This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
3
Advertising rates listed by the editor and manager position appear in fragmented OCR style with unreadable details and scattered vowels. The readable parts indicate a title line for a newspaper staff role and an advertising rates line, but no concrete figures or dates are discernible.
The March 1929 Herald recalls Hubert Hefley a Cameron Texas businessman dies December 23 1929 after a fearless life of industry and service funeral held at the Methodist church with Rev C A Lehmberg delivering a memorial. Survived by wife sister and two brothers with several relatives noted.
The Texas peace officer Charley Sens is honored after a long life of courage and public service. A large gathering at his residence paid respects before burial at Oak Hill conducted by Coleman-Eplen with pallbearers named. He is survived by his widow and son Lee Sens, noted UT athlete and Georgia Tech engineer graduate. The community mourns a man who valued duty over life.
Mrs Dobbins and her daughter Mrs Burns welcomed the Collier Wheeler wedding party and friends at a Christmas luncheon on East Thirteenth Street. The five course menu featured grape fruit cocktail turkey Christmas candle salad Santa Claus ice cream and white cake. Afterward guests attended a Baptist church rehearsal.
Misses Isabell Messimer of Yoakum Gladys Messimer of Houston Maurine Messimer of San Antonio and Mrs Bonds Laird of Galveston were holiday guests of their mother Mrs Wilma Ramsour and aunt Miss Lelia Woolley in a family gathering spanning multiple Texas cities.
An Associated Press dispatch from Berlin reports Prof Ito Quelle of Bonn University describing opal and amethyst waste used to pave streets in Baldo province. He cites German gem cutter settlements mining vast amethyst and opal waste yielding violet sheen streets.
Turnips beets and radishes formed a respected trio in ancient Greece offering at Delphi's temple of Apollo. Turnips were dedicated in lead dishes, beets in silver, radishes in beaten gold. Radishes likely from China, grown in Europe since antiquity. Boiled early, then eaten raw by Romans with salt before breakfast. Radish poultice treated chest ailments. turnips aided hoarseness and coughs and served as foot poultice. In the Middle Ages turnips symbolized generous people on armorial bearings.
Professor Smith in Words and Idioms lists dog related phrases tracing origins from dog fighting. Examples include dog the footsteps of not to have a dog s chance bone to pick teach old dogs new tricks bone of contention bristle up go off with ones tall between ones legs top dog under dog his bark worse than his bite and hang dog look with the commonest expletive dog gone used with it.
A South Memorial address drew a large crowd as Governor Arvin spoke. The ceremony featured a lighting moment when, as applause rose, a woman beside him whispered for him to remove his hat, and he did. The scene was captured by motion pictures that revealed dialogue missed by many in the audience.
Johnny asks his mother for five cents for a top claiming a bruised knee. She asks to see the injury, he pulls down a stocking but reveals the wrong one, exposing the ruse in this Philadelphia Public Ledger piece.
A small girl tries to recall a purchase list at a grocer while the shopkeeper helps. She repeats many miswritten food items and finally asks to be told the correct time. The scene captures a humorous exchange over memory and daily needs in a busy store.
A motivational quote stresses resilience after setbacks. It declares quitting as a bad trait and praises returning with a smile after a reverse. The message emphasizes perseverance and a winning mindset.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.