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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
7
The text describes Herbert Spencer beginning his writing by dictating for short hours, resting for long stretches to maintain circulation, and repeating intervals of dictation. It notes his health dipping ten years later and a period spent in a racquet court near north London where he dictated in similar intervals.
A letter from Mrs. Mary A. Viliet of Newcastle endorses Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a superior cough remedy. She claims it cures pulmonary ailments and is easy to take, noting it is available in 50 cent and one dollar sizes.
The anecdote recalls Queen Victoria and William Preece testing telephony between Osborne and London. A misstep led Preece to improvise a tune over the line to confirm if the queen heard it, and she reportedly answered yes, noting the tune was badly played. The tale mocks the early device and highlights testing ingenuity.
An historic Mount Airy Maryland estate once sheltering the first Lords Baltimore was offered at public sale but withdrawn after bids reached only half its value. Rumor says the Secretary of State may bid when reauctioned. The 1660 mansion founded by the Calverts served as a shooting lodge and was later expanded into the family’s permanent home.
A Haslemere private menagerie report notes high cleft palate rates in lion tiger and leopard cubs born in England, causing early deaths. A striking claim says Bristol births among wild animals show the greatest likelihood of survival, a fact well known to showmen and exhibitors.
M M Austin of Winchester sought relief for his wife’s stomach and liver trouble. After trying Dr King’s New Life Pills she found immediate relief and was finally cured. Available 25c at A Thomas & Seus drug store.
The passage depicts Senator Foraker guiding his chauffeur through a string of social events with Mrs Foraker. He orders dinners, receptions, a trip to the embassy, and finally a visit to the madhouse, reflecting a society lifestyle beyond obligation and duty.
Commander Seaton Schroeder reports Guam rose about six inches in recent months following a September quake. Fissures opened on roads, schools and many stone buildings were demolished, and harbor channels at San Luis d'Apra shoaled as naval officers confirmed the uplift.
A short notice urges keeping Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand for bowel complaints. It claims the remedy never fails and is pleasant when diluted with water, with sale listed at Thomas and Son.
Charles H. E. Brookfield recalls being with Robert Louis Stevenson’s company when the germ of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde formed. Stevenson criticized a man named Samuel Creggan or similar, describing his “Samuel’s smile” and hidden temper as he sized up clients.
A long Rumford Maine reunion celebrated Mr and Mrs Trueworthy Thurston aged 84 and 79 respectively. The Thurston family includes six sons and two daughters with seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The clan now lives near Rumford in a district known as the Thurston district. The youngest child weighed over ten pounds at birth on reunion day.
On a winter day at Har Shore two Bay Shore High students Ed ward Mency and Edwart Nelson rescued a drowning girl after ice broke. They plunged into the water and, despite extreme danger, located the victim and the hole where they disappeared, with all three surviving.
A historical advertisement touts Backlen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for burns sores bruises cuts boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. Priced at 25 cents and guaranteed to satisfy by Geo A Thomas & Son.
Colonel Wamsley of Ramtolph county Virginia was drawn for jury duty but excused by an unusual claim. He keeps a ground hog as a weather prophet and argued that appearing in court would disrupt his study of its natural history, potentially harming science more than justice.
An extract from Parry's Parliaments and Councils of England details a bribery case in Shrewsbury England from 1871. Thomas Long confesses paying £4 to the mayor Westbury and another for his place. They must repay the sum and the corporation and inhabitants of Westbury face a £20 fine for the scandalous attempt.
Mrs Wm Stroud of Midlothian Texas reports eight years of using Herbine for la grippe bilious fever and malaria. The note claims the medicine is the best they have used and is sold at Geo A Thomas for 50 cents.
The story recalls John D Rockefeller summoning his barber to his Fifth Avenue home to be shaved though he is nearly bare faced. The barber prepared for the rare task as Rockefeller remarked it felt like good old times to feel the lather.
A New York singer, famed in comic opera, imitates Mrs John Jarod’s style by flaunting fashion symbols. In a press walk she shows off a horse cover of seal leather bearing the Astor crest. The crest is large enough to be noticed as she parades in public.
The label on Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic shows iron and quinine as the ingredients in a tasteless formula. The advertisement notes the price as 50 cents and emphasizes no care or pay.
A rare volume, Daniel Denton’s Brief Description of New York from 1670, will be offered by a prominent Fifth Avenue book auction house. Only three copies have sold in 25 years, last in this city twelve years ago. a Brooklyn bibliomaniac owns this copy after a November 1900 sale near $2,000.
The largest ballroom, not in Europe, sits at Melbourne’s Government House. The governor and the architect debated size with a joke about Buckingham Palace, urging a ballroom a third bigger. The feature notes Melbourne’s pride and the costly luxury of such space.
The article notes Pope Leo XIII joked about Cardinal James Gibbons at his jubilee, saying the aging prelate deserved rest. It recalls Gibbons was only a year younger than Joachim Pecci at his election as pope, highlighting the humor.
A brief dialogue excerpt features Dora admiring a handsome mirror while Nora admits she cannot see beauty in it. Dora teases that Nora cannot appreciate the reflection, highlighting a slight humor in their exchange.
King Edward, limited by doctors to five cigars daily, has long been a devoted smoker since youth. Thirty years ago he dined with Lord Derby who called tobacco vulgar. Derby mused about a smoking room and suggested stables, but the prince quietly retreated to enjoy a postprandial cigar.
A traveler on a train interviews a bishop who refuses to name his house and asserts Branch devices exist worldwide. The salesman grows irked as the bishop contrasts terms saying some call them notions.
The article notes the heavy White House social pace since November 1 with 200 housed, 36 dinner parties, 275 luncheon guests, 50 breakfasts, three state dinners, 41 musicales, five receptions, and three afternoon receptions hosted by Mrs. Roosevelt. It adds eight Cabinet meetings and one with Senators Hanna and Lodge.
A Washington Star excerpt features Mr Countessel explaining that farmers are seen as sellers who hold the sash in today’s market, while others scramble to take a share by any means. The dialogue spotlights class and market dynamics in agrarian life.
John G. Rose, a navy gunner’s mate, spent nearly twenty years seeking an $800 pay difference from Congress. After a favorable Senate report and renewed hope, he died suddenly at his suburban home the day after learning the bill would finally pass.
The 1901 London health report shows the city’s lowest birth rate since records began, the lowest marriage rate since 1895, and the lowest death rate since 1840. Births were 20 per 1000, marriages 17.6, deaths 17.5. The drop in deaths is linked to improved living of the poor after many one room tenements were cleared. The marriage decline is blamed on rising luxury and the birth dip on the same trend.
A congressional ally of actor William H. Crane sent a box of cigars. Crane replied that the cigars arrived, he opened the week to bad business, used them to console himself, and is now turning them away.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as the right tonic to build sturdy constitutions in children. It emphasizes rugged health in men of oak and frames childhood as the foundation for lasting strength. Scott & Bowne, Chemists, 409 915 Pearl Street, New York, offer 50c and $1.00 bottles at all druggists.
The article notes fourteen Confederate veterans and thirteen Federal veterans in the U S Senate thirty eight years after the Civil War. It highlights young enlistments and states that several senators were teens when they joined. Pettus of Alabama is singled out for service in both the Mexican and Civil Wars.
The Dairymen's Association near Kehl registers every egg purchased. If a customer finds a stale egg, it is returned to the dealer who reports it to the association and the farmer is charged.
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