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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1910
Page
3
Prairie Mound reports hot weather and corn needing rain, thrashing nearly finished. Local visits include I L Crawford family, Denton guests, and Miss Mae Sanders in Dallas. Protracted Church of Christ meeting continues with good attendance and one addition.
B Ent Carroll Jr reports a severe mosquito outbreak along the Texas coast driven by heavy rains. Cattle are stampeded, humans plagued, and residents use torches and smoke to deter swarms. Mosquitoes disrupt travel on coast roads and threaten children in cradles amid hordes and venomous bites.
Hughes Springs and Leonard in Texas have each applied to establish postal savings banks. In Colorado, a lightning strike killed two men near Cripple Creek and a woman near Pueblo.
Garry Herrman of Cincinnati was Tuesday elected grand exalted ruler of the Bikg at Detroit. Charles A. Rasbury of Dallas is being put up for the place in 1911.
Jexan Killey of Memphis and George Smith formerly of San Antonio died in Memphis Tennessee after plunging from the top of a 14 story building. The fall left every bone in their bodies broken and authorities investigated the incident.
A recall election is ordered in Dallas for August 11 with Trustees Mann and George the targets. The city will pay about 10000 dollars for the election despite only one candidate challenging the incumbents.
Weather reports indicate scattered showers across the state with heavy downpours in places. Crops, especially corn, are expected to be spotted as rainfall totals reach three to five inches in localities like Denton county.
East Texas peach shippers complain of severe refrigerator car scarcity. Elberta shipments from six towns in the belt flood the market but rail lines cannot move the record crop. Sprawling demand risks delays and crop losses across the region.
An old advertisement touts Buckien's Arnica Salve as a quick relief for cuts bruises sprains and wounds from wrecks and for burns boils sores eczema chapped skin sore eyes corns and piles. It lists 252 J F Raley & Co as the seller.
A compact ad from Long and King promotes toilet soap at low prices with the phrase cents a bar and offers grocery billing assistance. It repeats the company name and two contact numbers, urging customers to visit for bargains and to fill their grocery bill this month.
Dallas Weights and Measures inspector concluded an inquiry into dairies for short bottles and stores for short yardsticks. He destroyed three dozen three-fourths pint bottles used for pints and ordered many stores to replace with full-length yardsticks. Of 100 dry goods stores visited, only one had a full-length yardstick. none had sticks longer than required, though one was two inches short of thirty-six.
A brief listing notes four packages of Celluloid starch offered for 25 cents. The message is signed by D. R. Turner and mentions two telephones.
A brief notice in the advertising column invites readers to explore a featured offer. Details are sparse in the fragment, but the item promises a distinctive product or deal likely to attract local attention.
A lone hunter George Nidiver finds a lost Indian boy and, after defending the boy from two bears, stares down a charging bear. The story ends with the bear halting, inspired by Nidiver’s calm gaze and resolve.
In Aubrey on July 12 Tom Mullins traveled to Fort Worth. Several residents visit relatives in the Panhandle and Arkansas. Rev. Tincher returned from Tioga after a meeting. Jno Hyatt of Bellevue visited his grandmother in Mays. Dr. Copenhaver was in Dallas. Mrs. Strickland visits Boonville Ark. Mrs. McElhannon of Prosper returns home after visiting Mrs. Rucker. Mr. and Mrs. Ratchford plan Sulphur Ok trip. Mrs. W L D Sims dies and is buried. Erskine Pope of Dallas visits with Mrs. Ratchford.
July notes from Lewisville cover a stream of visitors and returnees. Gertrude Cobb hosts in Denton while Kinsmen travel to Dallas Fort Worth and beyond. Names include H E Russell in Tennessee and Fred Cantrell in Bowie for hospital care.
Wheat yield averaged 16 bushels per acre as rain aided crops. Elm Creek ran high and road work caused rough travel. Mrs. W L D Simms, formerly Mrs Carlos Lynch, died at Aubrey. funeral held Friday. C A Hawkins away to Pilot Point. Mrs Hawkins confined to bed at 64 Avenue A. O L Floyd sold farm to Mr Tatum of Aubrey. Corn and cotton look fair. straw baling up. Roseola ang whooping cough subsided locally.
Mrs. I. 36 Wright and her daughter Miss Etta Wright returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Fritts. The W. O. W. will host a Moon event in Garza.
A severe Tuesday night storm struck Krum causing a blaze that consumed five buildings with losses totaling about 2300. Insurance covered 1400. Fire damaged several local shops including a drug store and affected homes. Nearby residents and teams from Krum and Bolivar reported the incident and its aftermath.
Sunnydale notes hot dry weather with a light Sunday shower hardly helping crops. Local visits include Miss Sexton of Justin with Miss Bell Holder and Eliza Mullins with Mrs Graham. Rev Hughes preached at Rogers Chapel. Dow Jones hosted an ice cream gathering. many travelers seen between Justin, Denteen, Krum and Ponder. The grave of Mrs Graham’s daughter from Denton was laid to rest at Alton cemetery.
Advert says Dr. King’s New Life Pills are sugar coated globules that turn weakness into strength and energy into mental power. Claims include relief from constipation headache chills and dyspepsia with a price of 25 cents at J F Raley & Co.
Denton Texas reports wheat unchanged at 94 cents a bushel from yesterday while oats rise to 37 1 2 cents loose and 40 40 cents sacked wholesale. Chicago spring wheat weather disappointment lends support to corn and oats while hog products fall. Chicago futures end around 1.05 dollars with cash grain mixed across St Louis Kansas City and Dallas markets.
Demand weak for recently received carn with top offer at 65c a bushel. Local hay selling as low as 10 to 11 dollars and up to 12 dollars. Hay in car lots quoted 11.50 to 12 a ton, retail about 1 dollar higher. Baled straw from wheat and oats arriving, prices unchanged.
Liverpool cotton quotes show July at 7.60 to 7.87 with 3000 sales while New Orleans ranges and New York figures mix with October bids. Fort Worth livestock receipts total 1 609 cattle with 650 calves. beef steers steady at 5.25 and bulls light supply. Calves and yearlings priced steady as market remains active.
Texas League games include Oklahoma City 1 Dallas 0 and San Antonio 4 Houston 6. Galveston 5 Waco 2 Fort Worth 4 Shreveport 3. National League results Boston 7 6? Saint Louis 5 Cincinnati 1 Brooklyn 0. American League scores Washington 4 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 6 Detroit 4 Boston 17 Cleveland 5 New York 4 Chicago 3. Southern League New Orleans 6 Nashville 2 Atlanta 3 Birmingham 2 Chattanooga Montgomery rain Memphis Mobile rain.
A Denton county note urges farmers to organize against low grain returns as wheat sells at 85 cents per bushel. The writer laments decades of reduced pay, calls for mutual support between producers and millers, and cites Kentucky tobacco districts as a model of organized bargaining and improved prosperity.
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