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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
2
Public notice in the August 7 1912 Denton Texas issue states that erroneous reflections about any firm individual or corporation in the Record and Chronicle will be corrected upon notification to the publishers.
After short fasts the taste for food improves and chewing becomes thorough. Fasting one to five days monthly can aid health and efficiency if done with caution. Avoid indiscriminate long fasts. use water, enema, lemonade, charcoal tablets, and occasional mild laxatives to prevent adverse effects.
Col Green denounces using Tyler front parlor as a horse lot and urges a Denton charter at the next Legislature session. He notes Denton’s need for modern governance and praises a three-commissioner council. The piece also discusses Gov Wilson’s Baltimore nomination and a Mrs Wilson luncheon for party leaders.
The piece notes qualification in the summer widower class and reflects on editor Edwards’s high regard for sagacity. It mentions a belief in the immediacy of family ties and an edited mailing list presence in the Chronicle and Daily News.
A shopper relies on mail order to supply home meat and daily needs, increasing orders to meet rising wants. The piece notes careful spending while expanding household purchases.
The Denton County Socialists adopt a platform at a mass meeting with ten points including initiative and recall rights, repeal of poll tax, free text books, public works funded by taxation, abolition of convict leasing and contract systems, education reforms, community hospital, real estate tax transparency, equal suffrage, and gradual worker reforms. M. A. Anderson signs as Denton Co Secretary.
Col A H Swenson, 84, a leading Texas railroad pioneer who helped build Morgan's Louisiana and Texas line and the Houston and Texas Central, died early today at Pass Christian Mississippi. He was among the last surviving builders of Texas railroads.
Topeka Kansas August 7 Governor Stubbs likely defeated Senator Charles Curtis for United States Senate. Republican Congressman P P Campbell appears reelected.
Unofficial returns from yesterday's primary show Senator Owens defeating former Gov Has Kell for United States Senator by 20 000 to 40 000. The Growing South notes rapid southern progress with population and production gains since 1880.
John Price and his father walked in the woods when John paused and said the wind is made by the trees whispering. His father waited as John declared the discovery, a moment likely to be praised in the Cleveland Leader.
A quirky aside notes a wife avidly collecting old newspapers to cover a floor and catch up on past news about a comet. The humor hinges on the elderly habit of saving papers for future reference. The exchange underscores domestic idiosyncrasy and a playful domestic scene.
Mexican forces fired on United States troops guarding the border near El Paso opposite the smelter. American soldiers returned fire with no reported injuries. A prior exchange occurred last week at a nearby location.
The Galveston News muses on a fanciful exchange where the fat man and the thin man, the alfalfa farmer and the peach grower, could swap discontents. It imagines a registerable system to balance longing, noting such an exchange does not exist.
A comedian tale describes a famed conductor who learns a police officer near the stage has become a syncopation expert. The officer explains he was in syncopation off the beat, prompting a humorous exchange about rhythm and timing.
The piece discusses how colonial units valued the Spanish dollar from 1642 onward. Massachusetts and Connecticut boosted the rating, Virginia raised to 6s in 1645, and Massachusetts minted shillings 2218 percent above sterling. By 1767 Parliament set a 6s ceiling, though largely ignored, with New York and North Carolina finally standardizing at 1 dollar to the peso before the national system.
A joint conference of British and American scholars at University College in England discussed simplifying English spelling. Attending Americans included Dr James Bright of Johns Hopkins Charles H Grandgent Harvard Dr George Hemp Stanford Hrander Matthews and Dr Calvin Thomas of Columbia. Proceedings were private with a public report forthcoming after societies review.
Local classifieds invite readers to list items for sale with contact details. Includes guidance on posting, pricing, and pickup arrangements to connect buyers and sellers efficiently.
A Pittsburg Dispatch article argues women are misled about love from youth and become vain charmers. It notes envy among women over luxury versus toil and suggests the answer lies in creating joy and beauty within one’s own life by shaping a personal atmosphere.
The article notes global match usage: about 3,000,000 matches per minute, 1.5 trillion yearly, with Americans consuming half. It explains the importance of select timber, preferring sapwood free, knotless timber from pines, linden, aspen, white cedar, poplar, birch, and willow.
A young woman tells a New York Sun writer she can wash all windows without water using denatured alcohol. She applies a small amount to a cloth and rubs briskly, claiming dirt wipes off quickly and windows shine, taking half the time and a quarter the effort of soap and water.
The French Academy links antipathy to the mother in law with a red man legend from sixteenth century Spain. They suggest hatred of the wife’s kin arose from old forces when marriage was seized by force. The article notes modern people could benefit from walking in her footsteps, unlike the red man.
The Den ton store classified week drew many readers who answered ads and replied to them as people browsed the advertising columns.
Daily readers browse the advertisements and find bargains. Ads promise good pay for reading them and highlight savings on items wanted rather than paying full price elsewhere.
An opinion in the New York Mail argues that clergy are pushed aside by “business men” who want to run religion like a corporation. It laments clergy pay and praises traditional methods, contending faith should not be governed by factory rules or profit motives.
An experienced juror recounts a past criminal trial where jurors were housed in a hotel. A conscientious juror refused the dinner, arguing meals affect thinking. The group eventually overate and returned what the public called a freak verdict. The tale ends with a rail passenger and a stockholder noting delays and overdue dividends.
A review notes that every role in the production is substantial because the play is set in Greece. The cast fills their parts with gusto, matching the setting’s grandiose tone.
Dr. Martin Potter runs an animal pawnbroker business in New York. He loans money against pets and trained animals with no interest, charging only board. His stable holds elephants camels monkeys and many dogs. he claims only one default in his career after a trained trick dog escaped.
Prayers and a solemn procession mark a Budapest tribute to the many Danube drownings deemed unsalvageable. A feather wreath sinks from the Frans Josef bridge as prayers rise and a layman denounces church resistance to blessing the deceased.
Rev Silvester Horne wishes to bring Whitefield remains from America to Tottenham Court Road Chapel named after him. A portion of the remains already travelled the Atlantic after the 1770 death in Newburyport. The coffin was opened in 1784 and 1901 revealing preserved clothing. a right arm bone was stolen and later returned to England.
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