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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
4
George Harmonson of near Justin reports forty acres of peanuts yielding about forty bushels per acre plus hay. Nuts valued at 80 cents per bushel may fetch higher prices when fed to hogs ready for market. The rest is an old advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and a laxative sales pitch.
Twelve male juniors at the High school faced a disciplinary incident prompting a called School Board session. Pupils were offered two options for sanction an apology to the offended party or a corporal punishment licking. After discussion the board presented the choice and the students decided to take the lickings. The incident stirred excitement across the student body.
City schools close Friday afternoon for an extended Christmas vacation through December 31. The delay is due to teachers attending the County and City Institute meeting convening here next Monday.
Recent probate docket orders list temporary guardians for Mamie Good and Wm T Holland minors with bonds of 800 and 200, appointments of appraisers for several estates, and administration filings for E J Cole H H Bryant and Austin Choate minors. Salted peanuts ad ends with Bob West's offer and Turner Bros grocery ad.
We suggest practical gifts from Rochester ware including chafing dishes, percolators, serving dishes, crumb sets, pitchers, kettles, and more at modest prices. Community Silver offers spoons, knives, forks, bowls, trays, and vases with a 56 year guarantee, plus cut glass and other items.
A new suit in the District court styles Walter Frank versus Myrtle Frank for divorce. Marion Evers suffers from a nail wound in his foot after stepping on a rusty nail Thursday afternoon. The First Methodist church choir will meet at 7 30 for weekly rehearsal directed by A G Pfaff. Deed filed Friday transfers 12 8 acres from Charles Pettit and wife to J T Jackson in the Del 8 S Brewster survey southwest of the city for 7150 dollars. News reaches here that the Katy will adopt a new time card effective January 5 altering current train numbers below 100 for dispatcher convenience.
A frayed plea to dismiss weather blame and promote Vinel tonic cites a Vineland NJ case praising strength restored after illness. Evangelist F. Young begins a Whitewright two week meeting after a Nueces trip yielding seven conversions and a new sixty-member congregation. Bucklen's Arnica Salve ad touts skin relief and healing uses at 25c.
The Denton Elks Club organizes a Christmas night dance with Clif ford Witherspoon B. W. Blewett and L. T. Millican named to lead arrangements. Open houses will be held for members on Christmas day and Turner Bros advertises convenient grocery service.
Mrs Rennie Mahan advertises rooms for rent at 200 West Sycamore Street offering nearby lodging 170 steps from the Normal school grounds. Contact details include her name and address.
Mrs W G Langley of Dallas is visiting Denton relatives G W Ballard remains in town for holidays James Reynolds of Athens Tenn visits his brother Ab Reynolds Mrs Frank Tompkins of Aubrey visits sister Mrs C Lingcomb Mrs Frank A Tompking of Pilot Point visits sister Mrs C Lipscomb Miss Margaret Schnably returns to Denton from Argyle after illness Mrs Gober Wright and children visit from near Sanger to Mr and Mrs B H Deavenport A group travels to Dallas including Mr and Mrs J D Bell Miss Claude Bell and Mr and Mrs Chas Pettit Rev R L Rogers of Pilot Point preaches at Cumberland Presbyterians North Street church Mrs F B McMath of Carrollton returns home with Miss Willie Braghears for a few days
An advertisement touts a home asthma cure from FrontiersAthma Company offering free trial treatment and information. The notice provides a room address in Buffalo New York for readers to contact the company for details without charge.
T A McGalliary of Garza, visiting Friday, states he has planted his last broom corn and will grow peanuts instead. He previously farmed about ten acres of broom corn, yielding around three tons sold at about 100 dollars per ton, but labor to prepare the corn for market outweighed the profit.
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as restoring hair color, curing dandruff, and improving scalp health. It notes home use historical limits, drugstore availability, and a fifty cent price with a money back guarantee, plus a note about salted peanuts from Bob West.
Mayor Fd Bates calls a gathering of the Park commission in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon of next week. The body will be organized at the session and any other business deemed advisable will be addressed after organize.
All day rain helps planting season. Prof. Durham attends funeral in Venton. W. W. and A. J. Robertson travel to Dallas. Clayton Harris sick with grip. Waketon Camp W O W elects 1913 officers including McCreless and Calvert families. Minor ill with pneumonia. Hopkins return to Lisbon from visit with ill Charles Calvert. Bert Street back from Austin. Box supper at China Chapel for school funds Thursday night.
New line of gift hooks at Minnis' drug store promises handy use for every shopper. Red velvet poinsettias for sale at Mrs Dickson's Millinery Parlors, marketed in partnership with Wilson-Hann Co.
A classic advertisement touts Diapepsin as quick relief for upset stomachs. It claims the medicine aids digestion within five minutes, prevents gas and sourness, and lets people eat foods they enjoy without fear. Fifty cent large case at drug stores.
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