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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1910
Page
4
The Shakespea club's Fountain Fund gathers donations from schoolchildren and locals to install sanitary fountains. Helpers distributed nickel slips to students, aiming to raise over $100 with Central and West Side schools leading, and plan to finish by next fall.
A crowded house saw four act comedy drama The American Hustler performed by local talent at Wrights Opera House Saturday night. Fred Bottort as Robert Belter led a strong cast including Miss Ross Poe Miss Eva Poe and Turner Roark. The show was well received and praised for its performers and overall production and may be repeated. Proceeds benefited the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The February term opened with Judge Clem B B Potter presiding. Grand jurors named F E Tobin E M Rucker Tom Swafford J H Hughes A W Robertson G W Durham John Harmonson Wylie C Smith Burl Calvert W B Montgomery J T Atred and G Hester were sworn. The judge urged secrecy, noted election and local option laws, warned against perjury, and cautioned against indicting for show. J N Page was named door bailiff and the railway case versus Lee Zumwalt was dismissed at plaintiff's cost.
Trial treatment and complete information offered free by Frontier Asthma Company located Room 702 Buffalo New York.
J E Hollers offers West Hickory Street residents a year to pay for concrete sidewalk work in monthly installments. The plan promises the customers will not lose what they have laid out by year’s end. Interested parties are urged to call 165 to line up the project from the Baptist church to the Norma con sore.
Local testimonial from C. G. Young of Okeene Oklahoma endorses Hunt's Lightning Oil. He says after trying many liniments he settled on Hunt's and found it unmatched. If it fails others are unnecessary.
J. B. McCabe promotes a loan company operating 25 years in Denton County offering 50 to 60 percent loans on any land with good title. He emphasizes reasonable interest, quick processing, and references, inviting applications from Denton Collin Dallas Wise and Cooke counties.
Advertising note touts Capudingé as a remedy for headache and nervous tension. Claims to clear the head and nerves and to fit one for business, with availability at drug stores.
J. M. Gurlbey offers Denton first class sidewalks using top sand and gravel from his pit and cement mix. He touts long lasting construction, claims prices are now available, and provides a new phone number 347-Blue for contact.
Editor J. P. Sosrman of Cornelius bruised his leg badly and an ugly sore followed. Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it thoroughly after many salves failed. It claims to help ulcers burns bruises and more. 25 cents at J. F. Raley & Co.
S Ball of Avenue B donated a substantial check to the Denton Fire Department after their efforts to save his burned home. Firefighters rely on such remembrances to fund aid for injured members and lost wages during recovery from injuries in service. The department provides limited financial relief beyond its fundraising.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as they do not reach the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional illness requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is said to be a regular prescription from a top physician and not a quack medicine. Send for testimonials. Hall's Family Pills aid constipation.
Readable notice notes hay and corm seed oats including Red Rust Proof variety offered by C. F. Witherspoon and Son. Daw!
Elder D 38 delivered a sermon at Pearl Street Church of Christ as 84 day events were noted. J M Gurley finished installing a walk and curb for Mrs Allison on West Oak street. A Martha Washington Stroll at the College of Industria features Washington’s birthday events tonight from 7 to 10 30. Edwards Alexander paid a high price for a cow at 2 2e per pound gross. Denton shipped 3650 bales of cotton by Friday night with total expected near 3800.
At a church meeting of the Westminster League of the First Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon, officers were elected: W. T. Evers president, Elizabeth Storrie vice president, Sibyl Aldredge secretary, and S. C. Beall treasurer.
An advertisement notes a man’s earnings go to doctors and medicines for stomach liver or kidney troubles, claiming Dr King’s New Life Pills cure these ailments at slight cost. Also touted for dyspepsia indigestion biliousness constipation jaundice malaria and fever with 25e at J F P Raley & Co.
A notice invites the College Boy orchestra to Wright's Opera House for an evening performance. The group is described as exceptionally clever and a sure cure for the blues, promising a pleasant night of music.
The Majestic hosted an illustrated lecture titled The Ups and Downs of Life by Dr. D. S. Ligon. Both matinee and night shows drew large audiences, with the matinee reportedly packing one of the theater’s best crowds and many returning for the evening performance despite competing events at the opera house and other venues.
A parade of residents and guests drops into town from Sanger Krom Justin Gazza Lewisville Pilot Point Adbury Joplin Go yington Corsicana and Sweetwater. Notable mentions include J H Wilson M L Chandler and E J Farrington visiting from various locales with several locals reported for court business or health notes.
The readable fragment lists multiple person surnames and places such as Taylor Gainesville Dallas Fort Worth Chicago Evansville and Terre Morgan with scattered initials, suggesting a damaged notice or roster. No cohesive event or outcome is evident.
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