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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
3
Ed C Nad of Iownville Sedgwick Co Kentucky suffered sciatic pain and used crutches before trying Ballard’s Snow Liniment. He reports relief after three 50 cent bottles and says he can walk without crutches and perform light farm labor. Available at Geo A Thomas in five, ten, and one cent sizes.
A young commercial traveler sought Carnegie to furnish his home with items costing nearly $2,000 and guarantee rent for twenty years. Carnegie discovered the applicant, claiming to be Scottish, was actually German. On another occasion, he was asked to bail out a wife beater sharing the same name.
Mrs Mary A Vitet of Newcastle Colorado writes Ballard's Horehound Syrup superior to other cough medicines and pleasant to take. She says it cures pulmonary ailments and notes her child wants it even without need. Prices listed as 25e Oc and 1 dollar.
Representative Champ Clark coins a new sobriquet for General Grosvenor, calling him Old Figgers in debate, a jab noted by an old House employee in the hallway near the post office as the general passes by with his beard.
Alexander Wilkie of upper Craigie Perth New Brunswick is reported to have the longest beard in the world. The hair began growing when he was about 25 and has reached seven feet two and a half inches, with continual growth observed.
A Leesville resident, W H Brown, survived a death expectation after using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. He reports relief from asthma and a complete recovery, noting the remedy also cures consumption pneumonia bronchitis and grip. Priced 50 cents and 1.00 with trial bottle free from Geo A Thomas druggist.
The article notes John Sharp Williams of Mississippi crafting a political riddle about Roosevelt's appointment of black officials in the South. The joke asks why the groundhog did not come out on Christmas, then answers it with a jab implying Roosevelt would put a coon in his hole, reflecting contentious race politics of the era.
Trains carrying through sleepers for St Louis and free chair cars for Dallas depart Cameron at 1 50 a m. Another service to San Antonio leaves Cameron at 2 10 a m with through sleepers and free chair cars. All S A P trains connect at Waco for northern points. Rates and details from E J Martin A E Weymouth Geo F Lupton AGT San Antonio Texas col.
Salvation Army leader General Booth meets U S Senators in Washington. Frye jokes about joining London organization but Booth cautions on discipline. Alger notes Hanna's intent. Booth quips about making him chancellor of the exchequer. Hoar is jokingly called the worst man in the senate as Booth aims to aid both the pad and the godl he serves.
Henderson Freeman Morrison announce the Milam County Abstract Company now operates an up to date Abstract and Loan Office. They offer complete abstracts of burned and present Milam records and can furnish correct titles for land in Milam County. They also represent loan companies and private lenders offering land secured loans at low rates.
Joseph Battell of Middlebury Vermont offers to buy all burned sites and erect fireproof buildings to restart commerce. He requires a mass meeting guarantee that no saloons will ever reopen in the village, as a condition of his aid.
Advert says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cleans the slate on burns sores bruises cuts boils ulcers and skin eruptions with a 25 cent price and a satisfaction guarantee from A. Thomas & Sons.
The text notes educated Russians claim mastery of multiple languages beyond their own, including French and German. It discusses linguistic memory and exposure, suggesting a paradox in language teaching and acquisition within cultural contexts.
At a Washington function Mrs. Foster sent her husband diplomat and ex secretary of state W Foster to fetch salad. While returning with the plate he discussed the Alaska boundary, gesticulated, and the salad slid onto Mrs Foster's gown. The boundary talk ended the moment the spill occurred.
France spends just over 20 million dollars yearly on colonies while trade totals 62 million. only 4000 migrate there annually, yet France remains active in empire building, unlike Germany whose large possessions cost more than their trade volume.
The Springfield Republican recalls Senator Hoar’s absent minded moment when he repeated a dinner anecdote he had just heard. The incident shows his foible as endearing to Massachusetts citizens.
A Winchester Indiana man M. M. Austin acted in distress when doctors could not help his wife with stomach and liver trouble. He used Dr King's New Life Pills and she found relief and was cured. Available for 2450 at Gioe A Thomas Sons drug store.
Publishers report rising demand for Charlotte Yonge stories two years after her death. It remains unclear if interest shifts from problem novels and heavy historical works to older writers quieter styles or if renewed affection for Yonge drives the sales. Titles like The Cunning Woman's Grandson and The Making of a Missionary sell better now than in the years before her death.
An office at the Kineston Fish and Game Protect deems Gréver's Naw Ogee approved with a panel including Valian TS Professor Utrie Dahigren Libbey and Rev Dr Henry van Dyke among the vice signers and other professors assisting the director.
The Mika do of Japan and King Oscar of Sweden are noted for poetry, with the Mikado near unseen by the empress. King Carlos of Portugal published an oceanography work praised by experts. Monaco’s Prince writes on life under the sea while Alphonse of Bourbon campaigns against dueling. Princess Victoria of the English royal family shows literary inclination with poetry.
Ballington Booth recalls a woman who testified to her conversion while with the Salvation Army. She admitted vanity and a love of fashion but said she sacrificed silks, ribbons, and jewelry to her sister after realizing they led her toward perdition.
The William H. McCauley, an 1832 clipper once used for trans Atlantic passenger travel, will be publicly burned by its owner at Bayonne in a few days. After seventy years at sea it served coal transport when steamships dominated ocean travel.
Bishop Tugwell of Western Equatorial Africa describes his large diocese by noting it could fit England and Wales Ireland and Scotland Holland and Belgium France and Germany while still having room. The region covers about 700000 square miles including the Gold Coast Ashanti Lagos Southern Nigeria Benin city Northern Nigeria Hausaland Bornu states.
The joke centers on a young Swift who uncorks champagne repeatedly to avoid earning money. A sharp reply notes he merely repeats the action, joking that an old uncle with a cork leg supplies the same cork.
Text surveys global tooth worship practices from Buddha’s tooth in India to a sacred monkey tooth once held by Siam. It notes relic shrines in decline, the Congo and Malabar practices, and a historic war over a prized Siamese monkey grin later repurchased for 35.5 million dollars. The tooth is guarded in a small gold box within a temple in Bangkok.
An old advertising blurb touts Scott's Emulsion as a rich blood food that nourishes bone marrow and spleen with cod liver oil. It claims to help pale schoolgirls and invalids with thin blood and invites readers to send for a free sample from Scott & Bowne.
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