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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
3
Jim Coleman offers up to date horse shoeing and blacksmith work, accepting scrap iron and paying for old scraps. Phone 162 for service, with trade emphasis and rough market note.
A vintage ad promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxitive Bromo Quinine tablets. It states druggists will refund the money if it fails to cure and notes E. W. Grove's signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
The Midland Railway advertises its coaches dining cars and first class cuisine at reasonable prices. It promises pleasant journeys with close connections at junctions and invites inquiries for rates time cards and Pullman reservations from agents or F B McKay General Passenger Agent Terrell Texas.
DuPont Georgia resident J. F. Hughes describes a long lung illness resisted by two physicians. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with rapid recovery. The remedy, guaranteed by Geo A Thomas & Sons Drug Store, costs 50 cents and 1 dollar, with a trial bottle free.
The Aust in Semi-Weekly Statesman is offered at low rates by mail. Subscriptions run for one year at $1 or six months for 50 cents. The paper promises world news boiled down and Texas state reports with market data. A combined offer includes the Cameron Herald at $1.50 per year in advance. Sample copies can be requested by card.
G L Caldwell of Checotah Ind Ter reports after two years of liver and spleen enlargement doctors could not help him until he used Herbine. He credits the remedy with making him sound and well. Sold by Geo A Thomas & Sons for 50 cents.
Health in Belmena remains good with only a few fevers reported. A rain cooled the air and aided boll weevil destruction. Born to Mr and Mrs Adrian McCown is a daughter. A fish fry at Lester lake drew a crowd as men hauled fish by the pan and joked about bushels.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas offers tuition free study with $150 per session for necessary expenses. Minimum admission age 16, exceptions for capable applicants 15+. Programs include agriculture and engineering, with military training and broad laboratories. Catalogs may be requested from J A Baker, Secretary, College Station. President David F Houston.
Patrons are advised they can get the high school books at Cameron Drug Company.
Farmers note weeds thrive under harsh conditions while crops struggle. When a weed gains value through a discovery and usefulness, it ceases to be a weed.
A notice claims a preventive against self destruction has been discovered. It urges early use of Electric Bitters as a tonic to strengthen nerves and restore health, describing benefits for stomach, liver, and kidneys. Sold by Thomas & Sons, druggists, 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
The Commoner edited by Mr. Bryan promotes democratic education and organization with a wide range of departments. Readers receive a current topic column, home department, world news summary, and Maupin’s anecdotes. A one year joint subscription offer with the Cameron Herald is available for $1.75.
William Porter Branch files petition for discharge in bankruptcy. Hearing set in Waco Texas at 10:00 AM on September 4 1903 before Referee M C H Park. Creditors may appear and show cause. Clerk D H Hart Deputy L B McCulloch. Date August 17 1903.
The Santa Fe Railway announces excursion tickets from Lampasas to Lampasas at one and one third fare valid through September 30. Excursions to Galveston available June 1 to Sept 30 with 30 day final limit. Camer on fare 7.20 to National Encampment in San Francisco Aug 17 22 1904. Sales Aug 1–14 with final limit Oct 1. For details contact H M Woodruff in Camer on or W S Keenan in Galveston.
Rape grows easily and yields abundant feed and is popular as a forage. It suits hogs and sheep, though milch cows fed heavily may give the milk a bad flavor. An acre of Dwarf Essex rape can pasture 25 to 40 pigs, seed is sowed at five pounds per acre, two and a half pounds if drilled, planted around early April. Fowls also graze on it, liking it as much as the cabbage tribe.
A Drummond Tennessee merchant touts Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as curing dysentery without medical aid and praises it as best cholera medicine. The note also mocks poultry and farming commentaries while praising the Angora goat s profitability and utility on farms.
Money saved by buying woven wire fence locally is offered by a specialist who weaves and installs any height and mesh size for less money than carload lots. The ad targets parties needing durable fencing and promises direct service.
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