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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1912
Page
2
Public notices in The Record and Chronicle address subscription terms and corrections policy dated September 21 1912. The item cites distribution by mail and second class entry, with editorials critiquing local taxation and public spirit stories from Waco and Denton, plus remarks from Dallas and Denton editorials about school admissions and editorial rivalries.
A Kansas City woman, Frances Justite, defuses a mugging by tickling the assailants. As the robbers search her, she teases and wriggles, delaying them until they retreat, leaving her purse with $5 untouched. The anecdote highlights her quick wit and nerve in a tense street encounter.
Curtis La Marca offers a domestically made Cigar Club share built of fine materials. Each 10c cigar is sold today for 5¢ with a limit of one box per person, while supplies last. Come early to purchase.
Walt Mason laments the loss of frontier life and horses as modern town life replaces liberty with fences and rules. He recalls a broke broncho, a trusty fourteen-hand horse, and contrasts it with today’s drag, plows, and stricter justice. He sighs for simpler times and bread worth its price. Smith's Restaurant.
Burlington Vermont and Canada products advertised for sale including tre maple syrup and maple sugar. Sender T. C. Sample invites customers to choose from items and have four cans sent today. Local note presents a promotional line for syrup varieties.
A local advert invites customers to drop in for quick, satisfying meals. It promises friendly service and a favorable style of cooking, available day or night for convenient dining.
The Journal Medical de Bruxelles recounted Dr Max Billard’s 1840 exhumation notes showing Napoleon’s remains nearly perfectly preserved. The head rested on a pillow, lips parted, four coffins then. now five in different materials. Jean Richepin recalled seeing the face displayed at the Invalides crypt in youth and the lasting striking image.
A Newark News tale recounts the baker who, after selling his horse for a car, laments auto costs and misfortunes. Details include a delivery boy injured, an alien mobbing incident and a lawsuit settled for 65 dollars, a wreck with tombstone wagon, and a bruised chauffeur.
The speaker argues permanent national greatness rests on morality and the welfare of the people. Military pomp and imperial power mean little without comfort, contentment, and happiness for the common folk. True national strength dwells in homes, with legislation and governance improving everyday life.
A fragment quotes John Bright urging that rulers must heed public sentiment and learn the duties of government, warning that people are pressed by feelings and conditions that test governance.
Max RB Rock an optician of 106 Fulton Street Manhattan shot himself in the temple after attempting to suffocate himself with gas at his home 326 Goldfield Street Hoboken. He had suffered poor health. his wife and children were out at the time.
Dr. John B. Andrews of New York argues against seven day workweeks. He urges factory inspectors to ensure every worker can obtain one day off weekly for home life, viewed as the foundation of social order.
The exchange contrasts Hewitt asking how one likes a new flat with Jewett noting the space is so small that coming home makes him feel like the greatest living American. The line captures humorous self-awareness in a brief domestic vignette.
A new citizen in the clerk’s office at the Federal building in Boston swore allegiance to the United States, startling Deputy Clerk Lewis. He claimed prior loyalty to Turkey and exclaimed “To hell with Turkey” as he raised his right hand and subscribed his oath.
Mrs Harriett Odell of Denton married Edward Y Hartwell of Houston on October 41 1912 at Shelby Michigan The couple will reside in Houston Also a Friday afternoon 42 party at College of Industrial Arts for Miss Ethel Allen who heads to Texas University in Austin Guests enjoyed games and verses for Allen with prizes and refreshments.
A younger set gathering at Miss Jessie Davidson’s home Friday evening featured ballroom space in the front perch and hall. Miss Dot Bell and Miss Vernelle Allison provided music while guests danced and played 500 before punch was served. The attendees included Nina McCormick Addie Melson Vernelle Allison Mary Donovan Pauline Lipscomb Corinne Bottorff Bonnie Arnold Verna Marchman Rita Beyett Ione Poster and Olive Owens. A separate notice offers a day job for a middle aged woman to cook two meals and supervise a 5 year old boy at H Luckett’s Record and Chronicle office.
All dressmakers who wish to sew for CIA students should arrange to meet Miss Virginia Babb on Tuesday afternoon September 24 at 4 o'clock in room 310 of the main building.
Todays quotations show Liverpool futures with Oct Nov and Dec Jan contracts around 6.38 6.32 6.37 and New York and December options near 11.35 to 12.20. Spot quotes list Liverpool middling 6.75d with 9 000 sales and New Orleans at 11 7 16c with 112 sales.
A brief note invites readers to sell items by using the LASSIFIED service. It emphasizes ease and visibility for quick listings and purchases and frames the platform as the go to venue for local ads.
Curtis Laxative Syrup relies on senna cascara and vegetable laxatives with aromatics curminatives. Medical usage shows gentle, effective relief while avoiding harsh calomel purgatives. Purely vegetable safe laxative liver medicine half pint bottles 50c.
Police report multiple suicide attempts prevented in Tokyo following the deaths of General Count Nogi and his wife. Authorities say several persons were poised to act but were stopped before harm occurred.
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