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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
4
An archival notice from The Cameron Herald records its establishment in 1860 and its mail matter designation under the 1879 act, noting Cameron Texas as the post office location and second class status.
The weekly Lesson-Sermon in Christian Science churches' August 25 study centers on Mind with the Golden Text praising God's name and wisdom. It includes Exodus 20:1-3 and Daniel 2:20-21 citing the Lord as God who frees from bondage, plus Eddy’s Science and Health defining the First Commandment's divine Principle behind healing and life.
Paul Watson of Taylor, Mrs. Donald G. Kilgore and three children are mentioned in a local social or family notice highlighting names and relations within a household.
The Baggerly family expresses heartfelt thanks to all who assisted during illness and after the death of their loved one. They ask blessings for each helper from Mrs. C. B. Baggerly and children Martha Grady Billy and Harold Baggerly. Also note a want ad seeking 300 dry post oak cards.
Wanted to call on farmers no experience or capital required. Write MecNESS CO Dept S Freeport Illinois.
Four local youths enlisted this week at the recruiting station. Robert H. Dyer Clarence Robinson and Winston C. Brown joined the medical department at Fort Sam Houston while Edwin M. Brady enrolled in the quartermaster corps at Camp Normoyle, per recruiting officer Sargeant Brasington.
Milam County Bar Association members announce endorsement of Judge Jas P. Alexander of Waco for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Signatories include O L Kidd Leonard Blaylock Roy Baskin and others. note states that bar members who are candidates were not asked to sign. Political Advertisement.
W J Walker former Yee High School principal is critically ill in Hillcrest Hospital Waco after a cerebral hemorrhage Saturday night at his home. Relatives in Cameron report little chance for recovery. He visited his brother in law M G Cox in Cameron Saturday afternoon then fell ill late at night.
Local notices list visitors and family connections in Marlow including Short, Morris, Henry, Bickett, Walston and others visiting or staying with residents. A biography of William Emmett Bright born 1898 near Maysfield details his marriages, son Rowe, siblings and the 1940 funeral at Marlow Baptist church with Green Funeral Home in charge.
Miss LaNell Burnett Roy and others shopped in Cameron on Saturday. G W Roden and daughters Ruby and Mrs Bennie Patterson also visited Cameron. Several residents visited Cross Roads, Jones Prairie, and nearby towns during the week. A period revival was held at Cross Roads with Rev Millar Smith visiting friends. Grady Tucker sustained facial injuries last week while bale handling and required four stitches in Cameron. he is recovering.
The Milam County Singing convention gathered about five hundred people at Salty Sunday with notable leaders from Bell Williamson Brazos Grimes and Robertson counties taking part. A noon picnic lunch was served on the grounds. The next convention will be in Milano on November 17.
Mrs Grace Davis editor of the Thorndale Champion visited Cameron on Thursday. Also present were Mrs Harry Moore Miss Marie Brichta and Harold Bartel visiting Harry Moore in Cameron on Wednesday.
The notice presents CARDUI as a remedy for functional dysmenorrhea caused by malnutrition. It claims CARDUI increases appetite and gastric juice flow, aids digestion, builds strength and energy, and reduces periodic distress. Advises taking CARDUI before and during the menstrual period.
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