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The Denison Daily News
March 30, 1874

A resident of our city furnished his wife funds last week to visit her relatives in one of the older states. After bidding her an affectionate farewell at the depot, he returned to his domicile to find a delicate little note in her handwriting. It stated that she could no longer "love, honor, and obey him" - that he need not be mourning about her long absence, as she never planned to return.

Lawyers, Doctors, and Dentists in the City of Denison, after this date, will be required to pay an occupation tax of $25 a year, instead of $5 as before. Somebody will suffer!

The Denison Daily News
April 30, 1874

A well dressed, matronly looking lady walked into a saloon the other day. Laid her muff on the counter, and took out a pair of spectacles. The bar tender promptly informed her that no Bible reading would be in order there! Reaching down into her dress pocket the woman produced a flat bottle and cooly called for a pint of whisky -- much to the relief of the bartender.

The Denison Daily News
May 10, 1874

Business is getting alarmingly dull in Sherman. The City Council at a recent meeting reduced the license on saloons from $200 per year to $100 and on wholesale liquor dealers from $200 to $50, in the hope of livening things up a little.

An ingenious mechanic of Denison proposes to get up a patent family cremation oven (portable) on the rotating principle, furnished with an odor destroyer of his own invention. Wealthy families who cremate will probably have a room set apart for the cremating oven, supplied for cushioned seats for mourners.