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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
2
The Record and Chronicle publish corrections upon being alerted to any erroneous reflection about a firm, individual, or corporation appearing in the columns. Readers are asked to call the publishers to have such issues addressed.
The page notes 1609 Henry Hudson’s voyage on the Half Moon and the Hudson River discovery. It quotes lines from Shakespeare and references Whitman’s death in 1592 and slavery trade abolition in 1807. The fragmentary calendar blends literary allusions with historical markers.
Daily display and classified listings present bargains worth checking. Readers can scan ads for savings and timely offers as part of routine newspaper perusal.
The ex waterwagon horse, once racing up and down the streets, now favors Denton’s sidewalks. Denton lacks many good streets but has several solid sidewalks. The horse has become a daily stunt on the concrete paths.
The afternoon papers first report Sharpe’s acquittal on one day and the two Coopers’ conviction the next, with morning papers expanding on these details the following day.
Denton County farmers will receive hundred copies of department bulletins on corn and cotton farming. The bulletins come from actual experiment stations and aim to benefit farmers when read and applied. Next year Boys Corn clubs and prizes could increase benefits. farmers should request to be placed on the free mailing list via the Record and Chronicle.
The Dallas Times criticizes ex Senator Thomas in the Second District election and questions Mr Doak a Clarksville candidate for the Senate seat vacated by H Bascom Thomas. Doak defended expulsion but now backs Thomas while learning as a potential speaker candidate.
The Record and Chronicle deems Thoms' charges absurd without evidence while noting some supporters think his case has merit. Voters in and out of his district favor giving Senator Thomas another chance, expecting stronger proof before future accusations.
The contract for the new public school building was awarded this afternoon to John Johnson Jr of this city. The price is 25 077 dollars and the completion date is September 1st, enabling next year’s session to open in the new facility. Eight bids were received, all near the award price.
Garza March 25 contracts let to move business houses to a new townsite about one hundred yards northeast of the present location. The new town will include a public square with a pavilion, drinking fountain, and two watering troughs. Of twenty nine residences and forty business lots, all but fourteen business lots have been sold.
Advertises a free package of Mother Gray's Australian Leaf herbal remedy for women's ills. Claims a reliable regulator for back, urinary, bladder or kidney trouble and urges sending name and address to The Mother Gray Co. Le Roy N Y. All druggists sell it for 50 cents.
A Denton Texas notice promotes D. D. D. Prescription as the effective treatment for eczema arguing skin infection, not blood disease, with rapid itch relief within a minute and thousands of cures. It endorses D. D. D. Soap and attributes success to a penetrating liquid formula.
Washington report says the President’s chair collapsed under 240 pounds of weight. He saved himself from a fall, retrieved his own chair, and ordered a larger replacement to continue the duties.
The remedy relieves aches and feverishness and cures the cold restoring normal condition. It works in liquid form with immediate effects and is sold in drug stores for 10 25 and 50 cents.
In Austin on March 25 petitions from across the state urged the legislature to adjourn and go home. Speaker Marshall blamed special interests for such appeals and the House refused printing the resolutions in the Journal. Bowman pushed for an experimental station bill for the 166th district with Turney seeking printing approval.
Up to last night one hundred bills had been introduced in the House and sixty two in the Senate during the special session. Petitions on both sides of the pass the appropriation bill and come home question are arriving from several parts of the state. The come home petitions are in the majority. The Senate left last night for Uvalde to attend celebration day. The House remained in session. The Trenchshany fire marshal bill was favorably reported. Governor appointed James W. Swayne district judge to succeed Judge Mike E. Smith at Fort Worth and Thomas E. Dunham as assistant superintendent of the Rusk penitentiary. Senate journals on Thomas expulsion shipped to the Second district for possible use in reelection race. Senate approved experiment stations in six more senatorial districts. The Board of Health and nine juror bills linger. New Senate bills regulate newspaper fees for citations and provide homes for lepers. House measures include newspaper citation rates, full rendition of money, and tighter liquor controls in local option districts.
Austin March 25 The Senate committee favorably reported the Alexander bank deposit guaranty bill after adopting the Seter Hume substitute which makes the bill objectionable to its sponsors. A minority favorable report is expected on the original bill. The substitute requires each state bank to bond its deposits annually and file with the Banking commissioner. The committee also favored a fire insurance rates bill.
In Austin on March 25 the Board of Health bill dominated House debate. The measure was badly altered and the enacting clause was struck in a motion still pending as the House adjourned until 10 this morning.
Austin news reports the House committee favorably forwarded a bill to regulate fraternal beneficiary associations after minor amendments. The measure faces a cool reception in the House. A separate judicial reforms committee vetoed it, with a minority report by Lee and Dalby.
The morning wagon of the Denton Creamery makes daily rounds delivering Jersey milk and fresh buttermilk churned each morning. It passes by your door and offers convenient, cheaper milk products by phone order.
A friend of District Attorney Jerome describes Major Care as a juror who would resist any verdict other than guilt. Carey reportedly opposed conviction and would stand for years to prevent an unjust result. He entered the jury room in a bath robe ready for a long siege.
Major Carey kept several acquaintances in Denton and was a friend of C A Williams. He often visited the town years ago while representing a wholesale dry goods house from New York. His last trip occurred three or four years ago.
Firefighters fought a high wind blaze that damaged a studio owned by A. E. Graham and damaged the J. B. Schmitz furniture store and wallpaper stock. The rebuilt exchange building sustained water damage to equipment but reopened overnight. Fire crews used five front streams and one rear, aided by a chemical agent, saving adjacent properties and reducing total loss.
An advertising blurb promotes Capudine as a remedy for headaches and nervous tension. It urges readers who were out last night to try Capudine to clear the head and brace the nerves, noting availability at drug stores.
The text notes growing demand for Alamo coffee and assures quality and consistency. It invites placing the next order, promising satisfaction with a guaranteed pleasing product from Long & Turner Co.
Albion residents endorse Mi o na as a worldwide dyspepsia cure. Local testimonials include Mrs Be C Gass and WH Mott claiming relief after long stomach troubles and months of ineffectiveness with other remedies. Den ton sels druggist O M Curtis offers Mi o na at 50 cents a large box with a money back guarantee.
James H. Boyle and a woman were positively identified as the man and woman who abducted Willie Whitla from Sharon, Pennsylvania, and transported him to Cleveland and Ashtabula before the ransom was paid. The man is listed as a Sharon resident and plumber. The woman, claimed to be his wife, aided in the detention. The charges rest on blackmail after a $10,000 ransom was paid. A possible assistant connected to the plot reportedly died by poison intake near a drugstore.
Katie Daffan chapter U D C holds open meeting with Mrs. Kaustein tomorrow afternoon featuring a program of songs solos papers and a talk on The Texas Division U D C by Mrs Berry Other events include Mothers Club regular meeting and a social gathering with host Mrs Schweer and Mrs Bone urged to attend Prof Abbott to give a Pure Food talk at 3 30 promptities emphasized.
Necia and Poleon steer a desperate escape from a menacing gamblerRunnion as a tipped canoe drifts toward shore. Runnion fires warning shots, Necia battles to thwart him then helps a badly wounded rival. Poleon defeats Runnion in a ferocious struggle. Necia relives the danger and resists further vengeance.
A Henrietta Pennsylvania mother credits seven bottles of Electric Bitters with curing her son’s five year battle with eczema and blood disorders after doctors said lung damage was likely. The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for eczema salt rheum sores and rheumatism with a local guarantee.
Austin reports Dr. W. M. Brumby states Texas will not accept consumptives traveling from elsewhere. Hotels and boarding houses refuse lodging, prompting a warning to medical authorities to discourage such travel. A pending Senate bill would allow the health officer to return indigent consumptives to their homes.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life remedy as preventing appendicitis by stimulating the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to cure constipation biliousness chills malaria headache and indigestion and sells for 25 cents at J F Raley & Co.
Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, Democratic minority leader, spoke on the new tariff bill from a Democratic perspective. He spoke from in front of the speaker's desk as a large audience listened. the day ended with no further session.
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