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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1909
Page
3
An assortment of local business notices includes a dentist at 800th equal, a shoe and harness repair shop on East McKinney Street opposite the meat market, and G B Campbell from McCray's Jewelry with services by cleaner and presser, noting a public phone listing.
The State of Texas to the sheriff of Denton County or constable commands publication of this citation for eight weeks to summon Martha D Gordon Wendell Davis a minor Wim Davis Emma Worthing Elliott A Worthing and unknown heirs of William McCune and Samuel McCune to appear at the next district court term in Denton on August 23 1909 to answer a petition filed June 7 1909 in case No 5973 seeking partition of lands in Denton County described as the north half of the Silas Pinckley survey and other parcels with claims of Lutecia McCune and heirs. The plaintiff seeks title possession and possibly a partition or sale with a receiver and costs.
Texarkana dispatch reports the Brotherhood of Firemen plans to appeal directly to George Gould in New York to avert a strike across Gould lines. The joint board will seek settlement before a formal poll, while General Manager Thorne of New Orleans also urges Gould to handle the matter. The piece also notes Foley’s Honey and Tar cures for lingering colds.
Real estate transfers list numerous parcels in Garza Roanoke Justin Pilot Point and city areas. Transfers show buyers and sellers including Massey Coway Gotcher Stroud and others with amounts from 40 to 9,000 dollars. Multiple surveys and additions cited.
Advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as perfect for cuts, burns, bruises, sores, ulcers, eczema, and sore eyes. It claims unrivaled effectiveness for chapped hands, salt rheum, and piles and notes availability at J. F. Raley & Co.
Manervie J. Cope of Sanger died May 2 at age 61 from heart failure. Jao L. King, also of Sanger, died May 7 at age 12 from liver trouble.
Local retailer T J White announces a 30 day harness sale at actual cost. Customers can purchase a variety of harnesses during this limited period.
A roundup of items mentions a Dallas area murder case trial date, school salary boosts, a Cloudcroft hotel fire, a rattlesnake found in a beer barrel, and summer teacher sessions in Dallas. Other notes cover storms, wrecks, submarine incidents, and local legal outcomes across Texas and nearby regions.
An oblique meditation on itch as a common plight across social classes. The lines contrast huts and halls, suggesting a shared vulnerability that blurs class distinctions among people and children alike.
Denton reports another drop in wheat prices as Alliance Mill manager Cobbs notes payments of 1.50 to 1.40 a bushel while Oklahoma and West Texas movement push prices down. Local market dull with no wagey wheat and car corn selling near 90 cents. Fort Worth livestock quotes and corn and potato prices included.
Austin June 14 The Supreme court will decide the Attorney General’s ruling that a county judge may vote as a member of the commissioners court the same as the commissioners. The case comes via for mandamus filed by Joseph Reviere elected sheriff of Liberty County to compel the Comptroller to approve his bond.
An advertisement extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as the fastest safest remedy for aches pale stiff joints cuts burns and bites. The copy promotes 50 cent and 25 cent bottle sizes as a superior universal cure.
The attorney general ruled that the state anti pass law covers collectors of customs of the Federal government. The ruling answered an inquiry from Collector Creager of Brownsville, noting the broad application of the provisions to federal officers stationed in the state.
A long birth notice records numerous couples from Roanoke Lewisville Pilot Point Sanger and nearby towns welcoming girls and boys with dates in May and March. Names include Ino Lattrell McMahon Muhlithouse Oliver Johnston Dennis Holly Smith Corby Frady Boyd Mayfield Hawkins Mann Stephens Walling McMath Park Collier Silvey Phipps Myers Gribble Jones Ballivan and others. Capudine headache remedy advertised as liquid and effective with price points.
Marriage licenses issued include R. B. Gentry and May Wright, Geo. Pollarg and Della Davis, R. L. McClintock and Katie Gordon, and L. BE. Cazzelit and Nanni'e Brown.
Court ordered receivership sale in Denton County Texas on July 6 1909 at the courthouse door. The Denton Interurban Railway and Power Plant company assets including machinery streetcars and land parcels will be sold in separately described lots under lien and franchise claims. Sale proceeds go to satisfy Briggs Weaver Machine Company and Southern Car Company liens among others with various parcels described by metes and bounds.
A seller notes this is the final time prices will be cut and warns that autumn rates will jump to 400 dollars for the same work currently priced at a dollar fifty per dozen. It signals a forthcoming price increase and commitment to higher charges.
A promotional notice reminds readers the offer closes on July 24 and urges prompt action to avoid missing the deal.
Baled shucas priced at 4 dollars per ton or bale. Claimed to equal in food value to prairie hay. Alliance Milling Co. 150tle.
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