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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
2
Fragmentary dialogue shows Walt Whitman in Camden near Philadelphia speaking with friends about subscriptions for Chimertas and a daily copy paid by George Childs. They discuss street conversations with drivers to estimate goats and size, noting it helps Childs.
A patent remedy claim offers Texas Wonder, Hinll's Great Discovery, said to cure kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, sexual issues, rheumatism, and bladder irregularities in men and women. A two month treatment costs one bottle, with mail order and testimonials available via Dr. E. W. Hall of St. Louis. Reese & Sapp sell it locally.
A 1902 Cameron Texas note certifies kidney and bladder trouble cure by Texas Wonder. Gites C. Avriett recommends the remedy to others suffering similar ailments in this testimonial dated October 7 1902.
A London clockmaker debuts a phonograph attached clock that announces reminders. The device lets a user set an alarm for half past eleven to receive a spoken alert an hour before a meeting. A Benson’s expert calls such contraptions toys in the Daily Express interview.
The Tablet reports that the first two Rhodes Scholarships under Rhodes' will have been awarded by the government in Rhodesia. Both scholars are Roman Catholics and Jesuit college students from Bulawayo. Lord Grey praises the Jesuit Fathers for their work among whites and blacks in Rhodesia.
The advertisement touts beauty and vigor from pure blood and proper digestion. It warns that many women fail to digest food, growing pale and weak, and promotes eating nourishing meals plus a small dose of Herbine after each meal to aid digestion, priced 50c at Geo A. Thomas.
A South of England isle in Detwetwater Lake vanishes and reappears every few years. The peat lake bottom causes a blister-like rise that reaches only inches above water, with area shrinking to a few square feet. Peaks in July and August, especially after warm weather.
Publicacion por citacion ordenada por el tribunal para Pearle Gough en un caso de disolucion matrimonial en Milam County Texas. Se ordena a la sheriff o alguacil publicar la citacion semanalmente durante cuatro semanas y hacerla llegar al demandado en Cameron. Demandante Minor Gough busca divorcio por abandono. Fecha del juicio 20 de abril de 1903. Jurado: James Hooks, secretario del tribunal.
Dr Harter's Iron Tonic claims to strengthen debilitated organs and renew vigor by toning muscles ligaments and tissues. It cites relief from loss of appetite ambition nervousness headaches back and kidney pains, attributed to the tonic. Mrs J A Pickett.
Beate offers transportation related job work at home with guaranteed satisfaction. Ring number 11 to receive a copy and place Beate will handle the order.
The Commoner edited by Mr. Bryan remains educational and informative with departments on Current Topics Home Life and anecdotes. A combined one year subscription for The Commoner and The Cameron Herald is offered for 1.75 dollars for new and renewing subscribers.
The Liverpool Post notes Payta Peru as the driest spot claimed on earth. Professor David G Fairheld visited in February after a 24 hour rain, the first in eight years. Sea fogs persist and seven of about nine plant species observed are annuals with dormant seeds. The long rooted Peruvian gallon grows along the coast.
Elegant coaches and splendid dining cars offer meals a la carte at reasonable prices. First class cuisine makes the journey memorable with close connections at junction points. Full information on rates time-cards and Pullman reservations available from Midland agents or F B McKay General Passenger Agent Terrell Texas.
The exchange features John Sharp Williams of Mississippi taunting Speaker Joseph Cannon as Democrats pledge to defeat him in 1904. Cannon responds with calm humor while Williams vows to recruit a candidate. A farming parable follows about choosing roads and consequences.
The centennial observance of Ralph Waldo Emerson birth is being arranged in Concord Massachusetts. A committee from the Social Circle long associated with Emerson will organize programs with morning exercises for children at the town hall and afternoon events at the Unitarian church.
The notice urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand as a safe remedy. Warns the risk is too great to ignore and notes it is sold by Thomas and Son.
The first hotel exclusive to women, Hotel Martha Washington, debuts on East Twenty-ninth Street near Madison Avenue. The twelve story brick structure offers rooms and apartments from $3 to $17 weekly while male guests are discouraged from dining rooms and parlors. Helen Gould and John D. Rockefeller are among the stockholders in the enterprise.
An article lauds the World's Dispensary Medical Association and Dr. Pierce for pioneering advertising autos in Buffalo New York. It extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets and notes the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute with free consultations by letter. It warns against unlicensed “free medical advice” ads and invites letters to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo N Y.
A Wall Street lawyer recounts his rise from earning $20 a month to drawing $3,000,000 in his prime. He notes stenographer and typist positions attract 1,000 applicants at $10 weekly, while a confidential manager role at $25,000 yearly draws few applicants, implying market panic and biased hiring trends.
The text reports that Cupid, a Hawaiian figure, will travel to Washington to demonstrate his status as a prince by holding a regal court in the capital. He plans lavish Hawaiian hospitality with feasts and a full retinue of ladies and gentlemen in waiting.
A remnant of an Eskimo tribe has been discovered on Southampton Island at the northern end of Hudson Bay. The people have limited contact with whites, live in whale jaw huts with skin coverings, and center their home around an elevated area with a stone lamp for lighting, heating, cooking, melting snow, and drying clothes. About sixteen members remain.
Rev Francia J Davidson pastor of St Matthew Baptist and president of the Third District Baptist Association writes that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy relieved cramps and stomach pains and has been used by several parishioners with satisfactory results. For sale by Thomas and Son.
Lord Wolseley, now in Naples, aims to visit Napoleon’s Oriental campaign sites for local color for a military article or possible book. He will go from Cairo to Chebreiss Embabeh Syria Gaza Jaffa Acre El Arish via Acre and Esdraelon, the Hebraic plain where Napoleon won after the siege of Acre. his memoirs remain only partly finished.
T P O Connor writes that Lord Rosebery has suffered chronic insomnia affecting his life and career. He argues that apparent erratic shifts in Rosebery's path come from sleeplessness driving despair and a lack of mental sequence.
A discreet health note urges restoring stomach and liver to health using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. It warns that stomach dysfunction can derange bowels and congest kidneys, causing diseases, then notes the product is sold by Thomas & Son.
The narrative recalls President McKinley being made an honorary member of the Lake Erie College class at Painesville Ohio on November 19 1893. He received the class flower carnations and spent time with the college girls. Mrs McKinley showed interest in the class and its memory.
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