Officers of Cameron Temperance Union Listed
Temperance Department shows Cameron Temperance Union leaders with Mrs. O. C. Zaviech as president and multiple officers including Mrs. C. W. Tomkies as first vice president Mrs. Cross as second vice president Mrs. J. W. Sims as secretary and a music director committee on publication composed of Mesdames Dr. Sapp Paden and Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Temperance Union
O. C. Zaviech
V. Pres
C. W. Tomkies
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Cross
Mra
J. W. Sims
Muvstc
Sapp
Paden and Smith
Result Of An Evening's Dissipation
A Pittsburgh area notice condemns a murder linked to heavy drinking and saloon culture. The piece argues alcohol fuels crime, social ruin, and costly public costs, urging reform and accountability for the red light and vice districts. The speaker denounces violence, degradation, and betrayal of citizens.
University of Texas Opens Graded Programs in 1906
The University of Texas announces coeducational, free tuition with a $30 matriculation fee. Open September 26 1906 offering Arts Education Engineering Law and Medical departments with special courses, libraries and laboratories. Records note John Sealy Hospital clinical advantages in Galveston and Austin campus facilities.
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Texas
College OF Arts
Department OF Education
School of Medicine
Pharmacy and Nursing
John Sealy Hospital
University Hall
W. S. Carter
Galveston
School Room Expansion and Bond Issues Before City Council
The report notes rising enrollment with more teachers and plans a 20 by 28 foot room added to the old Methodist church, joined to the building. It states division over a brick public school on school grounds and ward school, bonds needed for a substantial building, and mentions Milam Guards from Rockdale and Cameron preparing for a drill in Austin. The piece ends with a note of harmony between towns and a dance being cheerful.
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Cameron
Preaest
Milam
Rockdale
Austin
Reduced Rates and Public Notices in Cameron Texas
Reads of reduced travel rates via Santa Fe with upcoming conventions in Cameron and Hillsboro, tickets on sale in late July and early August, plus local notices on farming income from a Jersey cow and a language mix up anecdote. Rural mail routes and population figures are listed with distances and service details.
Fragmented Prohibition Era Ad Mentions
An OCR fragment references Congress, soldiers, and a White House mistress, followed by an advertisement for Dr Shoop Green Salve from Cameron Drug Co claiming to heal lips and skin abrasions. The tone resembles period marketing copy with dubious claims and sensational language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Drug Co
Galveston Street Cars Enforce Jim Crow Seating
In Galveston the Jim Crow law goes into effect with segregated street cars. The front is for whites and the back for darkies, though no partition exists. When beach rushes begin, whites occupy front seats and the policy fills seats regardless of race.
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Galveston
Beach
Dairy farmer recovers by diversifying dairy outputs
The Denison dairy farmer now sells cream to the creamery and feeds skim milk to calves hogs and hens. He turns by products into profit and uses barnyard manure as fertilizer. His family gains freedom from field labor and education resumes as the farm life proves best. Cameron asks why not sooner.
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Denison
Cameron
Their Money's Worth. A minister's odd pulpit sermon offer
A black minister preaches with a one three and five dollar sermon in a strange pulpit before collecting offerings. The item notes ex senator William Jennings Bryan will visit Oklahoma in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Oklahoma
Madam Rumor and The Sage of Elm Ridge
Illness in Madam Rumor’s family postponed her usual budget but a brief column notes a mud tale from The Sage of Elm Ridge. The piece also mentions Rev Graves at Camp Ground and various social visits, travel, and health updates as well as political election results with sympathy for the unsuccessful candidates.
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Corpus Christi
Elm Ridge
Graves
Pearl Terry
Hope
Katie Terry
Wm. Terry
Lila Marshall
Rockdale
Leah
Winsome
Clark
Mesdames Felton
Jaclyn
Fannie Clark
J. A. Clark
Reduced Travel Rates And Upcoming Tours For Texas
Tickets go on sale August 4 to 17 for panta Fe military encampment in Austin with return by August 20 at $2.90. Houston Sunday School Convention and B Y P U (Colored) offer tickets August 19 20 and 22 with return by August 28 at $4.75. Semi Annu al Scottish Rite Masons Galveston tickets on sale August 5 for morning train August 6 return by August 12 at $6.50. Bryan reports over $12 000 spent on automobiles last month. visitors note brisk business in town.
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Cameron
Texas
Epworth League
Corsicana
Confederate Veterans
Ase
Hillsboro
Mabry Austin
Houston
Scottish Rite Masons
Galveston
Bryan
Election results hint at statewide leads and local contests
In incomplete returns Campbell leads for governor while Davidson tops Land Commissioner and Terrell is ahead for Treasurer. Congress goes to T. S. Henderson by over 1500 votes. local posts show Holtzclaw and Ross winning re election. Milam and precincts report varied crop outlooks and road improvements ahead of cotton picking time.
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Campbell
Davidson
Land
Terrell
Sparks
T. S. Henderson
Clifford Brawley
E. A. Camp
W. A. Nabours
Judge Watson
Jim Pate
Holtzclaw
Ralston
W. C. Ross
Cedar Creek Community Notes Liven Up Local News
The Cedar Creek column reviews July events with elected officers, social gatherings, and travel notes. It mentions Miss Janie Dennis returning from Cameron, Mr Clark Price and family departing for Frath County, a Mrs Lee and Mr Ferguson wedding planning, and local farming and business updates including a pony sale and residents moving to Hicks. The Holiness meeting closed, and the local union gathered despite bad weather.
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Janie Dennis
Cameron
Clark Price
Frath County
R. E. Lee
Cammie
Lizzie Ferguson
Buckholts
Lee
Joe Ferguson
Furgeson
Summitt
Jim Rumsey
Rice Dennis Sys
Milano
W. R. Dennis
Yarrellton
Henry Curtis
Rodgers
W. H. Drehr
P. Lagrone
Jim Pate
J. L. Lagrone
Messrs
Forest
Harry
Thad Wood
Mike Murphy
Hicks
Num Skull
Hear Prof Bruce McCully at Christian church next Sunday
The notice invites the public to hear Professor Bruce McCully speak at the Christian church next Sunday at 14 and 8. The event details include time slots and the speaker’s name for a local audience.
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Bruce McCully
The
Christian Church
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John G. Woolley
United States
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University of Texas
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Wilson Williams
Santa Fe
Jersey
Old Jersey
O. K
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England
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San Gabriel
Judge English
C. V. Huffman
Arthur Tabers
Jeff Kemp
Graham Gillis
Sam Little
John Sharp
Weise
A. E. Lester
R. H. Jones
E. H. Reese
Furgerson
Horace White
W. J. Lace
W. D. Wells
B. Howard
R. Y. Norman
Joe Applin
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Bell
M. D. Lace
W. F. Scales
Charlie Williams
Colquitt
Milam County
A. J. Garner
Tracy
W. P. “McDermott
Little River Bottom
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Salty
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B. J. Hearn
Ben Arnold Prairie
George Pool
W. P. Bounds
Collier
C. F. Addison
Pond Creek
W. H. Reese
W. W. Brashear
J. B. Burnett
Monta Moore
Cedar Creek
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