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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
2
The notice lists subscription options and prices for 7 months and yearly mail in advance. It includes mailing classifications and post office entries for Denton Texas. It also states corrections policy for erroneous reflections and announces public notices.
The piece notes Oyster Bay slipping into desuetude while Beverly rises as summer capital. It mentions a presidential cottage bound by forest and waters, and a local ordinance proposed to curb boys jumping street cars and stealing rides, with concerns about potential injuries.
Denton secured its normal college at modest cost, avoiding intense competition. The town also won the Industrial college with a state wide contest, due to Denton’s advantageous location. Locals await the locating board’s final decision, which will influence the West Texas Normal’s impact on the local school.
The county plans to increase wheat acreage next fall with thorough seed-bed prep and favorable conditions, aiming for a bumper crop at a good price. The piece notes political re districting looming for Denton and surrounding counties, with many in the region hoping for congressional opportunity as districts shift after the 1910 census.
Since 1992 no Denton county delegates attended a congressional convention for eight years. The writer argues that strategic moves by the Thirty-third legislature could end the burden of many single delegate counties along the borders and enable a candidate from the local area to have at least a chance.
A Denton bale owner earned 93 dollars and fifty cents along with a notice in the Recording Chronicle. The item was valued by the source as equivalent to two bales and a load of corn for a modest man.
A San Antonio alderman proposes adding one teaspoon of sand to each meal as a remedy for dyspepsia. He also suggests mixing sand into the San Antonio chili can carne, calling it a still better treatment, and notes it could fit with tamales as well.
Denton merchants find continuous advertising yields best results. In the past July to September showed little activity, but now July is nearly a fair year average. Fall remains strongest as more advertisers stay visible daily, weekly, and throughout the year.
Hicks claims Capudine cures sick headaches including nervous and traveler's headaches and stomach troubles and female ailments. It is a liquid sold by druggists with effects claimed to be immediate.
J P Kerley brings sixteen pounds of fine sweet potatoes represented by seven potatoes the largest weighing three pounds. Denton county pursues an experimental station in the black land belt with August 31 disposal. a feeding station may accompany it. A potential railroad or interurban between Denton and McKinney is under study. Texas spends heavily on bad roads and Denton county contributes to road funds but seeks better roads.
An old reader letter from Thos H Reilly of Jonesville Louisiana requests sending value of a one dollar money order toward Simmons Liver Purifier. He notes thirty years of use and price of 25 cents per tin box with a brief testimonial style.
The Alliance Milling Co. warns ice customers that if they do not receive courteous treatment and prompt service from the men on the ice wagons they should call 130 for immediate investigation.
Ray, a Denton county representative in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Legislatures, buys the Sanger Courier from Ernest Logsden and becomes editor and proprietor. He will publish the first issue this week and also runs the Texas Quill, a monthly. A reader from Indiana praises Foley's Honey and Tar for hay fever and colds.
A Colfax Washington letter notes a July frost, ice near Masco, and a good grain crop averaging about 60 bushels per acre. The writer admires Idaho Montana and Texas, and thanks The Recordant Chronicle for daily visits to their home.
Washington's plaguish low marshy bottoms harbor malaria germs causing chills fever and debility. Electric Bitters are praised as a reliable cure for malaria and related stomach liver kidney and blood troubles. R M James of Louellen endorses them as the best all round tonic and cure. 50 cents, guaranteed by J F Raley & Co.
President Clark and Vice President Shea of the Firemen and Engineermen's Brotherhood confer with the Texas and Pacific railroad adjustment board behind closed doors in Dallas. The talks aim to win seniority privileges equal to engineers. a strike has been threatened if demands are not met.
A historical advertisement promotes Foley's Urine Laxative to stimulate the stomach liver and bowels and to cure habitual constipation. Garrigon & Kimmins advertise the remedy to relieve indigestion and stomach trouble.
Denton Texas testimony from Mrs W H Pierce 46 E Hickory St says Doan's Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble in 1905 and she recommends them as a tonic. Sold by J F Raley & Co drug store and other dealers at 5 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Aug 10 note says visiting T A Lee of Sweetwater and relatives, Mrs Woods Oliver dies near Ponder and burial at Aiken's cemetery. Cumberland Presbyterian Rev Mason leads protracted meeting starting last Sunday and running through week, with a light Sunday shower cooling the air.
In this scene Chase mocks an Arab servant Selim and contemplates moving to Paris with Neenah and Selim. Selim offers to be a slave to chase, while Neenah is not for sale. Chase decides to take Selim and Neenah along, dismissing gossip about Paris.
On a quiet balcony Chase and Princess discuss escape plans and a hidden fortune. Cigarettes pass between them as tension rises and vows are made to stay or sail, while Lady Agnes and Lord Deppingham react to shifting loyalties and looming danger.
The chapter describes Agnes Ruthven and Robert Browne facing a looming cut in their rights if not wed by an enforced deadline. A Dutch freighter’s arrival sparks alarm while islanders resist, Nasula’s threats loom, and Bobby Browne’s distilling work steadies the estate’s precarious fate.
On a warlike Alban island a doomed courtship unfolds as Genevra and Kari seek escape from an island ruled by brutal guardians. A dramatic yacht arrival shifts hope to fear and the siege intensifies with threats of plague and betrayal. Villagers cheer from the shore while the besieged face an uncertain fate.
In a storm bound harbor scene Genevra pleads with Hollingsworth to leave the island with her urging Paris as a future escape. He reveals a lucrative offer from an American corporation and contemplates returning to a life away from royalty while the yacht and cruisers loom as possible threats.
Mrs. H. L. Bowen of Wayne West Virginia suffers kidney disease and could barely stand. After using Foley's Kidney Remedy a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her completely, according to Garrison and Kimmons.
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