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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1910
Page
1
Widow Smith living near the city faced Judge Zumwalt on a lunacy charge. Testimony described disturbances at her home including objects moving and shots fired. Neighbors and officials testified, and the jury returned a verdict of not insane.
Harry Wilcox of San Antonio and Tom Wilcox of New York, brothers, met accidentally in the Galveston surf after eighteen years apart. The older man was en route home from Reno, Nevada, and the reunion occurred without prior knowledge of the other’s location.
Wheat oats and corn are assured with fair cotton prospects, signaling a stronger county economy for many years. The Exchange National Bank invites guardians of funds to consider its resources and services, including vault custody and stockholder liability details, as a secure depository option.
The Denton County Democratic Executive Committee met at the courthouse to set primary details. They appointed presiding officers for each precinct, added two new candidates D P Gheen for public weigher and D P Kirkman for justice of the peace, and outlined staff pay.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Listing of candidates and officials across Texas including comptroller Edwin Waller and railroad commissioner hopefuls from multiple counties. Also notes a constitutional amendment question about liquor control and a Congress election, with several county and district offices named.
Odds and ends and small lots of seasonable merchandise fill the stock as Hart Schaffner Marx and Spero Micheal & Sons suits, Widow Jones and Mothers' Favorite boys suits, and mens and boys straw hats go for a fraction of real value. Special prices invite shoppers to visit this store during summer days.
The school board opened bids for school fund depository. First National offered 3 percent on daily balances and overdraft financing at 8 percent. Den ton County National offered 2 percent and overdrafts at 8 percent. All members attended except Mr Allison. President Witherspoon presided. Secretary Meck Cormick took minutes. Two bills approved for 60 and 100 respectively.
The article accuses Postmaster General Hitchcock of returning 10 million dollars to the U.S. treasury to mask economy while denying 1,116 approved rural routes. It claims funds were set aside for rural deliveries but routes were not established to aid political ends. Rumors suggest Hitchcock may abolish rural free delivery.
Governor Harmon suspends Mayor Atherton and Sheriff Linke of Licking County amid the Newark lynching of Anti-Saloon League detective Carl Etherington. J W Ankele becomes mayor, removing police chiefs for non-enforcement of the county option law. A Black man is arrested as a rioter leader.
James R. Garfield, former Secretary of the Interior, lauded insurgent Republicans in Cleveland and outlined their Ohio campaign platform. He warned the nation faces a critical choice between advancing progress or surrendering to special interests, and praised the insurgents for placing the public good above party.
The Census bureau announced Texas county totals with Amarillo at 9 957 and Potter county at 12 424, each rising by roughly sixfold over ten years. Clay and Young counties show substantial gains, contributing to a Texas total of 32 counties and 509 624 people, up from 333 209 ten years ago.
The State Livestock Sanitary Commission orders a rigid quarantine in Orange Jefferson and Chambers counties to halt movement of cattle and other livestock. No horses mules or sheep may be transported or driven out of these counties to any other Texas county.
J L Reese reports averages above fifteen bushels with many fields damaged by April frost yielding as low as five. J A Minnerly notes Drop country thrashed grain ranges from two to twenty four bushels per acre amid frost damage reports across the county.
Gainesville was struck by a waterspout and a severe electrical storm early Monday. Five inches of rain fell in two hours, damaging houses and barns and killing several mules. Other areas including Nocona, Montague county, Vernon and Quanah report beneficial rains boosting crops. Elida New Mexico also notes its best rain since last spring. Oklahoma towns Lawton and Ardmore likewise report good rainfall.
At Atlantic City Glenn Curtiss established a new American record for a 50 mile flight in 1 hour 14 minutes 59 seconds. He also achieved a rapid climb reaching 1600 feet in 3 minutes 51 seconds.
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