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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1913
Page
2
In a Fort Worth speech Governor Colquitt concedes mistakes and urges Denton County to diversify beyond wheat. He notes varied soils and multi crop prospects as key to sustained prosperity, warning against concentrating on one staple and predicting mixed acreage trends due to rent, prices, and profits.
Washington August 9 government agricultural experts released the August crop report estimating 200 million bushels of corn lost due to drought and other conditions since July 1. Corn production forecast at 2.672 billion bushels, 452 million below last year. Wheat yields rise with winter wheat at 511 million bushels, spring at 233 million, bringing total U S wheat to 744 million, just shy of the 1914 record.
Long & Ling advertises numbered phones as a guarantee of satisfactory service and groceries. Call to experience their claimed customer care and shopping convenience.
The notice urges readers to transfer property risk to strong insurance companies to avoid facing worst outcomes uninsured. It mentions old phone 54 and new phone 120 for contact.
The U S Department of Labor plans a study led by Special Agent W W Husband on emigrant conditions in England and on the Continent to reduce the number of migrants turned away at Ellis Island. The aim is to improve entry screening so only those certain of admission embark, saving years of travel costs.
Advertises Mc GEE'S BABY ELIXIR as relief for feverish babies with stomach and bowel troubles. Claims to reduce fever, correct stomach issues and check looseness of bowels. Price We and We per bottle. Sold by R H Garrison.
A solicitation offers cash to purchase vendor's lien notes and invites interested parties to contact the Record and Chronicle office or mail to Box 488 in Denton Texas.
A business promises full service to handle groceries for customers. Customers can call using either phone number at 44 Long and King to arrange delivery and shopping assistance.
An old testimonial from Mrs Helen Dalton of North Carolina claims Cardui, the Chattanooga Medicine Co. woman's tonic, relieved years of left side pains and near smothering. The ad urges other women to try Cardui, notes 50 years of use, offers a 64 page home treatment book, and provides a mail address for instructions.
London August 8 The suffragettes trick Scotland Yard by staging visits to Ewry Clayton who is ill and to be recaptured on recovery. Clayton slipped to America while allies pretend care, with a home full of gifts. He is the chemist linked to arson charges and penal servitude under the Cat and Mouse bill.
An advertisement urges readers who feel a stiff neck or back from cold drafts to use Ballard's Snow Liniment as the best pain reliever. It notes bottles are sold at 25 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar by R. H. Garrison.
Three men from near Schulenberg were returning from Weimar when their car crashed in a ditch half a mile from town. Joseph Blastake 65 died from head injuries. Louis Blastake 45 sustained bruises. R W Ward 45 suffered two broken ribs and lacerations.
An advertisement promotes BAL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT as a universal healer for wounds cuts burns sores and blisters. It claims prompt effective relief and lists prices of 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle sold by R H Garrison.
A fresh shipment of choice vegetables arrived today at Pas challs Phones 8 and 6.
The article notes a sharp increase in dog meat consumption in 1912 compared with 1911, with 8132 dogs slaughtered under official inspection and many more killed at home. Saxony remains the leading center, followed by Prussia, while Berlin reports high daily use of cosmetics and toiletries as part of a contrasting city profile. It also mentions a new blacklist by the German Actors' Association and a pilot program allowing baggage transfer agents on trains between Berlin, Hamburg, and soon Berlin to Munich, with a 2 12 cent fee.
Mrs Joza Dickson promotes “The symbol of happiness” as Bluebird hatpins at Wilson-Hann’s inviting customers to buy before stock runs out.
Public notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to smell and health. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and effective when taken internally. Testimonials available, sold by druggists, price five cents per bottle, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
A freight wreck near Mingo left three dead including Earl Roark and Brakeman Cassidy while two injured men Fred Hollers and Engineer Demar were taken to Denton Sanitarian and a third, McKemy, survived. Conductor Beamer and Fireman McKemy escaped injury as the wreck collapsed from the trestle.
Wholesale and retail prices for grains and feedstuffs, hay and straw, eggs and dairy, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and staples. Includes per bushel, per ton, per pound, and per dozen figures for corn wheat oats flour eggs butter and many produce items with varied wholesale and retail rates.
Local ad touts Bucklen's Amica Salve as immediate pain relief for cuts burns sprains and skin injuries. Clinton Me resident E E Chamberlain says it robs injuries of terrors and is an equal healing remedy. Available for 2 cents at J F Raley & Co.
Justin appears at the record and Chronicle office in a brief note. The item notes a visit or presence at the local offices, with no further detail provided about purpose or outcomes.
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