Jones Prairie Dots and Easter Weather Notes
Community notes from Milam County recount a long illness season with grippe and widespread sickness. Rain improves crops while some fear Easter weather on cotton and corn. Local figures visit Fort Worth for cattlemen’s events. road survey east of Jones Prairie sparks talk of growth. Easter greetings, town changes, and local personalities populate this lively column.
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la Grippe
Willie Fontaine
New Orleans
R. K. Fountaine
Cameron
E. A. Flinn
Fort Worth
Jones’ Prairie
Bro. Stevenson
Joe Bailey
Joe
Bailey
Thaw
Maysfield
E. D. Atkinson
E. J. Powell
Scott Tyson
Squire Thweat
Jack McCullough
Lester
Jim
Pink
Bacon
J. K. P. Newton
Old Milam County
Elm Ridge News: First Dance of the Year at Hollar Grove
This week we hoe and plow corn as Elm Ridge reports a big crowd at the first dance of the year held yesterday at Hollar Grove platform with music by P. W. The item notes a local correspondent’s scattered news from a neighboring county and mentions a disrupted message from Mr. Re.
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Hollar Grove
Reond Id
Yarrellton Notes Rain Delights Farmers and Church News
Rain arrived Friday sending farmers cheer. Young folks attended church at South Elm and Miss Lavada Willingham of Maysfield visited relatives Sunday. Rev Garret preached at Big Elm and a Methodist Sunday school reorganizing meeting is planned for next Sunday at 3 pm. Ice cream supper planned by Woodman Circle for Yarrellton fundraiser. Ben Cammer fills rural route No. 3 after Henry Moore.
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South Elm
Lavada Willingham
Maysfield
Garret
Buckholts
Big Elm
Methodist
Sam Dobb
Dunk” McCall
Yarrellton
Ella Griffin
Ernest Pickens
Woodman Circle
Yarrellt
Ben Cammer
Henry Moore
Mr and Mrs Joe Perkins Shop in Cameron
Mr and Mrs Joe Perkins spent Monday in Cameron shopping. Best wishes to the Herald.
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Joe Perkins
Cameron
the Herald
Pope County Soldier Major Geo W Newton Dies in Texas
Friends mourn Major Geo W Newton who died March 15 1907 at his son Dr W R Newtons Buckholts Texas home where he spent the winter He was born 1838 in Johnson County Arkansas and served in the Confederate forces rising to Major He helped found Bally Hill Seminary in Boone County Arkansas and preached in the Baptist church after the war He was buried March 16 in Cameron Texas
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Major G. W. Newton
W. R. Newton
Buckholts
Texas
Cameron
Major Newton
Johnson County
Ark
Pope County
Nannie Brown
John Brown
James J. Brown
Price
Missouri
Boone County
Bally Hill
Baptist Church
Geo. W. Newton
R. C. Brown
Paint Your Buggy for 75 to 1.00 with Devoe’s Gloss
Pace's New Drug Store advertises Devoe's Gloss Car riage Paint promising longer wear and a gloss like new, weighing 3 to 8 ounces more per pint than competing paints at a price from 75 cents to 1.00.
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Devoe
Pace’s
New Drug Store
How to Avoid Appendicitis Ad Channel Ad
Orino Laxative Fig Syrup claims to cure chronic constipation by stimulating liver and bowels and restoring natural action. It states it does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. The advertisement urges refusing substitutes from Geo. A. Thomas & Son.
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Orino
Geo. A. Thomas & Son
Senate hears farewell address with quiet attention
The senate listened to Washington's farewell address much as it listens to the people, with cautious restraint and formal interest, reflecting a measured reception by lawmakers and observers alike.
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Senate
Washington
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Relief for Kidney Trouble
An advertisement-style note claims Foley's Kidney Cure will stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder trouble not beyond medical help, attributed to Geo. A. Thomas.
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Foley
Geo. A. Thomas Nn
Domestic satire hints at kitchen pose as public decoy
The quip imagines a young girl posing in the kitchen with hands in dish water to make a vivid, lighthearted contrast as a naval budget increases, seemingly lifting a threat. The remark underscores wartime mood and media framing during defense spending debates.
Perdue Hefley Wedding At Hefley Home
Laurel E. Perdue and Hattie L. Hefley wed at the bride’s home with Rev. Goddard officiating. The ceremony drew friends and relatives as both families praised the couple’s character and prospects, and well wishes poured in from the city’s social circle.
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Laurel E. Perdue
Hattie L. Hefley
L. J. Hefley
Goddard
M. E. Church South
Perdue
South McAllister News
Mrs. Stovall 69 Dies in Dallas Mother of Local Resident
Mrs. Jane A. Stovall aged 69 died in Dallas Sunday night. She was the mother of Mrs. J. L. Clinton of our city. The remains were shipped to Georgetown for interment. The item ends with an advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea urged by the druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane A. Stovall
Dallas
J. L. Clinton
Our City
Georgetown
Hollister
Citation by Publication in Milam County Court 1907
Public notice summons Mary Merritt to appear before the Milam County District Court in Cameron on April 15 1907 to answer Henry Merritt s petition alleging abandonment after marriage on July 4 1891 and separation since September 1900 with four week newspaper publication required prior to return.
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Milam
Mary Merritt
Holden
Cameron
Texas
Henry Merritt
A. D
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Mary A. Stocklas
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William Shocek
Ellinger
Neuegebauer
Elm Ridge News
Yarrelton
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T. S. Henderson
David L. Wilson
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