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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
3
Weidmann's Big American will perform in Dent Friday September 10 with two exhibitions after noon and night featuring a wild west scene a Sioux band wild horse riding and more. A noon street parade will travel the principal streets. An ad promotes Chamberlains Liniment for twenty five cents as a cheaper alternative to plasters for lame backs pains and chest tightness.
Public notice to unknown heirs of Thomas Cassidy to appear in the Denton County District Court on the 23rd of August 1909 to answer a petition for title and damages concerning 100 acres in Denton County. W. E. Durbin, Clerk, issues writ with return instructions.
Dr Abernathy warns that kidney trouble endangers life. The ad promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy as a tonic to restore healthy kidneys and correct urinary irregularities, from Garrison and Kimmins.
The district court adjourned Thursday due to the death of J. J. Keesee and will reconvene Monday. The jury in the Southern Car company and Denton Concert band case was discharged until next Thursday. The grand jury reported sixteen indictments, with three misdemeanors and the rest felonies, the lowest misdemeanor total in years. Several civil cases were continued or moved, and the criminal docket will resume Monday with all non felony cases in the first week.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a quick active hair rejuvenator. It claims to stop dandruff and hair loss within two weeks and reduce itching, promising a refreshed scalp and lustrous hair for a large 50 cent bottle. The copy warns it won’t grow hair on bald heads or other surfaces.
The Denton concert band performs this evening on the public square with a program including marches and waltzes such as Celebrations from Il Trovatore and Washington Post Sousa pieces. Electric Bitters is advertised as a health tonic with claims of improving digestion and vitality.
An advance notice touts Richards Pringle's Georgia Minstrels as refined and clean. The company of about forty will perform at Wright's Opera House on Saturday September 4 with a big free street parade at noon.
The advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies as the safest pleasant bowel regulator for children and adults. They are described as candy like to soothe the intestines and relieve constipation, with a guarantee of a refund if they fail. Available in two sizes, Tec and 5c, from O M Curtis, the Rexall Store.
American scientific societies and Arctic researchers express confidence in Dr. Cook’s discovery of the North Pole. While Berlin and Rome questioned the report, experts say figures will prove whether he reached the Pole upon his arrival.
Classified note advertises tennis goods with bails priced at 50 cents each and invites readers to phone orders, listing contact as number 52.
Denton reports a local cotton record with receipts up to Sept 3 totaling 142 bales after today’s estimated 40. The high lint price yesterday was 12.31 1 4 and seed 4.35, today 12.25 and 4.28. Market notes show Liverpool and New York futures and spot prices, while corn and hay markets remain steady with corn around 65c to wagon yards and hay at $12 per ton Johnson grass 8.59 to 10. The report highlights unchanged local markets and evolving prices.
A dense catalog of farm commodities with price ranges for cotton lint corn chops chicken feed bran and various hays grains and produce. Includes wholesale and retail figures for corn meal flour lard bacon onions peas and other staples with per hundredweight and per bushel pricing notes.
Wholesale eggs 19 to 12 and a half cents per dozen cash or trade. Retail eggs 2 for 25 cents. Butter wholesale per pound 12 to 20 cents cash or trade delivered to private residences or hotels 20 to 25 cents. Creamery butter per pound 25 to 30 cents. Butter fat per pound 5 cents.
Prices listed include turkeys at 7c per lb dull for Ib hens 7 to 7.5c, fryers 10 to 12.5c, old roosters 10 to 12c each, guineas 1.50 per dozen, ducks 3.00 per dozen, geese unavailable. Hogs 5 to 6c per lb gross light and 6 to 6.5c heavy. cows 2.5 to 2.75c per lb gross.
Local market notes show hides offered at green per pound seven to eight cents and dry per pound nine to thirteen cents depending on weight and condition as listed in the old classifieds.
Scientists applaud Dr Cook for reaching the North Pole while a minority denounces the report as fake. Skeptics include two University of Chicago researchers and observers in London. An Esquimaux companion was questioned by a Danish explorer to verify Cook’s statements.
R. R. Turner of W Oak St Denton Texas reports long term relief from backache and kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He previously testified in 1905 and states his problem has not returned. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the U S A.
Health of B E H Harriman improving daily. Clarence Staugle near Anna overcome by powder gas likely to die. Judge Robin L Penn, Austin lawyer, near death from stroke. J Woodall 25 shot Douglas Williams 45 then died by own hand in Fort Worth. Carrie Lane jailed at Hillsboro for insanity killed herself. Prof Paul Willis and Ivy Hunter Dodge wed in Colorado Springs. Gov Campbell denies 16 day respite for Marcellus Thomas to be hanged in Houston. J C LaPrade injured after losing control of bank vehicle. Fort Worth grand jury reports 17 felony indictments and 23 misdemeanors. Canyon City chosen for West Texas normal site. big jollification planned. Panhandle towns invited.
Dr. W D Hunter of the Government Bureau of Entomology prepares a circular for farmers in Texas and Oklahoma on boll weevil eradication. Locating board members say farms for the new experimental and feed stations will not be announced for several days. Chicago scientists doubt Dr Cook has reached the North Pole and seek more evidence.
Dr. Larrington, inspector of the state experimental farms and board member for locating four new stations, spent Thursday in Fort Worth assessing potential locations for the proposed feeding station.
A Washington dispatch declares the North Pole is the property of the United States because its discoverer was American. No contest is expected over the possession. Civil service exams for 3 000 Census Office clerks will be held on October 23. In Texas exams will take place at Amarillo Austin Brownsville Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio and Waco.
The federal treasury reports receipts fall short of expenditures by 28,060,000 at August end and a sizable deficit is expected by year end. Sherman residents Mr and Mrs Jake Spangler die the same day with pneumonia followed by her death and his hours later. West Texas Normal board selects Canyon City for the new school and urges two more normals west of the 98th meridian. Mrs Flanary trial postponed in Dallas due to her condition. Mrs Cook praises her husband Dr Cook for his polar discovery and return.
Edgar N Bayliss of Robinsonville Del recalls a bout of chronic cough and weakness two years ago. He attributes his recovery and a 28 pound gain to Foley's Honey and Tar, praising its effects and recommending the remedy through Garrisoy and Kimmins.
Camargo in Mexico near Rio Grande City Texas is described as half wiped out by the Rio Grande flood. Officials say no lives were lost and about 4000 residents had ample warning to evacuate before the danger zone.
A sales pitch touts Bucklen’s Arnica as a universal healer for burns cuts boils boils and corns with claims of rapid relief. The ad targets families and notes availability from J. F. Raley & Co.
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as an unqualified guarantee to cure any skin disease including eczema tetter ringworm and all forms of itching with a single box. It asserts prompt relief and permanent cure for similar troubles.
In Caracas minister W. W. Russell received 59376 dollars to be paid to the New York and Venezuelan company. A signed protocol commits the government to 415815 more over seven yearly installments as atonement for confiscation and destruction of American property during Castro’s regime.
G. B. Huntington of Eufala Alabama declares Hunt's Lightning Oil the most useful household remedy. He cites its effectiveness for cuts burns sprains and insect bites based on his personal experience.
The cotton condition on August 25 stands at 63.7 nationwide and 59 in Texas, the poorest in years. The ten year averages are 73.6 and 69 respectively, with Florida at 75 and Missouri at 80 as top states while Louisiana trails at 48 and Arkansas at 60. Virginia along with the Carolinas Georgia and Tennessee rank highest among major producers with 73 to 75 percent.
On a lonely night Alex Benton of Fort Edward New York climbed Bal Mountain to a neighbor's home suffering asthma. He used Dr King’s New Discovery which quickly cured the neighbor and later cured his son's wife of severe lung trouble. The medicine is advertised as relief for coughs croup hemorrhages and sore lungs with hay fever grip and whooping cough. Trial bottle free. Raley Co.
Preparations ramp up for the October 16 reception of Presidents Taft and Diaz in El Paso and Juarez. Ten thousand six hundred schoolchildren are to sing national anthems, joined by soldiers and premier military bands from both nations.
Transfers of vendors lien notes filed at the R and C office are listed with numbers and dates. The notice notes the amount and parties involved, indicating a registry update for the security interests.
The newspaper touts its classifieds as a versatile platform with limitless potential for personal, business, and community notices, inviting readers to place diverse advertisements across pages.
Train schedule brief lists Missouri Kansas and Texas timetable and south bound service on Texas and Pacific line. The fragment notes routing names and destinations without full details or dates.
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