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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
1
The list presents six shoe lots with values from $1.50 to $3.50, featuring white canvas pumps, back pumps, tan pumps, and black gun metal pumps. All goods are new and desirable with broken lots being sold at half price.
In Wichita Falls on June 1 there was no rain from yesterday’s dynamite explosions and clouds were light. In Los Angeles the Clarence Warren jury bribery trial adjourned to Monday due to the death of C. S. McNutt, formerly linked to the McNamara defense. Job Harriman, once Los Angeles mayoral candidate, has been summoned as a state witness in the Darrow trial.
Dallas June 1 Judge Seay's court dismissed 74 old cases to clear the docket. Six cases were murder prosecutions and the remainder involved other charges.
Valparaiso reports several railway employees froze to death in the heaviest snowfall since 1905. Rail service may be halted for weeks as rescue and recovery operations proceed in icy conditions.
A promotional note touts an attractive store for economical shoppers during the Aviation meet. Every department features savings on quality goods and a free ticket to the event with purchases up to five dollars.
Foreign citizens hurry out of northern Mexico as the Madero revolt is judged less dangerous for them. Reports from El Paso and Mexico City state a Mexican Federal victory at Loma near Torreon is part of Orozo's plan to stretch federal lines. Authorities warn taxes rise and rail disruption worsens, with brigands and rebels active around the capital.
A Saturday morning storm sent bolts to at least three locations in or near the northeastern city, causing property damage and minor injuries. Mrs. Lehrman was knocked down and bruised at the courthouse area. Mrs. Fehrman on Belavenue suffered a scare and minor harm. at the Will White home a bolt tore a roof hole and burned a child’s foot. Ora Geneva Grady was stunned at the North Locust Street Water and Light building.
From Juarez Col Orozco departed for Chihuahua aboard the first Mexican Central military train since traffic suspension order. Refugees report the Chihuahua situation as extremely serious with the town’s footing and plan dering at any time potentially dangerous.
Washington June 1 Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee directed Chairman Underwood to introduce the cotton tariff revision bill, previously passed at the extra session. President Taft vetoed it. The measure would cut cotton duties to about 27 percent from 47.15 percent in 1911, with Democrats arguing clothing costs would drop by 540.6 million dollars annually.
In Raleigh North Carolina on June 11 three children of George Adams died in a single incident. A rattlesnake fatally bit two siblings while a drowning claimed the third. The mother in alarm sent her five year old to move a hen from its nest and found the danger after the hen pecked him. A rattlesnake bite and the drowning followed as the infant was found dead in a trough.
Washington report notes the Senate voted four to eleven to approve the eight hour bill. The action marks a limit on work hours, reflecting labor policy concerns of the era.
Press Dispatch from Santiago reports Col ister Wheeler an American ranch man captured by the Guban rebels. Government troops claim victory near Palma Sorana with 27 rebels and 18 women killed. Havana confirms a possible landing of American marines to guard foreign property.
More contests filed with the Republican National Committee raise total to 226. Of 22 new cases, 14 are from Texas with eight at large and six from the Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth districts.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Tom Watson former populist candidate for the presidency in Macon Georgia charged with sending obscene matter through the mails in an article in Watson magazine attacking Catholics.
Rio Grande reaches record heights and endangers Fort Bliss and nearby districts. Floodwaters wash out the G H and S A railroad east of El Paso at Fabens, blocking through traffic and disrupting transportation.
The report from New Orleans on June 1 indicates tonight will be fair and cooler while Sunday is expected to be fair. The outlook suggests mild temperatures with mainly clear skies.
An excerpt urges perseverance over quitting and notes a thrift and public improvements policy at a long established bank. It stresses civic duty and encourages citizens of Denton County to support officers and stockholders in pursuing better savings and local projects.
Melvin Vaniman launched his airship Akron for about an hour in Atlantic City and briefly damaged the under-structure when a rope snagged propellers. After quick repairs he resumed flight and landed safely at the hangar, pursuing plans to cross the Atlantic.
Rev. C. C. Cissell, a Methodist Episcopal minister from Kokomo, resigns at the request of the Methodist conference in Minneapolis after admitting he arrived with a woman living as his wife. His wife and three children in Kokomo have forgiven him.
Detective Franklin accuses Job Harriman former socialist mayoral candidate of supplying Clarence Darrow with alleged bribe money used to tamper with McNamara jurors in Los Angeles.
Grasshoppers are injuring crops in Mc Lennan Williamson and Burnet counties, focusing on cotton and corn, as of early June. Local farmers report damage spreading across the regions.
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