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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1909
Page
3
Local advertises use of Sailes Livery stable for pleasure rides and trips to neighboring towns. J. W. Skiles is proprietor with Harry Clayton as chauffeur. Phone numbers listed as old 24 and new ae 245p.
A Chicago Tribune description explains the wire making process from four inch square bars heated and passed through rolls to form rods, then drawn and annealed to finer diameters. The rod is acid cleaned, lubricated, and drawn through progressively larger holes, with diamond dies used for ultra fine sizes, yielding lengths up to 15 000 miles.
An excerpt discusses a periodical image of a failed musicale with deserted chairs and exhausted hosts. The speaker questions why people seek pleasure yet endure self imposed pain and martyrdom in social duties. He cites a woman who would prefer being invited everywhere but attending nowhere as an example.
Washington's plague spots lie in the low marshy bottoms of the Potomac breeding malaria germs. The ad claims Electric Bitters destroy them and cure malaria and other ailments. A testimonial from R. M. James of Louellen South Carolina appears, promoting the tonic for stomach liver kidney and blood troubles and typhoid prevention. Guaranteed by J. F. Raley & Co.
The above cut shows the perspective of the building to house the Standard Business School to be erected in Denton. The project rests on a $10.4 guarantee from the Chamber of Commerce and a site. The three story pressed brick structure with cut stone will be fireproof and serve 1500 students, with a commercial college and correspondence courses. The completion of funds is expected within days and the catalog is being printed now for distribution.
Arthur Brisbane delivered a sharp critique of wealth at the Northcliffe dinner, praising the overlooked mass of ordinary Americans as the true source of power. He contrasted the “roots” of society with the flashy fruit of money and urged that honor and glory belong to those who risk all for the nation.
Wet precincts Reagan and Highbank in Falls county vote Saturday while Granger shows heat pop. An ailing B H Harrimay improves per his pastor. Rundress county jail escape ends in death of J W Griffin in Houston. Dallas man Kit R Fianary shot by wife. prognosis poor. West Texas Normal Locating board meets in Fort Worth to pick site. Brick bat kerosene remedy targets ball worm. Minneapolis minister blesses historic AA game opening. Decomposed unidentified woman found in Brackenridge park San Antonio dead two weeks. Abilene arrests of Baldwin and Power for shooting S H Webb released on bonds. Bleriot and Bhequet planes wreck at Rheims. Curtiss wins. Auto fatalities rise in St Louis.
Five people killed when a fast passenger train struck an auto near Waxahachie. Injuries to W D Bateman and R H Batt as the auto plunged into a ravine. Clarence Thompson’s car wrecked in Waxahachie, while B W Owens’ car in Fort Worth rolled over. Owens family injured. four other children lightly hurt. Monterey flood devastates region. 15,000 homeless, 20,000,900 in losses, 12 inches plus rain from Thursday to Sunday, thousands stranded with no water or power. government aid promised. More than 500 bodies recovered, city in crisis with no drinking water.
Ft Worth Aug 30 S H Webb shot Saturday afternoon by T E Baldwin of Abilene remains alive. Baldwin and E B Powers, present at the incident, face assault to murder charges with a trial set for 10 oclock tomorrow morning.
Brief item notes transfers of vendors at the R and C office. Nonspecific details indicate procedural updates in vendor records with no names or dates provided.
Denton reports show cotton prices advancing with Liverpool and New York futures firming. Seed cotton and lint values hover near 12 cents, while spot prices around 12.40 in New York and 12.36 in New Orleans remain steady, with moderate sales and a dull overall market. Fort Worth livestock supply remains steady with cattle and hogs priced accordingly.
Cotton lint price range per pound 12.75 to 12 cents seeding seed 100 pounds four dollars Corn per bushel at ears 70 to 75 cents wholesale 10 to 15 cents higher shelled 76 to 77 cents retail ten cents more Corn new per bushel 50 to 65 cents 75 pounds to the bushel Corn chops per 100 pounds wholesale 1.50 retail 5 to 10 percent higher Chick feed per 100 pounds wholesale 1.60 retail higher Bran per 100 pounds wholesale 1.20 retail 5 to 15 cents higher Baled wheat straw per ton six to six fifty Prairie hay per ton wholesale 10 to 11.50 retail bale 35 to 40 cents Johnson grass hay per ton wholesale 8.50 to 10 retail bale 30 cents Baled shucks per ton four Wheat No 2 per bushel 1.16 to ?
A detailed price table lists Trish potatoes, sweet potatoes, faJour, corn meal, lard, bacon, onions, peas, eggs, butter and butter fat. Wholesale and retail rates are given per bushel, peck, pound, or sack with small regional variations and delivery terms to residences or hotels.
The list shows TURKEYS and HENS priced per pound with various cents, FRYERS 1b at ten to twelve and a half cents, OLD ROOSTERS at one each, GUINEAS per dozen at $1.50, DUCKS per dozen at $3, and GEESE not listed. Hog prices per pound gross 5 to 7 cents, COWS per pound gross 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cents.
The term hides is shown with prices per pound for green hides seven to sixteen cents, and dry hides nine to eighteen cents per pound depending on weight and condition.
A playful prompt invites readers to use the Record and Chronicle Lost and Found columns to recover misplaced items by placing an advertisement. It emphasizes that submitting notices helps owners reclaim belongings.
The fragment mentions an update of records at a chronicle pay site with emphasis on timing and changes. It hints at a verification step and a possible review of entries. Further readable detail is not provided to confirm specifics.
A Democratic speaker denounces trusts and protective tariffs, cites coal price spikes and Panama Canal talk, accuses Cannon and Aldrich of wielding control. He praises Texas education efforts and Denton as the Athens of Texas, urging tariff removal to curb trusts and lower prices nationwide.
In an interview with Hessig Ellis Drug Co one of the South s largest wholesalers notes unprecedented demand for Q Ban Hair Restorer and Q Ban Hair Tonic. The dealer claims sales to druggists exceed those of similar preparations and a money back guarantee is offered if hair color does not lighten to youth.
A visitor recalls a mountain camp breakfast where polenta, called by a charming Italian name, proves to be cornmeal mush in disguise. The host insists polenta by Antonina is excellent, blurring distinctions between the Italian term and the American staple.
Lord Rosmead, then Sir Hercules Robinson, as governor of New South Wales in the early seventies admitted Fiji as a special part of the empire. He noted that the great chiefs spoke through professional criers on staff and, amused as an Irishman, urged that action often spoke louder than words.
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