Denton Links to Macadam Roads and Parcel Post Debate
The 1912 Denton paper discusses subscription rates and public notices, then shifts to road improvements in Lewisville and the county. It laments express-company opposition to parcel post while urging prompt, satisfactory work across precincts. It notes Washington publicity and local politics with a critical eye on rates and reforms.
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Lewisville
Commissioners’ Court
Denton County
Washington
Real Capital News
Post
Express
Express Companies
Publicity Bureau Pushes Sugar Tariff Revision Debate
The piece argues that Texas papers received a Publicity Bureau story claiming that failing to pass the sugar tariff revision would lure capital to sugar beet factories in Texas. It asserts benefits to the Sugar Trust and hints at widespread proffered articles to generate publicity for monumental beet factories.
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Texas
Sugar Trust
Coors
Senator Culberson backs Wilson for president
Texas Senator Culberson urged Woodrow Wilson as the only candidate to unite progressive and independent Republicans and to hold Democrats. He favored a Texas presidential primary but said it likely won’t happen and endorsed Wilson for president.
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Culberson
Texas
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Gov. Wilson
Terrible storm nearly claims Mason man
L A Stid of Mason Michigan recalls a merciless storm leaving him with a dreadful cold and chest pains. A neighbor provided Dr King s New Discovery which gave relief as his doctor feared pneumonia. After continuing the medicine two bottles cured him. Six and a half dollars? Price 50 cents and 1 60 trial bottle free. Guaranteed by J F Raley Co
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L. A
Mason
Mich
J. F. Raley & Co
Seed and Garden Goods From LONG and KING
Local seed house LONG and KING invites orders for field and garden seed. Customers can specify varieties and quantities to fulfill their planting needs. Store promises complete stock and prompt service.
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Long & King
Hall's Catarrh Cure Aimed at Blood and Mucous Surfaces
Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to be absorbed into the blood to affect mucous membranes, marketed as a non quack treatment. The formula is said to combine tonics and blood purifiers, with testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Meat ticket sale offer from ITEAL RESTAURANT and Denton Traction Go
A terse notice advertises meat ticket sales and savings at ITEAL RESTAURANT with a Denton traction company listing. Details are sparse but indicate promotional pricing on baled oat and wheat straw around six dollars per ton.
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Denton Traction
Local Patent Remedy Promises Cure for Various Ailments
A reader from Danville Virginia credits Drainge's New Life Pit with curing distress described as heart related and digestive troubles. The advertises it as a remedy for stomach liver and kidney issues constipation headaches and debility sold by J F Raley & Co.
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W. Evans
Danville Va
Drainge
J. F. Raley & Co
Portraits, Dreams, and a River Road Back View
Miss Cynthia awakens to dreams of paintings by a traveling artist, Alan Kent, who sketches Bluff residents and their surroundings. Miss Selina Sue gleams over a life sized Adoniram likeness, while Mary Ellen and others discuss art, love, and gossip amid a tense moral frame in the Bluff barn and a river road scene.
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Flarity Twins
Painters’ Union
Singer
Alan
Whistler
Jerusalem
Heaven
Mary Ellen Dobbs
Miss Kinney
Mary Ellen
Ethel Maud
Selina Sue
Cynthia
Cynthie
River Road
Miss Selina Sue
Adoniram Millsaps
Mr. Dobbs
Adoniram
Adontram
Honey Child
Misa Selina Sue
Mrs. Jackson Page
Miss Cynthia
University Avenue
Evelyn Branch
Cherie
Washington
Alan Kent
The Gospel Boat Meeting Opens with Early Morning Calm
A breezy Gospel Boat Meeting note describes Miss Selina Sue Friday on the thirteenth dawn, as Miss Cynthia greets a clear mild morning and the scene begins yet another religious gathering.
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Cynthia
D.D.D. Promises Instant Itch Relief for Eczema
A newspaper ad touts D.D.D. as superior for eczema and promises a trial size bottle for 25 cents. It urges readers to avoid substitutes and guarantees a full size bottle with no charge if it does not relieve the itch at once.
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D.D.D
Stern
City visitor thrills summer plans and gossip
Miss Cynthia and Evelyn discuss a mysterious handsome man seen in the city while recalling a winter affair. A chase on a street yields no trace as Har old and others fail to find him before night. The fragment hints at social intrigue with a hint of a continuing story.
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Kate
Miss Cynthia
Evelyn
Harold
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