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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
11
A survey of ancient and cultural reverence for cattle, bulls, elephants, and snakes. The bull Apis in Egypt held oracular rites and funerary practices. white elephants in Siam receive feasts and a funeral. in Africa serpent temples honor snakes as incarnations of dead relatives.
Memoirs recount how Longfellow’s daughter notes neighbors’ indulgence contrasts with Worcester who, while neighbor in Cambridge, often chased skating children from a pond between their homes. He ordered the boys to keep their racket at home, using words not in his dictionary.
The piece argues that the fifteenth century and early sixteenth century mark a laborers paradise with high wages and cheap food. Parliament sought wage reductions but workers enjoyed short hours, limited winter periods, and steady pay for days or years, even paid holidays, in a Detroit News style historical note.
The Equitable Trust building in 36 stories required over 55 000 cubic feet of lead covered cable weighing 23 tons and more than 9 000 000 feet of wire for telephone service. Inside wiring exceeded 1 000 000 feet. The Graybar building with 29 stories needs over 19 500 feet of cable weighing 13 ½ tons and more than 6 000 000 feet of telephone wire.
Sunday recitation ends in a gag when Dorothy declares Susie Adam forgets Susie Adan. The teacher asks for the proverb and notes the diary entry for Monday shows Enthusiasm bezels en thusiasm, a puzzled moment in class.
The Kansas City Times recalls Uncle Joah Powell a circuit rider of the early nineteenth century who served Oregon Missouri and Tennessee. He preached around the countryside and rode without pay asking only fare for himself and feed for his horses with the phrase charge my bill to the Lord.
General William Mitchell urged optimism in New York while recounting a joke about a little girl with two pets. The cat killed the canary, yet she pressed on with a bright side moral and a humorous punchline.
Mrs Robert McCown returns from Georgetown and Miss Pauline Kemp visits Cameron while Mrs Louise Holman from Temple visits Mrs R H Johnson. Marvin Beaty of Cameron represents Texas at a Y M C A meeting in Poughkeepsie. Logan Green returns to Cameron to cler k for his brothers. Ed Flinn moves to Jones Prairie to manage farm and store. Rumor of a $500 gift to build a Little River church. Forbian bridge across Little River completed and to be formally accepted. Tiff Moore recovers from fever. Albert Triges moves into Geo A Thomas’s new house. Pet Ruby receives ribbon cane from F W R Hubert. Rogers returns from Corpus Christi and Galveston stint. notes on English, Scottish travels and American gratitude.
A newspaper ad invites young readers to ask parents for a life scholarship at Tyler Commercial College. It promotes affordable programs in Bookkeeping Shorthand Stenotype Business Administration Telegraphy and more with loan options and a large book titled Achieving Success in Business.
A Tyler Texas college offers a scholarship announced through the Cameron Herald. It states no branch schools exist and invites inquiries via the editor for details.
Joe Charles Burnett son of Mr and Mrs Joe Burnet of Milano has returned home from a two month voyage aboard a ship that stopped at several Italian ports This was his first trip to Europe and first voyage across the Atlantic He enjoyed the visit to Italy and shared stories of the places and customs he observed with friends.
Dr and Mrs James Watson entertained friends Tuesday evening with a turkey dinner. Autumn leaves and red berries decorated the home. Relatives included Judge and Mrs John Watson, Mr and Mrs Bassett Watson, Paul John and Maidie Watson, Mr T F Hardy, and Mr and Mrs J C Tucker and children Clifton Madeline and Martha.
Reed Rogers has returned to his Cameron home after more than two months in the merchant marine. He sailed from Houston in September for the British Isles, docking at Liverpool Manchester and Glasgow. He visited points of interest and local customs at each stop.
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