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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
2
Public notice on subscription terms for The Record and Chronicle Denton Texas. Rates shown for weekly and yearly mail in advance. Indicates second class mail status and rights to correction of errors.
An unnamed Fort Worth observer notes farmers in Tarrant County gain limited attention while lingering in obscurity. The piece contrasts growers like a Dento county farmer who sells produce for livelihood with crops yielding poor profits. It highlights eggs butter chickens and turkeys shaping rural income.
The Record and Chronicle acknowledges receipt of an invitation to the San Antonio International fair running November 6 to 17. Buildings will be remodeled, grounds landscaped, and exhibits prepared. The Mexican government will present a military band and a display of Mexican products. Horse races, automobile events, and airship ascensions are planned features.
Ed Carter, a Reorgity Chronicle reader from the southern county line, praises Denton as the best market town. He sells butter at 25c a pound and could move 100 pounds more weekly if supply allowed, noting Denton’s growing student demand and steady cash sales.
The Recording Chronicle notes Davidson's four year term 1906 to 1908 with 410 suits filed, Texas victorious in 239, 102 pending, 69 against the state. About 120000 acres of school lands recovered, 210 acres more pending, penalties totaling $1,948,961. Davidson’s work credited with lowering the state ad valorem tax rate by about one and a quarter cents.
A foreigner named Don at Beaumont was jailed after a police judge found him guilty of vagrancy. During the search officers discovered 4009 dollars on his person and confiscated 20 dollars of fines and costs, with the rest retained as fees, sparking questions about harsh treatment and the legal system.
The Wilson Hardware Company will begin charging a fee for plumbing estimates. The move, aimed at recouping service costs, applies to all customers seeking project cost assessments and is effective immediately.
Former Denton resident and now Beaumont businessman Freq Mentzen praises Denton as the prettiest town between Beaumont and Denton while urging faster growth and better public roads. He notes shell roads in Beaumont boosted property values and farmer marketing efficiency, and says he supports any progressive Denton efforts.
Denton cannot raise the required land funds for an experimental agricultural station, ending the effort. The region is largely agricultural and urges stronger enlightenment of farming, equating it with the value of schooling for other callings.
W H Cowan of northeast of Denton urges rapid building of public roads alongside railroads schools and churches. He says the time is right as farmers and laborers are idle and crops soon gather. He offers to donate 5 per acre toward permanent road construction, believing it will raise land value by 10 per acre.
In New York City a banquet of about two hundred gray haired and bald salesmen hears a firm push Q-Ban Hair Restorer. An old pro complains age risks being marked as a has been, while others tout refunds and guarantees from the maker and distributor, with ads claiming scalp help and longer hair. The pitch promotes Q-Ban as sold by druggists with a free first bottle offer.
Post oak and blackjack wool delivered at $3 per cord by R. Wilson.
In Stonewall, thirty miles south of Shreveport, Marshall Nelson a 25 year old merchant died after drinking carbolic acid. His father J W Nelson cut his throat with a razor in a failed attempt. he may die. Both are described as prominent residents.
Officials preview the 24th State Fair of Texas in Dallas October 16 31 highlighting women’s roles. The loan art and culinary divisions plus textile displays feature works by John Sloan R J Onderdonk Gilbert Stuart and others with new school exhibits and prizes.
Various brief items report events across the nation including Senator Bailey speaking in Hillsboro on Saturday, an earthquake felt in Rome, Dallas tournament receipts of 19000 with 15000 expenses, a 2500000 sugar mill planned for Mercedes Hidalgo county, and other scattered notes from politics crime to disasters.
Edgar N. Bayliss of Robinsonville Del writes of a near consumption illness two years ago. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar with stopping his cough and restoring his health, noting a gain of twenty eight pounds. Garrisoy Kimmins endorses the product.
Miss Janie Holland of Tishomingo Miss Keyser of Durant and County Surveyor L N Stinson became the center of a real marriage when a joke at Judge Phillips office in Bryan county led to an impulsive ceremony. The license clerk and friends staged the setup, the judge read the vows, and the couple married before realizing the ruse may force a divorce.
A humorous verse extols the modern motor car over the old wagon. The poem contrasts safe, smooth auto travel with chaotic horse drawn conveyances and splashes a critique of outdated habi ts, urging readers to embrace up to date motor vehicles.
Jim Jones, an aspiring editor, buys a printing press and surveys about fifteen hundred editors in town. They urge him to favor churches and local groups, offer free subscriptions, and advertise widely. He tries to please everyone, but the pressure overwhelms him and he abandons the project.
Birg 8S Coler Hag filed charges against Mayor McClellan alleging the mayor squandered city money in investigations aimed at his political opponent. Heat and scarce drinking water threaten a Dallas to Holland hike with a likely abandonment. Rains fell across North Texas with several towns in the rain belt. In Spain the Moors and Spanish lines near Mellilla show good condition amid reports of clashes at Cabo with casualties.
In New York it is reported Charles M. Schwab and associates have closed an option on 36 000 acres of iron ore lands near Hughes Springs Marion county Texas. They hold options on other large tracts in Cass and Upshur counties. A Fort Arthur steel mill is planned with John W Gates involved. Two or three syndicates are reported to be interested in Texas iron fields.
The twenty fourth annual State Fair of Texas kicks off in Dallas on Saturday October 16 and runs sixteen days. The event features a twelve acre vehicle and implement exhibit three thousand head of livestock two thousand birds two acres of farm and mill displays two hundred amusements one thousand race horses a women’s handiwork building and extensive commercial displays. Improvements total 160000 with 100000 for a coliseum and 90000 in awards. financing is challenging amid adverse legislation affecting receipts.
The passage highlights the Texas State Fair opening October 16. It promises sixteen days of exhibitions where every industry will be represented, showcasing unprecedented progress and development for the state.
A lone bandit halted a Pennsylvania train near Lewiston on Tuesday, rifling the express car safe and fleeing with 10 009 Lincoln pennies he mistook for gold. He reportedly escaped with several thousand dollars in currency, while sacks of gold lay abandoned. The railroad company offered no firm confirmation on the total taken.
Monterey Mexico faces a flood toll near nine hundred with a thousand bodies recovered nearby. Towns along the Catania River are said to be wiped out. Relief arrives as water shortages ease, but food remains scarce and property losses reach twelve to fifteen million. Train service resumes from the north amid lower damage than feared.
Feverishness and aching from malarious conditions colds or overheating relieved by Hicks Capucline. It is a liquid available in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes at the drug store.
A testimonial from G. E. Huntington of Eufala Alabama praises Hunt's Lightning Oil as the most useful household remedy for cuts burns sprains and insect bites asserting no equal to date based on personal experience.
An advertisement urges buyers to choose Chamberlain's Liniment over plasters for back and chest pains. A flannel dampened with the liniment is described as superior and cheaper, sold by J. A. Minnis for twenty five cents.
Texas scores include Waco 8, San Antonio 4. Galveston 3, Houston 2. Shreveport 7, Oklahoma City 3. National games Chicago 2, New York 0. Philadelphia 11, St. Louis 6. Pittsburg 7, Boston 2. Cincinnati 9, Brooklyn 4. American Chicago 2, Philadelphia 0. St. Louis 7, Washington 3. Detroit 7, Boston 4. New York 4-1, Cleveland 1-2. Southern Nashville 1, New Orleans 0. Mobile 1, Montgomery 1. Birmingham 5, Little Rock 2. Atlanta 5, Memphis 2.
A writer warns that ice carries infection risk as a food like milk water tea and bread. Ice handling exposes crusted bread and other foods to contamination from unwashed hands dirty platforms and street dust. Icemen rarely wash or disinfect before loading ice into chests, heightening exposure to bacteria.
The article argues landowners should farm to produce food, livestock, lumber, and other goods for public service. It holds that owning large tracts is justified only by productive use, endorsing small holdings as natural and asserting lazy or ignorant owners have no right to vast land.
A Scotch inventor Robert Barker obtained a London license in 1787 and built a rotunda on Leicester Square. He worked with Robert Fulton who introduced panoramas to Paris before resigning to focus on steamship use. Thayer built a rotunda on Boulevard Montmartre inspiring the Passage des panoramas. Napoleon planned eight panoramas to showcase conquests, but the projects were never realized.
A regional claim credits catarrh as a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. as the only internal treatment. The advertisement promises cures on blood and mucous membranes, offers 100 dollars for failing cases, and directs readers to Toledo Ohio for circulars, with a 75 cent price for druggists.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes a woman complimenting a man on his appearance. She remarks the glasses have improved how he looks and he asks if the change is noticeable. She concludes he appears more intelligent with the thermos.
A brief exchange quotes a New York Press dialogue where Gerald asks to be a gentleman and Geraldine replies that naming pain accompanies every call, defining a true gentleman by kindness.
The saying quoted by Uaele Eben in the Washington Star notes that a wan allus finds his level and warns the reader to accept gentle guidance from experience rather than a jolt from arrival.
A promotional note urges care of the liver and touts Simmons' Liver Purifier as restoring and maintaining liver health.
An autobiographical sketch recalls Frank Crawford later known as a writer. Raised in a quiet New Jersey town he dressed strikingly in a high hat and English attire. His uncle Sam Ward steered him to the Critic office in Broadway New York where Law Ward urged giving him a chance.
A call to action urges sellers to actively advertise property instead of waiting for buyer interest. It emphasizes proactive outreach, listing strategies, and timely marketing to attract potential purchasers.
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as a guaranteed remedy for all skin diseases including eczema tetter and ringworm. It claims one box provides prompt relief and permanent cure with a single application curing all forms of itching and similar troubles.
The London Globe notes that though capital punishment is controversial in Prussia, it is not a dead letter. In seven years there were ninety eight executions with ten women. Silesia leads with twenty one, followed by Brandenburg, Posen and Rhineland. No executions occur in Berlin, offenders sent to Plötzensee Prison in Brandenburg where a standing guillotine is used.
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