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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1910
Page
3
Several worthy young women seek chances to assist with housework to cut the cost of attending the College of Industrial Arts. These earnest girls wish to be regarded as family members, offering service in return. Telephone or write W. B. Bizzell, President.
Denton players from across the county will face the Wichita Falls Irish Lads in a three game series next week. The Denton lineup includes Smith Gainesville Clark Little Elm Phillips Smithfield Roark O Fowler Francis Rector Tom Rector Whitehead Littrell Harrisong Street with more to be announced. The Irish Lads are described as one of the fastest amateur teams in the state with few losses this year.
Breeder R L McCoy of Route 1 Rouwocke Texas offers prize Wyandotte eggs for setting at 150 per dozen and 100 per setting. Texts listed for contact.
In baseball results Dallas 2 3 Shreveport 0 6 San Antonio 2 Houston 0 Waco 2 Galveston 0 Fort Worth 1 0 Oklahoma City 0 3 National League Chicago 3 6 Brooklyn 2 2 St Louis 10 Philadelphia 9 Cincinnati 10 New York 3 no other games scheduled American League none Southern League New Orleans 4 Mobile 1 Memphis 7 Nashville 0 no other games scheduled
Rocky Mount North Carolina resident J R Pitt credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a severe cold and cough after one bottle. He calls it the best remedy for diseased lungs and related ailments and notes a trial bottle is available from FL Raley & Co.
The North Texas Blackland Experiment Station will begin cereal trials this fall on 65 cultivated acres. About 60 to 109 wheat varieties will be tested, one eighth of an acre per variety, with additional oats barley rye and corn trials. Dr Harrington will oversee details as the project starts.
Advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes is incurable by local applications and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars and Hall's family pills for constipation.
Western Montana and Idaho forests burn out of control destroying towns and property. Wallace Idaho reports thirteen dead and one million dollars in losses with 180 forestry workers missing. Taft near the Idaho line razed and many settlements abandoned. An estimated 100 square miles are engulfed as smoke blankets Eastern Montana.
Waco Texas August 22 authorities probe death of wealthy Chas Burke found on South First street with suspicions of foul play. Poisoning theory suggested no arrests made.
A real estate notice from J M Spencer of Aubrey Texas. He offers to match sellers with buyers for Texas lands and promises no cost if a sale is not made. Readers are invited to provide full descriptions, asking price and terms for selling.
Market reports show vegetable supplies light and prices steady with a quiet scene overall. Poultry and eggs steady as fryers fetch 9 to 11 cents with limited availability. eggs ample for local demand. Cotton futures quoted with New York and New Orleans movements, Fort Worth livestock receipts show cattle and calves steady, hogs higher around 9.05, bacon and lard prices listed for wholesale and retail.
Feedstuffs market notes show wheat 1 to 1.05 dollars per bushel, corn wholesale 5 cents, retail 85 to 90 cents, new corn 55 to 60 cents per bushel. Cotton seed meal 32 dollars per ton at car, 1.65 to 1.70 per 100 pounds. cotton seed hulls 11 to 12 dollars per ton at car and barn 65 to 75 cents. Prairie hay 10 to 12.50 per ton wholesale, Johnson grass hay 10 to 11 wholesale per ton, bale 45 to 50 cents, oats 37.5 to 40 cents wholesale per bushel, 45 cents retail. Baled oats 7.50 to 8 dollars per ton, baled straw 5 to 6 dollars per ton.
The notice lists prices for flour and grains including fare: 1st and 2nd grade JOUR per 100 pounds wholesale from 2.70 to 4.95 with retail 10 cents higher. hard wheat flour per 100 pounds from 2.80 to 2.90. graham flour retail 8.60 with 12 ½ pound sacks at 60 cents. corn meal 35 pound sacks wholesale.
Butter at 15 to 30 cents wholesale cash or trade delivered to homes hotels and boarding houses 2 to 25 cents creamery 28 to 80 cents. Eggs wholesale 10 cents cash 12 1/2 cents trade retail per dozen 15 cents scarce. Peaches per bushel wholesale 1 dollar retail per gallon 20 cents.
A local poultry rate card shows hens selling per ib for 7 cents, pullets 9 to 11 cents, old roosters 10 to 11 cents, guinea fowl at 1.50 dollars per dozen, and ducks at 3 dollars per dozen.
Livestock prices reported with four ounces gross light cattle at four to six cents per pound and heavy cattle at seven to eight cents per pound. Cows are quoted at two and three quarters to three and a half cents per pound.
A fragment from a Philadelphia Record quotes Mrs Marcius and Mrs Bucgins noting that marriage does not end worries for women and implies ongoing domestic concerns. The humorous exchange highlights expectations versus reality in early 20th century society.
A distorted transcript shows a clinician discussing patient relief and frequent fixes. The dialogue includes garbled phrases and possible misread from a Baltimore area source, yielding unclear medical context and attribution.
A brief exchange shows a suitor proposing to take the daughter away, prompting the father to respond with humor about being crowded at home and the plan to marry if he can. The Boston Transcript framing suggests a light, domestic tone in a Royal- era style exchange.
A lighthearted exchange unfolds as a man jokes his black eye came from a lovers quarrel. When asked, he quips it involved another lover, not his partner, turning the moment into playful banter between friends.
Rev J W Fincher closes a successful Wesley Chapel revival with 49 conversions 21 additions to the church and renewed Christian interest. A sultry forenoon gave way to a shower in the afternoon and prospects of more rain. Will Yarbrough returns home from Runnels county with household goods and stock. Kaufman county's Ville Academy superintendent Kaufman plans to move here after securing a dwelling. Prof Lyon praised as talented and refined by the local school board.
Ag announced revival at the Methodist church will begin next Sunday. Rev. T. M. Kirk of Sanger will assist in the meeting. A great revival is hoped for and all Christian people are invited to attend and help regardless of denominational lines.
Members of Aubrey Lodge Knights of Pythias and friends enjoyed a social evening and smoker Monday night.
The Aubrey ball team has been working hard to “put it over” Mingo but remains only partly successful, signaling ongoing efforts to lift fan turnout.
J D Fawk purchased the Lassen mill and immediately took charge. He will operate the mill each Friday and Saturday henceforth starting this week.
Last week the Brand and Davis camp landed a huge Denton creek fish weighing about seventy to eighty pounds with a head over sixteen pounds. Visitor L. J. Brian of Ovallo assisted in bringing in the giant.
A brief notice invites readers to use CLASSIFIED sections for selling items and services. The call to action emphasizes easy placement and broad reach for listings and notices.
Lewisville Enterprises reports J. L. Harper will launch a daily newspaper in Farmersville, signaling a new local media venture.
Garza collected her first bale of 1910 cotton Saturday raised by A. B. Brumley. Fourteen hundred thirty pounds of seed cotton yielded a 466 pound bale bought by J. M. Swisher at 141-4c per pound. Citizens added a $15 premium, H. V. Hennen.
Austin, Aug 22. Detectives and a working crew pursue a ring believed responsible for stealing diamonds valued at $2000 from H. A. Wroe, a banker, at his residence early Sunday. Police dogs were used today but yielded no arrests.
A compact newspaper ad hints at a sought after article advertised within this issue. The listing highlights a striking price provoking reader interest and prompts a closer look at the surrounding pages.
A missing item alert cites a found lady's ring and invites the owner to claim it by paying a notification fee. The notice outlines procedures to recover the ring and provides contact details. The ad urges prompt response to avoid disposal.
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