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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1909
Page
2
The Record and Chronicle lists subscription rates and publication details as a public notice. It notes mail classifications, advance pricing, and period terms for the Denton Texas publication with standard corrections policy for errors or misprints.
January 23 notes mark William Pitt and Bishop Phillips Brooks deaths with brief quotes from Shakespeare and Browning era musings. The chronicle links Pitt’s political scenes to Henry V and Brooks to nature imagery, framed as calendar curios.
Tennessee lawmakers passed a statewide law and introduced a resolution to make water wagons common carriers. Oklahoma advanced with plans for better seating and sturdy guard rails to keep passengers from leaving.
The text argues Arizona and New Mexico will be admitted as separate states in the next Congress. It claims their admission would add four Democratic senators, several congressmen, and eight to ten more electoral votes, aiding the party.
In 1909 county voters face higher disfranchisement as only 2,406 poll tax receipts issued by Friday morning leave about 3,600 qualified residents without receipts. While some will pay by January 31, overall participation may drop compared with 1908.
A Denton citizen, a Republican and ex-Federal soldier, criticizes Texas pensions for ex-Confederates as paltry. He argues Republicans and ex-soldiers would support an amendment to raise payments to a worthy level. He notes Tennessee pays about $30 a year while Texas offers under $100 in comparison.
The Alvord Banner and the Decatur News argue against treating newspapers as charitable organizations. They caution that obituaries and similar notices should not be offered free as a public good but priced to reflect editorial costs and services.
The piece argues editors must pay cash for all functions and charge regular rates for newspaper space used by church and social events. It asserts the Banner and Decatur News will follow this rule, claiming a newspaper is a business institution whose trade is advertising and must be paid for. It notes no one gets rich publishing a country newspaper by undercharging.
Reed Smoot was re-elected United States senator from Utah without opposition from bitter critics. He is a Mormon yet, as the long investigation showed, neither a believer in nor a practitioner of polygamy.
Dr Homer T Wilson presents an illustrated lecture titled the Golden Gate of Texas at the opera house next Tuesday night at 8 o clock. Admission is free.
If you suffer from bleeding itching or protruding piles you can cure yourself at home with a new absorption treatment. Send your address for details and a free trial sample with local references if requested. Immediate relief and permanent care are promised. No money required. Write to Mrs M M Summers Box P Notre Dame Ind
Wm. Ewan buys the 5. E. Keith residence on Ponder Avenue in West Denton. The sale confirms a transfer of property and changes ownership of the Keith residence.
The judge grants a divorce citing ill temper and bad breath. An ad overstates cure claims for Dr. King's New Life Pills, claiming they prevent divorce by curing multiple ailments. Pills priced at 25¢ at J. F. Raley & Co.
Advertiser seeks top market price for frying chickens, with location noted as Oatman Hotel. Readable fragment mentions paying 139 cents in Oatman area.
Johannesburg Jan 23 173 persons are known to have lost their lives as floods sweep the Transvaal. Rescue work continues and relief efforts are underway as authorities assess the damage and extend assistance to affected communities.
Mothers should keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to ease colds fevers teething headaches and stomach troubles. Sold by all druggists 25c. Do not accept substitutes. Free trial package available by mailing to Allen Olmstead Levy New York.
Chicago Jan 23 B F Yoakum chairman of the Rock Island Friseco board is to succeed President Mather of the Rock Island road according to a report Yoakum slated to take over the top post from Mather in the near term
In a family medicine chest no remedy remains unless proven best for its purpose. Hunt’s Cups have held their place for years for eczema, dermatitis, ringworm and similar skin troubles. It cures itching instantly, says R L Swann of Briankin La.
Take home some chili for your Supper as Ideal Restaurant lists a need for typewriter ribbons in the office. The notice blends kitchen and supply requests, indicating a small business context.
Austin reports Hon. F. F. Hill of Denton county defending submission against critics of Speaker Kennedy. He cites Jefferson and Madison on majority will, contrasts state and local platforms, mocks lobbyists, and predicts prohibition may spread. He cites Wortham, Byrne, Buchanan, and Terrell debates.
Mrs Z BE Goforth of Kansas City reports relief from catarrh and headaches after using a sample bottle and two stock bottles of Hunts Lightning Off. She says it stops headaches and is the best medicine she has seen and she cannot be without it.
The Ladies' Aid and Missionary Society of the First Baptist church held an all day meeting led by Mrs W F Jarrell. Twenty five ladies attended and packed a box for Buckner Orphans Home valued at 103.95 with an additional 50 in cash donated. Mrs Moffett and Mrs Johnson joined as members and Misses Vick Harwell and Mabel Coleman became honorary members. A noon social featured a sumptuous dinner and the day was deemed a success.
A Washington reader cites a ten year old case of recovery from consumption using Dr King’s New Discovery after other remedies failed. The endorsement claims quick relief for weak lungs and bronchial conditions with 50 cent to 1 dollar bottles and a trial bottle free at J F Raley & Co.
Ruth Bryan Leavitt daughter of William J. Bryan filed for divorce from William H. Leavitt in Lincoln Nebraska but withdrew the petition hours later. Leavitt was in Paris at the time of the filing.
An advertiser claims Pape's Diapepsin relieves indigestion in five minutes, ending belching, nausea, and discomfort. It says a single dose cleanses stomach and intestines and lets food digest like a healthy stomach. The ad urges readers to tell their druggist to supply Diapepsin for complete relief.
Local classified item lists Pape's Diapepsin medicine available from O M Curtis. Product advertised as a remedy for digestive discomfort. Includes purchasing contact and location details for interested buyers.
The outline lists hymnody prayers and readings led by Hugh Porter Miss Harper Mrs Kelley Prof Williams Miss Geers Mr Park and others. It concludes with a discussion on light of the world and a prayer for the unsaved followed by Benediction and a note about Denton Trust Company.
G W Harrison sold his interest in Morrison Jones grocery and hardware to N M Peters of Henrietta. firm renamed Peters Jones & Co. Sam South sold his stock to T J Elder who will run the business. Nat Erwin and Dee Elder join as clerks. Pilot Point National Bank stockholders elected directors for 1909: Weeks Simmons Wright McFarland Selz Crosgrove Gee. Officers chosen: Gee president Crosgrove VP McFarland cashier Gee assistant cashier.
The Holiness college adds a commercial department directed by Prof. P. B. McElroy of Brownwood. McElroy runs a Brownwood commercial college and will move it to Pilot Point after the current school year.
P. Devenport and family left on Wednesday for Big Springs where he has moved his dry goods stock. He has been identified with Pilot Point business interests for the past nine years.
Calvary Baptist Church has purchased the north half of the Boyd lot on North Jefferson Street to serve as the future site for a new church building, with construction expected in the near future.
W. F. Autrey aged nearly 84 walked to Celina and back when darkness fell he tripped on a wire and dislocated his shoulder and bruised his arm. Few of his age would undertake such a trek.
A new concrete sidewalk has been laid in front of the Whitten building on the southeast corner of the square, improving access and safety for pedestrians.
Gov Campbell sends a second message to the Senate withdrawing T B Durham from the post at the Rusk penitentiary due to a distant relationship with the administrator. Henry A Watts named for the price. Worth Ray from Denton likely to chair the House committee on revenue and taxation. The Mode License League meeting in Louisville denounces prohibition as insincere and adopts strong liquor regulation resolutions.
Sneak thieves lifted a package of ginghams and domestic fabric worth about 3.50 from the wrapping counter at Hann Dry Goods on the south side. The clerk was occupied with another customer. a smaller package in the same lot remained untouched.
Keating Ransone son of the Cle burne Enterprise editor was shot while possum hunting by an unknown person. He suffered a facial wound but expected to recover as Dr J H Happel was slightly wounded in the arm. In Gilmer Walter Reynolds aged eighteen was accidentally shot and killed by his younger brother near Pritchett. In Stephenville George Hammond aged three died after scalds from a boiling coffee spill.
An advertisement claims Sim mons cough syrup heals throat inflammation and stops a lingering cough for restful sleep. The copy highlights relief and peaceful nights as a key benefit.
In Temple Texas on January 28 preachers gather to petition the legislature to prohibit race track gambling They plan to send a delegation to Austin to press the measure through.
Taxpayers may pay the 1909 street tax to treasurer B H Deavenport at the Denton County National Bank between now and February 1, 1909 for 3 dollars. After that date the tax increases to 5 dollars.
On January 23 in Nashville Tennessee the Carmack murder trial entered its third day with no new jurors added. The panel remained at six after a motion to excuse one juror due to drunkenness. Five hundred more talesmen are being summoned to complete jury selection for the case against the Coopers and Sharp.
In a tense shore scene Gillespie, Donovan, and Helen Holbrook navigate a web of loyalties. Donovan protects Miss Pat while Helen seeks to escape with hidden motives as Gillespie schemes to separate them and secure a draft from Chicago.
The narrator hosts Miss Pat and Helen for breakfast at Glenarm, while Sister Margaret stays away. Pat vows she will not leave, and Helen expresses a wish to stay through winter and study at St. Agatha’s. The scene mixes memory, romance, and a testing of conscience.
Denton readers are invited to attend services at Cumberland Presbyterian Court House on Sunday with Sunday school at 9 45 a m. Pearl Street Church of Christ led by Elder F L Young offers Bible school 11 a m preaching 12 m and 7 15 p m communion and fellowship at 12 m. Oak Street Methodist J W Farr pastor lists Sunday sac 9 30 a m preaching 3 p m children’s hour 3 p m meeting 4 p m Epworth League 7 15 p m temperance sermon by Rev David Tasker prayer meeting Thursday 7 15 p m. You are welcome.
Brave Fire Laddies receive severe burns while fighting fires and use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to drive out pain. It claims to cure burns scalds wounds cuts and bruises instantly and is sold for 25 cents at J. F. Raley & Co.
Four men were killed when thousands of tons of snow buried a cookhouse in Ouray Colorado late last night. The accident occurred as miners sheltered inside the shanty during a snow slide. Twenty narrowly escaped.
Capudine relieves headaches from colds heat stomach or nervous troubles. The liquid is pleasant to take and acts immediately. Available in 10¢ and 50¢ sizes at drug stores.
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