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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
3
The notice outlines insertion rates for classified advertisements, charging one time per word with pro rata pricing for extended space. Ads without regular accounts must include cash to insure insertion, and minimum charges apply, with examples of professional cards and three lines or less priced at $1.09 per month.
Advertises daily newspapers available for delivery while away with daily address changes if needed. States price is the usual home rate of 40 cents and offers back copies if an issue is missed.
Fire at the Pittman block in Ennis caused $10,000 in damage to E. L. Harper's photograph gallery which was a total loss. Jesse St. Lawrence's dental office and H. A. Ludwig & Company store suffered damages over $5,000, insured. Tom Walker injured, breaking an arm while signaling the fire.
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine praises Electric Bitters after her mother over seventy years old regains health. Dyspepsia for twenty years left her unable to eat drink or sleep until the remedy energized her vital organs and restored sleep strength and appetite. Only 50 cents at J F Reley & Co.
Washington July 9 Senator Culberson will travel to a West Virginia resort for a brief rest after Congress adjourns returning to Texas. Senator Bailey is expected to take ten days off once the tariff bill passes.
Shreveport Louisiana July 9 Miss Alice Robinson a vaudeville singer from Kansas City was shot in the temple while speaking with a friend behind the stage at the Gladstone park theatre during an expert shot exhibition Her condition is reported as critical The piece also advertises Foley Kidney Remedy with claim of relief and kidney health benefits attributed to Garrison Kimmins
Houston auto owners protest a proposed ordinance requiring driver examinations and annual vehicle inspections. The move targets chauffeurs and drivers amid calls for stricter control.
An advertisement extols Parisian Sage as a dandruff germ killer by 0 M Curtis offering a two week money back guarantee. It claims to stop dandruff falling hair and itching scalp while refreshing and cooling the scalp in summer. Available through leading druggists including O M Curtis with a 50 cent price.
John Juico and Sam Piarro were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Wimbrey Boney in Bossier Parish. A mob attacked the jail seeking to lynch them, while Ida Fulco and her mother were acquitted on unwritten law grounds after she testified she killed Boney during a confrontation over marriage.
Mrs Enla Presland of Greinfeld Tennessee touts Hunt's Cure as a constant remedy for itching skin, eczema, and ringworm, claiming it is peerless and a true friend. Price 50 cents per box.
Denton plans a new school with a correspondence division modeled on famous programs. The project centers in Denton with plans for a $26,000 to $28,000 building, plus equipment, tuition certificates, and world wide advertising. Key figures include Mr Lewis and local officials as they secure subscriptions and finalize contracts for opening.
Sargent immigration agent for Gould lines outlines railroad support for immigration matched to active local commerce. He cites Texas and Pacific and allied lines will cooperate with live clubs like Denton to attract new families, valued at about 300 dollars yearly to railroads. The upper City Hall room crowded with Chamber members and guests.
A compact listing of household items including fruit jars with extra caps rubber rings wash tubs washboards smoothing irons clothes lines and pins suggesting a general store inventory or sale of basic domestic supplies.
A Denton gathering heard a Texas literature promotion plan to publish 250000 pamphlets and distribute through rail stations, tying Denton county to statewide prosperity. Speakers urged immigration, land sales, and a Denton Chamber of Commerce role, with Dr Brewer Prof Lewis and Judge Bley outlining education and regional development aims.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorse the firm as honorable and capable. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and works on the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available for 75 cents per bottle. sold by all druggists.
The Fort Worth area reports a $6,000 fire loss at Bergman Produce Co. A Senate tariff on crude oil passed by 45 to 34 with only one Democrat voting yes. Texas bankers head to Los Angeles while Elks from Texas travel for the annual meeting. Other items include bond approvals for Lewisville ISD, a murder case continued in McKinney, and watermelons shipped from Nexas Midland to Montana totaling 250 cars this year.
L. S. Napier of Rugless writes of long torment from piles after ten years of riding a horse. He credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve as infallible for piles burns cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum and corns. 25c guaranteed by J F Raley & Co.
It will pay you to get prices on plumbing supplies and plumbing work from Wilson Hardware Company. The note urges shoppers to compare costs and seek value on plumbing items and services.
In Denton market news July 9 wheat fell from 1.20 to 0.15 per bushel with consistently light receipts. Cotton quotes 11.5 to 12.6 cents in Galveston and New York. Fort Worth Livestock shows cattle 2500 head and hogs 500 with steers steady to 4.25 tops, cows 3 tops, calves 6 tops, hogs 7.70. Prices current list corn at 75 cents per ear, 80 cents shelled, and various feeds and hay values.
Price list for Irish potatoes flour corn meal lard bacon onions roasting ears eggs butter butter fat and poultry. Includes wholesale and retail rates with per pound and per dozen figures. Indicates delivery terms to private residences hotels and boarding houses.
Mercedes today is bounded by deep water on three sides as the Llano Grande lake expands to three miles wide. The Arroyo Colorado and Ernest rivers run as torrents. Rail traffic north of Mercedes is paralyzed with washouts and damaged bridges. Several irrigation canals break, the river at McAllen is eight miles wide, and total damage tops $100,000.
J. D. Montgomery former organizer of the Texas Farmers' union is under arrest at Strawn Sheriff Ledbetter pursuing him Montgomery was indicted by the county grand jury on charges of embezzling 75 dollars.
Promotes Mother Kay’s Australian Seat as a reliable regulator for women’s ills. Claims to ease back pains urinary and kidney trouble with an aromatic herbal remedy. Advertises 50 cent price and requests name and address to mail a package from The Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
Railway timetable lists southbound No 3 with Dallas branch arrival at 12 06 pm and No 206 at 6 58 pm. Northbound shows No 806 at 9 87 am and No 282 Dallas branch at 4 25 pm with local service 714.
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