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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
4
The note announces the Cameron Gerald published by Terrell Publishing Company in Cameron Texas with capital stock of 100000. It lists editor Jefferson B. White and advertising manager J. R. Hays and states subscription at 2 dollars per year.
Public notice states the editor will correct any erroneous reflection about a firm or corporation upon direct notice to the editor. It emphasizes accountability and seeks prompt remediation for misplaced statements.
The Texas Industrial Welfare Commission issues Order No 1 guiding wage and employment rules for Telephone and Telegraph offices Mercantile Establishments laundries and factories. It sets a minimum wage of 12 per week for 48 hours and 25 cents per hour for experienced workers with learner rates and mandatory registration of part time workers. The order takes effect February 7 1921 and defines minor and learner qualifications.
The guide rules require employers of females or minors to maintain registers with names ages hours and wages and provide reports on request. The Commission may inspect books and payrolls, enforce wage scales, and adjust the order with sixty days notice.
Indiana born George W. Brackenridge, later Texas settler, rose from lawyer to engineer and cotton merchant. His son, connected to Lincoln, served in the U S Treasury and New Orleans commissary stores, and carried a confidential message to Juarez supporting Maximilian’s downfall under the Monroe Doctrine.
The article details Henry Brackenridge’s 19th and early 20th century impact, from founding the San Antonio National Bank in 1866 to building waterworks, funding education and suffrage, and endowing colleges. His gifts, often loans with notes, supported Texas universities, Prairie View, Seguin negro college, and public schools. He amassed extensive land holdings around San Antonio, including sites now Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis, and heavily influenced civic projects like Brackenridge Park and Maverick Park.
A local advertisement promotes INSEC TIMUNE as a feed additive to protect chickens from blood sucking insects. The offer appears from Geo A Thomas & Sons with a money back guarantee and contact details.
An old classified style ad offers Wonderful Blue Bug Killer to chickens with a money back guarantee by FE. 0. Schiller. The short note promising product purchase and refund terms reflects a mid-century marketing line.
Mae Murray headlines the Auditorium program with On With the Dance on Friday and Saturday after a week of strong showings. L C Boyd reports a successful run with a slate including More Deadly Than Male on Thursday and All of a Sudden Peggy plus Lost City and Ben Turpin Comedy on other days.
The cornerstone of the First Methodist Church South will be laid Thursday at 3 PM with Masons in charge. Texas Grand Master L Randell to serve as master of ceremonies and Dr. C. M. Bishop of Southwestern University to deliver the address. Regular services Sunday in the former Legion hall with 11 AM worship and 7 15 PM sermon The disease of sin. Rev I F Key pastor. Sunday School at 9 45 Epworth League 6 30 Mrs Walter Sharpe hosts class Friday 3 0 to 5 0 PM.
Doctors worldwide recommend an inside bath as more important than outside cleanliness. Start each morning with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels of yesterday’s indigestible material and toxins. Those with bad breath coated tongue dull head or bilious attacks should obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate.
When children suffer croup or cold in the chest apply Fidelity Volmine to the chest and rub in well. Cover with white flannel and let the patient inhale vapors. Fidelity Volmine is sold by all druggists. Sold in Cameron by Pace Marshall Drug Co.
A newspaper ad promotes Nash's Croup and Pneumonia Salve as a universal remedy. It claims prevention for colds influenza and pneumonia relief with directions to apply on chest and swallow a pea sized dose. It lists ingredients Menthol oil eucalyptus camphor pine salt base and offers money back guarantee. Sold by Avera Read in Cameron Texas.
An examination for Teachers Certificates of all grades will be held in Cameron Texas on Friday and Saturday Jan 7 and 8 1921. The usual fee of 2.00 is charged. Exams start 8 30 Friday morning. Subjects include Arithmetic Physiology Music Elementary Composition Higher English... Plan includes Geography Botany English Literature Geometry Bookkeeping History Biology Grammar Reading Civics Psychology Chemistry History of Education Zoology Agriculture Drawing Ancient History Algebra Physics Trigonometry and School Administration.
An advertisement promotes Fidelity Quality Aromatic Castor Oil as tasteless and pure, sold by Pace Marshall Drug Co in Cameron, with a money back guarantee. It also markets Martin's Wonderful Blue bug killer for chickens, guaranteed by E. O. Schiller, inviting mothers to use it for insect control.
Pianos shipped from US factories to buyers’ doors cutting $100 or more. Card ads promise large manufacturers, direct-to-door delivery, and savings. Also notes a mentholated remedy for headaches neuralgia and earache, sold by Marshall Drug Co.
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