large receipts and crop gains.
Cash grain markets show the focal price steady at 98 cents per bushel. Other closings on Tuesday include Chicago from 1.60 to 1.92, St. Louis 1.00 to 1.02, Kansas City 0.99, and Dallas 1.00 to 1.02.
Prices in various cities show a decline in wheat and low activity in Tuesday trading. Local quotations hold at 35 to 40 cents with little movement. Chicago oats closed at 35 cents, St Louis around 34 1/2, Kansas City at 92 to 34 cents, Dallas 37 1/7 to 40 cents.
The weekal ad notes uncharged items offered here this week at a bushel. Poultry is weak and eggs are in poor demand due to condition. Butter is scarce with strong demand for good butter. Fryers fall to 10 cents a pound.
Liverpool cotton quotes show Sele spots 5 points down at 0.02 with sales at 000 pounds while New York and New Orleans details include Oct and Oct 1 figures with minor moves and prices around 13 to 14 cents and small sales totals.
Texas market report notes cattle around 2500 head and hogs near 800. Steers steady with tops at 5.60, cows steady with tops 2.40, calves 1500 with tops 5.50. Hogs higher with top 28.20.
A list of farm and retail prices for grains feedstuffs and related commodities including wheat at 98 cents per bushel, corn wholesale at 5 cents and retail 85 to 90 cents, cotton seed meal and hulls, corn chops, bran, chicken feed, prairie hay, Johnson grass hay, baled oats and straw, oats, Irish and California potatoes, flour, corn meal, bacon, lard, and related bulk prices.
Butter wholesale 15 to 30 cents cash or trade delivered to private residences hotels and boarding houses 2 to 25 cents creamery 26 to 80 cents. Eggs wholesale 8 1/3 cents cash 10 cents trade retail per gallon 10 to 12 cents. Peaches wholesale per bushel 1 dollar retail per gallon 20 cents.
Prices range for poultry include hens not listed, fryers eight to ten cents, old roosters ten to fifteen cents, guineas one dollar fifty per dozen, ducks three dollars per dozen. Common ledger style auction notes indicate market rates.
Livestock prices listed per pound show hogs light grade six to seven cents and heavies seven to eight cents. Cows are quoted at two and eight to four to three and a half cents per pound.
Wesley Chapel reports a slight cool spell from a Sunday shower, stock water relief, social gatherings, visits from Jim Berryman and others, upcoming protracted meeting, a birthday party for Margaret Degan, deaths of Mrs. Hettie Ballew and John Smith, and various local visits and travels among residents.
In Aubrey on August 2, residents and visitors are listed: W T Wilson in Denton, Editor Simmons and Ce fink's wife, Miss Amanda Mordecai in Denton, Frank Block of Denton as guest of Rene Dyche, Mrs Mothe Fuston of Italy visiting relatives, W R Mahan's Oklahoma trip, Celina's Clack family visiting, Ruth Allen back, Miss Mary Owensby of Savoy visiting J A Davis, Mrs Yancy returning to Sherman, J T Teel and wife to Denton, A Q Mustain from Pilot Point, Mrs Coonpeters and daughter Maa visiting, S A Ashley and Pmn, W T Wilson and Tom en in Rev J H Arvelleis meeting in Cooper, revival at Baptist church by Rev Masters of Fort Worth, Barney Mays of Roanoke visiting father, Pearl Coffey visiting Pilot Point.
Aug 1 Lewisville report records numerous guests from Fort Worth Dallas and Denton. Visits include Dr Gilbert II family J A Hatcher daughter Edna Cowan Miss Edna Cowan, Miss Ella Saunders, Miss Florence Davis, and J M Hendrix in Galveston. Births listed for John and Mrs Smith and Will Claytor.
Harry Daggett of Mineral Wells visited Justin while BR Donald travels there for health. Miss Ora Carpenter of Ferria visits relatives. Misees Stiff of Denton and Bean Robinson head to school. Mrs Harrig and Miss Nene Harris dine in Roanoke. Justin and Krumball play scene ends 7 4. Olin P Hayes goes to Dallas. Moonlight picnic chaperoned by Finney and L S Taylor. Bennie Donald visits Lewisville.
In Little Elm on August 2 a hot dry spell kept fields parched while cotton showed promise. The Baptist church meeting drew sizable crowds with several converts. Mrs Jim Fuqua and daughter Callie McGhee returned from Arizona. The Little Elm Reds traveled to Sanger and split a three game series while also facing Lewisville in a three game set. Ada Elliott of Denon visited Mrs Irma McReynolds.
Prairie Mound reports hot dry weather with rain sought. Jim Hall and family visit Henrietta relatives. Nova Rocca improves after illness. Freeman family returns to Markley from Denton trips. Bug Bullard’s young son dies nearby. Various residents travel to Denton Justin Justin and Hawk school area visits noted.
In Navo July 28, farmers report likely record wheat acreage this fall and worry renters may be displaced if wheat prospers. The big tent meeting ended with many conversions, led by Rev J T Gladworth and Rev W J Bladworth from Roxton. sermons and visits by Rev J W Horn and Rev A P Hightower noted. protracted meetings continue at Goodhope.
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