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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
2
The Record and Chronicle announces subscription rates for six months and one year and includes a notice to the public that any erroneous reflection in its columns will be corrected upon request. The notice is dated Denton Texas September 12, 1912.
A Denton editorial urges arranging a special Denton day to Dallas fair crowds, citing civic pride and potential attendance of 500. It notes recent business records and steady growth, discusses football and athletics at the high school, and calls for expanded trade territory and a merchants excursion to boost Denton commerce.
The ad proclaims Electric Bitters cure fatigue and ailments from rheumatism to kidney disorders. It cites Chas S Allen of Sylvania Georgia praising the medicine after years of misery. Sold for 50 cents by J F Raley Co with further note on local shipper Turner Brothers and Mackere mackerel and Holland herring orders.
Misses Howie and Mitchell, suffragettes, confronted Premier Asquith and Home Secretary McKenna on the Dornock golf course. Detectives and a police inspector restrained the women to stop further disruption of officials.
The document lists loans and discounts with overdrafts and U S Bonds to secure circulation. It shows cash items, notes of national banks, fractional currency, lawful money, redemption fund, and a total assets figure of 424 430 29. The attestation by cashier H F Schweer dated September 12, 1912, before notary H M Walden confirms the statement’s accuracy.
A brief item offers soap cakes weighing 60z each with a sale price of three for 25 cents. The ad invites readers to try one. The note is compact and reads like a local classified promotion.
Denver Colorado September 12 Forty six indictments alleging bribery misfee of city streets operating disorderly houses theft of franchises neglect of duty in non enforcement of laws and obstructing streets were returned by the Grand Jury investigating newspaper accusations tied to last spring county and municipal elections Mayor Arnold and ex Mayor Speer plus present and former police and fire chiefs and boards are charged with failing to enforce open vice laws.
In Chicago on September 12 counsel for Standard Oil argued that the company has not been dissolved and cannot be dissolved by the federal government since dissolution must come from the state that granted its charter. They noted that only the properties were dissolved under a federal court decree, not the company itself.
A convoy of about forty Black workers traveled from Oklahoma to Carrollton arriving for work on the Dallas branch line. Farmers, facing cotton shortages, sent crews into Oklahoma and hired additional labor including Mexican workers. Wages range from $1 to $1.25 per 100 pounds with one family reportedly picking a bale daily.
J Naylor and Arthur Naylor of Oklahoma attended the funeral of Mrs Rolene Naylor of Krum who died of typhoid fever. Burial followed at Krum Cemetery after services at the Methodist church conducted by R B Porter. Additional local items include bale receipts, births, and residents visiting nearby towns.
A fragment describes a character discovering a cloth bag of jewels and fleeing through a hall after a mysterious presence. A sudden electric flash blinds her as a voice calls Miss Codman, followed by a plunge into darkness in a tense, dramatic moment.
In the lawn scene Laura and John discuss thieves who have fled with jewels. John realizes the bag contains his own items as Doctor Graham's horn sounds, prompting surprise and a swift scramble to secure the bag.
I awoke on the couch with my arm broken and jewels scattered around. Hap professes love despite accusations, while Laura and Jo debate marriage and the thief’s identity as investigators question Winthrop and others.
Claimant asserts Knowlton's Danderine will rapidly make hair appear fuller, softer, and dandruff free within minutes. It is promoted as a guaranteed hair grower and scalp healer available for 25 cents at drug stores, with results visible in two weeks.
Cotton pickers are in great demand with only 100 bales ginned locally. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wakefield return from a coast visit. Dr. J. L. Gammill and L. Watford travel in Tennessee. The protracted meeting progresses. Funeral of Mrs. Naylor at Krum attended. Langley buys an automobile. Mrs. May Coppage of Dallas visits Mrs. Henry Lively. Mellivain at A and M Stillwater. J. E. Pegram moves to Cloud. Claud Johnson returns from West Texas. Miss Anna and Miss Mary Gale visit Mrs. T. A. Gale. Fall term opens Sept. 2 with J. N. Mallory in charge. Earl Wakefield to Fort Worth for school. Miss Mary Blair to Houston to teach.
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