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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
8
Edinburg Texas city manager Jack Roberts resigns to devote time to private affairs. His resignation has been accepted, ending a tenure of just over a year.
Gilmer Texas reports the new post office building has been occupied after construction at a stated cost. The article notes the completion and occupancy details with emphasis on local civic development.
About seventy thousand dollars are involved. J. R. Melvin is post master in Austin. Towns planning new or improved sewer systems include Littlefield in Lamb County and Anson in Jones County. Waterworks improvements are under way in Frost in Navarro County and Wellington in Collingsworth County.
A Lions Club has been organized in Chillicothe Texas under the direction of the Vernon Club.
Miss Ruby Rus sell will represent Wills Point as Dutchess in the Paris parade on Feb 22, escorted by several local citizens. In San Antonio plans call for restoration of surrounding missions by the West Texas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Houston reports the Old Spanish Trail from Beaumont to San Antonio ordered shelled with highway work to start soon. Galveston announces harbor improvement allotments including 110000 for Texas City channel harbor work.
Miss Fannie Cash named sagest senior at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon. Formerly from Dimmitt and Austin, Texas. The item notes local ties and honors. further details follow but text ends with mention of Ma Ferguson.
Government statistician H. H. Schultz reports Texas farm crop value at 799 330 000 for 1925, down 107 890 000 from 1924. Cotton value and acreage dropped, but sweet potatoes rice and sugar cane rose in value. Ranger plans a farmers short course at the high school auditorium. The Poultryman
Groesbeck Texas cotton growers secured a sale of good staple cotton seed to stock an upcoming gin that will process their cotton exclusively.
On January 29 1926 a petition was filed in Milam County District Court case No 9489 by Tom Phillips plaintiff against the unknown heirs of Mrs M E Bishop and H Bishop defendants. The petition asserts ownership of 12u acres in the T J Chambers survey conveyed by A L Mathews and titled by five ten and twenty five year statutes claiming cloud on title due to inheritance through R G Mathews and seeks title possession and removal of the cloud. The clerk Penn Wolf notes court terms and date for service.
Officials of the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth announce A. and M College will send a top livestock judging team to compete along with Oklahoma A. and M. The event runs March 6 through 13. In Sierra Blanca area, 6000 cattle were dehorned at the Williams tank with 500 dehorned daily across a 125000 acre ranch in Van Horn Texas.
The traffic committee of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Worth Freight Bureau will file complaints with the state railroad commission and the ICC. They seek a reduction of 5 cents per hundred pounds on intrastate shipments of compressed cotton.
A Cameron resident J J Reed, a Nolan Ave and W 8th St grocer, recounts nocturnal kidney issues and how one box of Dean's Pills restored vitality. He credits the remedy for returning him to full health and recommends purchase at 60 cents from dealers, Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, New York.
The recipe calls for two cups of milk one third cup sugar and a large pinch of salt with yolks from three eggs. Start the milk with the sugar and salt and beat the yolks slightly before adding to the milk. Gradually thin and heat the eggs by stirring in a little hot milk.
Hope Lutheran Church in Buckholts announces a German language service on Sunday February 14 at 10 30 a m with Saturday and Sunday school as usual and all are welcome Pastor W Fuerl leads the service. Sharpe’s Money Making offers white leghorns and cockerels from Cameron Texas with reasonable prices for good layers and breeding stock.
The state commands Milam County officials to summon unknown heirs of Mrs. M Be Bishop by public notice once weekly for four weeks in a county newspaper. The heirs must appear at the next District Court term in Cameron on March 1. Court return day follows publication.
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