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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1910
Page
3
Denton market reports lint cotton top at 13.90 cents per pound with seed cotton at 5.20 dollars per 100 pounds. Weekly top 5.20, bottom 5.10, while seed prices at 26 cents per cwt. Local receipts exceed 2,000 bales by Wednesday noon as imports rise from distant farms.
Denton Texas October 5 drought damage in Argentina reported at about 35 percent of the crop sent futures higher in Chicago with gains from 1 to 1 1-8 cents. Cash grain closings show wheat at 95 cents to $1.01, corn 51 1-2 to 62, oats 31. Kansas City prices and regional quotes follow the same uptrend with mixed shifts across commodities.
MINNIS' DRUG STORE offers quick delivery free of charge. The Shetland pony parade requires Indian costumes or participants may join without one. Wm Williams leads with parade at 10 30 Saturday morning. Riders meet at Carroll arena east of Williams house on West Oak Street at 1 00 Saturday to form the line. Three prizes for best costume and mount. Souvenirs for all entrants. Those with ponies should line up. proxies available via Chamber of Commerce secretary.
An advertisement pledges a $100 reward for any case Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure. It describes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, asserts constitutional treatment, and promotes accompanying Hall's Family Pills for consolation. Address F I Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, sold by druggists at 75 cents.
Jack Johns, once a Denton lad now employed by the Texas and Pacific railway in Fort Worth, dislocated his collarbone while sneezing amid illness. A list of local notes mentions social gathering plans and a millinery sale as the store promotes latest styles and alterations for ladies and misses.
In Sanger on October 4, reports note cotton picking and wheat planting with rain still needed. Mrs. Laura Kirby, 36, widow of Nat Kirby, was buried after dying in a San Antonio sanitarium while her home was in Clovis New Mexico. Attendees included G M Kirby of Gainesville and relatives from Clovis and near Bolivar. Other notices list visitors to Pilot Point and Dallas, teaching assignments in Cordova Alabama, and civic visits by Worth S Ray and others. Prairie Mound weather cool after rain with farmers preparing land for wheat and corn harvest. social events include ice cream, visits, and relatives from Denton, Arlington, and Dallas.
Mrs and Mrs McElroy and daughter ula of Fort Worth spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs E G McElroy Rev Carter of Roanoke preached at the Baptist church Sunday Mr and Mrs H F Gale of Krum visited Mr and Mrs T A Gale Miss Anna Clara Thomason visiting in Denton Henry Stallings of Denton visited his brother L D Stallings Mr and Mrs J B Dorsey visited in Krum Miss Minnie Proffer visiting in Gainesville Mrs L B Watson visiting in Marietta Ok Miss Thelma Robinson has been sick but is better
The Aubrey column lists visits and travel across Pilot Point Denton Texarkana and Mineral Wells. Names include Lizzie Morgan E C Coffey Dan Turner and wife Ed Tidmore Van Beauchamp Reno Dyche Lillie Gregory Spann Will Allen Bertha Rhoads A E Brewer J H Sanford and E F Wilson. Several relatives visit others and travel plans are noted.
Denton readers learn that the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Shows plan a October 24 visit with a brand new outfit. The troupe boasts a $3,060,000 build, a 350 member cast, daily $7,000 spend, and a three mile parade with never before seen animals and novelties from around the world.
News from Little Elm lists local movement and visits. J T Grant and others traveled to Denton, Lewisville, Rector, Garza, and Frisco. Funeral of Henry Thomas drew Rev. Rogers from Whitewright and large local attendance. County Attorney Chas Mays attended court. several residents reported travel and church activities.
Roanoke updates show Mr and Mrs R A Carruth in Port Worth. Mrs C L Lane and Mrs Chas Medlin attend the Woman's Home Mission conference in Commerce. Rev G A Marvin of Alvord visits. Mrs M A Smith of Fort Worth visits her son. H W Jenkins and wife in Fort Worth. Mrs Hugh Smith ill with typhoid. Relatives visited in Oklahoma. Mrs J M Medlin in Fort Worth. Mrs R A Lee of Stanton visits. Mrs James of St Louis visits sisters Julia Adams and A B Horton.
A Washington era advertisement claims Parisian Sage is a scientifically advanced hair tonic that stops dandruff, prevents hair loss, and makes hair grow. It promises quick results with a money back guarantee and sells for 50 cents at O M Curtis and druggists. The package features “the girl with the Albarn hair.”
A short note from a customer asking if the grocery business can fulfill an order. The message invites payment for phone delivery and mentions the contact number 44. It reads like a vendor inquiry or advertisement for grocery services.
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