A Good Resolution for the New Year
A brief caption notes a financial note about counting with the Exchange National Bank as part of a New Year resolution.
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
1
A brief caption notes a financial note about counting with the Exchange National Bank as part of a New Year resolution.
Rain and thawing weather spread across northern and eastern Texas, then a northwest wind cleared skies and dropped temperatures to 34 by Friday morning. Reports cite two inches or more in places, filling tanks and soaking ground for farm work. many stations log varying intensities from light to heavy, with notable totals at Taylor near two inches and Tyler as well. In Ardmore, Ben Lindsay of Ruckhorn died after a street duel, and assailant Jesse Hayes was wounded but likely to survive.
Fred Fleming, former president of Western Bank and Trust Co of Dallas, found guilty of receiving deposits while knowing the bank was failing. Jury imposed four years in prison. The Dallas bank failed in January 1907 with liabilities over a million and a half dollars, many depositors being poor.
Dec 23 dispatch says insurgents captured the El Paso Northwestern train last night and may have taken it to Casas Grandes. Rumors of fighting at the supply point for Mormon colonists. wires down and no further details yet. Officials plan to send a passenger train south at 1 PM.
The gin belonging to W. B. Matthews & Co. was destroyed by fire at 3 am. The blaze consumed 25 bales of cotton, two cars of cotton, and a wharf, with firemen saving a storehouse of 100 bales. Origin of the fire is unknown.
Lewis Johnson, a farmer six miles south of Amarillo, was arrested after attempting to send a black hand note to wealthy rancher J. S. Slade demanding 500 dollars. The money was to be left at a cemetery at midnight. An officer caught him as he claimed to investigate a reported ghost. He is held without bail.
A night collision on the Mexican International Railroad at Bajan left Freight Engineer Reynolds of Monedeira dead and the passenger engineer badly injured. A Mexican fireman was also hurt in the wreck between a passenger and a freight train.
Notice arrives that what purports to be the last will of the late M. B. Stout was filed with the Dallas Consistory Scottish Rite Masons and may be filed here soon. No prior trace or memorandum of a will was found after three weeks of search, and administratorship action was anticipated by business associates. The contents and filing status are not yet known locally.
Denton residents and organizations raise more than five hundred dollars in cash and supplies for the holiday drive. A women’s committee canvasses homes to deliver gifts to children and needy families with churches and lodges contributing. A Lee School meeting sets plans for distribution and to add any late lists of recipients.
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