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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
4
At a recent meeting the Freshmen issued a challenge to the Sophomores for a debate to be held soon. Freshmen debaters are Gilbert Waldrip and Harold Jov II. Sophomores to name the subject and the Freshmen will pick their side.
The Rexall Store in Denton Texas offers Rexall Orderlies in 10 25 and 50 cent packages with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The ad touts gentle non-gripe relief and permanent bowels regulation aimed at all ages and urges try by phone order 44 from Long and King.
An advertisement from Yrte Frontier Asthma Company invites readers to contact Room 1-2 in Buffalo for a full information session about a second trial treatment for asthma at no charge. The notice provides no medical results or assurances.
Rev. M. T. Andrews reports steady progress on the First Baptist church building in Denton. After an Adair meeting pause the work resumes with year-end tasks, and subscriptions total about 31 000 to 32 000 dollars. The fundraising committee will close the remaining 9 000 to 10 000 dollars toward the 40 000 dollar goal.
Fragmentary ad copy from a local store listing atomizers antiseptics for meningitis prevention and urging readers to buy meat tickets and use grocery service. Mentions Turner Bros and delivery emphasis with partial phrases about quality quantity courteous service and keeping tab.
Mrs. Erwin and Mrs. James Howell are ill with pneumonia near Denton. A Welch street baby was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Tam Lon. Mrs Baggett of Garza is improving after Denton sanitarium treatment. Mrs Sallie Alexander underwent appendectomy on West Oak Street and is recovering. A civil war captain J S Donahue served as lighthouse keeper at South Haven Michigan. Electric Bitters praised for kidney, stomach and liver relief. Ads urge comparison shopping at Long and King Grocers and hint at dressmaking and classifieds for work and bargains.
The Baraca movement grows in Denton as Central Presbyterian young men form a class. Rob Val Leach serves as president with Pee Blewett as vice president Grover Campbell secretary and treasurer Basil Mahan assistant secretary and treasurer. Charter members include Paul Baker Basbir Baker Charlie Powell Clifford Marchman and others. The Denton scene shows multiple Baraca classes across churches with First Baptist and First Presbyterian also active.
Local notes report A J Conway visiting from Aubrey and Mrs W G Langley of Dallas staying with her mother. Several others return from visits in Bryan and Cleburne while Tom Floyd, delayed by a livestock quarantine near Fort Worth, awaits transport. Floyd’s father buys land near Tulsa as property changes hands.
Waterman advertising copy touts the Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen as a superior writing instrument with free ink flow and no leaks. It promises lasting satisfaction and claims fifty years of fountain pen making perfection with prices from two dollars and fifty cents.
A young girl on horseback warned people of a feared forest fire in the Catskills and saved many hives. The piece blends her heroic deed with an advertisement for Dr Kings New Discovery for lung trouble including coughs and consumption. It claims cures and weight gain testimony from W R Patterson of Wellington Texas and promotes trial bottles and guarantees by J F Raley & Co for throat and lung troubles.
A small notice invites buyers to purchase bananas at a self selected price. It directs interested buyers to see Webbster or Smith at a wagon on the square or at their house on West Onak Street, back of Sullivan's.
A fragmented note discusses daily changes in column density and alignment with various propositions. The text hints at ongoing adjustments and potential improvements without specifying concrete subjects or outcomes. The passage reflects editorial tinkering and evolving formats.
Sam P Cochran of Dallas thirty third degree Mason and top Texas Masonic official will visit Denton Friday to install Knights Templar officers. A reception is planned at 8 PM with families of Denton Knights Templar in attendance. Turner Gros advertises local grocery trade benefits.
As deadline approaches, Minnis' drug store notes strong poll tax receipts. Through Tuesday night 2 945 issued, plus 138 from Justin and nearby precincts bring total to 5 083. Listings show precinct by precinct counts and locations, amid a district rush for tax payments and local deliveries.
An 1886 Toledo notice promotes a fresh stock of 50 cent atomizers at Minnis drug store. The ad also lists Hall's Catarrh Cure with a testimonial promise and a physician oath from Frank J. Cheney of FJ Cheney Co promising money for uncured catarrh cases. Barber's store advertises poultry buyer contact information with old and new phone numbers.
City Treasurer B. H. Deavenport urges timely street tax payments. Pay $3 between January 1 and February 1 to save vs $5 after, with a savings of $2 for the period.
Cecilion Maryland reports George Richards of the area suffered chronic stomach trouble for 12 years and spent vast sums on doctors. After trying dried peaches and buttermilk with raw eggs as only relief he credits two 25 cent packages of Thedford's Black Draught, a vegetable remedy, with restoring health and daily farming work.
Five year old Jack Crawford son of Dr and Mrs J S Crawford suffered a severe broken leg when a buggy overturned in the south part of town. The horse bolted after the turn, the family was thrown, and Jack remained beneath his mother until care arrived.
Money back claim from Murry Curtis company touts Parisian Sage as a dandruff cure for hair loss and scalp itching. Advert reads 50 cents at Curtis stores and druggists with customer testimonials from Dora Daniels of Williamson West Virginia and JC Pope of Oxford Alabama.
A letter from C A Grace of Goodwell Oklahoma describes extreme weather in Texas county and neighboring Beaver and Commanche land. Calves froze to death in a barn after temperatures dropped to minus 229 degrees. A cattleman lost 350 head exposed to the cold as the region endures an unusually harsh spell. Grace plans to return home after weeks visiting relatives and friends.
A note urges saving and spending less with a push to buy four men, a ticket, and save money linked to IDFAL RESTAURANT. Reading references Long & King as possible helpers for improving earnings and budgeting.
Rev M T Andrews announces a Baptist County Mission Board gathering Monday February 5 at the First Baptist church in Denton to transact business of great importance urging full attendance by members and interested workers. The item notes a $100 per plate banquet in New Orleans in 1842 and advertises Dr King s New Life Pills for indigestion liver kidney and bone disorders available for 25 cents at J F Raley Co.
Curtis' Ice Cream, made from Jersey cream and fruit flavors, is sold in large quantities at Curtis' Drug Store. The ad promotes Tryadish today for 10 cents.
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