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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
4
Terrell Jasper comes home to Lewisville after contracting diphtheria while at his ill daughter’s bedside. He received 68,000 units of antitoxin kit and his daughter died from the illness, to which his own anti-toxin treatment cost $225.
Program from the B P C U lists events for January 31 including a missionary meeting and church group activities. Notable items mention Woman's Work for Missions and Y M C A with speakers and discussions led by Mrs A McMath and Mr Gunnels.
George Baptiste of St. Louis the middleweight champion will face Ed Lewis of Baltimore in Fort Worth Texas tonight. Lewis aims to win the title and also seeks a match with James O'Brien of San Angelo with Joe Billock serving as referee.
Citizens of Corinth plan a gathering next Saturday night to discuss a proposal for a new sip. The event aims to decide on local approval and potential regulation of sales and availability.
Mr and Mrs Howard Tracy and their young son of Fort Worth visit Mr and Mrs J F Bell on West Oak. Mrs John Gerlach returns from Memphis with improved health. Dr W G Langley of Dallas is in town on business. Otto Shellberg from Amarillo visits parents. J M Heard travels to Sherman on business. Mrs W A Matthews, once thought ill with pneumonia, is somewhat better. Rev F L Wear and family will move March 1 to Huntsville Alabama for a new pastorate. Miss Nannie Vardaman of Rector visits W T Fouts family. Mrs Florence Stinson and son from Frederick Oklahoma pass through Denton en route home. Mrs G H Blewett returns from Fort Worth. Mrs C W Orr of Garza visits. Mr and Mrs Geo Owens of Ponder visit. J P Terrill of Roanoke and W A Leaty with J H Wilson visit from Justin on business.
Free trial treatment for asthma at home advertised by Frontier Asthma Company. Indicates no charges for trial and full information, address given as Room 702 Buffalo, New York.
QO. M. CURTIS offers Wright & Ditson 1909 championship tennis balls in good condition at fifty cents each. Baseball and Tennis Supplies.
W. P. Strickland suffered facial bruises after a timber protruding from a hay wagon struck him as he walked in the middle of North Locust street. He chose the road over the sidewalk due to better conditions when darkness aided the accident.
At the close of business Tuesday 151 street tax receipts had been found. Last year the total paid before February 1 was 225 and the preceding year 241. City Treasurer Deavenport doubts the current total will reach former levels. Paying the tax before February 1 saves $2.
Have prescription work done at Minnis Drug Store with best competency and equipment. Own two 5 room houses in College addition with 150 foot front lot and $800 encumbrance payable monthly, will exchange for vacant lots. P C Withers 847 T. J M Taylor Ten has several Jersey cows for sale. The test of the classified ads is results. Classified columns are growing because they get results. Try them and prove it.
This store highlights accurate prompt prescription work with strict care and full facilities in the department. In sickness, it advises filling doctor prescriptions at this location for best attention, with prescriptions called for and delivered free. Phone 52.
The advertisement claims the Staver buggy heads the medium priced market due to superior merit. It asserts strong demand where previously sold and invites careful examination of the full line to see why it maintains its reputation.
Tax payments across county precincts show Lewisville leading with over 200 receipts, Ward 4 city precinct 19 reporting 178, Sanger 163, Aubrey 163, and Floyd at 29. By Tuesday night 11 o clock the total collected was 2908, with extended hours to Feb 1 as clerks work toward deadline.
The Denton Trust Company presents Mrs. Bertha Kunig Baker in The Servant in the House at Normal College auditorium on January 28. A praised reader with international renown, she is described as peerless by Miss Manora Boylan and lauded by P. W. Pennybacker for spiritual force and captivating performances.
Corpus Christi Texas January 27 Newt Noakes a veteran truck farmer sold his entire cabbage crop to a Chicago concern for 110 dollars an acre. The sale marks the highest price of the season.
The Homer T. Wilson free lecture at Wrights Opera House Tuesday night drew a large crowd. Every seat was filled, standing room gone, and many were turned away at the doors. The Aransas Pass topic was illustrated with stereoscopic views. Wilson works for an Aransas Pass development company and had just returned.
Sheridan and Johnson of Denton add a 1909 Buick light touring car with 22 horsepower to their fleet for countywide service. They plan to use the new Buick alongside another car and offer transport to any county location with no fixed schedule. A second car is expected by late March or early April. Mrs Bertha Kunz Baker is spotlighted as a standout professional with a powerful voice and literary mastery, performing at Normal College auditorium on Thursday evening January 28.
President George Harris of the Burlington railroad arrives in Fort Worth with officials to assume charge of Colorado and Southern interests in Texas. He says Frank Trumbell retires in a week and plans for extensions and improvements with no employee charges.
Sheriff Will Orr arrived in Fort Worth Tuesday with Gus Taylor, a Black man wanted here on two gambling charges.
A brief note announces an extension by one day in Denton after Wednesday, with reference to phone contact Old Phone 179.
Curtis Laxative Cough Remedy relieves a cough quickly addressing the root ailment. It claims to expel malarial poisons via slight laxative effects and is promoted for coughs colds hoarseness bronchitis and lung diseases in two sizes 25c and 50c.
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