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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1913
Page
2
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Daughters of the Confederacy mount a Monday tag day aiming to raise 5000 for a Confederate monument. Denton residents urged to support civic projects as McKinney Examiner notes county wins at the State Fair and calls for better roads and school space. Denton Mayor Bates’ message on water and growth is echoed as citizens debate road bonds and tax vs bond funding while local ads promote remedies for sore lungs.
The Princess offers a new program this evening, promising a stronger showing than recent performances and a higher quality presentation.
Mrs May Van Allen Thompson, a Boston social leader and niece of the late Colonel John Jacob Aster, is under customs scrutiny after about 10 000 in pearls and jewels were found sewn inside her corset on arrival aboard the liner Arabic. Authorities hold the items for appraisal as twenty five trunks were brought in. Experts price laces gowns furs and silks. investigators probe why she preferred Boston sailings over New York.
At Pittsburg on November 1 the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded 16 Texans bronze and silver medals with monetary rewards totaling nearly 100000 dollars. Recipients include R Pauline McKinney Van Alstyne for saving a child from a train, Olin M Scott Weldon for rescuing a drowning person, Elbert Gray Canton for saving a child from a well, and multiple others who saved lives in events across Texas from 1908 to recent times.
Advertising copy promotes Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for headaches biliousness and constipation. It claims a torpid liver and foul bowels cause illness and promises cleansing of the stomach removal of sour undigested food and poisons with a night dose to leave the head clear and bowels regular by morning.
The Douglass Witt High School football team travels to Fort Worth to play Bryant Training School for Boys. The starting lineup includes Centre and Magill. guards Bradley and Smith. tackles Powledge and Standifer. ends McNew and Goode. backfield Cobb at quarterback with Buckingham and Matthews as halves and Potts at fullback. Three substitutes will be chosen from regular practice players. Changes at School reorganize space with a larger study hall and science lab move to the annex for smoother classes.
Mayor Bates warned the City Council of Denton about the urgent need for a more adequate water supply before next summer. He outlined no funds to acquire reservoir grounds or drill new wells and explained bond limits, sinking funds, and charter constraints that block new borrowing despite rising population and failing wells.
Mayor ED F. Bates outlines the city finances including a potential 40 cent levy to float 10 405 per cent bonds, existing 48 000 waterworks bonds to be paid, and a sinking fund plan with 19 000 in reserve leaving 29 000 to fund at 3 000 per year. Addenda report 1913 taxes 3 236 295 and scholastic enrollment increases, noting education costs rising faster than assessable values.
A compact note mentions improving a process or item with a plan described briefly as a future enhancement. No names, places, dates, or concrete details are provided in readable text.
The Ladies Aid and Mission Society of the First Baptist Church gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs. Ben Sullivan’s West Qak Street home. About forty to fifty members and guests enjoyed a program on Italy led by Mrs. Wolfsohn, with song, prayer, roll call, and a discussion on convention attendance followed by a lesson led by Mrs. Lester and refreshments hosted by Mrs. Sullivan and others.
An advertisement claims nervous headaches stem from torpid liver and constipated bowels. It promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a regulator that stimulates organs to function properly and offers a 25 cent box by druggists or mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co.
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