Wireless distress signals from bank ad urge action
A vintage bank advertisement urges immediate action by customers. It frames the bank as answering distress signals and promotes arranging wireless apparatus and ensuring checks are honored.
21 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1913
Page
1
A vintage bank advertisement urges immediate action by customers. It frames the bank as answering distress signals and promotes arranging wireless apparatus and ensuring checks are honored.
In Seymour the former Sheriff A Li Board was shot and killed by T J Bruce. Sheriff W BR Ellis was killed by Bruce as he tried to arrest him. Bruce wounded Ellis mortally before being stopped. Authorities link Bruce to a vendetta tied to a deputy killing Bruce's brother a decade ago.
The Watson trial in Augusta Georgia ended when Judge Foster quashed the indictment charging him with sending obscene matter by mail. Thomas E. Watson, once a Populist candidate and now a magazine publisher, had defended himself. The case centered on an attack on the Roman Catholic Church.
High tides lash the region as rain and wind batter the eastern Maryland shore. Snow graces the north while nearly every town reports flooding. many residents are rescued with difficulty amid widespread disruption.
A fierce storm lashed Maryland with high winds and rain last night, flooding towns along the Eastern shore. While no fatalities were reported, many residents were rescued amid extensive damage to homes and property.
A snow storm in Chicago on October 21 caused blizzard conditions later delaying street traffic and injuring six people in accidents blamed on snow and ice.
Atlanta observers reported record cold as frosts hit Tennessee and Northern Georgia and Alabama. The cold spell extended across the entire South east of the Mississippi, bringing killing frosts and subfreezing conditions for late October.
Joe H King a long time Denton resident died Tuesday afternoon at his West Hickory street home after a week of paralysis illness He was seventy two in April and survived by his wife with siblings in New York and Michigan Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning and the remains taken to Prairie Mound Cemetery fifteen miles southwest of Benton for burial.
Thousands of prominent Brazilians greeted Col. Roosevelt at the dock in Rio de Janeiro on his arrival, marking a grand welcome by the city.
Secretary of Commerce urges American business leaders to provide assistance as the tide of foreign competition continues to flood the market and must be maintained.
Secretary Redfield addressed Detroit businessmen urging Congress to boost funding for overseas commerce work. He outlined a reform plan to appoint special agents and oversee consular commerce, with a broader inquiry program including the pottery industry hindered by money. He noted exports now favor manufactured goods over food.
George Wells, the Black man badly cut in an assault at Kamy’s switch near Lewisville, died Saturday night. A warrant against Ed Beaman for murder replaced the assault charge, but he has reportedly fled. A female witness in jail claims to know nothing.
Lisbon October 21. Opponents of the government attacked police crowding to free political prisoners. Many persons were arrested as violence erupted in the scene.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst arrived at Ellis Island after being detained since Saturday and was welcomed with a unique demonstration. She expressed elation over the action of the President and Secretary Wilson as she entered the United States.
The firm promises laundry work that makes old items indistinguishable from new ones. They boast a special skill with lace curtains and guarantee top quality results when items are returned.
Speaker plan for a recess blocked as Minority Leader Mann refuses to allow adjournment while the Senate awaits action on a currency bill. The minority pushes for a forced adjournment.
The Davis administration risks a brief recess until November 15 to push currency reform. Senate Republicans oppose the plan, while Weeks and Bristow vow to block it, and President Wilson remains confident the Banking and Currency bill will pass before month end.
In New York the House of Deputies considers a committee report urging against separate Negro churches and clergy in the South. Bishop Kinsolving of Texas led the segregation faction as the issue sparked a violent storm and was postponed until tomorrow.
U S officials support Berlin in pressuring for protection of forty three German nationals held in Torreon by rebel general Villa. The move follows a German representative's demand for safeguard measures and relief for the detained group.
In London Sir Edward Grey refused to bind Britain to a policy on Mexico and urged waiting for post election results. He reaffirmed recognition of Huerta as best policy. In Washington the U S demanded protection for prisoners held by Villa in Torreon, supplementing German and Austrian representations.
Washington, Oct. 21. Ambassador Page asked Britain to state its policy toward Mexico. The British minister presented credentials to Huerta a day after his dictatorship was announced. London said the move was coincidental and not aimed at conflicting with the United States. The inquiry signals Washington wants European powers to grasp the U S aim for a free hand in Mexico.
In Mexico City on October 21, Germany protests the holding of 43 German hostages in Torreon by Gen. Francisco Villa. Villa kept Germans and several other nationals as leverage against Mexican federal forces, threatening sacrifice if the assault on Torreon continued.
Pilot Point residents report Mrs J C Thomas Jr who drank carbolic acid Saturday afternoon remains alive with a slight chance of recovery. She is the plaintiff in a divorce case filed in the district court seeking an injunction and alimony. Judge Spencer granted a temporary injunction and ordered alimony of 30 a month.
The first general frost of the fall covered most sections of Texas and Oklahoma Sunday night with light damage to vegetation.
A local store promotes a sale on California canned foods to clear space for new stock. California tomatoes in cans are offered at two for 25 cents, inviting trade and promising customer satisfaction.
Albany Oct 21 Ex governor Sulzer is nominated by the Progressives in New Yorks Sixth Assembly district and agrees to run He designs to become Speaker if elected aiming to clear the path to a return to the governorship Despite opposition from party leaders 3200 of 6000 district voters signed the petition Sulzer pledged to stir matters and said he expected to win and take the Speakership to renew his governorship bid
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