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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1910
Page
1
The piece extols luck as discipline and self reliance while linking success to steady habits and finance. It notes that a bank account at Exchange National can start small and grow, encouraging readers to save and invest through regular deposits and punctuality. It emphasizes personal responsibility and attainable luck through prudent financial steps.
Denton Texas reports a weekend pattern of generally fair weather with Sunday through ten o'clock Monday forecast as fair across most of the country. Only three Weather Bureau stations show any precipitation, the heaviest being 29-100 inch.
Crowd gathered Sunday night as stores ran a rush day with nearly all patrons present for the parade. No night performance announced amid tax and license concerns. Capt Bill McDonald, state revenue agent, stayed with the show to oversee state tax collection.
Denton girl Miss Achie Jasper wed George Atcheson of Slidell Saturday at 6 pm at Elder C E Wooldridge home. The couple left for Fort Worth and Dallas and will reside in Slidell. Rev Houy to leave for Fredericksburg. Rev Mayer to take over here.
A vast forenoon crowd filled the Denton streets as Forepaugh Sellig drew large attendance. Early arrivals filled wagon yards from Sunday night, with estimates likening it to the 1895 big crowd. Parade day brought a moving mass of families, couples, and youths enjoying the sights. Business boomed in dry goods shops and soda fountains as the day wore on. Continued on 4th page.
The Denton bank invites non customers to join. It promotes opening a checking account with checks as receipts and emphasizes building credit and savings for emergencies and as protection against fire and burglary.
Readable text lists Ladies Tailored Suits Long Coats Sweaters Furs Scarfs Munsing Underwear and Outing Kimonos as part of a department store display. The note emphasizes a wide range of garments and intimate apparel intended for varying seasons and styles.
In Waco on October 24 Sam Neff age 13 and Henry Evans age 15 testified for the defense in Minnie Lee Streight murder trial. The youths said they were across the street and heard quarrelling in the Streights' bedroom before a shot, challenging the state's claim that Streight was asleep. They urged the shooting occurred while the quarrel continued as they tried to wake Patsy Neff.
Henry James, a noted landowner at Lamtasas, was found dead in his room at the Stoner hotel in Corpus Christi this morning. The exact cause is not yet known, but officials suspect heart failure.
Fort Stockton on October 24 reports a good oil flow discovered in Tom Rigg's pasture near town. A large crowd is moving to the scene to witness the development.
Denison reports Bert Brown a Houston and Texas Central brake man died today when he fell beneath a moving train at Van Alstyne Three trucks passed over his body He leaves a wife.
Ten witnesses were examined in the murder case against J D Manley as the defense seeks a venue change. Most witnesses were Texas National Guard members and opined a fair trial could not be held in Dallas County. Manley, a guard member, killed a citizen at the fair during President Taft's visit last year.
El Paso Oct 24 Tom Bybee was shot and killed by Joe Finley in a Valentine saloon after an old feud between the men. Bybee stood in the saloon as Finley entered and witnesses say Bybee tried to draw a revolver but Finley fired first. Ellis Byble, brother of the victim, lives at Brownwood.
Dallas Oct 24 Qua nah Parker and G A R day drew about 35000 by noon at the State fair. The Indian chief Quanah Parker spoke this afternoon describing the Mule Creek battle and a large crowd from towns along the Denver road attended today.
Commerce dispatch reports John Anderson, a prominent local farmer, fatally shot a Black man named Mert Jackson who was prowling near his home. No arrests were made.
E. D. Fox of Krum has purchased the Sears hardware stock in the Donnhower block and plans to open the store in a few days once the deal is settled. Fox is an experienced hardware man, previously with several Denton firms before starting his own business.
At the Dallas state fair track a Packard racing car collided with a motorcycle, plowing through the fence and injuring eight people. Jesse Frick Jr and Mrs. J M Stewart survive serious injuries while Frick is believed to die soon. The accident occurred during practice for races opening Thursday amid a large crowd.
C W Morgan a well known Wichita Valley ranchman and stockman died at his home this morning from a dose of carbolic acid taken about two hours earlier. He was 51 years old and leaves a widow and ten children.
Martin Dunlap, 19, was arrested this morning on arson charges for setting fire to the residence of F. L. Hansom five miles north of here on Sunday. He admits incendiarism and says an old family grudge prompted the deed. The fire caused about $2,009 damage.
John ONeill aged 45 an animal trainer with the Sells Floto circus was killed six miles east of Gainesville when he fell between moving boxcars while guiding animals. His body was torn in two.
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