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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1910
Page
1
The ad promotes putting money into clothes offered at a special sale. It claims the difference between sale prices and regular prices yields a higher rate of return than other options, encouraging immediate purchase considerations.
Exchange National Bank of this city conveyed 845 acres known as the Ed Garnett place three miles northeast of Denton to F. M. Rayzer for 26415.67 dollars. Will C. Grant and wife sold 210 acres one and a half miles east of town to Henry Exall of Dallas for 6300 dollars.
Hon. O. B. Colquitt announced Tuesday night in Austin that he would not resign his railroad commissioner post until inauguration and would appoint his own successor to the office.
Judge Lee Zumwall and Deputy County Clerk Rucker visited Aubrey Tuesday to hear a lunacy case involving Mrs Mary Morris an elderly woman over 80. Evidence indicates her mind declined gradually after about a year ago while she remains physically sound.
Two Tulsa men identified as L. B. Wallace and Dock Allen were arrested in Waco Texas for forgery. They wrote a letter to the Bank of Teague with a $425 check bearing the name of J. A. Anderson and requested exchange on Chicago or St. Louis. A Waco bank detected the forgery and set a trap leading to the arrests.
A Texas House bill creating a fire rating board passes first reading and seeks a maximum and minimum insurance basis, signaling removal of a repealed law. The Senate moves executive session on Hawkins appointment, with reports indicating confirmation unlikely as a favor to Hudspeth. News from Dallas shows governor race updates, with Colquitt leading and various offices close in votes.
Denton residents note better sanitation on the square and surrounding streets after a three day effort by the street and sanitary committees led by chairmen J. M. Gurley and a five man crew. Debris has been burned or carted away and ditches cleaned to protect public health. A proposal to hire a dedicated street cleaner and curtail street vending is discussed as a further sanitary move with citizen petitions.
The thirteenth annual Texas Farmers' Congress began its session at College Station on Tuesday with strong turnout from across the state.
Judge Poindexter captured just over 50 percent of the Johnson County tally, beating the second place by nine votes. R. V. Davidson posted the strongest share of his home county among the four candidates, while Joe and Cone Johnson also won majorities locally.
Weather report from New Orleans on July 26 notes today and Wednesday will be cloudy with no change in temperature. The forecast emphasizes continued overcast skies and stable warmth for the period.
A. B. Storey of San Antonio, chairman of the Texas Democratic Executive committee, announced at Austin that he will not be a candidate for re election before the state convention at Galveston next month. He expects prohibitionists to dominate the meeting and says Colquitt will not be allowed to exclude submissions from the platform.
Investigators in Austin advance a substitute extending graft inquiry to primaries spending. The measure aims to reveal corporate money aiding Colquitt’s nomination. It passed 83 to 23 under influence of Governor Campbell who urged a $10,000 appropriations ask.
Gov Campbell sent to the Senate a list of vacation appointments including J P Lightfoot as attorney general and A M Barton and C H Jenkins on high courts, with R M Wynne and W H Key in state posts. The move follows a busy schedule of trades day committee assignments announced for next Saturday.
Galveston July 27 Cuban government shows little concern for the El Caney uprising. A message to Cuban consul Francisco P. Caballero says the government has the insurrection well in hand and regard it as of minor significance.
In San Angelo Texas on July 27 John Conger six years old, son of T. R. Conger, died last night from burns suffered yesterday after kerosene explosion while playing near a washpot where coal had been used to kindle a fire.
Ten thousand armed exiles gather on the Franco Spanish border ready to advance to Barcelona on July 29 to join strikers. Senor Claremont is named to lead the combined forces against government troops. Thousands have recently been killed for alleged complicity in last year’s riots.
J O Terrell of San Antonio stated in San Antonio on Tuesday that he will accept the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
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