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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1909
Page
1
The Denton County Commissioners Court, with Judge Zumwalt presiding, rescinded the road bond election for Road District No. 1 originally set for Nov 27 1909. A large petition recall failed as 180 signatures remained on the original petition and 56 required to order an election were not met.
The article urges individuals to carefully manage money, start a special savings fund at a bank, and set aside a portion for urgent needs or religious duties. It notes many deposits are sacred funds used to aid families in hardship and that such accounts are crucial though often underappreciated until crisis hits.
The United Charities will distribute Thanksgiving edibles to needy families on Thursday. A citywide investigation identified those in danger of missing dinner. notify the association if someone was overlooked. Weekly Wednesday donation days are set at the May Building offices for clothes and contributions.
Horsemen and livestock owners with entries in the upcoming horse show practiced their mounts and drivers at the cotton yard on Wednesday morning. The event, running over Thursday to Saturday, features fancy paces and judging to familiarize riders with requirements amid strong rival interest.
Tonight shows increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions in New Orleans. Thursday forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy weather with similar milder temperatures.
Louis Coffman a former McKinney constable was found guilty of murdering his wife near Melissa and was sentenced to death by the district court jury after eighteen hours of deliberation. It marks the second white man sentenced to death in Collin County and the first in thirty years. Coffman contended his wife shot him and then killed herself.
Sheriff Orr traveled to Greenville to view prisoners tied to recent safe robberies and paused in Dallas to confer with officers before bringing two suspects in on the same charge. He missed his train and returned home Wednesday night, expecting further developments in a few days.
Sheriff Antises and former Sheriff Smufler travel from Laporte Indiana to Fort Worth Texas to verify claims by E L Milli son that Belle Gunness the infamous killer is alive in Texas A false teeth set is among the items shown as proof and Milli son seeks a $10000 reward if identified as Gunness.
State penitentiary investigating board received affidavits from J. J. Menshaw former penitentiary board member and Bob Brahan former assistant manager of the Cunningham convict farm certifying that the penitentiary board authorized the payment of 25 dollars monthly by contractors to the sergeants through the financial agents at Huntsville.
The Amazu theater presents Western songs and costumes with clean comedy. The Lees will give away their celebrated Indian head drawing each night.
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