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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1912
Page
1
March feature promotes Onyx Hosiery and Athena Knit Underwear for women. Claims emphasize superior fit and value with stockings designed to stay on, fit ankles, and withstand wear, backed by user opinions and in-store guidance.
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports the House Interstate Commerce Committee approved the bill for the Canal Zone government and Panama Canal operation. It sets a maximum toll of 1.25 dollars per ton, denies preference to American ships, and authorizes a governor for the Zone at ten thousand dollars yearly for a four year term.
The Alsdorf postoffice in Ellis County was robbed at 1 am when a safe was blown open. A getaway by handcar carried away about 200 dollars and left police searching for the bandits.
An advertisement urges opening an account with Exchange National Bank claiming rapid benefits and a clear advantage now and later. The copy touts modern banking and service facilities in the south, with signatures and titles of bank officers including President Nance and Vice President Christal.
Speaker Champ Clark told the Kentucky legislature that tariff reform and trust control will overshadow all other presidential campaign issues. He warned against delaying or dodging tariff legislation and rejected claims Taft would veto bills.
Fire at a Chicago lodging house kills five men. ten more feared trapped on the third floor. Fifty workers slept on the upper story when flames were found. one man died leaping from a fourth story window. Fire crews completed search dispelling worst fears.
A terse dispatch warns that Mexico City 18 remains at the mercy of rebels, with rates of security and policy in flux as insurgent forces threaten the capital. The report emphasizes instability and possible rapid capture by rebel groups.
Amid reports of a large rebel force massed twenty five miles south of Mexico City and awaiting Pascual Orozco to strike from the north, observers note the city could fall at any time. Rail worker J C Henderson says Southern conditions are little known and foreigners are advised to depart as rebels outnumber Federal troops. One encampment near the city is led by two Black leaders with twelve field pieces.
From Mexico City four troop trains ferry infantry cavalry and artillery toward Torreon while the government says 5000 soldiers are in the Torreon district and troops also move from Duango. General Trevino predicts the revolution’s early failure.
More than 200 passengers, a large majority American refugees mostly women and children, arrived in Laredo this morning. The arrival highlighted relief efforts as authorities organized aid and shelter for families fleeing conflicts.
Washington dispatch reports constant marauding by Mexican bands in the Texas Big Bend region. In response, two troops of the Third Cavalry based at San Antonio were ordered to the border for patrol duty.
Seven prisoners including burglars and hold up men escaped from the Dallas jail. One man was recaptured. Willie Adams was sentenced yesterday to three years for burglary.
Roosevelt expresses concern over presidential preferential primaries as opponents battle in Michigan and Illinois. He believes victory if primaries are held, but warns of a fighting chance if not. Oklahoma shows difficulty in convening delegates to the national convention.
A formal wedding of a mixed race couple occurred in a Denton attorney’s office with about fifty white witnesses. The groom Ames W. McFall claims a $100,000 East India estate and a 'Blue Diamond' mine, with a prenuptial totaling $50,000 to go to bride Eula Lugrand, contingent on marriage and settlement.
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