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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
1
Burns warns that old age and want are ill matched and advises a young friend to gather gear by lawful means for independence. The piece urges starting a fund now and opening a bank account to grow savings for future security and the privilege of independence.
Visitors include Prof. Lewis Dr Brewer and Judge Stanley from Hillsboro and Fort Worth as a Denton committee plans to locate another college. They will confer with Chamber of Commerce directors this afternoon after a city drive with Owsley’s group and L. L. Puckett.
Frank Edens of San Antonio arrived in El Paso in serious condition from blood poisoning after a bayonet wound given by a Mexican guard. He had been jailed in Ciudad Juarez for eight days without charges and released once ill, while El Paso residents and the American consul protest treatment and demand investigation into denial of counsel.
The bank lists officers including A. J. Nance as president J. R. Christal as vice president J. C. Cott as cashier RL. Bass as assistant cashier and names A. M. Bush E. F. Bates A. Williams A. C. Owsley Mr. J. M. Inge and L. Bass among officers.
Dr Fullingim reports ongoing test at Paine Place to explore deeper strata after Prof Deussen identified promising oil surface indicators. John Paine moves his bore outfit closer to the best spot, aiming to reach lower strata where oil may exist, with outside interest already growing.
Findley Lucas night foreman for the Carmichael company was shocked by a live wire this morning on the Colorado river bridge. He was knocked from the top of the structure, a thirty foot fall, and suffered serious head and shoulder injuries.
Louis Coffman charged with murdering his wife appeared in district court McKinney Texas for a venue request denial and the case was postponed to the afternoon due to absent witnesses. A continuance motion by the defense is anticipated.
Fort Worth Tex July 8 The habeas corpus hearing for Roy and Terrell Burnham charged with the murder of James Mosher at the Sand Flat church Wise county remains in progress this afternoon before Judge Simmons in district court. The hearing is expected to conclude today.
Austin, July 8. The promoters of the proposed new oil company to take over the Waters-Pierce property remain unidentified though Houston and Beaumont operators are believed involved. Judge Wilcox said the inventory cannot be completed for three months, per Receiver Eckhardt's report.
In Fort Worth Texas July an application for divorce states Mrs. J H Moore alleges her husband held her with one hand while he turned a hose on her face nearly suffocating her.
Houston July 8 The police hunt Mrs. Hattie Boyer across Texas for forgery and theft linked to a rooming house bill of sale alleged sale of property for 500 to M W Satterwhite. John Simpson reclaimed the property. She has been traced to Fort Worth and Dallas.
The flood emergency in Missouri reaches Pattensburg where over 1500 residents are cut off and beg for essentials. The Missouri and Kansas flood fronts worsen with rising death toll believed to exceed twenty. Main street submerged ten feet as several buildings wash away.
In San Antonio on July 8 a person named A. J. Khans was arrested and charged with arson after a fire at a house owned by J. P. Vanakin. A box saturated with oil was found piled in a corner of the home.
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