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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
4
Mrs Bert Miller entertained friends Saturday afternoon at three o'clock with a bridge party carrying a Valentine motif in decorations and refreshments. Mrs Arthur Baskin Jr won high score a perfume and Mrs Fred Reno won low a valentine thermometer.
Schuhmacher Company representatives G. N. Rodesney manager G. M. Day and Reden Alford salesmen returned from Houston where they attended a demonstration meeting of a full line of freezer cases and refrigerators. They also attended the dedication of a new sales and display room for their extensive line of store and office equipment.
The report notes an energetic gathering where participants express optimism for the coming year. They predict improved business conditions in 1929 compared with the previous year.
F H Shackleford purchases an interest in Cameron Mutual Insurance Company of Cameron and will move there to assist C W Schaeg in managing the company. Miss Theresa Shackleford of Waco will assist. The mutual was organized in 1922 and is a prominent Tex AS local mutual.
Jerry Harris died in Edinburgh at 58 while living with his daughter Mrs. Robert Lee Lyon. Funeral services conducted by Coleman and Eplen at Davilla with burial arrangements. Survived by wife, one daughter, five brothers R S Harris Cameron Harry Harris Buckholts Hugh Harris Cavilla Hicks Harris Aqua Dulce N M Harris Tracy and three sisters Mrs Wilburn Felton Childress Mrs Jim Pruitt and Mrs Bert Moore Davilla.
Two newspaper writers discuss recent shipments of Nugget cigarettes and plan follow up pieces. The first author recalls a past article about Nugget cigarettes while the second vows to cover the Ziegfeld Follies girls in a future column.
A Dallas Houston and San Antonio based Byrne Commercial College advertises Byrne Shorthand as superior to Pitman Sloan-Duplex Perkins and Gregg. The copy claims faster writing speed lower study time and higher salaries with exclusive Texas rights and free catalogue offer.
Green Produce Co. plans large poultry and produce purchases in Cameron area. Logan Green has been in Giddings buying poultry, with Lester Green overseeing Cameron store. The company aims to buy and ship in large quantities and pay high cash prices, boosting local farming economies.
The State of Texas commands Osie Phoenix be cited by weekly publication in Milam County newspapers for four weeks. He is to appear at the next Milam District Court term in Cameron on March 4, 1929 to answer a petition filed November 13, 1928 by Leon Phoenix alleging statutory abandonment.
An enlistment campaign runs this week within the church congregation as a census is taken in preparation for the revival meeting set to begin on March 3.
The Thorndale Produce Company launches in Cameron, operated by Emil Sebesta from Santa Fe town. Sebesta, already trading poultry, says the firm will pay the highest cash market prices, inviting local farmers to sell their poultry through the new venture and promising fair prices and steady demand.
Mutual A tells B to stop snoring by keeping quiet, B retorts that A would also sound less loud. The exchange captures a sleepy household moment where humor softens a petty dispute.
A sharp exchange unfolds as a suitor asks for marriage but the bride insists on a hefty price. The woman declares she is pursuing gold digging, demanding 50 000 dollars before any nuptial agreement.
A humorous exchange features a young woman asking about the sea serpent and an old salt replying he’s a teetotaler, underscoring nautical humor and prohibition era tone without graphic detail.
An old golf tale recalls a farmer who nearly holeed a drive, stopping six inches from the cup and muttering in self deprecating humor that he missed it. The remark embodies rural wit and the game's enduring appeal.
Friends of Mrs. Alice Whitman Sampson of Waco report she is improving rapidly following an operation in Waco last week.
Mrs Chas Price underwent a minor operation at Cameron Hospital on Monday. The report notes a routine procedure with no complications reported and a stable recovery anticipated.
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