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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
2
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A nutrition note argues single foods can provide better balance than mixed meals. It cites wheat fat, starch. oats and corn fat. unpolished rice balanced and digestible. bananas low protein yet endurance gains under banana diets. Japanese work on unpolished rice noted. Excessive mixing wastes vitality and adaptation time affects efficiency.
A San Antonio tale tells of beans sprouting from a Mexican laborer’s ear and a cherry tree growing from Munchausen’s head in a distant past. The piece links tall tales to local street crossing concerns and laments muddy, unsafe walks on the West Side near schools.
The speaker urges quick action on crosswalks at all school areas, noting 600 plus children pass daily and stressing crossings be placed where need is greatest and where residents have already installed sidewalks. Emphasizes starting the work soon.
The county court accepted Alsworth’s resignation but questioned permanent loss of the farm demonstration work. His report asserts the program greatly boosted yields: corn by 27% per acre versus traditional methods and cotton seed production up to 274 pounds per acre gain, though the long term payoff remains uncertain.
The report shows demonstration land produced 4,240 extra bushels of corn on 488 acres and 90,764 additional pounds of cotton on 209 acres. At 60 cents a bushel and about 12.5 cents a pound, gains total approximately 5,725.74 dollars, surpassing the county’s 45.75 monthly share of the agent’s salary. The results credit the demonstration methods for higher yields.
C B Rader of Lewisburg West Virginia thanks Electric Bitters for curing a ten year rheumatism and stomach trouble. The ad touts dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and kidney poisons remedies with a guarantee and a 50 cent price at J F Raley Co.
A San Francisco era notice promotes fresh apples from Colorado and a variety of fruits and nuts. Smith & Webster invite delivery and phone orders from West Oak Street with old phone 470. Turner Bros advertise fruit cake ingredients and a Palmer’s sign on the awning.
A light rain fell Sunday as Sanger residents reported church meetings and visits. Rev. J B Henderson moves to Rosston to preach this year while Frankie Stoup was sick. Residents discussed visits among Gainesville Denton and New Mexico travel plans and a local newspaper sale to Mr. Hamilton of Lewisville.
A shuffled page of advertisements promotes today’s issue, urging readers to peruse the progressive store ads for potential finds. The blurb hints at valuable items and pocketbook savings hidden within the promotional content.
Rochester Ware showcases new electric appliances including coffee machines irons electric stoves chaffing dishes drills and percolators in window displays inviting shoppers to view the collection.
Red velvet point trims offered for sale through Mrs Dickson's millinery parlors in association with Wilson-Hann Co. Products marketed to fashionable shoppers seeking decorative trims for hats and garments.
An English observer in America praises silk stockings as cheap and alluring in department stores while recalling a floor walker showing endless aisles of hosiery to a married man in search of pretty silk. The piece contrasts consumer enchantment with the cruelty of animal acts, urging restraint and awareness of show business tricks.
The article claims the four nosed snake is Mexico's most deadly reptile, reaching four to six feet long with sixteen fangs two to four inches thick, exhibiting bulldog ferocity and Egyptian asp venom. It ends by promoting Palmer's advertisement and Bob West's salted peanuts.
A compiled editor note requests brief plain one sided letters to Santa Claus. The sample includes numerous children from local addresses asking for dolls trains toys candy nuts fruit and other holiday gifts in a style mimicking early 20th century Philadelphia area letters.
Advertises Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy that breaks a cold within hours. Claims a dose every two hours for three doses cures grippe and relieves headache sore throat nasal symptoms and rheumatic pains with no quinine in a 25 cent package available from any druggist.
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