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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1895
Page
3
Union Cotton Yards have been bought for public use or redevelopment. The purchase aims to accommodate future needs and improve surrounding facilities, with officials stating plan details will follow.
An unfocused page from Cameron Texas advertises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women, Simmons Liver Regulator, King’s New Discovery cough remedy, and Dr. Sawyer’s Family Cure. It promotes trusses, Buck’s Brilliant stores, Santa Fe travel deals, local mules, wagons, furniture, and Studebaker wagons with multiple merchants urging trials and purchases.
Mayor A J Lewis and Aldermen Dr N Cass EK J Melyer J M Ralston W C Ross and J D Womack listed with Marshall R L Batte City Attorney Tr J McCalla City Secretary and Treasurer Frank Hooks. Council meets first and third Mondays. Court meets third Mondays in April and October and last Monday monthly. Baptist Church info includes pastor Warre and service times with Sunday school. Public sale invitation appears at end.
Advertisements claim Thiamedivine and Electric Bitters relieve loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervous sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness. Promises health and strength with large bottles at fifty cents and notes Anheuser beer in a saloon setting.
An advertisement touts a universal salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped lips chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Price listed as 25 cents per box.
The notice touts four medicines Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds Electric Bitters for liver stomach and kidneys Bucklen Arnica salve and Dr Kings New Life Pills all guaranteed to perform as claimed The dealer invites inquiries and suggests replacing a nickel glass of slop with Anheuser at the same price.
Eureka Springs Arkansas is urged to travel by the Santa Fe Red Express with pamphlets and hotel accommodations via Cresent Hotel manager. General Passenger Agent in Galveston Texas provides rates and timetables. Hetley Hefley offer Davis and White sewing machines on easy terms. Hefley Hetley boast Cameron furniture stock, largest ever.
A Madrid report says the United States wants Spain to pay interest on the Moro indemnity while Spain may refuse. Warren county Tennessee reports Texas cattle fever under control after large losses with strict quarantine. Berlin dispatch says England favors coercing Turkey, others oppose, Egypt squadron poised. Tianjin says Chinese government in chaotic jumble and unable to act, risks serious outcomes. Caracas report notes General Rafael de Quesada, Cuban insurgent leader, in the city with two Spanish warships pressuring expulsion amid fears of Virginius-like action.
Japan moves toward expansion with a plan to commission twenty new warships funded for immediate use. A contractor has departed San Francisco to secure contracts for building part of the vessels, signaling a strong push toward naval modernization.
Mrs Hayden Rublemann, a prominent West End figure in St. Louis, was robbed while cycling at night. She was knocked from her bike by highwaymen, left insensible, and her diamond earrings were torn from her ears as her husband rode ahead. A Guatemala dispatch notes Belize possibly annexed by Mexico amid regional economic ties.
A Tokio 14th inst dispatch says Count Ito has resumed duties and accepted elevation to marquis by the emperor, averting a rupture though cabinet relations remain strained. Also notes a Cheyenne sub-chief in Guthrie who claims the Indian who killed General Custer lived west of Fort Reno, a quiet, scarred fighter who shuns whites. American Publishers' Association opens correspondence with publishers to form a national convention addressing printing paper trust concerns.
At Pawhuska in the Osage Indian Territory Cal J B Freeman acting Indian agent ordered the Wah Shah banned and its editors J I Palmer and John Tinker expelled. Locals threaten action while Palmer and Tinker supporters rally, amid calls for unity against China. A St Petersburg dispatch notes the Daily Novosti urging Allied action with US and Britain to secure guarantees after Chinese outrages. Separately Richmond labor groups condemn the Knights of Labor as obstructive to bona fide unions and back the Independent Order of Knights of Labor.
In Warsaw a 9 year old boy named LeRoy Cardiff reportedly took a heavy dose of rough on rats to end his life. His mother had previously obtained a divorce on sensational grounds. A note left by the boy referenced taunts from playmates. His father Ea Mayer Giff is described as a prominent Warsaw resident and former three term state legislator.
A special dispatch from Gravesend England says the U S cruiser Marblehead, after a hurried stop on the 16th, began and swiftly proceeded to Beyroot Syria. The report notes the rapid movement of the ship toward the Levant amid tense regional developments.
George Sanford Price, a noted extemporaneous lecturer, gave himself up in Goshen near Middletown after fleeing ten years ago to avoid arrest for forgery. He forged decks in 1885 for 200 and 500 dollars and had been dodging authorities since.
Special cables report that France and Brazil signed an accord to submit the Amapa territory ownership to arbitration with the king of Sweden as referee. Each nation may present claims by April 26, 1896, and the ruling will settle the border issue.
Adolph Sutro the San Francisco mayor offers thirteen acres within the city for California State University affiliates and deeds thirteen adjoining acres for the Sutro library of over 200000 volumes. The trust holds the property for the city and library access is open to all regardless of race or color. Destructive floods and a deadly storm hit Kishitn Japan with about 2000 reported deaths.
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