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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
2
County Assessor H H Steadman releases 1901 tax rolls noting total taxable value at 8 677 709 up from 8 115 849 in 1900 an increase of 561 860. Details include acreage shifts land town property livestock machinery banks goods and miscellaneous items with varying gains and losses across categories. Also lists school districts tax amounts and adoptions of special levies.
Cameron city council in regular session discusses delinquent taxes with hooks and the tax committee to report, approves finance payments, and votes to investigate extending water mains per a petition from residents to Cameron Water Power and Light Co.
The council discussed grading the street from the Baptist church north which had been deeded to the city on the condition the city would grade and gravel it. No action was taken and the meeting adjourned to the first Tuesday night in September.
Beaumont Texas August 19 The National Oil and Pipe Line company struck its third gusher at 3 pm on the Adams lease Spindletop Heights The new six inch well named National No 3 matches the field’s best wells and is in the 70 000 barrel per day class It marks the thirty first gusher in the field and the company has built a Port Arthur pipeline and erected steel tanks nearby.
Governor Joseph D. Sayers of Texas proclaims Monday September 2 1901 as Labor Day urging closing all labor employing businesses and honoring labor's role in state prosperity. Signed August 13 1901 at Austin with Secretary John Todd notice.
A mob of about 1500 seized Abe Wilder two miles from Dexter two miles from town. Wilder, captured at Bob Indian Territory, confessed to abducting and killing Mrs. J M Caldwell and to attempted assaults. The mob prepared to burn him at an elm tree en route to Whitesboro.
In Charlotte on August 16 William Moore, a Black man, was brought from jail and tried at about 2 pm for the assault on Mrs. Lemuel Martin near Matthews North Carolina. The jury deliberated 1 minute 20 seconds and Moore was convicted and sentenced to hang on September 13.
The Roanoke News reports a white minister leading services in a colored church and a deacon offering a heated prayer imagined as punishing the caller. The deacon pleads for divine and harsh discipline, invoking fire and salvation as a moral correction.
Ardmoreile notes crowds flock to free street music by mixed race groups while profits depart the town. The writer contrasts this with a legitimate opera house show where audiences and hospitality are provided locally and bills are paid. A horse is sought by Mrs. C. S. McAnally and a pearl brooch is lost in Cameron with reward offered.
Lawton Daily Democrat notes Lawton hosts 136 lawyers 97 restaurants 1056 real estate dealers 153 lodging places and many others. The piece touts a complete city economy with banks churches dairies and shops, proclaiming we have everything here and are proud of Lawton.
A local advertisement promotes jewelry with a direct viewing stock and low price marks for cheap jewelry. It highlights custom designs by R H Johnson and mentions shop location next to Thomas and Moore's drug store. The piece also markets carpentry tools from J M and J D Hefley Co emphasizing quality for builders.
An advertisement notes J and J Hefley Co of Atlanta endorsing Dr Moffett s Teethina teething powders with strong sales proving merit as a remedy for babies during hot summers and teething troubles. Other notices include rent for a seven room residence post August 31st, a photo shop sale extension, and local farm land and lending ads.
G N Topular Excursions lists destinations with one and one third fares from L and G N points for many events including Pan-American exposition Chicago summer sessions Knights Templar conclaves in multiple cities and national gatherings. Low excursion rates apply. inquire at ticket offices or write D J Price G P and T A Palestine Texas for details.
Round trip homeseekers excursion to California in June July August and September. Summer sessions in Chicago and St Louis June to September. Triennial Knights Templar Conclave Buffalo May to November 1901 and Pan American Exposition. Special rates to Michigan points. Hats sale at cost and bargains on hats. Lillie Roberts to purchase stock in New York for autumn trade. Blacksmithing wood work and painting offered by Jim Coleman.
A letter from Geo C Campbell of Clinton Iowa to Thomas & Moore promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as effective in meals. The message, attributed to the President of Union 8.215 of the AFL, discusses personal use and endorsement.
A fragmentary ad offers Smiths Sure Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney troubles at 50 cents, plus claims of facial vitality and a 25 cent British Red Bug Poison for bed scalding. It also references KINE tonic, a Cameron drug store, and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic with a 49 6m dating note.
Advertises Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a guaranteed remedy for dyspepsia and stomach troubles, offered by Thomas and Moore druggists.
If you seek a laxative the Caldwell remedy is presented as effective and convenient by Thomas Moore druggists who promise a full explanation of its merits.
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