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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
3
Galveston reports the Hogan line steamer Monomay sailed for Havre France with 10000 bales of new cotton. First full cargo from the port this season, grown in Texas and Oklahoma. Twenty foreign vessels await the arrival for shipment.
Nesbaum of Evansville Indiana reports suffering through a summer cold for three months. He tried several medicines before Foley's Honey and Tar cured him. His wife also uses Foley's Honey and Tar with success, according to Garrison & Kimmins.
George Hay of the Katy bridge and building department was killed at Caney Oklahoma when a lumber cart overturned as a crane caught it. He tried to jump to another car but fell into the river bed breaking his neck in the fall.
Paris dermatologist Dr Sabourand demonstrates dandruff caused by microbes by infecting a guinea pig and observing rapid hair loss. Parisian Sage hair tonic, marketed worldwide, promises to cure dandruff and stop hair loss in two weeks with a money back guarantee. It features the auburn girl on bottles and costs 50 cents a large bottle at O M Curtis’s. Aug 6 188? 27.
Classified notices fill the Denton sheet with small ads and public notices for jobs rentals and sales. Readers scan the Record and Chronicle daily for bargains and opportunities in the local area.
The Denton market notes limited activity with hay prices rising while cotton and corn enter trade. Liverpool futures slip on spots and futures, with New York and New Orleans showing mixed opens and closes. Prairie hay quotes rise, Fort Worth livestock lists cattle, hogs, and calves with steady to lower values.
Comprehensive price table for corn ears and shelled corn at wholesale and retail, new corn, corn chops, chicken feed, bran, baled wheat straw, prairie and Johnson grass hay, based shucks, wheat, Irish and sweet potatoes, corn meal, lard, bacon, and onions with wholesale and retail figures and per ton or per bushel measurements. Includes small variations by grade and packaging.
The notice lists wholesale and retail prices for eggs and butter. Eggs wholesale 10 to 12 percent cents per dozen, cash or trade. retail 2 for 25 cents. Butter wholesale country whole sale 12 to 20 cents cash or trade delivered to residences or hotels 20 to 25 cents. Creamery butter per pound 25 to 30 cents. Butter fat five cents per pound.
Poultry prices listed by commodity include TURKEYS 7¢ dull HENS 7 to 7 1-2c per lb FRYERS 10 to 12 1-2c per lb OLD ROOSTERS 106 to 12 %c GUINEAS 1.50 per dozen DUCKS 3.00 per dozen GEESE no market HOGS per pound gross Light 4 to 6c heavy 6 to Te COWS per tb gross 2 1/2 to 3 4c
Short catalog item shows hides priced at green 7 to 9 cents per pound and dry hides 9 to 18 cents per pound depending on weight and condition.
An 19th century advertisement touts Bucklea’s Arnica Salve as earths supreme healer for boils ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. It promises rapid relief from injuries such as cuts burns scalds and bruising and lists J F Raley Co as the seller asking 25 cents.
Governor Campbell will deliver an address in Palestine Texas on Labor Day instead of Sherman as previously announced. He will speak at Sherman on September 21 after a confusion with the earlier notification.
The advertisement claims Iceness and idleness harm health and cites constipation headache jaundice and pimples as effects. It asserts Dr King’s New Life Pills banish liver troubles and restore health with a 25 cent price at J F Raley & Co.
Amarillo Tex August 27 contract for the new Santa Fe freight and passenger depot went to cost 103000 dollars.
Elbert Greer age 17 of DeLeon dies after being run over by a Frisco train at Cressom. Infant burned to death in Wright home fire near McKinzey. Eviction of strikers families at McKeesport marks end of Pressed Steel strike in rain. Deputy notes show broader regional news from St. Louis heat to Wall Street Harriman health rumors.
A Fort Beal county cotton farmer rejects federal entomologist Hunter's claim that 99 percent of boll weevils are dead, saying the pests remain active in the county. San Saba backs a Santa Fe railroad extension from Lometa to San Angelo with $60 500 raised. Dallas county commissioners plan to use county labor on roads, predicting winter work for many teams. Marshall questions Southwestern Telephone rate reductions after a hearing showing a seven percent return on a $75 000 Marshall investment. In the Commoner W J Bryan argues protection must be attacked in the upcoming campaign, calling past Democratic victories limited.
In Montgomery Missouri on Thursday Senator Taylor of Tennessee nominated Senator Charles A Culberson of Texas for the 1912 presidency saying Culberson would be strong in the solid South behind him. The American Colony Society in the city of Mexico censures Mexican earthquake and revolutionary news as exaggerated. U S Ambassador reportedly denies buying the Pan American railroad and denies ties to E H Harriman. Washington reports Thompson bought the one remaining interest in a railway link North and South America project.
Dr. Wiley head of the U S Bureau of Chemistry condemns the stereotype of the modern housewife. He claims women overuse the telephone and expose families to danger by poison from the ice box, broiler, skillet and dinner tins. He urges all women to learn hygiene laws to avoid death in the home.
The Remsen referee board endorsed by the State Pure Food and Dairy commissioners at Denver amid a heated controversy among delegates. The main issue was benzoate of soda as a food preservative, overruling Dr. Wiley's ban. Resolutions urged stricter oleomargarine labeling laws and keeping the tax on colored oleomargarine high.
The August trading session on Wall Street saw steep declines as Harriman related stocks fell and the market lost confidence. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific led losses with several major issues dropping multiple points, signaling a broader panic with margins strained and no late relief in sight.
A Fe ora resident declares life saved by Dr. King New Discovery for lung hemorrhages and bronchial ailments after three weeks of use. The advertisement touts relief for coughs colds hay fever lagrippe asthma and related conditions with trial bottles and a price of 50 cents and 1.00, sold by J. F. Raley & Co.
The Texas Association of Suggestive Therapeutics formed in Belton announces plans to test the state medical law in court alleging discrimination against drugless healers. Four masseurs recently indicted for practicing without a license will have their cases heard.
Denton residents advocate Doan’s Kidney Pills for kidney relief and backache. Testimony from E. P. Pickrell of Denton credits the remedy with restoring kidney function and alleviating pain. Sold at J. F. Raley & Co. Drug Store for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is U S sole agent. Post oak and blackjack wood offered at $3 per cord by R. J. Wilson.
Texas and Shreveport beat Dallas 2 1 Houston over San Antonio 4 2 Oklahoma City 2 Fort Worth 1 Waco 5 Galveston 4 National Cincinnati 7 Brooklyn 1 Boston 10 St Louis 8 Philadelphia 8 Chicago 7 Pittsburg 6 New York 3 American Detroit 6 Philadelphia 0 Cleveland 8 Washington 2 New York 5 St Louis 1 Chicago 4 0 Boston 3 3 Southern high activity with Amite Montgomery area weather rain New Orleans Birmingham 7 2 Little Rock 1 0 indicates varied outcomes and rain affecting games across Southern region.
The Aubrey Herald reports light rainfall throughout the day aiding cotton crops and cooling the air. Oil-field operations are held up by machinery delays though a disinterested expert predicts probable oil discovery once gear arrives, with a derrick erected and workers awaiting shipment.
Rev. J. W. Tincher led a successful meeting at Wesley Chapel on Sunday. About fifty conversions and renewed church support were reported as results of the revival. He left early Monday for Decatur to help in a meeting at Oak Grove nearby.
Weekly News notes Mrs. Mary Raiburn has been sick for two months and is slowly improving with treatment and rest.
Workmen finished repairs on the Denton Creek railroad bridge and the structure is now considered sound and secure after the overhaul.
J. H. Oakerson father of Mrs. Julius C. Melton, once ran a Garza area saw mill. He first suffered sun stroke Tuesday of last week, then another in Dallas while exiting a hotel. He was moved to a hospital and later continued his journey home.
Washington malaria germs breed in low marshy Potomac bottoms. They cause chills fever and ague biliousness jaundice lassitude weakness and debility. Electric Bitters destroy them and cure malaria and blood troubles. R M James of Louisiana calls them the best tonic and cure. 50 cents guaranteed by J F Raley & Co.
Railroad Commissioner Colquitt denounces the Attorney General's ruling on an eight cent cement rate from Harris and Eagleford to the Galveston causeway. He cites legislative authority for reduced public rates and says the special rate aimed to push Texas cement over German cement landed by water.
Advertisement claims Foley's Ortho Laxative stimulates the stomach and liver, regulates the bowels, and will positively cure habitual constipation, with Garrison & Kimmins listed.
In San Antonio Texas August 27 contractors face worker shortages as building activity surges wages for plasterers rise to seven dollars for eight hours and many contractors leave the city in search of skilled mechanics.
A promotional piece extols beauty care for women highlighting hair restoration and complexion improvement. It touts Q-Ban Hair Restorer as effective for gray or fading hair and blemish removal, with claims tied to Dr. Nott and O. M. Curtis, urging purchase and offering refunds after six bottles if unsatisfied.
The city plans a $162 million Catskill water project to supply 500 million gallons daily. The system will draw from 600 square miles of mountains and meadows with a 92 mile aqueduct and multiple reservoirs to secure long term needs.
Vendor transfers noted at the R. and C. office center on Hen motes with details showing eight hundred transfers recorded in the ledger.
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