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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
2
A fragment listing subscription terms appears with phrases one month delivered six months by mail in advance and one year by mail in advance. The text includes scattered alphanumeric placeholders and a small set of numbers such as 22.50 and 4.00.
A Fort Worth Record item notes Governor's doubt on an extra session amid political fret over currency reform. Denton supports flood relief with a county subscription drive and urges early, generous giving to aid Texas sufferers and fund road and social initiatives.
The Bureau projects a 1913 cotton crop of 13,677,000 bales, down from 13,703,000 last year but higher than the 14,515,000 bales recorded in 1911, exclusive of linters. The figures frame 1913 as a banner year for production.
Washington dispatch reports the 1913-14 U S cotton crop is estimated at 13,677,000 bales of 500 pounds excluding linters, lower than last year’s 13,703,424 bales. State totals and values are listed, with Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, and other states detailed along with local estimates by buyers.
In the December American Magazine Harry Wallace Phillips presents a Red Saunders story with comic setup about a Boston poll-parrot and a Dutch cuckoo-clock. The narrator laments a day of missteps, fate’s barbs, and a rustic Dora praised as a country-made ribbon cane syrup. ad copy urges readers to place Dora in their pantry via LONG & KING.
Turner Bros announces in stock a complete line of fruit cake ingredients and invites customers to phone for details.
Local cotton men and others who backed their short crop expectation feel elated by today’s government estimate. A sharp advance followed the release and traders expect lively demand as the report counters prior trade forecasts.
The Shakespeare Club Literary Department met December fith at Mrs. F. A. Haustein's home. Members prepared for a Christmas stocking project for Denton children. Miss Nora Jones spoke on Ophelia's Love for Hamlet and Act III scenes were studied. Next union meeting set for December 29 at Prof. McDonald’s with Miss Blanton. The page includes a joke about last names from Lippincott’s.
The Women’s Mission Society of Central Presbyterian Church will host a social meeting led by Mrs. Davie. The program includes Devotional, Song, On Greenland’s Icy Mountains map talk by Mrs. Blewett, paper on Mountaineers by Mrs. Criddle, Foreign Topics School Life in Persia by Mrs. Vitz, Syria conditions by Mrs. Miller, and Mission prayers by Mrs. McClurkan.
Special rate of 3 percent per year payable in advance for Rural Route patrons on four Denton routes. Trial subscription 4 months for $1.00. Send you at least a trial subscription. This costs 2 cents a month and less than a penny a day.
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