Presbyterians of Cameron Launch Educational Fund Drive
Cameron Presbyterians begin a church fund drive to support education and missions. The campaign funds colleges under church control, orphanages in Milford and Itasca, and services at Kingsville Taft and Austin seminaries, with efforts led by Mrs. Sapp and Mrs. Meyers to organize women’s participation and weekly prayer meetings.
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Milford Presbyterian
Itasca
Presbyterian School
Kingsville
Taft
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin
Texas A. & M
Eggert
J. H. Sapp
Ladies Auxiliary
Gladys Henry
Intermediate Endeavor Society
Lu Meyers
van Tyson
W. G. Gillis
Debate on Free Textbooks in Public Schools Across States
A century of debate on free education cites 41 states and D C with varying laws on free textbooks. Some states fund books from the treasury, others require local purchase, while many students in lower grades supply their own books, highlighting cost and access concerns in public schooling.
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Fox
District of Columbia
Eemed
Milam County Sheriff Sale Notice of 1924 Auction
The State of Texas Milam County sheriff sale notice under an alias execution against W. Hefley et al lists property in Cameron City Milam County. Real estate described as parts of blocks in Bickett addition including lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in block eight. levy issued April 2 1924. sale set for May 1924 at Cameron Court House between 10 am and 4 pm for cash to highest bidder. Publication in Cameron Herald for three consecutive weeks.
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Texas
Milam
Milam County
Y Fennand
W. Lixe
Wolf
T. Hefley
J. D. Hefley
Zahd
Citizens National
Bank of Cameron
D. S. Rogers
D. Monroe Gra
Bickett
Cameron
J.D
W. T. Hefley
C. M. Smith
Ted
Hefley
Court House
W. T. Hesley
Levy
Cameron Herald
Listen In At Home A Midnight Radio Tale
David and Jane Andrews listen to distant music in a quiet room as a staged radio drama unsettles them. A tense interruption by two intruders with a revolver turns out to be a dream from the couple’s fatigue and imagination, ending with a tired father joking about fox trots in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
David
Jane
Mrs. Andrews
Tommy
Janie
Nebraska
Lip reading aids and other items from the era
The article describes a lip reading study using a camera to show precise lip positions with accompanying words and symbols. It notes a Mines Bureau experiment finding indoor smoking harm negligible. It also offers a mud recovery method using chains and a tow rope, and reports on concrete railway ties in India offering durability and timber savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Mines
Minos
India
Tobacco Smoke Not Harmful According To Mine Test
Three men tested tobacco fumes in a closed chamber with dense smoke and eye irritation. The article describes a home method using gasoline washed wool or fur, flour rubbed in, then dried and brushed to remove dirt, leaving the fabric cleaner and whiter.
Curtain Springs Make Simple Window Aerial
A how to description explains building a window aerial using two iron wire spreaders and multiple light curtain springs. The spreaders are fixed at top and bottom of the window with insulators, the springs tied between them and drawn tight to prevent contact or swinging.
Milam County Court Sets Final Account Hearing Date
The county court of Milam County schedules the final account of an estate for the next term beginning the first Monday in April 1924 in Cameron. Interested parties may appear to contest. The writ requires return on execution and is dated March 1924 with Clerk H. M. Roare and Deputy J. C. Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
H. M. Roare
Milam County
J. C. Hughes
Notice of Filing Account Estates Decedents Milam County
John Zawadzki as Administrator filed in Milam County Court a filing of account for the estate of Tom Babovee, Deceased. The notice directs all interested persons to respond before the return day, with publication required weekly for twenty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Milam
State of Texas
Tom Babovee
John Zawadzki
World Record Set By Wilbert Munson in Apple Packing
Delbert Munson of Brewster Washington set a world record by packing 378 boxes in nine hours and forty minutes, demonstrating exceptional speed and consistency in fruit packing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Munson
Brewster
Wash
Inventor Patents Air Disinfection Cakes
An inventor patents cakes of various chemicals designed to disinfect and deodorize room air. The concept suggests placing the cake in a room to release sanitizing agents, with mention of an electrical guard device. The brief notes emphasize chemical deodorization and disinfection in indoor air environments.
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Che Cameron
Herald Publishing Company, Incorporated
Congress
A. Triggs
G. West
Hays
White
Robert McLane
J. P. Werner
R. P. Jeter
H. M. Hefley
T. S. B. Skelton
Judd G. Davis
R. A. Tag. Blenderson, Jr
J. T. Parma
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Pee Lasan
J. White, Tw. Bays
Luther Johnson
Harry PF. Jordan
W. K. Galbreath, Jr
Bee
C. M. Beard
Daue S. Rogers
X. O. Hughes
Katherine Robbins
Br Public
Westbrook
A. N. Bryson
Joan Chollett
Ber
Roy Law
Precit Chas. Maashw
A. Fuchs
John W. Barrett
Luther McDonald
Par
Lelia Woolley
Ber County
HW. M. Roark
Mr. Todd
Sanford Gore
Presbyterians OF
Congressional
Cuarty
McClure
Hook
Rod
A. J Sid O
FONIC
R. A. Tag
Soho
Edward Zellner
Palace of Sweets
Cameron, Texas
Thor
A. B. Guinh
Leonard Cleanable Reprigerators
Leonard
F. A. Marek
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