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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
6
The Record and Chronicle lists monthly and yearly subscription rates for mail delivery in advance. It notes second class mail status for Denton Texas and legal dates for Congress acts, with notes on discontinuation upon expiration.
A 1909 notice from Denton Texas advertises corrections for any erroneous reflections about firms individuals or corporations appearing in the Record and Chronicle. Readers are invited to call the publishers to address corrections.
Texas voters supported constitutional amendments for honest debt payments for schools and for small towns to incorporate under special charters. A humorous aside notes Denton water being praised yet shipped elsewhere. An Information Bureau editor’s brief exchange with a caller ends in a lighthearted quip about the heat.
Clarence Gilmore writes in the Wills Point Chronicle about Texas penitentiary women. He lists three white women with life or sentence terms, a husband serving ten years for robbery, one Mexican woman with a life term for complicity in murder, and 64 Black women, totaling 68 inmates.
Denton business leaders consider methods to lift local cotton receipts this year. Past premium contests fell short due to strict post office rules banning lottery like advertising. Farmers missed chances at prizes for delivering cotton, highlighting need for wide publicity and ethical promotion.
A West Side resident voices concern that fire protection is unfairly funded. He notes downtown stations leave near parts underserved while insurance rates reflect adequate protection. He argues for additional fire sub stations to cover all districts during wind emergencies.
The Commercial Club notes the Fort Worth school of instruction benefits Texas secretaries and communities. It stresses the value of educated secretaries for Denton County and lauds local papers as the best advertising medium to showcase regional advantages and growth.
Denton county shows an exceedingly 700 percent chance to secure the locate of the experimental station in the black land belt. The decision is deemed worth any cost involved.
A letter from a local gentleman urges Denton County to plant broom corn to support a proposed factory. He claims forty or fifty farmers could sow a few acres each, and officials say they will investigate the proposition thoroughly.
Mrs L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia writes she suffered kidney disease to the point of bed confinement. After taking Foley's Kidney Remedy a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely according to the advertisement. Garrison & Kimmins
Notice to ice customers warns that failures to receive courteous treatment and prompt service from the men on the ice wagons will be investigated by dialing 130. Alliance Milling Co.
Dr. J. S Abbott releases a statement announcing the attorney general's reversal of Claude Pollard's opinions on labeling drug packages. The ruling clarifies that the pure food law requires quantity statements on labels for habit forming drugs, applied to retail and stock drugs, not limited to prescriptions.
In a regional ad F J Cheney Co of Toledo offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The notice explains deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and promotes the remedy plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Baseball scores from multiple leagues show Texas cities Dallas 2 San Antonio 1 Fort Worth 10 Houston 0 Oklahoma City 6 Shreveport 5 Galveston 2 National League games include St Louis 2 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 2 4 Boston 1 9 Cincinnati 5 New York 1 Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh American Philadelphia 3 0 Chicago 0 1 Cleveland 9 0 Washington 4 2 New York 5 0 St Paul 0 4 Detroit Boston. Southern Montgomery 4 Nashville 2 New Orleans 2 Memphis 6 Birmingham 2 Atlanta 1 Mobile 6 Little Rock 0.
A local report praises Dr. King’s New Discovery as a cure for deadly lung hemorrhages and respiratory ailments. A patient claims three weeks of use restored strength and work ability, with trials and guarantees offered by J. F. Raley & Co.
Miss Lottie Curlin of Waxahachie and Miss Francis Gibbs of Monett Missouri were severely injured in a runway accident last night when both were thrown against a fence.
A. Nusbaum of Noblesville Indiana describes a three month summer cold that resembled hay fever and resisted a doctor's prescription. After using Foley's Honey and Tar it quickly cured him and his wife reports the same success, as noted by Garrison & Kimmins.
A brief classified notice invites sellers to contact Elbert about hogs poultry and related farm items available for sale. The contact line provides an incomplete address or phone cue. Proceed with direct outreach to arrange negotiations.
Transfers of vendors lien notes recorded at the R and C office with details unreadable in the fragment. The note counts or dates are not provided. Further readable details are needed to specify parties, amounts, and filing dates.
The Payne bill concludes a bitter two party tariff clash led by Aldrich and Payne with Taft pressing for free hides and lower duties on leathers boots and lumber. The measure cuts Dingley rates, reshapes cotton and metal schedules, faces Republican defections, and aims to preserve a corporate tax while facing constitutional questions.
The new tariff law will be historic as the Payne bill named after the chairman of the house. It is expected to influence duties and economic policy, reflecting the leadership and stance of the legislature.
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