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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1910
Page
4
Deaton Transfer Company led by W. H. Land offers a special student price: when four passengers share a cab, a round trip is priced at $1. The service handles all baggage as a specialty and operates day and night at usual rates.
Contractor Whitlock halts work on the new Science building at North Texas Normal due to weather. With much material on the ground and excavation largely finished, crews will resume once conditions allow steady work.
A daily roundup shows J L Goft and Frank McDonald visiting from Argyle and Pilot Point respectively. Several locals recover or improve from fever and pneumonia, with Miss Sophie Moore in a critical condition. Stonewall Jackson school patrons organize an adjunct with officers elected and meetings set for January 18.
C W Patterson completed a neat cottage on Ash street. John Sublett is building another house on his farm southeast of the city. A 19 pound boy was born Friday morning to Claude Cook and wife, three miles north of the city. G W Elbert bought 2 head hogs from Joe Hawk south of town at 7c. hogs light. The Gullet estate north of Krum, 245 acres, sold to E H Singleton at 35 per acre, through A M Miller of Des Moines, Iowa.
Adjunct societies of the Denton School Improvement club were organized at all three school buildings Friday afternoon. Offers were elected at each site and plans made for the next meeting on January 21. Attendance was fair to good despite bad weather and enthusiasm was strong for public school betterment.
A Friday afternoon gathering in the R. E. Lee school auditorium elected officers for the adjunct club. Supt. Carlisle called the meeting to order and names were chosen for president vice president secretary and other posts. A program and invitation committee were set, with the next meeting slated for January 21 at 3 30 in the Lee building auditorium. Weather kept the crowd small but attendees offered valuable suggestions and urged broad parent teacher cooperation.
An attendance at Sam Houston West Side for an adjunct of the School Improvement Society was held Friday afternoon with Mr Porter presiding. Officers elected: Mrs F L Young president, Mrs Claude Bell vice president, Hugh Porter secretary. A teachers committee was named for invitations and Miss Sandifer Sledge and Hoskins were chosen to prepare the next program for Friday January 21 at 4 15 at the school building.
Community church listings outline Sunday School times and worship services for Cumberland Presbyterian Oak Street M E Pearl Street Church of Christ First Christian First Presbyterian Westminster M E South American Presbyterian and First Baptist churches with pastors, schedules, and invitations. Includes choir, leagues, and special topics for morning and evening sermons. Also notes business greeting and contact details for D R Turner storefront.
Min nis' Drug Store advertises prescription compounding while Denton Trust Company offers rapid land loans with low interest rates. A compact local notice highlighting services and financing options.
To the Public. Do not conclude we are leaving the lumber business in Denton. Our present quarters are for rent but we will soon have better and more convenient locations. We thank customers for past favors and solicit continued patronage with our best and prompt attention. H. H. Hardin & Co. Also note S. A. Bushey for first class concrete or brick work.
J. S. Abbott, pure food and dairy commissioner, returned from New Orleans where he investigated whiskey made from molasses. Taft’s ruling defines whiskey differently. Abbott holds only true whiskey may be sold in Texas, excluding molasses liquor from Texas markets and forcing molasses whiskey makers to operate in Louisiana.
The Reagan Literary Society will present an 8 o'clock program at the college auditorium with a violin solo by Florence Foster, address by J. Garland Shelton, reading by M. Greenwood Hardy, violin quartet, and a debate on whether the United States should dispose of island possessions. Judges to render a decision.
Five new students joined the College of Industrial Arts since Christmas, bringing total enrollment to 220 as classes resume. The Toledo based institution includes Omo Staite in Lat cas county and is currently led by senior partner Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co., who offers a one hundred dollar reward for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Five head of cattle four belonging to the Hilger family and one to P C Storrie were frozen to death along with three hogs on the Hilger place west of town during the extreme cold Thursday night. A local watch and jewelry repair ad from Curtis promises prompt work with guaranteed satisfaction and reasonable charges.
Gullet heirs land one mile north of Krum sold to E H Singleton for 35 dollars an acre. Denton residence corner Sycamore and Center streets valued at 2500 dollars. Mound City paints costs noted. Simmons Cough Syrup advertised for subscribers and winter trials.
At a Lewisville stockholders meeting the Lewisville Enterprise reports the bank directors elected D F Kirkpatrick Frank Davis R L Donald Hood Cunningham Alvin Hill T H Jenkins and J W Degan. The directors then chose J W Degan as president Frank Davis as vice president and Alvin Hill as cashier.
Denton Trust Company announces funds available to loan on solid farm real estate. Local lenders invite inquiries from landowners seeking favorable terms and reliable financing options.
Street taxes for 1910 are due. Pay $3 before February 1 or $5 after. Taxes may be paid to B. H. Deavenport at the Denton County National Bank as treasurer.
The Christian Endeavor society of the American Presbyterian church convenes Sunday January 9 with the topic Soul Winning for Christ. Miss Ethel Baker leads the session, includes song I'll go where you want me to go and a leader's prayer for zeal in soul winning. Members answer questions on personal work and share experiences.
East McKinney Street store advertises a complete line of groceries. The notice highlights a wide assortment for shoppers seeking everyday pantry items and household goods.
J O Bell former president of the Texas Bill Posters association says Thomas J Lynch now head of the National League of baseball clubs is also a bill poster owning plants in New Britain Conn and nearby towns. He notes Lynch in yesterday's Record and Chronicle as king of umpires turned baseball president.
Southbound times list 3 des limited 8 30 am 281 Canas branch 12 05 pm 205 Flyer 1 3 pm. Northbound runs 9 47 am 12 30 pm Garza Flyer 182 Dallas branch 4 25 pm 7 20 pm P. S 02 0 m
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