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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
2
The Record and Chronicle of Denton Texas dated August 70 1912 provides subscription rates and a public notice stating erroneous reflections will be corrected upon notification to publishers. The page lists staff and Associated Press membership and includes publishing details.
Physicians challenge the starch diabetics link noting diet balance with meat and carbohydrate foods. Dr R G Eccles argues diabetes stems from disordered secretions not pancreas alone. oatmeal cure cited with Van Noorden. researchers like Baird of Edinburgh link cancer to secretory failure.
A note urges homeowners to consider replacing muddy sidewalks as wet weather returns. The message suggests rebuilding concrete paths to improve curb appeal and prevent future mess.
Denton notes growing value of the two state educational institutions. Last summer about $150 000 was spent on new buildings and equipment for the colleges. About 80 percent of Texas homes show bulletins from the schools describing Denton. The city gained these institutions with little effort, making Denton proud of its educational prizes.
In a local letter the writer notes a rising fly population after recent rains and blames straw stacks. A resident suggests burning stacks to curb pests, while others question the link. The piece urges continued swatting to reduce the infestation now and in days ahead.
A medical advertisement explains deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It warns local applications cannot reach the diseased area and claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh. The ad offers a $100 reward for deafness caused by catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Local notice advertises homemade sorghum molasses from Turner Bros, advertised as freshly received for sale or purchase.
An essay questions nuisance seekers who pry into others affairs out of idle curiosity. It contrasts rude social intrusions with the value of considerate friends, noting familiar annoyances until appreciation returns for kind, considerate companionship.
A New Yorker notes the significance of phone numbers for firms with long histories. Old established businesses retain their numbers if they stay in the same exchange, while high numbers reflect newer establishments. The piece reflects American appetite for age and stability in business amid rapid telephonic expansion.
The piece argues goodness can hurt, criticizing self-promoting virtuous behavior. It suggests happiness and sunny sympathy beat endless moral lecture. It highlights weary mothers and overburdened people need warmth and care more than constant responsibility talks.
In Turkey scarce clocks lead people to clever methods for telling time. By aligning two compass points and folding hands to cast opposing shadows, they estimate hours. A second Orient method uses cat eye shape changes at different times: round pupils at morning and evening, oval at nine and three, and a slit at noon.
A Kansas City Journal opinion explores a minister who withholds full truth to help an repentant woman find work. The piece debates whether lying for humane ends is justified when honest doors close to reforming individuals. It cites Dickens on choosing gentle falsehoods over harsh truths.
A London Tit-Bits tale recounts a Liverpool to Crosby walking contest on Whit Monday with a $50 prize. A local pedestrian reportedly navigated to Crosby, bought a meat pie at the Big Stone, and attempted to eat it while circling the stone, prompting a judge’s quip about the stone's hardness before awarding the prize.
An Australian landowner watched a mother kangaroo approach water pails and share a drink with her joey. She acted bravely under threat from a nearby foe, then hurried away with her young, inspiring the observer to vow never to shoot a kangaroo again.
The article discusses how shorelines and obscured influences complicate tidal patterns. It notes Tahiti and some places experience once daily tides while harbors near the Isle of Wight and Scotland’s Tay show three tides daily. Overtides are suggested as a cause.
Seven years after a theft Mrs. Charles De ong reported two diamond earrings valued at $200 missing. Workmen remodeling the house uncovered the jewels in a partition where rats had a nest. An apology was offered to a servant who had been indirectly accused.
Advertisers in the city push shoe sales to entice readers to visit stores and inspect stock. Read the ads and weigh offers to aim for better shoes at lower prices.
Beatrix Smith battles land thieves in Pocahontas County West Virginia after Gilbert Williams buys her thousand acres with a fake deed. Randolph Mason schemes to sell to two lumber firms for twenty thousand dollars, but a West Virginia supreme court ruling later nullifies the transfer without the husband's joinder.
A brief sale notice advertises houses and sets offered at 50 cents on the dollar with contact for Ful ton and a phone number ending in 13. The fragment suggests quick bargain sales via a local listing.
A brief tip suggesting readers who have 80 items to sell should use the classified section. It emphasizes placing listings in classifieds to reach potential buyers efficiently.
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