Baseball scores from a crowded card of games
Dallas defeated Shreveport 4 1, Oklahoma City beat Fort Worth 9 3, San Antonio 5 Waco 4 11 innings. Houston edged Galveston 3 4. Pittsburg 5 Chicago 1 11 innings. St. Louis 6 Cincinnati 3. Cleveland 6 Chicago 1. Detroit 6 St. Louis 1. Southern New Orleans 0 Montgomery 6 12 innings. Memphis 14 Birmingham 0 46 0.
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Dallas
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Waco
Houston
Galvesto
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Southern New Orleans
Montgomery
Memphis
Birmingham
Night on Baly Mountain Ends in Healing Claim
Fort Edward resident Alex Benton climbs Baly Mountain to visit a neighbor with asthma. He attributes nearby Dr. King's New Discovery with curing the neighbor, later aiding his son's wife, and extols it as a universal lung cure. Trial bottle offered.
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Baly Mountain
Alex Benton
Fort Edward
N. Y
Dr. King
J. F. Raley & Co
Cotton Picking Underway as Farmers Report Short Crop
In Floyd Chapel on Sept 6 most farmers have begun picking cotton. The crop is reported very short. Visitors include Dr. Stover of Little Elm and Mr. and Mrs. Stroud of Denton. Local social events feature musical night hosted by E. B. Harper. Community members noted visits from John Brown in Garza and Charlie Hardwick of Krum, with Rev. G. W. Farrington preaching. A light shower Sunday night relieved the area. R. T. Graham spent Saturday in Denton.
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Floyd Chapel
Stover
Little Elm
Stroud
Denton
E. B. Harper
John Brown
Garza Saturay
Bob Thomas
Hugh Davis
Charlie Hardwick
Krum
G. W. Farrington
Lewisville
R. T. Graham
Attend to Your Liver Purifier Claim
An advertisement urges readers to care for the liver with Simmons Liver Purifier promising to set the liver right and maintain health.
Star Gazing and the Motion of Constellations
The article explains how bright stars group into constellations named for animals and heroes. Beginners can learn from star maps and observe how stars rise and move across the sky over hours and nights, noting the circumpolar rotation near the pole.
Transfers of vendors Men notes at R. & C. office
A fragment notes vendor transfers and a remark on the habit of not advertising highlighting the need for promotion within R. C. office affairs.
Odd Jobs on Warships Offer Extra Pay and Quirkier Skills
Sailors supplement pay with private tasks from sewing and pressing uniforms to barbering and prize distributions. Submarine crews gain daily allowances when submerged, and officers hire men for washing and embroidery. A yeoman’s descriptive letters about ports also bring 50 cents to $1 per copy, keeping families informed.
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Accrew Messman
Bis Mays
Evers
John R. Cox
National Magazine
Q Ban Hair Restorer Claims Bold Youth Restoring Results
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Restorer and Q-Ban Hair Tonic with testimonials from J Birkholz of Omaha and Lucela Mason praising color restoration, reduced shedding, and dandruff relief. Six bottles are promised to restore gray hair, money-back if unsuccessful.
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John Birkholz
Omaha City
Lucela Mason
The Shorter Word Christmas Tale
Edith ages in a fragment from a holiday story where a doctor examines a package and defines a diagnostician as a good guesser. The dialogue centers on a pun and a simple domestic scene around Christmas.
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Edith
Woman’s Cake of Soap for Armful of Wood Stirred by Folk Speech
In a Washington Star excerpt a character jokes that a woman offered a cake if he chopped wood. The punchline is that she kept her word and handed him a cake of soap, reflecting humorous rustic speech.
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Mike
Dodding
Pete
Washington Star
When It Started
The exchange frames a moment of realization as a captain explains the beat begins when he gives the word, correcting a common but incorrect belief that the engineer starts it with a lever or action. The Chicago Tribune captures a terse, reflective tone about timing and command.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Bamen Cand Read Y and Shetter Vader A Sips
In India a tree with 300 main trunks stands out as a notable specimen. The description mentions a banyan tree with many trunks and numerous aerial roots creating a complex, sprawling form.
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India
Bucklen Arnica Salve Sold By Local Drug Store
A family in a hurry to heal burns cuts and boils uses Bucklen Arnica Salve praised as a great healer. J F Raley Co sells the remedy and claims quick relief for burns cuts and sores.
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Moses
Bobby
Johnnie
Mamie
Billie
J. F. Raley & Co
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Bereavement
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during our husband and father’s illness and for their love and sympathy in our bereavement. Mrs T R Pierce and Children.
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T. R. Pierce
City schools open about September 20th
Garrison and Kimmins, druggists and booksellers, West Side Square, inform that city schools reopen around September 20. Terms on school books remain cash on delivery and are unchanged.
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Garrison & Kimmins
West Side Square
Paul Jones Keeps Promise With Surrendered Serapis Sword
The Duchess of Chartres hosted a Paris banquet in Paul Jones's honor. He recalled her gift of a watch and fulfilled his vow by presenting the sword of Captain Richard Pearson, commander of the Serapis, the ship that defeated the Bonhomme Richard.
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Duchess
Chartres
Paul Jones
Captain Jones
France
Britain
Oul Jones
Mme. de Chartres
Paris
Lorient
Richard Pearson
Doctor Hauls for Patients with Cucumbers in London
A doctor, hoping to find patients, follows a man buying six cucumbers to his home. After hours of waiting, the resident exits and asks if he wants a doctor. The man, irritated, asks for more cucumbers instead. London Answers notes the odd encounter and sharp rejection.
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Mahomet
London
Groom’s room urged for linen storage in marriage era
The Atchison Globe notes a groom elect must furnish extra space to store the bride’s linen. It warns that in modern marriages a mother may demand cash and towels, napkins, sheets, and related items, urging proper provision and pride.
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Atchison Globe
Couldn’t Forget It The Lost Chord Prompted Retreat
A comical exchange quotes Silas complaining a thief took his wood cord and his friend asking about forgetting it. Silas says he tried to forget at church but the choir began singing The Lost Chord so he left quickly.
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Silas
Luncheon Debate at the Boarding House
In a short quip from Puck, Lench and Luncheon debate meal terms. The exchange contrasts lunch and luncheon with humorous insistence that luncheon is a light lunch, unlike lunch.
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Lench
Puck
Cure For Lonesomeness? A Redheaded Angel Winner
A Baltimore Sun quote describes a redheaded girl as a winner and notes the man who wins will not be lonely. It hints at a romantic lottery where the prize could be a Titian haired angel or a cyclone and a sunset.
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Baltimore Sun
Learned man hides erudition while the foolish boast it
A terse aphorism contrasts the scholar who conceals knowledge with the vain fool who parades it, suggesting restraint over displayed learnings. The line implies wisdom lies in modesty rather than overt display of erudition.
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Houssaye
There Is No Limit to Possibilities of a Want Ad
A Record and Chronicle note highlights the broad range of want ad possibilities available to readers. The item emphasizes versatility in classified placements and urges readers to explore options for personal and business notices.
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Record
Chronicle
Local Cotton Receipts Volume Rises as Prices Soar
Denton reports 63 bales in yard receipts Saturday with an estimated 65 more today, pushing totals past 300. Prices climb with lint at 12 1 2 cents and seed at 4 1 2 cents. Domestic markets are closed for Labor Day, local markets dull on miscellaneous goods, corn 50 to 75 cents, eggs strong with tight supply, wholesale 5 to 17 cents retail.
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Denton
Iverpool
New York
New Orleans
Commodity Price List Covering Farm Products and Groceries
A dense catalog of current prices for cotton lint seed corn chicken feed bran hay and various grains and staples. It lists wholesale and retail rates for items from cotton to butter fat with per hundred weight per bushel and per pound figures, reflecting regional market levels.
Poultry and Livestock Prices in Local Market
Poultry prices listed: turkeys 7c per lb, hens 7 to 7 1 2c, fryers 10 to 12 1 2c, old roosters 10 to 12 %e each, guineas $1.50 per dozen, ducks $3 per dozen, geese no market. Livestock: hogs 5 to 6 1 2c per lb gross light to heavy, cows 2 1 2 to 2 3 4c per lb gross.
Hide Prices and Grades Listed
Boxed market note shows hides for sale at seven to seventeen cents per pound depending on green or dry condition and weight. Dry hides range nine to thirteen cents per pound.
Liniment Fits the Pocket Better Than Plasters
Advertisements tout Chamberlain's Liniment as a cheaper cure for lame backs and chest pains. A bottle costs twenty five cents and is sold by J. A. Minnis. A damp flannel with the liniment is recommended as superior to plasters.
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J. A. Minnis
Missouri Kansas and Texas South Bound Time Table
Train schedule brief for Missouri Kansas and Texas outlines south bound departures. Advertises timing and stops, with a casual note about not waiting for a Dwyer to arrive.
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Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Prohibitionites win Clay county by clear margin
Reports from Clay county indicate prohibitionists carried the county by at least a 199 majority. In Texas and Pacific railroad shops at Marshall 100 to 120 workmen have been laid off. A light frost in Wisconsin harms the cranberry crop likely boosting prices to about 20c a quart.
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Clay County
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Marshall
Lai G
Wisconsin
Deputy sheriff shot dead in Kerrville riot
M F Butler a deputy sheriff was killed by a black man in Kerrville while helping quell a disturbance in the negro quarter. In Copenhagen Dr Cook dined with King Frederick of Denmark. The Danish king believes the American discovers the North Pole. In Frankfort a clash between militiamen and civilians after a saloon brawl left two dead and two others fatally wounded.
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M. F. Butler
Kerrville
Dr Cook
Frederick
Denmark
Copenhagen
North Pole
Frankfort
Mrs Bigham Shot During Burglar Mistake Visit
Mrs C Bigham wife of a Georgetown South Carolina physician was shot when mistaken for a burglar during a professional visit she accompanied her husband on.
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C. Bigham
Georgetown
S. C
Cleburne College Rapid Work On Building For Opening
Prof Barrett of Cleburne college says construction is rushed to finish the building and temporary quarters are secured for opening the school.
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Barrett
Cleburne College At
Cleburne
Labor Day In Western Pennsylvania Amid Unemployment
With 30009 men in Western Pennsylvania out of work, Labor Day becomes a grim reminder. Families of the unemployed have subsisted for months on public funds.
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Pennsyyvania
Judge Poin Dexter backs cap on candidate salary while running
In a speech at Fico Judge Poin Dexter voiced support for a law prohibiting candidates from drawing more than a set percentage of an office’s salary during campaigns. He argued the measure would curb self serving pay boosts and restore campaign integrity.
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Atfico
Poindexter
Deterioration in Cotton Crops Reported Across Regions
The Commercial Appeal notes widespread concern over crop deterioration with estimates from 25 percent to near normal in various sections. A strange scene in Canyon City Friday night celebrated the town's selection as the love of a new West Texas firm, a dubious event amid the panhandle follification.
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Memphis, Tenn
Commercial Appeal
The
Panhandle
Canyon City
West Texas
Brady Meeting Seeks Santa Fe Rail Route Through Town
An enthusiastic Brady gathering urged the Lometa-San Saba extension of the Santa Fe line to pass through Brady. Organizers believe the project will proceed if a sufficient bonus is offered.
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Brady
Lometa-San Saba
Santa Fe
Wreck of Train No 5 blamed on robbers. three dead fifty hurt
The Roy al Blue Limited wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio is believed caused by wreckers aiming to rob the train. Three people were killed and fifty injured. The Times-Democrat notes sharp cotton crop deterioration across the cotton raising territory with many districts hit as a disaster.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Times-Democrat
New Orleans
Reward Offered for Return of Missing Funds
A reward of 10 960 dollars has been offered for the return of 25 000 dollars allegedly missing, with authorities promising further action upon recovery.
Disappearances and notable events in the era
A room in Pueblo Colorado hides a $10 900 reward for thieves tied to a missing item. Capt Fritjof Nansen returns to Christiana declining to opine on Dr Cook’s North Pole findings. Senator Taylor praises Culberson as a presidential candidate and Lufkin plans editorial leadership by local professionals. Quebec wood pulp exports to the US may be banned raising paper prices. a log iron safe was blown in at the Frisco Sherman freight office but remained secure as robbers fled.
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Fritjof Nansen
Christiana
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Explorer reports polar voyage near North Pole moving ice field
Dr Cook describes an ice bound North Pole passage as a large, shifting field that seems pivoted. An opening behind their party frightened their two Eskimo escorts who refused to advance. The discoverer felt disappointment at reaching the pole and feared the return trip.
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Cook
North Pole
Pole
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Denton Man
Denton Texas resident J H Tennis suffers backache and kidney weakness with dizzy spells. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from J F Raley Co drugstore he reports relief and renewed able to work. Sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Denton
Doan
J. H. Tennis
E. McKinney St
Texas
Dean’s
J. F. Raley & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Seule
Ornca Ala
Tata
M. E. Myers
Stic
Walter
Orr
A. H
J.M. Inge
Dentoy Sanitarium Co
J. M. Inge
Dr. P. Lipscomb
Oakland Avenue
Quare
North Locust
J. W. Jagoe
Atty
J. W. Jagoe, Jr
Fritzien
Livingston, Mont
South Second St. i
P.O
N. Locust Street
J. K. McKelvy
Court House
Duggan Abstract Co
East Sycamore St
Sam Frits
North Elim
Bath
W. Maple St
J. McGinnis
McKinney Street
M. G. Roberts
Court Square
C. H. Davie
Litte
A. R. McGintie
Wiley Smith
Postoffice
Orth
L. Fulton
T. R. Pierce, Jr
Methodist
Frank Pierce
W. BE. Botts
Owens’ Wagon Yard
Turner
West Oak
Typewriter
O. M. Curtis
P. Lipscomb
Curtis Drug Store
J. EE. McCabe
Town and Country Real Estate
J. W. Fralin
South Side Square
Hester
Lester & Brownlow
Necora
Ross & Blankenship
Attorneys-At-Law
F. & M. Bank
Pilot Point
Goode
Old Roark
North Locust Street
Eli Buyher
Jim Gooode
Wells & Bass
Frank Wilkinson
Ben Sullivan
Sherman Steam Laundry
Skiles Livery Stable
J. W. Skiles
Harry Clayton
Simmons
Hercules
Androuseda
John
New York San
Duchess of
Julian Scruggs
Eynolds Hotel
Poular Bluff
Hag
Far North
Amarillo
Acre
Missouri
Oklahoma
Clarksdale
Mass
Hiram McDaniels
Sam
Taft
Hartford
Conn
Little Rock
Argenta
5. C. P. Cuddy
Pueblo
Colo
Bob Taylor
Senator Culberson
Culberson
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Iowa
Lufkin
Lufkin Daily News
Ang
G. de la Pena
University of Ohio
Diaz of Mexico
Republic
Maxmillian
Sedan
Quebec
Canada
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