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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
3
A brief note touts the success of the Record and Chronicle classified columns. Readers are urged to try the ads and see the proven results, as the papers claim growing attention and response to their listings.
Denton notes heavy corn receipts push prices down with steady wagon quotes around 7 to 8 cents. Prairie hay mostly 9 dollars, oats 13 to 15 a ton baled, oats 46 to 50 cents at yards. Potatoes retail 1.20, eggs 10 to 12 cents. Cotton up after a brief dip. Galveston spot 17 1/8 cents. Fort Worth cattle 1700, hogs 1000. Cattle tops 4.75, cows 3.80, calves 5.30, hogs 7.75.
Exhibits include fruit jars extra caps jar rubbers wash tubs wash boards smooting irons clothes lines and pins highlighting practical household goods on display at the fair.
Geese in idle market. Hogs priced per pound with light gross 5.4 to 5% and heavy 4 to 6c. Dressed beef cattle at 2¼ to 23¼c per pound. Hides green 7 to 4c per lb and dry hides 9 to 12⅜c per lb depending on weight and condition.
Price list shows corn 80-82 cents per bushel wholesale 10 cents higher retail 10 cents. corn chops wholesale 1.60 per 100 pounds. chicken feed wholesale 1.60 per 100 pounds retail 16 cents higher. bran wholesale 1.50 per 100 pounds. prairie hay wholesale 9-10 per ton retail 35-40 cents per bale. oats wholesale 12-15 per ton retail 75-80 cents per bale. oats per bushel 50-52 cents retail 5-10 cents higher. wheat No. 2 1.20 per bushel. cotton seed 15-26 per ton. Irish potatoes 75-85 cents per bushel wholesale 1.26 per bushel retail per bag 35 cents. rye 3.15-3.25 per 100 pounds wholesale?. corn meal 35-pound sack wholesale five cents retail 70-75 cents. lard country 13.5 cents per pound wholesale 19-pound pails 80 cents. bacon salt and smoked sides 15-17 cents per pound. onions 2 cents wholesale 4 cents retail. roasting ears 10 cents wholesale 11-12-25 cents per two dozen. eggs wholesale 10-12.5 cents, retail 15 cents. butter 12.5-20 cents wholesale, 20-25 cents delivered. butter fat 2 cents. turkeys per pound 7 cents. hens 7 cents. fryers 12-22 cents. old roosters 10-12.5 cents. guineas 1.50 per dozen. ducks 3.00 per dozen.
In Fort Worth Texas on July 7 an application for a writ of habeas corpus for Ray Burnham, charged with killing his father in law John Mosher at the Sand Flat church in Wise county on June 25, is being heard before Judge Simmons in the district court this afternoon.
Kansas City Missouri July 7 Hallenburg is under ten feet of water sixty miles north of here A rescue train has been sent to reach residents whose houses float through the streets An appeal for help has been issued
Rumor says a new company formed by leading Houston and Beaumont capitalists will acquire the Waters Pierce property. An inventory of the assets is being prepared for bidders as the business continues under new ownership.
Judge Pea orders a special session of the district court in Tulsa to try more than a hundred divorce cases, convening in the county courthouse in Tulsa.
Dandruff is caused by microbes. Parisian Sage is promoted as a quick acting cure and hair regrower. The ad claims it stops itching and falling hair, keeps the scalp cool in summer, and improves hair appearance within a week. Available in a large bottle for 50 cents at O M Curtis.
Fort Worth figures report a cave-in death of John Lamb and Louis Stripling in a gravel pit. Collinsville hosts a July 31 picnic with Senator Bailey and Judge Poin dexter. Effie Gladys Stephens dies at four months under a featherbed near McKinney. Katy bridge across Red river near Denison costs 100000. Weavers quit Meridian mill over ventilation. Houston fire injures two. Labor temple burned. E Kahn will probate estate valued at three quarters to a million. Senator Veale seeks Congress in the Thirteenth district against John H Stephens. Lee Price injured by a firecracker in Tulsa. Senator Aldrich plans a comprehensive currency bill. Luke E Wright liaises with Tennessee breweries against a state bill. Fort Worth Law and Order League pushes crime control. Free kindergartens recommended four in Fort Worth schools. East St Louis riot results in deaths. Charles F Barger, checker champion, dead in Boston. Secretary Dickinson tours fortifications to trim appropriations. Hann Kendall forms Dallas real estate firm. Mrs Hoag of Los Angeles ends 48-day fast with a cantaloupe. Army men fret over Wrights air trials funding. German steamer searched for Chi man Gunman Ling connected to Elsie Sigel case. Grand River floods isolate Trenton, Missouri. Nodaway county damages. England unsettled by mysterious figure. Dr Boyd claims Irish Channel flight. Tariff bill heads to Senate vote. insurgent Republicans oppose.
An old line advert promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh. F J Cheney Co of Toledo is named, along with testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and lists price, order method, and related products.
Roanoke residents hosted and visited relatives in Denton Fort Worth and Pilot Point. Notable items include a successful ice cream supper raising over 70 dollars, a Presbyterian Sunday school outing on Denton creek, a new town tennis court, and visits from Rev Orne of Justin and others. Local residents returning from trips and attending funerals are noted along with small items in the classifieds.
Argyle notes scarce rain with corn losses and cotton slow but holding. Visitors include Aunt Bettie Littren returning from Trinity area. Protracted meetings in Garza and Denton, with church building plans advancing as next Monday to clear the lot for a Baptist church. Community updates mention visits from Muskogee, Hill and Denison folks, plus a building committee appointed to start construction at once.
Friendly drugstore pitch promotes Capudine to relieve headache and nervous tension after a night out. Claims the remedy clears the head and steadies nerves for business. Available at drug stores.
A brief notice urges readers to obtain pricing from Wilson Hardware Company for plumbing supplies and plumbing services.
An old advertisement from Halletsville Texas promotes Hunt's Lightning Oil as a reliable pain reliever. The seller cites customer C C Cook praising the product and mentions 25¢ and 50¢ bottle prices.
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