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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1913
Page
2
Denton editor urges citizens to back a city park system and public health drive. The piece highlights Weir’s call for donations to create parks, critiques lack of playgrounds, and promotes a cleaner town as essential for health and civic appeal. It also discusses gubernatorial talk around Will H. Mayes and broad financial stability after a Pittsburg bank failure.
W. T. Bailey & Co offers insurance for wheat and other small grains stored anywhere in Denton county. Readers can write, phone, or visit the office for coverage with new and old phone numbers listed as 120 and 54 respectively.
The Gainesville Register nominates Hon. Chas. F. Spencer for governor and challenges the state to show equal viability and qualifications. Editorials from Dallas Times Herald Record and Chronicle urge practical methods and efficiency, noting earned support but asking how the aims would be achieved.
The Record and Chronicle invites Denton residents to help win the Clean City prize. A ten dollar reward awaits the largest trash pile and two and a half dollars for the top pile in each ward. A July 22 Chamber of Commerce meeting is planned with undisclosed details.
A dinner party mishap leads a hungry child to offer a clean plate while guests chatter. A sergeant mocks Atkins for a shared mirror and shaving, while Pat gifts candy to the plainest face. A clergyman jokes about hanging the reverend, and a minister’s wife explains buttons from the collection box as a light farewell.
Readers urged to improve Denton through clean streets neat back yards and orderly alleys to outshine rivals like Brownwood in a Texas clean town contest. The piece promotes civic responsibility and school loyalty, highlighting a Chautauqua lecture and local business yard improvements as catalysts.
Dr Francis of the Federal Marine Service urges sanitation to prevent infantile paralysis spread in Texas. He links the epidemic to flies breeding in filth and says draining swamps burning rubbish and banning stagnant water will end buzzing and humming by day and night. Clean up and keep premises clean.
Mrs O H P Belmont at a Colony Club tea jokes that she has no vote but her groom does. She smiles that she admires him for his skill yet doubts her own influence, remarking if she asked him to vote in November he would ask which horse is that.
In a Pacific Electric interurban collision two trains wrecked near Los Angeles today. Fourteen people were killed and more than 150 injured in the high danger crash. Authorities said two trains collided head on causing extensive damage and panic among passengers. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and transported survivors to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Damaged corn suitable for poultry and hog feed, offered by Alliance Mill where a bushel can be purchased with purchaser supplying sacks.
New supply of dictionaries arrives at the Heecord and Chronicle office. Staff note prompt cataloging and distribution to reporters and readers alike amid ongoing publishing needs.
The Denton Record and Chronicle notes a 10 year old breach of promise suit by Mig non against Gov. Sulzer, calling it a political smear. It cites Chief Murphy and alleged malignant influence, mentions a prior dismissed suit by the same woman, and ridicules the plaintiff’s appearance and motives.
A portrait of a night at the booze bazaar where a once celebrated reveler enjoys attention and riches before a sudden downfall. The crowd’s cheers fade as the rolled-up fame dims, the bartender’s pose shifts to scorn, and the hopeful patron faces exile from the scene.
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