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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
4
Advertising rates listed for the Cameron Herald include column inch display at 80 cents per time and 10 cents for obituaries and public entertainments where admission is charged or funds raised. The notice cites postal registration and rate terms from 1879 laws.
Seventh grade pupils recount Woodrow Wilson born in Staunta Virginia and his rise to U.S. president founder of the League of Nations and a noted wit. Benjamin Franklin’s early life in Boston and his many American achievements are highlighted with anecdotes.
A short quotation notes that wise sayings helped make people more drifted in their thinking. John Martin is cited as the author.
Velma Reese recounts Edison’s life from a Milan Ohio birth to boyhood in Port Huron Michigan. He began as a newspaper boy and train lab maker and later invented the stock ticker electric light and moving picture machine while earning the nickname wizard.
Albert Kelley praises David Lloyd George as a decisive leader who shaped England through old age pensions sickness insurance educational and land reforms. Born to hardship he rose as a lawyer and premier, guiding the Campbell-Bannerman era and advancing democratic ideals with a genius for getting things done.
Woodrow Wilson born December 28 1856 in Staunton Virginia son of a Presbyterian minister. He attended Davidson College and Princeton before becoming the twenty eighth Democratic president guiding the United States through World War I and promoting amendments and canal toll policies.
The passage blends reminiscences of Wilson and Lee with tales of Lincoln. It notes Wilson’s death in 1924 tied to efforts for League of Nations adherence, recalls Lee as Virginian and Confederate commander who defended Richmond, and ends with an anecdote featuring Lincoln and a farmer’s dog story amid courtroom banter.
The notes describe Abraham Lincoln as born in Harding county Kentucky to a very poor family living in a log cabin with a dirt floor and simple furniture. These details highlight Lincoln early poverty and rustic upbringing.
A local man is described as always loaded with jobs, chairmanships and secretaryships that consume his time yet offer no pay. The piece notes villagers view him as overextended rather than successful.
A pattern emerges where individuals who can secure employment for others receive the desirable roles while the better paid, skilled positions go to different people. This reflects favoritism in job distribution and raises concerns about fairness and merit.
A testimonial describes a woman weighed 110 pounds who found relief from side and back pain after using Cardui. She reports feeling well after four bottles, regaining energy, and lasting three years without pain, urging others who are run-down or monthly sufferers to try the medicine.
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