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OCR fragment from weekly page shows price cues 40c 2.00 4.00 with unclear context or items. The readable bits suggest a listing or ad but no decisive subject or entities are identifiable.
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
2
OCR fragment from weekly page shows price cues 40c 2.00 4.00 with unclear context or items. The readable bits suggest a listing or ad but no decisive subject or entities are identifiable.
The report notes a damp post holiday period with heavy rain and low energy levels hindering work activity, describing subdued business and travel conditions the day after Thanksgiving.
J Smith of Celina reports surveyors have finished a road survey from Greenville west to Celina. Construction to begin between Blue Ridge and Anna in Collin County with preliminary work underway from Greenville. Greenville Celina citizens invited to discuss with Denton leaders Monday night to push westward extension.
An advertisement promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a quick-colored solution for gray or faded hair. It claims color restoration after a single application and promises dandruff removal, scalp health, and hair growth with a 50 cent bottle. The ad includes a money back guarantee and druggist distribution.
Buffalo NY November 29 J Frank Hickey makes a signed confession to the murder of two boys Josephs age 7 killed in October 1911 at Lackawanna Pennsylvania and Michael Kruck a New York newsboy ten years ago He blames alcohol for his crimes claiming to be driven to kill while drunk He admits only these two killings and was captured after writing postcards describing his crimes to the police
Several families hosted Thanksgiving gatherings with extended kin and friends. Notable feasts included Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Williams entertaining seven grandsons, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Rayzor hosting Mrs. J. F. Bell and Vera Bell of Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Shepard welcoming a circle around their table. Additional dinners featured the Browns reunified after years and guest lists from Denton, Denison, Dallas, Argyle, and Fort Worth. A Parkey home dinner included Mrs. Co. O. Austin and daughter with Miss Dalton of Fort Worth, and Paul Benett hosted guests after a five-course meal followed by games of 500.
David Bispham recalls Kipling leaving a New York private party after the Danny Deever song. Kipling later regrets the abrupt exit and sends a London message, apologizing for seeming unceremonious and revealing his inability to trust himself to speak.
A health ad warns that a building falls when its foundation is undermined and urges taking Dr Kings New Life Pills at the first sign of indigestion to tone the stomach and regulate liver kidneys and bowels. Ad mentions J F Raley as the dealer.
In New Chelsea, a family fortune collapses afterStephen Hampden loses money to a bank crisis. John Dunmeade investigates alleged political paper tied to the bank, confronts cashier Warren Blake, and a fatal shooting ensues. The group hides the crime as they face a moral collapse and possible scandal.
Fragmentary text presents a narrator noting a sinking figure who seeks to disclose a new prod for a calloused people. The scene hints at hidden knowledge and collective power that may carry the populace forward, with a continuation promised.
Liverpool and New York futures open and close figures are listed for January and March contracts. Spot quotations show Liverpool at 7.094 pence, New York 13.16 cents, New Orleans 12.75 cents, and Galveston 12 15 16 cents.
Detroit reports the Michigan constitutional amendment for woman suffrage defeated by 594 votes with a statewide recount in Saginaw County possible. Wisconsin shows all constitutional amendments passing except woman suffrage, defeated by over 90 000 votes.
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