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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
1
The shop invites customers to see the new Fall clothing lines and a broad selection of Etamine Draperie Fabrics in Artcraft. Staff welcome women customers to browse freely and discuss style plans with consultants.
The Denton Chamber of Commerce directors discussed county exhibit plans for the Dallas fair and voted to consolidate Trades Day for October 9. They endorsed the Poultry Association show in December and appointed a committee to negotiate with John B. Denton College stockholders. President Owsley aims to secure the experimental station site in Austin.
The board disposed of a routine matter and adjourned to meet at its regular hour next Thursday.
Governor Campbell voiced disappointment at President Taft’s refusal to alter his Texas itinerary to visit Austin. He called Taft’s message curt and accepted it as final, doubting a meeting with the President at El Paso or elsewhere during Taft’s stay in the state.
Noah Roark in Celina says a driller with Aubrey field experience reports stronger prospects than Beaumont and Oklahoma fields when first opened. Derrick and equipment are on site and active operations are expected to start within the coming week. The Aubrey field lies near Celina and the discussion centers on immediate development plans.
In Celina Texas the Aubrey work draws broad interest as machinery unloads and land near wells is leased. Observers expect oil but caution that development must show paying quantities before success is clear.
Through Tom Johnson and Wiley Smith, M. G. Parkey contracted to sell 160 acres two miles west of the city to W. T. Turner of Jones county. The price is 55 dollars an acre cash consideration. Turner was particularly impressed with Deaton county's prospects.
In Houston Texas on September 3 1890 Marcellus Thomas a Black man convicted of murdering two white men John Blair and Ben Shropshire four years earlier was hanged at 11 55 am his neck broken by the fall He faced death calmly and urged the crown to live moral lives just before the execution
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