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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1910
Page
3
Friends of Horace Melton contribute 651.80 to a relief fund aiding his recovery from serious injuries sustained in a Sanger fire. The donor group remains unnamed while supporting Melton through medical and recovery expenses.
When joints are stiff or muscles sore from cold or rheumatism or when you sprain a joint strain a side or bruise yourself the advertisement claims killer will take out the soreness and fix you right. Always have it with you and use it with no substitutes. Perry Davis Painkiller is priced at 25 35 and 50 cents.
Ponder notes list visits and travels of residents from Denton Gainesville Decatur and West Texas. Etta Myers from Denton visits sister Mrs Wilkins. H W Proffer from Gainesville visits brother FE F Proffer. Anna Gale visits from Denton. Prairie Chapel enrolls 79 with improved attendance after colds.
In Denton on February 9 prices for cotton rose with New York quotes climbing to 15.20 for spots and 14.95 for the close. Liverpool futures show gains with March-April at 7.85 open and 7.90 close. New Orleans and Galveston spots hold at 15 cents. Local eggs slump to 20 cents trade, Fort Worth cattle and hogs show gains with beef steers at 5.80 and hogs to 8.55.
Prairie Mound residents report moderate weather and active social life. Newt and Joe Fincher visited Justin. Andrew Faught shows improvement. Mrs Jarrell visits Temple. Will Faught and Turner Faught travel to Argyle and Justin. Sunday school reorganized with many attendees. Mrs. Turner's baby is very ill. E M Mitchell and H F Freeman visit Denton. C V Roach visits near Suny dale.
Dana Early and wife of McKunney visit Mr and Mrs Lybarger. Martha Weddle visits relatives in Mustang. J A Haren funeral attended at Pilot Point. Lewis Tate and wife visit Lem Tate. Henry Fandforg J W Allen visit Whitewright on business. Lee Wardlow of Dallas visits. Mrs Wilkins of Pilot Point visits daughter Mrs Coffey and Mrs Appleby of Washington and Mrs Richardson of Cleborne visit Powledge. Effie McNabb of Pilot Point visits. Amy Frazell of Sherman visits in the city.
In Spring Hill on February 8 the weather stays favorable for farming. Will Wand of Chicago visits his brother G. B. Wand. Mrs. M. E. Parrish and Mrs. J. C. Kelly call on Mrs. J. A. Williams Tuesday evening. Arthur Walden visits relatives near Mustang Saturday night. A social by Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Wand Saturday night is praised. Mrs. Lamb is ill. Singing occurs at Eq Rhea's Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stewart visit friends near Liberty Sunday.
Bartonville residents report small travels and visits this week with Mrs B Breeding and Mrs Sarah Gilbs to Denton while Will Loard and wife were in Denton. Ben Hudson visited near Justin and Laura Scott stayed in Fort Worth. Clifton Simmons is ill. Mrs Bell Geter visited Emma Medows in Tarrant county. Maud Lawrence and son Alfred visited sister Bessie Chambers in Argyle. First Monday attendees listed incl J R Chambers and others. Bertha Breeding and Stella Simmons visited cousin Sarah Lester in Waketey. Ben Taylor and wife went to Fred McKinney. McKinney and wife in W Chambers and wife in Argyle. Will Wallace went to Argyle.
Rest and Sleep. A cold and cough plague many in winter but Simmons' Cough Syrup is claimed to be the fastest and best remedy. It soothes lungs and bronchial passages, stops the cough at once, and brings rest and peaceful sleep.
Wheat is looking fine and oats show some progress though many have been killed. Some will sow over and others will not. Farmers use the good weather while bad colds spread. Mrs. Arthur Rodrick recovers from eight weeks of typhoid fever. Billie Yount also improving.
News from Green Valley reports fair weather and active farm work as farmers prepare for another crop. Several residents are mentioned including illnesses and visits such as Mr Caraway sick Mrs Haburn seriously ill and Mrs Hawkins recovering after throat cancer surgery. A horse wreck involved Gene George's horse but caused no serious injuries.
The Rounds All-star Specialty company with a nine member ladies orchestra will perform the fifth item in the Normal College Lyceum Course at the college auditorium Thursday night. This marks the Rounds company fifteenth season with three transcontinental tours.
Denton Texas residents report kidney pain and urinary issues from backache to Bright's disease. The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure, citing Mrs J N Puckett and family using the remedy since 1905 with praised results for children. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo and all dealers at 50 cents.
Corinth reports continued fine weather aiding farm work. Wheat and oats look promising for a strong crop. Denton caller J. M. Evans sowed oats for feed. S. L. Carpenter relocates a house on his farm from B. S. Watson to the northwest corner. Mrs. Nettie Williams visits Dallas. Miss Dell Woods stays in Lewisville with a sick cousin.
Prairie Chapel records a recent beneficial rain easing wheat and oat farming and improving ground conditions. The report notes fewer illnesses than last week but mentions serious cases. a baby of John Jones died and was buried at Tyson cemetery. The illness of Mrs. B F Habern is reported, with further calls to Rev Lee Habern and others in nearby towns.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. cure requires internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on the blood and mucous surfaces and is described as a regular prescription from a top physician. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, with testimonials offered. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Elder F. L. Young of the Pearl Street Church returns from Whitewright after a two week revival. He will leave Friday for Amarillo to discuss the recently extended call to become pastor there.
Long and King advertise a single contact for groceries inviting customers to call 44 for orders and deliveries. No additional details provided.
The Denton plant is turning out several hundred rods of wire fence daily with strong orders. It is the third loom west of the Mississippi and will be kept at capacity to serve an enormous tributary territory.
A famous beauty expert advocates Rexall Mucu-Tone as a cure for systemic catarrh, claiming impurities in blood cause dull complexions and weakness. The letter from Mme. Swift of New York asserts the tonic restores vitality by purifying blood and aiding mucous membranes, promising money back if not effective.
The funeral of Judge D B Bryant was held in Sherman on Tuesday with many distinguished attendees. The report notes the event amid a day of rain and rising Seine river conditions causing alarm.
The Railroad Commissioners in Austin began the cotton rate fight. The Galveston Houston price gap and cost compression issues have been removed from the case.
Plans under consideration in Washington call for a national reception for Theodore Roosevelt expected around June 15. President Taft would take the star role in welcoming the former president.
Representative Henry of Texas clashed with Senator Boutell of Illinois who defends the Aldrich and Cannon doctrines. Henry pressed Boutell on the high cost of living and the distress it causes school children in Chicago, a charge that remained unanswered.
The suit No. 5147 filed December 28, 1909 seeks title to a 60 acre tract in Denton County. Plaintiff C. C. Horton claims fee simple, possession, and adverse occupancy since before 1909, with a 320 acre Vincent Sutton survey origin. Defendants Elzey Stockton and heirs, William A. Purnell and heirs, M. I. S. Morriss and heirs, B. W. Lewis and Elizabeth Lewis and heirs are summoned by publication for the 1910 Denton County district court term.
W. E. Durbin indicates C C Houston held 60 acres later sold through multiple parties from 1861 to 1869 with deeds and powers of attorney destroyed by fire. The petition seeks substitute lost deeds, correction of an erroneous grantee name Thomas Warren, removal of clouds on title, and a trial judgment affirming title along with general and special relief. Damages claim includes diminished use valued at 500 dollars. Court date requested at next regular term.
Heavy rain last Tuesday night slowed land breaking. Attendance at Belt literary society included Ralph Yeek Fred Larkin Homer Graham Tom Hill Jesse Stuart and Virgil Cargt. Grandma Reach returns from Wise county to Alton. Mrs J H Sublett ill. Rev Kimble preached at Alton. Will Trigg visits Henry Williams in Center over weekend.
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