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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
2
Public notice in the Record and Chronicle warns that any erroneous reflection on the character reputation or standing of firms individuals or corporations will be corrected when brought to the publishers attention.
The document warns the house fly spreads typhoid and other diseases, urging sanitation steps from screening doors and windows to proper garbage disposal. It also outlines a sweeping state banking law with two guaranty plans, outlining bank examinations, capital requirements, and depositor protections, set to take effect August 9.
The letter laments long concrete sidewalks drawing youths with roller skates, warning action will come only after injuries occur as in Brownwood. It urges Denton to stop Young America with skates before a child is seriously hurt, noting recent local improvements raise safety concerns.
John Deye of Glaiwin Michigan suffered a 12 year running ulcer and spent over 4000 dollars on doctors with no relief. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve reportedly cured the ulcer and healed fevers sores boils felons piles burns scalds cuts and corns. Sold by J F Raley & Co for 25 cents.
Advertisement notes baled feed priced at four dollars per ton or fifteen cents per bale. Claims equal food value to prairie hay and lists Alliance Milling Co with address or contact details.
On the old Tartar from Yokohama to Vancouver Island a quiet Pekin miner William Henry Sigsbee plays poker with restraint. He reveals he is a professional gambler who has run games in Silver City and Pekin and refuses to let a sharp trick win.
A vintage advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller as a trusted home remedy. It claims a teaspoon in hot water or milk calms colds and future troubles, noting the product sells in 35c and 50c sizes with millions of bottles sold annually.
May 26 The Senate will restore the duty on crude oil amid GOP support from finance committee members. A 2 percent ad valorem duty is likely after a Senate poll shows sufficient strength, despite Standard Oil opposition. Ida Tarbell’s letter swayed Western senators by linking Standard Oil to anti competition.
C B Strugegs writes the Chamber of Commerce notes discussing local business activity and civic improvement efforts. The column highlights upcoming events, merchant cooperation, and community development initiatives.
The committee on shows and exhibitions schedules a monthly trades day starting June 12, aiming to boost Denton business. Denton Chamber of Commerce urges local booster effort and capitalizes on strong county agricultural profile to attract enterprises and display county products.
A man was shot and killed near Hutchins with a suspect arrested. Governors sign hunters license. August 11 effective. Dickinson imitates Roosevelt and an alligator is killed. A woman dies in a Van Court storm. farm losses rise. Calhoun bribery trial features detectives. May wheat near 1.35 1/4. Wisconsin vetoes anti swearing bill. The Mississippi breaks speed record at 22 knots. Several bills await gubernatorial action in Austin. Cumberland Assembly meets next year in Dickson Tennessee. Bryan Texas endures severe wind and rain damage. Texas wheat harvest projected 14 106 000 to 15 000 000 bushels. Georgia railroad strike continues. negro firemen seniority issue. State Board of Health forms with Dr. Painter appointment. Taft revokes Roosevelt era architects council and targets Country Life commission.
A Denton citizen Mrs. W. H. Pierce of 46 E Hickory St credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her kidney trouble in 1965 and recommends them as a tonic. She buys them at J. F. Raley & Co. drug store and urges others to remember the name Doan's. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY distributes as U S sole agents. Price 50 cents.
Waco Texas May 26 Cullen B Cooper assistant cashier of the Exchange National Bank was seriously injured while wrestling with a companion. The nasal bone of his face was driven inward and an operation was necessary today.
Advertisement notes Capudine relieves headaches colds heat stomach and nervous troubles. Describes the liquid as pleasant to take and acting immediately. Available in 10c 25c and 50c sizes at drug stores.
A Mississippi private used humor to win a congressional nomination and election, outmaneuvering Confederate General Tucker. On the stump Allen mocked bivouac stories, claiming privates once stood guard over sleeping generals while Tucker claimed similar feats. Voters rewarded Allen with a seat in Washington amid a lighthearted campaign.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a guaranteed hair restorer that darkens faded hair, stops dandruff in a week, and leaves hair soft and luxurious. It claims a money back promise if not satisfied after one bottle, priced at 5 cents per bottle through O. M. Curtis or Giroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. My 5-14-26.
Brownwood Texas May 26 The presidency of Daniel Baker College has been offered to J E Junkin professor at the Agricultural and Mechanical college He has the offer under advisement Both alumni and students are pleased over the prospects
Herbert Meek, son of the general manager of Harker Paving, dies after falling into an oil tank in Muskogee Oklahoma on May 26. The brief notice includes an advertising slogan for Foley Kidney Remedy.
Denton real estate firms publish changing offerings daily. Read today for current listings and prices from leading brokers.
D J Gill is jailed in Dallas charged with killing J South near Hutchins late yesterday. They were brothers in law. Gill, from a prominent Dallas family, allegedly faced by South who advanced with a knife.
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