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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1909
Page
4
Mrs. Sitz of Krum told R. and C. reporters she sold 57.50 worth of eggs from 100 hens from Christmas 1907 to Christmas 1908 at 15 cents a dozen. She brought four turnips totaling twenty pounds grown on black land. Last season Mrs. Litz sold a 10.25 pound cabbage, one of the largest seen here.
Two horses believed stolen from Mrs. S. G. Roberts have been recovered and returned to their stable. The incident was noted in local classifieds and Record advertisement listings.
Workers will repair fire damage at the Cottage hotel where the roof caved in and part of the second floor was broken. The project aims to restore operations in about fifteen days. Insurance firms told proprietor Mr. Leach through agent O P Poe they are behind in claims and an adjuster is not yet available. settlement will follow once a representative arrives.
The Record and Chronicle announces a limited six run free advertising feature for farms to rent in the county. Property owners with unoccupied farms can place listings at no charge to attract potential tenants.
Plenty of good dry wood. Ring me up. Both phones. 134¢ G. W. ELBERT. 10 WORDS, 6 TIMES, 30c.
An old health rule promotes keeping the head cool and feet warm using a hot water bottle. Available in two to four quarts priced from 2.00 to 2.50, with durable value. Phone 52 to order.
Evers Stoves and Heaters announce price increases across products. Cook stoves rise to seven dollars, ranges thirty, Barter oil heaters three fifty, with a MERIT based trade program emphasized to customers.
Pleas of guilty dominated the criminal docket with several fines and jail terms. More civil cases were scheduled, including debts, accounts, and damages, with numerous parties named and dates set for trial across multiple weeks.
The notice promotes Minnis' Drug Store in Denton offering prescription work and notary services backed by competency and equipment from the Denton Trust Company.
An important meeting of Denton lodge No. 897, B P O Elks, will be held at the club rooms tonight and every member is urged to attend. Some business of more than ordinary importance will be taken up and disposed of at this session.
Terrill Jasper of Denton mourns as his daughter Claud Dee Jasper dies in Lewisville after a long diphtheria illness. Doctors administered about 20,000 anti toxin units, the largest dose yet seen in this region. The child is interred at China Chapel cemetery. Terrill Jasper is gravely ill, suspected diphtheria from caring for his child.
The notice pitches a loan on farm land at seven percent interest as a lower rate alternative to high farm loan charges. It emphasizes affordable funding tied to land security and urges farmers to consider the offered rate.
Miss Ruby Holly died Tuesday morning at her stepfather J. P. Moore’s home in South Denton after a lengthy pneumonia illness. The body will be shipped Tuesday night to Dublin for interment on Wednesday.
The Callahan Dramatic company started a three nights engagement at Wright’s opera house with A Soldier of the Empire. The performance featured strong comedy and emotional passages, attracting apparent audience satisfaction and frequent applause. Specialties included vaudeville acts such as the Terrible Turk, a powerful strong man. Tonight the company presents As Told in the Hills and a Wednesday matinee was scheduled by request.
A brief note questions when a farm loan will be repaid at a stated per cent rate, suggesting financial terms or conditions in a concise advisory item.
C. M. Curtis offers careful filling of physician prescriptions and sick room supplies. Licensed graduates perform all prescriptions using high quality materials with technical equipment from leading colleges of pharmacy. Free delivery. phone 52.
Taxpayers are informed that their street tax for 190 percent may be paid to B. H. Deavenport at the Denton County National Bank between now and February 1, 1909 for $3. After that date the tax rises to $5.
The B Y P U program lists leader Mrs F B McMath and talks on responsibility and freedom by Miss Pearl Thorn and Mrs E F Johnson. J C Guy presents Soul Freedom the Great Privilege of Every Man. The topic What Do we Men by Individualism in Religion is included.
The Argyle Baptist church hosts a Fifth Sunday meeting from Thursday to Sunday January 28 with sermons devotions deacons duties and hymns led by C L Grunday Theo Estell W F Jarrell J N Rayzor and others. A Saturday county mission and Sunday school rally precede a final Sunday sermon with a dinner offered to attendees.
The Mothers' Club will meet in kindergarten rooms on Wednesday at 3 30. Roll Call features quotations on nature followed by a vocal solo by Mrs Frank Jacques. Lesson on Nature Study led by Mrs L Hoerschwer. Table Talk led by Mrs P J Benett. Ad advertises Hicks Capudine for headache and nervous tension at drug stores.
Misses Ann Smith and Kate Lyles of Lewisville visit Mr and Mrs Oscar Elbert and relatives. Carl Skiles departs for Dallas to begin work in the Dallas post office.
An advertisement claims a home trial asthma cure from Frontier Asthma Company offering free treatment information and a paid class option. It lists a room number and price per word.
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