Chautauqua Program Outlined This Year
Chas F Horner president of Redpath Horner Chautauquas outlines the year program for Cameron citizens speakers include Dr Frank L Loveland Dr Charles E Barker Lincoln McConnell Ralph Parlette Bob Finch Electra Platt The Victory Players Jean McDonald Harold Proctor Premier Concert Artists and the Italian Bersagliere Band plus the drama It Pays To Advertise with a New York Company Sincerely Chas F Horner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. F. Horner
Redpath-Horner Chautauquas
Cameron
Horner
Chautauqua
Frank L. Loveland
Charles E. Barker
Taft
Lincoln McConnell
Ralph Parlette
Lyceum and
Bob Finch
American Red Cross Commission
France
Electra Platt
Comedienne
Victory
Jean McDonald
Harold Proctor
I[ri
Bersagliere
New York
United Daughters Plan War Records Drive in Milam County
The United Daughters of the Confederacy met with Mrs. B. J. Baskin to organize collection of World War I service records for Milam County. Queries will go to families of the 1830 county men. Memorial for Confederate veterans set for April 27 at 2 PM at the Presbyterian church with Judge Graham Gillis presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of Confederacy
B. J. Baskin
T. S. Henderson
Milam County
Texas
Presbyterian Church
Graham Gillis
H. R
Fadyen
Ruth Kemp
Minnie Wolf
J. E. Watts
B. B. Blaylock
Governor Hobby Vetoes Banking Department Plan
Governor Hobby vetoes the bill from the thirty sixth legislature to create a separate Department of Banking by splitting duties from the current Department of Insurance and Banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobby
Department of Banking
Department of Insurance and Banking
Committee Chair Men Named at Cameron Commercial Club
The Cameron Commercial Club elected T N Herring secretary again and named ten standing committees led by Finance J T Parma and E A Flinn and others. Members discussed the Sap Highway project, Good Roads, railroads, and a possible trip to the Mineral Wells convention, forecasting a prosperous year for Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Commercial Club
Cameron
Texas
T. N. Herring
McLane
T. F. Hardy
J. T. Parma
E. A. Flinn
J. Garrison
C. A. Sprott
E. A. McAdams
Monta Thomas
Giles Avriett
J. W. Coleman
George T. Graves
J. D. Dobbins
T B. Wooten
H. M. Hefley
John E. Mangum
W. M. Cobb
W. G. Gillis
R. A. Triggs
B. F. Bonds
C. W. Lawrence
B P. Atkinson
W. O. Tries
Wm. R. Rogers
Frank Lesovsky
A. S. Hearrell
O M. Smith
R. H. McIntosh
Roy Griffith
Giles Arriett
Mineral Wells
Sap
Hon
T. 8
Henderson
E. A. Donaldson
Association
State Highway Commission
Austin
Sap Highway Association
Man Shot Dead Near Hanover Home
A 65 year old farmer, Gus Ditto, was shot and killed at his Hanover area home. Sheriff L L Blaylock arrested neighbor Clint Calicott and jailed him as the suspect. No motive or examining trial date has been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanlover
Gus Ditto
L. L. Blaylock
Clint Calicott
Reverend Abe Mulkey Dies After 69 Years Of Ministry
Longtime Texas evangelist Rev. Abe Mulkey died at his Corsicana home within a week of turning 69. A Baptist revival is under way at the Cameron church led by Rev. B. B. Blaylock, with sermons emphasizing lay outreach and revival, as mourners remember Mulkey’s life and his role in funding the Waco Methodist Orphanage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Mulkey
Texas
Corsicana
Jesus
Louisa
Mr. Mulkey
Waco
Arkansas
Memphis
Tenn
William Mulkey
R. H. H. Burnett
Mulkey
Fort Worth
Abel Mulkey
Lou Mulkey
Geo. H. Mulkey
Fletcher Mulkey
Dallas
R. A. Patterson
Nora Orgain
Corsicana J
The
Baptist Church
B. B. Blaylock
Gideon
Jesus Christ
Blaylock
D. Lay
Cameron
Congratulations for Cameron School Endorsement
A Cameron public school board is praised for securing city endorsement of a plan to raise school performance. The community’s confidence in the board’s leadership is highlighted and thanks are extended to supporters while urging the schools to deliver on promised improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Cameron A Popular Town With R R Conductors
Mr. E. Melver, an architect from Waco, visited Cameron this week. A Herald reporter heard him remark that Cameron’s Commercial Club keeps the town lively and that train conductors note Cameron’s growing activity with passengers asking what is happening there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Melver
Waco
Cameron
The
Herald
City
Flying Circuses to Boost Victory Loan Drive Across U S
Three flying circuses formed by American French and British aviators will tour the United States in support of the Victory Liberty loan campaign. They will stage aerial sham battles and acrobatics in over fifty cities using captured German Fokker planes and the best American war planes. The tours start April 10 with the loan drive opening April 21. The mid western squadron will visit New Orleans Jackson Memphis Little Rock St. Louis Peoria Chicago Milwaukee Duluth Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Newport News
Washinton
France
New Orleans
Jackson
Memphis
iLittle Rock
St. Louis
Peoria
Chicago
Milwaukee
Duluth
Minneapolis
Sap Highway Organization Active in Cameron Area
The Sap Highway Organization formed by Cameron business leaders and farmers from five counties is progressing. President T S Henderson reports the State Highway Commission will meet April 22 to 24 and the group plans to present on April 28 with full data on every mile, detailing why the road from Waco to Giddings is necessary.
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Sap
Cameron
T.S. Henderson
Geo. A. Duren
State Highway Commission
R. M. Hubbard
Henderson
Waco
Giddings
Highway Commission
Jin
Cameron High School War Savings Drive Reduces Pledges
In Cameron Texas nearly all of the 800 students have pledged War Savings Stamps for 1918 with less than thirty behind. J A McLean of the Treasury War Savings Division spoke to the high school as students committed to continuing Thrift Card purchases and stamp buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Texas
Cameron High School
J. A McLean
United States Treasury Department
War Savings Division
Meridian High School War Savings Societies Active
Meridian Texas high school reports five active War Savings Societies among about 200 students. Each group made a fine record last year and all aim to do even better in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Texas
War Savings Stamps pitched to Tampico residents
Loyal American citizens in Tampico Mexico will have another chance to invest in War Savings Stamps. Gulf Exports and Transportationman Barney Holland spoke at a traveling salesmen meeting led by J Henry Bennett. He cited U S patriotic spirit of Americans in Mexico by purchasing 10000 in War Savings and Thrift Stamps. A motor trip to Georgetown saw the Triggs family and Reed Rogers to watch the White Sox play ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Tampico
Mexico
Barney Holland
Gulf Exports and Transportation Company
J. Henry Bennett
Salemen
Holland
United States
Tarapico
W. O. Triggs
Albert
George
William Triggs
Reed Rogers
William Howard Baskin
Georgetown
White Sox
Regional cities listed across midwest and southwest
A sequence of city names includes St. Paul Sioux City Omaha Des Moines Kansas City Wichita Muskogee Oklahoma City and Dallas. The list suggests a regional scope or travel route across several major midwest and southwest hubs.
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St. Paul
Sioux City
Omaha
Des Moines
Kansas City
Wichita
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Scout Sells $2000 War Savings Stamps
Cameron boy scout Joyce Cox sold $1,000 of War Savings Stamps each to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hurst of Cameron. The Hurst couple also held $4,000 in Baby Bonds and Liberty Bonds and pledged readiness for the Victory Loan. The District Publicity Director praised Cox and urged him to report his total sales and include a photo in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Cox
Cameron
Henry Hurst
Mr. Hurst
America
Texas
Hurst
Young Cox
11Th
Federal Reserve District
Dallas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Boy Scouts of America
Hefti Receives Letter From Son In Coblenz Germany
J M Hefti of Maysfield reports a letter from his son Henry written from Coblenz Germany. He states he is well and expects to return home in a few months. Henry was previously reported killed at Verdun but later wrote about the battle and this was published in the Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
J. M. Hefti
Maysfield
Henry
Coblenz
Germany
Henry Hefti
Verdun
Cotton Palace Coliseum Destroyed by Fire in Waco
The Cotton Palace Coliseum in Waco burned Tuesday afternoon with the fire found at 1 30 PM. The massive structure was deemed hopeless to save and reconstruction is planned to begin immediately for the 1919 show.
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Cotton Palace Coliseum
Waco
Cotton Palace
Mrs Levison’s Illness Improves. Robbins Returns
Mrs Katherine Robbins came back from Washington last week due to her mother Mrs Levi son’s illness. Authorities report Mrs Levison is recovering well and improving nicely.
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Katherine Robbins
Washinton
Mrs Levison
Mrs. Levison
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United Daughters
Hanover
Evangelist
Abe" Mulkey
R. R
SAP Highway Organization
Derson
S. S
11Th Federal War Savings District
Pete A
Meridian High School
WS. S
Ien
Ase
SCOUT
C. C. Brown
Praetorian Building
M. Heftl
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