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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
3
Announcement that the Daily Record and Chronicle will be sent during a summer trip with daily address changes if needed. It promises the usual home price and that 40 cent copies can be furnished if an issue is missed.
Dallas Texas August 4 1909 the city welcomed its first bale of this year s cotton with plans to auction it this afternoon. The event marks the early start of the season as buyers gather for the sale.
For 70 years Perry Davie's Painkiller has relieved pain and aided health. It treats sprains burns strains rheumatism neuralgia colds cramps and bowel troubles with prompt remedies. Large tins 35 cents or larger 50 cents.
Aug 2 Lewisville notes record several visits and returns including Louise Milliken from Wichita Falls, Hendrix Knight and children from Grapevine, E J Farrington party from Dallas, John Wood from Denton, and others. Birth announced for W G Savage daughter Aug 1. T M Clayton listed sick. Visits continue with Mrs Dora McKinley Gainesville guest of Miss Ola Stover.
Agent Murphy reports Denton station July receipts as the heaviest in nine years, with total ticket receipts around 8500. He notes August matching July’s peak and Seattle and Northwest traffic remaining immense and heavy. Miss Montgomery gets 718 tpjt.
A north side display advertises big granite bargains at 15 cents each with a pretty unframed picture offered with every purchase during the week at THE FAIR.
President Taft and D az plan a meeting in El Paso on October 18. Vernon sells cantaloupes to Colorado at about 1.59 a crate. A Rockwood cloudburst floods nearly every home. First bales reported in Terrell Dallas Groesbeck Teague Belton Mexia. Dallas county votes on bonds including viaduct and roads. Harris county approves a 500000 road and bridge bond. Charles H. Moyer elected president of the Western Federation of Miners. New Orleans bull traders net 10000000 in cotton flurry. The Peary relief schooner sails from Newfoundland to Eta Greenland. Taft indicates Fort Worth may appear in itinerary. Rain falls only in three Texas spots Paestone Abilene Schuhmann. Or has been struck at Brewster County to 500 feet. Land sold dry grazing land at 1 per acre. Cleveland votes against Tom L Johnson 3-cent streetcar franchise. Reservoir near Fort Morgan irrigation damage tops 500000 and 1 million cubic feet lost. Detectives search St Louis for the Vivano children and the ransom. Louis Drucke to New York Giants after Dallas sale. Moors defeated by Spanish at Mellila in a trap setting. Spanish warships cut Moor losses.
A feora town note reports a man's life saved and recovery after using Dr King's New Discovery for deadly lung hemorrhages. The testimonial claims three weeks of treatment restored strength enabling work. Trial bottles available, product sold by J F Raley & Co.
The body found three miles north of Quanah in a pasture was brought to town and identified as Geo Vinson who has been dead five months. Bullet holes were found in his head above the eye. An inquest was held that morning. Vinson's daughter Ethel J. Dixson resides at Dallas.
Texas scores include Dallas 4 Galveston 3 and Fort Worth bo Waco 9 in 19 innings. San Antonio 5 Oklahoma City 12 innings. Houston 8 Shreveport. National results New York 7 Cincinnati 6. Pittsburgh 9 Brooklyn 1. Chicago 7 Boston 1. St Louis 6 Philadelphia 1. American and Southern results follow with multiple city matchups and scores.
This Will interest Mothers Mother Grey s Sweet Powders for children a relief for feverishness head ache bad stomach teething disorder move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. They break up colds in 24 hours. They are pleasant to the taste and harmless as milk. Children like them. Over 14 testimonials of cures. They never fail. Sold by all druggists 265c Ask today. Dont accept any substitute.
Mrs. H. L. Bowen of Wayne West Virginia reports severe kidney disease left her bedridden yet Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her after one dollar bottle and part of a second. The testimonial promotes the remedy's efficacy.
A Parisian remedy Parisian Sage claims to cure dandruff, falling hair, and itchy scalp in two weeks. Promoted by O M Curtis with a money back guarantee, the formula is touted as non greasy and summer friendly, priced at 50 cents a bottle.
A playful note highlights the Record and Chronicle offering vast freedom for want ads with endless possibilities.
The Floyd Chapel meeting closed its 25th session with thirteen additions to the church and several conversions. Local residents and visitors, including Miss Johnnie Mae Stroud and families from Palo Pinto and Denton, returned home after visits. Rev. Stutts will preach next Sunday as community members travel between Decatur and Denton.
Aug 3 news brief from Garza reports Denton visitors Mr. and Mrs. W L Oliver staying with Dr and Mrs A E Wharton. Mrs Roberts and Miss Ruby Robbins return to Bartlett after visiting A C Calvert family. G W Chowning and family of Finns visit kin. John Allen of Krum on business. Rev H E Morris of Lewisville preaches at Baptist church. T A McGalliard returns from farmers congress in College Station. Elbert Riley and Will Swisher vacation in Galveston. BE Floyd of Denton visits. Local parties at A C Calvert home last Tuesday. Mrs Thomas Robb attends funeral in Lewisville. John Carter visits relatives in Collinsville. Mrs Carter visits in Collinsville. Dr Wharton back from Leonard after visit with parents.
An advertisement notes Parisian Sage available for purchase from O M Curtis. The listing emphasizes product availability and seller contact.
Aug 4 Denton notes dull receipts across markets with vegetables showing some life. New crop corn arriving. corn at about 60 cents a bushel. Cotton futures down 28 to 33 points in New York and New Orleans. spots mixed, up in Liverpool. Wheat and corn weaken. Fort Worth livestock receipts include cattle, hogs 2300 with steers steady tops and hogs at 7.70.
The listing shows wholesale and retail prices for corn and corn products, wheat, oats, hay, and various groceries. It includes per bushel and per ton rates for feed, flour, corn meal, lard, bacon, onions, eggs, butter, and butter fat, with regional ranges and markups for wholesale and retail sales. Prices vary by item and include some quality notes and units.
Turkeys per pound seven cents dull market. Hens seven cents per pound. Fryers ten to twelve and one half cents per pound. Old roosters one to twelve and a half cents each. Guineas per dozen one dollar and a half. Ducks per dozen three dollars. Geese no market.
Livestock bids show hogs with gross light 4 3 4 to 5 3 4 cents per pound and heavy 5 3 4 to 6 1 2 cents, dressed 7 to 7 12 cents. Cows per pound gross 2 1 2 to 2 3 4 cents.
Classified note lists green hides at 7 to 8 cents per pound and dry hides at 9 to 18 cents per pound depending on weight and condition.
Washington malaria blamed on Potomac marsh bottoms. Bitters touted to destroy malaria germs and cure chills fever ague biliousness jaundice and general debility. Statements claim relief for stomach liver kidney and blood troubles and typhoid prevention. 50 cents guaranteed by J. F. Raley & Co.
timetable fragment lists train numbers and times for south bound service including No 3 poem 6 40 am No 713 and No 281 Dallas branch with 12 06 DP times and 3 10 pm. North bound shows No 282 Dallas branch 4 25 pm and No 2 00 with 9 55 pm schedule.
Funeral services were held for R. H. Love with a Taiget procession to the cemetery leaving a widow three daughters and three grandchildren. The school election approved a tax levy up to 50 cents per $100 by a 56 vote. Out-of-town visits include Ima Smith to Howe and Misses Gambill Meek Green and Jones returning from a Denton normal. Several residents traveled to Gainesville Krum Denton Fort Worth and Dallas for visits and health trips. Ice cream supper succeeded as townsfolk gathered for community activity.
Hicks Ca pucline claims to reduce fever and ease aches related to malarious conditions colds or overheating. Sold in liquid form at drug stores in 10 25 and 60 cent sizes.
The Aubrey Baptist gathering closed with several new members joining the church. Local residents and visitors including Miss Mary Salmon of Pilot Point and Mrs. Edith Hodges, visiting relatives, are noted in a roundup of social visits and travels. Several residents moved or traveled to nearby towns such as Denton and Dallas for visits and business.
Every day the Daily goes into twelve hundred homes in or near Denton reaching practically every purchaser of merchandise in the city. Taking a regular space lets you tell readers what you have to sell as if they entered your store. The rate is reasonable and service is good. Phone 64.
Miss Vera Bryant of Pilot Point visits Miss Lena Smith. Mrs. Lizzie Boswell visits Honey Grove. Prof. A Q Mustain returns from Austin. Rev J W Tincher from Bethel closes a very successful meeting.
An 19th century patent remedy ad claims Bucksea's Arnica Salve soothes inflammation and pain from burns cuts and ulcers. It promotes the salve as a universal healer and lists J. F. Raley & Co as the seller offering 25 cents.
Mrs J R Lewis spends a few days away Tom Hill and family return from Hood county Daisy Hawkins Ida Adamson visit Aubrey relatives Martins Peter of Sanger visits aunt Steve Maxwell place bought by Tom Maxwell near Krum high new house to replace old burned year Sampie Horne visits home folks.
The testimonial from S P Cleary of Jackson Tennessee praises Simmons Liver Purifier as the mildest and most pleasant yet effective remedy for constipation and torpid liver. It stresses that the medicine does not irritate or gripe, is sold in tin boxes, and priced at 26 cents.
Mothers who value their children should keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders. They ease colds feverishness teething disorders headaches stomach troubles and constipation. Sold by all druggists 25 cents. A trial package can be mailed free to any mother who writes Allen Olmstead Le Roy New York. Also see Wilson Hardware Company for sanitary plumbing at reasonable prices.
Classified columns grow as results pour in. Readers urged to try them and prove it with eleven ten word lines.
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