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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
2
The notice lists subscription prices for The Record and Chronicle including monthly and annual mail rates. It notes the paper is entered as second class mail matter at Denton Texas under federal act and that subscriptions terminate at expiration.
Notice to readers the Record and Chronicle will correct any erroneous reflections on firms individuals or corporations upon notification to the publishers. The item serves as a general statement about a newspaper self correction policy and reader engagement with potential inaccuracies.
Denton voters in Justice Precinct No 1 face a choice on funding better roads via bonds, contrasting long tax methods with bond-based road building used by other counties. The piece notes typographical errors in printing and praises the North Texas State Normal Journal's 1909-10 issue as up to the paper's high standard.
The Alabama congressman Hobson argues tariff funding mainly benefits protected interests and trusts. He cites estimates that each American family pays about 111 annually, with 95 going to profits of protected groups and 16 to the treasury, while Republican and Democratic factions argue over the impact on revenue and politics. He warns the South will lose from protectionism, noting farmers and common citizens bear the costs while few benefit.
The Douglass Arizona city council reportedly voted to divert about eight thousand dollars from the waterworks fund to support a local baseball team, despite initial plans to buy the waterworks system. The dispatch notes the council’s baseball interest influenced the funding decision.
The Texas mercantile leader Sanger Brothers are noted as leading dry goods merchants with vast fortunes. Alex Sanger extols newspapers as essential public utilities and advertising columns as the most valuable asset for retail merchants, urging every merchant to recognize the true value of advertising space.
The Atlanta Constitution notes Loring Brown on a six acre plot between Atlanta and Marietta clears 2790 from oats and Irish potatoes in two crops. Ed Leigh Wight joins Brown at Belmont dairy and chicken farm, selling 15000 in farm and creamery products last year. Manure and acid phosphate cut fertilizer costs, offering a viable model for Georgia farmers near cities.
Advertised as the quickest and best remedy for winter colds and coughs, Simmon's Cough Syrup is claimed to soothe lungs and bronchial passages, stop the cough at once, and provide rest and peaceful sleep.
The funeral for Wm. Payne, who died at 192 West Oak Street on Tuesday morning, was held at his residence Wednesday morning in the presence of many friends and relatives. Rev. M. T. Andrews and Elder F. L. Young conducted services before the body was given to the Masons for interment with Masonic honors. Pallbearers from the lodge were J. W. Cook J. W. Curtis B. F. Paschall D. M. Reeve J. N. Rayzor and J. A. Minnis.
In Denton a rock struck Robert Riddle as the M. E. and IL excursion train departed. The hard working local negro was knocked unconscious by a heavy missile through an unshaded window, suffering a severe forehead wound before being treated at home. No motive or assailant identified in the report. In Decatur Texas, Nov. 5, Weisman of McKinney predicted renewed interest in a proposed rail line from McKinney west through Denton Decatur and Bridgeport, seeing strong railroad development potential.
Mrs J Duncan recalls a 20 year battle with dyspepsia and illness. After doctors gave up, Electric Bitters cured her, restoring appetite and sleep. At 70 she reports full health and strength, praising it for indigestion kidney trouble and female complaints. 50c at J F Raley & Co.
Local hunters report quail are very scarce with bags of two to six birds per day. Summer reports of large covies seem mistaken or birds have disappeared since.
Glen Oak resident Wm Upchurch exiled himself to seek relief from a two year deadly cough. After six months home he grew worse until using Dr Kings New Discovery. He credits six bottles with full recovery. The ad promises cures for coughs colds hoarseness and asthma and offers 50c and 1 trials backed by J F Raley and Co.
Health in Plainview is good with no sickness to report. The public school opened with Miss Nellie Naylor as principal and strong attendance. A large Sunday school and B Y P U gathering occurred, with Rev B F Sizemore delivering a mes sage on Ephesians 1 13. Rev Jeff D Ray from Waco to speak on the third Sunday night. Foley's Honey and Tar praised as a cough remedy.
A playful prompt notes readers can recover lost articles by placing ads in the Lost and Found columns of the Record and Chronicle. It invites readers to try the service and see results.
Capudine claimed to clear the head and nerves for a fit new morning. Billed as the remedy for headaches and nervous tension, it was advertised as suitable for business use and available at drug stores.
A Wide World Magazine writer describes a Bengal practice called trial by rice. Suspects gather at 10 am while a Brahman selects sun facing flowers and a clerk feeds raw rice to chew, then spit onto plantain leaves. Three men fail to moisten the rice. one man, the flour mill, is exposed as chief instigator.
A London writer notes that genius often follows moods beyond the norm. Beethoven’s gloomy periods yielded noble scores while Schubert thrived in merry tavern moods. Paganini, captive to fleeting moods, sometimes failed to appear for concerts.
Mary a fourteen year old is found sobbing by her older sister after recounting she has been asked to attend dances by three boys. She explains she told the first yes and the last was a long panter, highlighting social pressures in youth.
English tourist asks how to recognize an infant industry. The politician replies that, like most infants, it is recognized by the noise it makes when it wants to be noticed. London Telegraph.
A dialogue quotes Mrs. Benham and Benham arguing whether women are more curious than men. Benham says men would test dangerous feats like riding a streetcar backward, risking death to prove a point.
In a brief Life note the question is raised whether the Barkers own their piano and the playful reply suggests ownership limited to one octave, reflecting a humorous household detail from the era.
Advertises Parisian Sage claiming rapid dandruff relief and hair regrowth. Endorsed by O. M. Curtis with a two week guarantee and money back offer. Includes customer testimonial and note that the product costs 50 cents per bottle and is sold nationwide.
It will pay you to get prices on plumbing supplies and plumbing work from Wilson Hardware Company. Offers and contact details likely listed for customers seeking discounts on parts and services.
Miss Innes at Sunnyside aids a dawning investigation into a sequence of murders and disappearances surrounding Gertrude, Halsey, and the Arm strong family linked to a secret bank treasure. Secrets unfold as a gunshot, a cuff button, and a hidden panel reveal intertwined fates and a tangled past.
A dying woman confesses to a web of deceit around a child’s paternity and rightful inheritance. She reveals Arnold’s letters and a trunk of documents as proof, names Lucien at Richfield, and asks for intervention by the Armstrongs. The tale ends with her death that night.
The narrator describes a tense search at Casanova's Sunnyside estate for a hidden chamber. Jamieson and detectives trail suspects while the haunted house keeps its secrets. the ascent to the roof marks a pivotal chase moment in the investigation.
An 1880s advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for curing catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo is vouched for by Walding Kinnan Marvin as honorable and capable. The remedy is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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