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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
3
Report from Rayville, Louisiana, states a Black man named Menty Hill attacked Miss Nettie Jones by a creek. A posse captured him and drowned him in the stream. The item also includes an unrelated medical ad and a note about Foley's Kidney Remedy.
Reports include M Lefebvre killed in an aeroplane fall in Ira Henry. an inmate at Terrell asylum dies from oxalic acid. Margaret Stanton aged two fatally scalded in Shreveport. Waters-Pierce property sale postponed to Tuesday. no bull fight for Taft Diaz meeting sparkling committee protest. Floods halt Brownsville mail. Santa Fe bridge at Canadian River risk from high water. Dallas and Ashdown investors form Missouri deposit-guarantee company. Billie Nobles and Marshall Parnell crushed by train at Hallville. Bob Hammond denied bail in Fort Worth police killing case. Hog prices reach $8.02 per hundred pounds in Fort Worth. Rural Letter Carriers end session at Temple, adjourn to Paris 1916. Fritz Rippen dies after jugular vein severed by shattered window at Sumner.
Fort Worth Texas September 4 James A Callan president of the Texas Cattle Raisers association left today for Oklahoma to investigate and attempt to settle the conflict between cattlemen and Federal inspectors over rules blamed for losses.
Incomplete returns indicate that Tom Johnson of Cleveland Ohio has been named the Democratic candidate for a fourth term.
The census director announces Texas will be divided into 2906 enumerator districts for the forthcoming census with positions created for that number of enumerators.
An article quotes Dr Nott a physician of national repute arguing that baldness is generally not curable while noting some hair restorer products may restore color or promote growth. The piece promotes Q-Ban Hair Restorer and Tonic with claims of partial effectiveness and offers free sample bottles through O M Curtis at druggists.
The bulletin from E. H. Harriman’s physician says Mr. Harriman has experienced no worse condition after midnight Tuesday. In Monterey destitution and suffering persist among flood survivors. American Red Cross relief totals $360 so far. A Fort Worth saloon removal committee appeared before the city commission Tuesday and the decision is expected today.
Anti-Saloon League officers in Dallas show strong interest as the liquor question heads toward votes this month in Shelby and Bell counties. Local activists anticipate campaigns for statewide prohibition measures amid county ballots.
At the examining trial of Mrs. Flanary in Dallas the court heard that the accused was in such a disturbed mental state at the time of the killing as to be irresponsible. The article notes no details from the first executive session of the National Farmers Union at Birmingham but mentions a minimum price for cotton was a key topic.
Soto la Marina in Tamaulipas Mexico was nearly wiped out by a tidal wave and the entire population is believed killed. Relief teams have not yet reached the town and no survivors are confirmed.
The speaker urged time exists for political maneuvering but emphasized prioritizing industrial development and drought relief strategies in Texas. He noted near‑term plans include systems to heat and protect the population against cold, with large bottles and new economic centering as part of the plan.
Reports from Lewisville dated September 6 detail civil, social, and family visits. Notables include J. E. Chambers in Dallas, Prof. Eston W. Smith’s La Pelican trip, Dr. D. F. Kirkpatrick returning from Seattle, and Mrs. R. B. Bradley with sister Eva Hyder from Waxahachie. Also mentioned are visits to Denton, Gainesville, Aubrey, Ashland, Mo., and Grapevine, plus a birth in Henry Fox’s family and the death of E. W. Shepard in Terrell with burial at Oak Hall cemetery.
A historical ad claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only constitutional remedy. It asserts the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for failure, and instructs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with related constipation remedy mentioned.
Denton visitor Jack McMath spent the weekend here. Nell Parker visited in Devon. Ruth Allen Ima Tinch er and Irene Steger hosted guests Friday and Saturday. Lera Graham from Farmersville was in town. School opened with eighty six pupils. Annie Wright from Sherman arrived Thursday. Ruby McKinney from Pilot Point came Sunday. Roland Perpleman and wife visited Pilot Point Sunday. Louise Howser visiting Argyle. Bertha Rhoads returned from Fort Worth. Bessie Drake of Pilot Point was here Tuesday.
Fresh stock of Tennis Goods available with rackets from 1.50 and up and balls at 0.50 each. Please phone your order to Number 52.
A cloudburst in New Mexico causes a flood sweeping the Canadian River valley. Residents are urged to protect themselves and crops as heavy rains in the upper Panhandle cause washouts disrupting through service. Denver Judge Geo Clarke returns to Waco seeking a health improvement and is urged to run for Texas governor.
M. Curtis reports on the Wilson Hardware Company offering no charge estimates for plumbing work, highlighting their service. The notice implies a focus on customer-friendly pricing and reliable repairs.
Denton, Sept. 8. Yesterday's receipts were 38 bales, today about 50, season total above 400. Local prices: cotton 12 1/2 cents, good middling 12.56 1/4, seed cotton 4.49, some loads 4.45 to 4.50. Cotton seed $16 a ton, retail $18 to $20. Corn steady around 65 to 75 cents, hay steady, poultry markets active with eggs 15 cents, turkeys 8–9 cents, hens 8 cents, freys 1 to 13 cents, roastery 10 to 15 cents. Ginners report 377,552 bales ginned to Sept. 1. London and New York grain and livestock figures also listed.
Cotton seed wholesale 16 to 18 dollars per ton with retail 18 to 20. Corn ear price 70 to 75 cents per bushel, retail 10 cents higher. Shelled corn 70 to 75 cents per bushel, retail 10 cents higher. Cotton seed price and corn prices plus price ranges for corn chops chicken feed bran and various hays and straw. No. 2 wheat at 1.16 to 2.05 per bushel.
The notice lists Irish potatoes at wholesale $1.15 and retail $1.40 per bushel and per peck 35c. Sweet potatoes new crop wholesale $1.25 per bushel and retail 4c per peck. Flour per 100 lbs wholesale $2.99 to $3.15 retail higher. Corn meal 35-lb sack wholesale 65c retail 70-75c. half sacks 33c wholesale 40c. Lard country wholesale per lb 18½c kettle rendered 19-lb calls $1.60 5-lb buckets 80c. bulk per lb 16c. Bacon dry salt 15c per lb, smoked sides 16c, wrapped bellies 25-26c. Onions 2c wholesale 4c retail per lb. Peas wholesale per bushel 60c.
Egg prices show wholesale 12 to 12 ½ cents per dozen cash or trade and retail around 15 cents. Butter costs listed as wholesale country at 12 ½ to 20 cents per pound with delivery to private homes and hotels at 20 to 25 cents. creamery butter 25 cents per pound. butter fat 25 cents per pound.
The market day notes listed turkey prices at 8 to 9 cents per pound, hens 7 to 8 cents, fryers 10 to 13 cents, old roosters 10 to 15 cents each, guineas 1.50 per dozen, ducks 3.00 per dozen, and geese unavailable. Hog prices 5 to 7 cents per pound gross, cows 2.50 to 2.75 cents per pound.
A brief market note lists hides priced per pound with green hides at 7 to 8 cents and dry hides at 9 to 13 cents depending on weight and condition.
Albert Collins, a young farmer, was found in a Preston house in Sherman with his head split open. Jeff Daniels was arrested and jailed on an assault to murder charge. Collins is in critical condition and has not regained consciousness.
J. O. Monroe of Atchison Kansas asserts Hunt's Cure will cure a larger percentage of skin troubles especially itching forms than any other remedy. He urges those afflicted with any form of itch to try it.
A Sunday shower aided cotton picking though crop is short, yielding about a bale per eight acres. Mrs E H Wardrow of Oklahoma plans to return to Tennessee around Sept 15. Tom Greer of Hale county visits Rector. Water shortages hit stock, with old settlers noting unusually dry conditions. Road crews work west of Rector this week to repair needed sections.
An advertising notice touts Rexall Eczema Ointment as a free trial remedy for eczema acne ring worm and other skin conditions. It claims antiseptic cleansing soothing healing and guaranteed refunds if not satisfied after a reasonable trial.
The district judge has entered an order declaring for the sale of the Waters-Pirce company property in Texas. The order may be issued at any hour and the property has not yet been ordered sold.
Public notice summons the unknown heirs of Thomas Cassidy to appear in Denton County District Court for case No. 5114 dated August 1909. Plaintiff W H Butts seeks title and damages to 100 acres of land described by metes and bounds in eastern Denton County with related costs and restraining writ requests.
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