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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
1
A column extols luck as rising early and living on one dollar a day if two are earned. It links luck to diligence, punctuality, and self reliance, citing bank customers who started with small deposits at Exchange National Bank as proof that luck is within reach.
Denton Texas forecast shows tonight fair with frost and a warmer Saturday. No precipitation expected as skies stay mostly clear. Highs and lows not specified in the readable text.
State versus J. T. Jim Day on trial in county court for allegedly assaulting S. B. Kemp in the county’s southwest area. Defense clashed over Wilson Ruth testimony. Probate docket orders include Beaty estate appointing administratrix and appraisers. Griffin estate executrix bond issues. criminal docket items show Bruce aggravated assault continued, Childress gaming verdict not guilty, Lewis gaming continued.
New Orleans authorities report the steamship Bluefield traveling Cuba to New Orleans is four days overdue and presumed lost by Vacarra Bros. The ship carried twenty eight officers and men and the captain's wife amid the recent hurricane.
Lewisville Enterprise notes a Friday evening reception at Lewisville Academy hosted by church ladies for faculty and trustees. auditorium crowded. The remains of R H Powell, who died in Terrell, were brought to Lewisville and interred at Smith cemetery after services at the Presbyterian church. J W Degan has contracted a brick business house on South Main street adjoining the M Jacobsen brick.
Ladies receive tailored suits long coats sweaters furs scarfs and Munsing underwear plus outing kimonos. For children many pretty coats caps Munsing Union suits shoes stockings and hundreds of other necessities. Men and boys gain Hart Schaffner Marx suits and overcoats Widow Jones overcoats heavy underwear sweaters wool and cotton hosiery and Hanan Buster Brown shoes.
The Minnie Lee Streight murder trial opened in Judge Monroes district court Waco on October twenty first with defense not guilty plea. Counsel objected to Dr. J E Brown due to grand jury ties and the court adjourned after Mrs Streight fainted in court. Doctors Price and Jesse Brown testified Streight was killed by a bullet.
Thursday night about 6 30 o clock the Katy local engine ran off the track near the Alliance mill. Little or no damage occurred and the engine was pulled back on the track in a short time.
Frost swept West Central Texas and the Panhandle with a cooler morning. The Panhandle from Childress to Texline reported the heaviest October frost in ten years though damage is expected to be slight. The first frost formed Thursday night and Friday morning, roofs turning white while bottom lands saw heavier frost. Opinions vary whether it is killing to crops or will help by opening bolls. Temperature reached 40 at 6:30 Friday. This frost is about a month earlier than 1909.
San Antonio reports Mrs. W H Taylor vanished from home last Tuesday with authorities fearing foul play. Texas health data show 205 TB deaths in September, plus one hookworm and fourteen pellagra fatalities. Waxahachie notes Chas Hendricks attacked by burglars in Iverson area, store set ablaze. he survived to crawl from the burning building.
Guthrie Oklahoma reports that E H Schmidt cashier of First National Bank of Eagle Pass Texas identified forged checks totaling 8700 linked to the Kickapoo Meican land deal. The Texas League meeting in Dallas notes Shreveport franchise sale talks, with G H Luedde seeking to buy and Oklahoma City franchise ownership by A B Moist. President election considered last.
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