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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1909
Page
3
Maggie Hender, 30, who had been missing three weeks, was found dead in a mesquite thicket five miles from Austin. Police arrested two men suspected of involvement. Decomposition impeded details. earrings and clothing marks identified the victim.
A promotional testimonial touts kidney health and Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for female aches. Mrs. L. F. Rowlett of Denton Texas credits the remedy with ending long lasting kidney trouble and back pain after using the product from J F Raley & Co. The ad urges readers to use Doan's, sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co.
An old advertisement promotes the Record and Chronicle Lost and Found columns as a way to recover missing items. It also touts Poley’s Honey and Tar as a throat remedy, claiming to clear air passages, heal inflamed lungs, and expel a cold from the system.
The Record and Chronicle report expanding classified columns as they attract more listings and reader responses. Advertisers test new formats, leading to a wider variety of ads and potential sales growth for the papers.
County court in regular October session with Judge Zumwalt presiding disposed several criminal cases. Pleas of guilty led to fines in multiple matters while many defendants had cases continued by agreement or on docket. Civil and additional criminal dockets show numerous gaming swindling and local option law cases progressing.
Dr Nott, famed for his baldness remark, offers $1000 to any charity if proof of a bald head regrowth with dead roots is provided. He notes no cure for baldness but says gray hair can be restored, and claims Q Bans Restorer and Tonic can revive hair color and scalp health. If six bottles fail to deliver promised results, money is refundable.
Dr Geo More of Black Jack North Carolina touts Dr. King's New Discovery for throat and lung relief. The ad claims quick germ and cold elimination, relief of coughing and bronchial inflammation, and cessation of hemorrhages. Trial bottle offered free with a one dollar bottle guaranteed by J. F. Raley & Co.
A public meeting featured heated exchanges over the good roads movement. Speakers accused opponents of demagoguery and questioned road tax funds while a six member advisory committee was chosen to assist the commissioners court. Names mentioned include John W. Stuart Dee Price Ed Rucker Chas. A. Cox and John C. Coit.
For feverishness and aching from malarious conditions colds or overheating Hicks Ca pucline claims to reduce fever and relieve aches. Sold in liquid and tablet form at local stores.
Cotton prices held steady in Denton on Monday with Liverpool New York and New Orleans quotes mostly unchanged from Saturday. Lint and seed cotton values edged at 13.32 and 5.15 dollars respectively, while Irish potatoes and flour showed small retail changes.
Listing of detailed commodity prices including cotton per Ib and seed, corn per bushel and per hundredweight, cotton seed and meal, hulls, corn chops, chicken feed, bran, shucks, baled straw, prairie hay, Johnson grass hay, and wheat No. 2 farina price with seeds. Prices show wholesale and retail ranges and per ton or per bale figures.
The list shows IRISH POTATOES and SWEET POTATOES with wholesale and retail per unit prices, FLOUR per 100 lbs, CORN MEAL 35-lb sacks, LARD in various forms, BACON types and prices, ONIONS, PEAS, EGGS by dozen and bulk, BUTTER by pound and creamery, plus BUTTER FAT. Prices reflect cash or trade terms and delivery options.
Poultry prices from Ib. quoted: turkeys 8 to 9 cents per pound, hens 7 to 8 cents, fryers 10 to 14 cents, old roosters 19 to 15 cents each, guineas 1.50 per dozen, ducks 8 dollars per dozen, geese no market.
Hog prices ranged from five to six and a half cents per pound for light and heavy hogs respectively. Cattle prices showed cows at about two cents per pound gross, with slight variation between two and two and three quarters cents.
Miss M. Greenwood Hardy, graduate of King's School of Oratory and Slat College of Oratory, Washington, D. C., will continue organizing elocution oratory and physical culture classes starting this week at 171 West Hickory Street. Also notes hides and hiders pricing per pound.
The twenty fourth annual State Fair of Texas opens October 16 for sixteen days with two daily flights by Strobel’s dirigible and later by an aeroplane if orders allow. Charles J. Strobel, prize winner at major expositions, will perform, with additional acts from Pain’s Acrobatique Carnival and the Herbert A. Kline shows transforming grounds into a Coney Island style attraction. The poultry exhibit predicts 2000 birds under President Kies, as Texas pride dominates prizes in a strong agricultural and entertainment program.
A Denton store promotes Rexall Orderlies as a safe risk free remedy for constipation. The ad claims the medicine is odorless tasteless and gentle with no diarrhoea or nausea and stresses suitability for children and the elderly. It advertises twelve tablets for 10 cents and a 36 tab bottle for 25 cents from The Rexall Store, O M Curtis.
Denton Texas resident R R Turner testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble after many years of backache and lameness. He recalls a 1905 testimonial and says his condition has not returned. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo Remember the name Doan's.
Frank Disberry credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with preventing a crippling knee cut. The testimonial asserts the salve heals wounds cuts bruises burns and skin conditions. Available at J. FB. Raley & Co for 25 cents.
Train timetable fragment shows a northbound service with a 46 notation and partial timing there is limited readable data for full service details.
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