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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1909
Page
1
A local shop challenges the notion that all made to measure suits cost 35 or 40 dollars. They highlight Awe Anderson & Co lines with prices from 14.50 upward, offering spring and summer selections and emphasizing fit.
Unfavorable report on Jenkins bill delays action as Senate members press aims to curb submission. New bills include medical chair at State University and Cotton Statistics bureau while Veale measure on city land condemnation gains Senate approval. House rails safety appliance plan and full crew bill heads to hearing with rate regulation measures set for February.
In Austin on January 26 Senator Stuffleon doubts 2 cent fare legislation this session. Optometry bill heard but committee took no action. New bills: cotter classing teaching at A and M, liquor delivery to minors banned, usury made a misdemeanor, and a House size reduction to ninety three with population milestone and salary set at 650. Senator Harper proposed a constitutional amendment to allow counties to issue bonds for inter urban lines.
Officers at Waters-Pierce Oil Company headquarters refuse to admit paying the Texas fine of nearly two million dollars and leaving the state. The move suggests a likely challenge to the U S Supreme Court decision rather than an immediate withdrawal. The procedure remains confidential and no rehearing has been requested.
Attorney General Davidson said he would enforce the Federal Supreme court mandate if Waters-Pierce Oil refuses to pay the fine or leave Texas. The company faces forfeiture of its $3,000,900 bond for disobeying the court order.
The piece contrasts saving money with spending, noting the emotional satisfaction of saving and the lasting ownership of the saved funds. It urges readers to open and maintain a bank account, framing it as beneficial to both the bank and the saver.
New Orleans La Jan 26 forecast calls for tonight and Wednesday to be generally fair with light winds and mild temperatures as high and low ranges expected to stay in a temperate zone for the period.
A January fire at the Southern Hotel on Jones Street gutted the building after a gasoline stove exploded. Four railroad workers were killed while others escaped by jumping to a lower roof or fleeing the flames. Dr Byron G Petty of Hugo Oklahoma survived but was dying.
Citizens protested sewerage funding as the city council fixed this year’s tax rate at 1.21 dollars per 100 valuation. The levy funds sewer bonds and other city needs while penalties apply for late payments. Discussion covered property adjustments, sanitation concerns, sidewalk work, and a new contract for sewer installation.
A federal grand jury began probing Indian land fraud cases at the Federal jail in Muskogee Oklahoma with U S Attorney Gregg directing the proceedings. Detectors guard jurors and a crowd watches as evidence is collected. no indictments announced today.
Representatives Marshall and Jennings visited the state educational institutions at Denton. They toured the Normal College in the forenoon and the College of Industrial Arts in the afternoon, with brief talks to students. Local regent Alin C. Owsley accompanied at the Normal. The group had lunch with President and Mrs. Creek and inspected Stoddard Hall durante the afternoon.
At noon in McKinney Texas the habeas corpus hearing for Louis Coffman charged with killing his wife had not finished. Neighbors described the Coffman house and the body’s position, while sister of the deceased Mrs J W McElwain testified Coffman had threatened to kill his wife on several occasions.
Washington reports a small chance for statehood as House support grows while Senate opposition likely blocks the measure this term. The expectation is Arizona and New Mexico will not become states in the current Congress.
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