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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
4
A springtime message notes Peala Tuten bed wear and spring nature lifting moods with bright primrose colors. The article highlights a display of new dress goods, Swiss Lawn at 22 cents per yard, and a complete line of straw hats from scents to finest grades attracting attention in town.
The Cameron Herald reports tense Bell county politics with Bob Henry under fire and the anti-trust act debate. It notes the Grimes flour mill fire at Belton causing about $50,000 in losses and other local updates including Judge Reagan's illness, Roger Mills' age, and Abraham Lincoln Davis’s Falls county legislature bid.
In Texas, populists drop old label for new plank set seen as Democrats avoid. Milam and Bell counties report return to the fold. State contracts $268,500 for a Brazoria sugar mill on Clemens farm run by penitentiary convicts. State Senator C. L. Potter withdraws from Congress race and derides pandering. Houston politics: Holt ticket wins mayoral race 4,598 to 2,004, with Stone as county attorney, Ellis as police chief, Brumby health officer. Alderman Felix Schram loses in Second ward. S. G. Hobbs elected anti Holt executive committee member. Holt carried Second ward but with narrow margin.
The piece outlines close legislative counts in Arkansas and Texas, noting Stewart’s defeat for mayor and Dinamore’s possible re-election to Congress. It details court rulings striking down Texas anti trust laws, predicts Democratic party leadership changes, and lists campaign slate including Lanham’s remarks on rail transportation and school support alongside various local offices.
Col Lanham outlines support for convict labor on public roads and a robust public accounting system. He argues against municipal extravagance and stresses core questions debated in the session.
Last Saturday five precincts in Johnson County held a convention at Cleburne and instructed for John H. Bickett for state treasurer.
Thorndale resident Mr. W. J. Lane is in the city this week serving on a jury, according to court notices.
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