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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
2
The Record and Chronicle invites readers to report any erroneous reflections on the character reputation or standing of any firm individual or corporation in its columns for prompt correction by the publishers.
Calendar notes mark February 27 1909 with births of H W Longfellow in 1807 and Ernest Renan in 1823, and the death of Elias Hicks founder of the Hicksite Quakers. References to Taming of the Shrew Henry VI and a call for unity close the fragment.
The piece sketches a reflective Almanac style date attributed to Shakespeare. It hints at themes of time and identity through a lyrical, period voice.
The fragment hints at Benjamin Dicracl premier of England in 1868 delivering a forceful speech, with Henry Will quoted remarking on his potent rhetoric. The item notes intrigue over his power and the reach of his words, set amid other historical allusions.
The Retail Merchants' association backs securing a federal post office for Denton and argues local gains have been overlooked. A reader proposes Sherman style Boys' Corn Raising clubs to promote countywide corn farming, prizes funded by local business, and a visual lesson comparing old methods to new USDA guidance.
The Dallas News notes Denton national banks hold nearly 1,000,000 in deposits as the county endures four of its toughest crop years. Despite hard farm conditions, local diversification and prosperity may rebound if crop yields return to earlier levels. Aubrey Herald mentions the difficult year for traditional crops but optimism for future prosperity.
A historical note praises Denton County crops including horse mule hog ess butter turkey and chicken as diversifying factors behind the county's lasting prosperity despite three years of discouraging conditions in the region. An Aubrey neighbor predicts a surge of farmers seeking guidance when agricultural prosperity returns.
A Denton farmer running three cows feeds his family and earns a small yearly income from butter fat. The Denison Herald notes that what works in Denton could be easier in Camp county, citing Texas creamery potential and opportunities.
A canvassing plan by Smith & Co. at Smithville hires young men to survey county households. They collect data on heads of families, addresses, buying and selling habits, and piano or organ ownership to tailor monthly bulletins and stock orders. The effort covers costs and boosts profits through targeted information and inventory adjustment.
A humorous item recounts a man who sent his boy to borrow a neighbor's paper. In misadventure bees, a barbed wire fence, a broken fence, and a flood of mishaps lead to ruined goods including pants, cream, teeth, carpet, hens, and shirts as the family chaos unfolds.
A mother questions a daughter about the engagement to pa pa s son in law. The story frames a gentle family moment as they reveal that the couple will become a new son in law.
A rustic exchange unfolds as Nora and a jolly milkman banter by a kitchen window about being the Maid of Athens. The milkman escapes a splash of hot doughnuts while delivering a playful local scene with character and humor.
An Irish regiment colonel notes a soldier who stays near him at all times. The man explains his mother told him to stick to the colonel, saying colonels never get hurt, and he will be all right.
A long described mummy in Enid Oklahoma has drawn visitors for six years posing as John Wilkes Booth the Lincoln assassin. The body once identified as David E George alias Ravenswood St Helen and Booth caused sensational tales and personal letters to the mayor of El Reno seeking details and claiming Booth was their father.
A Tennessee based inquiry links John Wilkes Booth to the Enid death by own action. Attorney F. L. Bates asserts Booth’s life on record from 1870, recounting Booth as Buddy and detailing escape routes from Virginia to Texas with a Payne marriage in between.
Rex Beach portrays a tense departure as a man abandons caution for a dangerous river journey. He prepares his pack and moves toward the woods with feverish longing for a lost embrace. The couple travels a river trail toward Black Bear Creek as dusk closes in.
Oleon Doret contemplates wealth for marrying Necia after a providential No Creek discovery. Gale and Po leon recall a trapper's grim death as mosquitoes bite, the two men sharing risk and memory on a frontier journey.
Five men trek through a rugged valley chasing a strike and stake, debating who secures the best claim. Tensions rise as Gale, Stark, Runnion, Lee, and Doret weigh loyalty and luck while plotting a safe passage and the fate of a fragile partnership.
A majority of the committee considering the anti-future bill favored by Texas congressmen and the Texas Farmers' Union, according to a straw vote. Several Texans returned home optimistic the measure will pass.
A. A. Bobbitt a prominent pioneer stockman and former U S Deputy Marshal was assassinated within a half mile of his Ada home eight miles south on Saturday night. He died within two hours after the shooting and said he did not know his attacker but believed old enemies hired him.
Washington March 1. The Sixtieth Congress will end next Thursday at noon with the inauguration of Taft and Sherman. The House has passed all major supply bills and the Senate has cleared all but the sundry civil military academy and general deficiency appropriations, leaving these pending.
Snow has fallen in Paris for 48 hours and a nationwide blizzard of unprecedented proportions sweeps France. Many deaths are reported from exposure.
Railroads report a first wave of about three hundred Greeks traveling from Omaha and Council Bluffs to Fort Worth with more expected, seeking work in local packing houses after the race riots.
Burrell recalls a misty march with Ned through an untrodden valley where memories blur into a dream. They share laughter and songs with untamed spirits, guiding each other along a riverbank and across shallow fordings as Necia imitates childish speech.
The County Medical Society met this afternoon with about ten members in attendance. The session was held at the Drs. Inge and Kimbrough offices on the square side.
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