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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
3
An advertisement for H B Stanley's Shoeshop at 30 West Oak Street promotes first class shoe repair and sales. Men and boys nailey sales priced 60 to 75 cents, sewed sales $1. Ladies sales listed 40 to 60 cents.
Governor Campbell accepts the resignation of banking and insurance commissioner T B Love effective February 1 1910 and names William E Hawkins to fill the vacancy. Red Cross relief funds for Cherry are largely unused with only salaries paid while 10000 remains available. Reverend R L Snyder was stabbed to death near Stephenville after a neighbor dispute. Oklahoma Governor C N Haskell suffers a severe indigestion attack drawing concern from aides. Washington debates a U S protectorate over Nicaragua with possible U S alone or joint action with Mexico.
Eddie Rivers was convicted at Lallas of burglarizing the J. F. Waggoner building in Grand Prairie and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
The president and secretary reported the Dallas fair earned profits totaling 31553.07 dollars for the past year. The figures reflect the event's financial outcome and are recorded in the annual report.
Post office in Denton Texas lists uncalled letters for the week ending December 12 1909. If not claimed by December 26 they will be sent to the Dead Letter office in Washington. Names include Miss Christine Alba Fay Adams and several others across Ladies and Gentlemen lists plus post cards and special delivery items.
Denton county farmers are urged to attend next Tuesday's meeting to organize a Denton County Farmers Institute. Officials including Judge E R Kane, Prof Charles Alvord, and others will address the gathering and discuss the potential black land experiment station location at Denton.
A compilation of Santa Claus requests from many children listing desired dolls, toy wagons, trains, firearms, candy, nuts, fruit, dresses, and household items. Include requests for poodles, dolls with eyes that open and shut, a piano, a streetcar, a fire wagon, and a train, with several children signing as friends.
An1920s style alert advertorial notes Parisian Sage cannot guarantee hair growth on bald heads. It cites a Belleville engineer who reports new hair after one bottle. The copy also mentions O M Curtis selling produtos, a money back guarantee for dandruff cure, and outlet in Denton.
Bedford store Curtis offers pottery brass candelabra candlesticks thermos bottles silver deposit perfume mesh hand bags and many more items. By far the best stock in town. Curtis has the goods.
Mrs. O. Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York hails Electric Bitters as a divine gift for women noting its powers to lift spirits boost vigor and promote health. The tonic is said to cure nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and dizziness and to help the weakened recover. 50c at J F Raley & Co.
Dento Plumbing Co asks all parties who borrowed wrenches and other tools to return them immediately. The note stresses the items are needed and urges prompt action.
Advertises Foley Urino Laxative as superior for women and children with a mild action and pleasant taste. Claims to cure constipation and contrasts with harsher purgatives like nuts and tablets. Harrison and Kimmins referenced.
A terse note argues that a want ad serves better than a for rent sign, noting its reach and immediacy for attracting prospects and conveying terms.
In Denton on December 15, cotton prices showed small fluctuations with Liverpool futures down and New York up. New Orleans sales reached 10,000 bales, turkeys paid up to a high rate, eggs firm at 27 to 30 cents a dozen, Fort Worth cattle receipts about 4,700 with beef steers up to 5.75, hogs around 2.42.
An advertisement warns of loss of appetite and stomach distress after eating and urges Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy. It claims the product safely aids digestion, offers money back if unsatisfied, and states doctors recommend it to customers daily.
Waterman pens Eastman kodaks Pickard china and Gillette razors make fine Christmas gifts. See them at Curtis for gift ideas and seasonal specials.
O M Curtis urges readers to try a 25 cent Rexall Dyspepsia Tablet box offering 15 days of treatment with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. He notes chronic cases require longer, and two larger 50 cent and 31 sizes are available, with Rexall Remedies sold only at the Rexall Store in Denton.
Turkeys sold as high as 15 cents a pound at Den tonis, the top price in a long period, with some birds at 14 cents. Demand outstrips supply as market arrivals are slow and scarce across the county.
On May 10 1907 J W Mitchell of Denton Texas executed a deed of trust for 72 63 acres in Block E Lot 6 M Forest survey to E T Broun in trust to secure a debt. Default on the indebtedness has occurred and the owner and in trust in Denton County Texas proceed with sale under the deed of trust records.
A festive ad urges readers to place coal orders before the rush for winter warmth and as a potential Christmas gift. It highlights phones for orders and emphasizes giving coal as a seasonal present.
A seven jewelled ladies wristwatch in a twenty year gold case offered for twenty two dollars and fifty cents as a Christmas item. Curtis offers the goods.
On the fourth day of January 1910, the first Tuesday of the month, between 10 am and 4 pm, at the county courthouse door in Denton, I. E. T. Broun, trustee, will sell the land described to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy the indebtedness secured by the deed of trust dated December 1909.
W. J Atkins toiled in a Banner Springs saw mill after fumes and dampness settled in his lungs. He tried many remedies until Dr King's New Discovery. After one bottle he recovered enough to return to work. The product relieves severe colds coughs and lung complaints.
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