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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
3
The Temperance Department announces its elected officers including President Mrs O C Zaviseh First Vice President Mrs C W Tomkies Second Vice President Mrs Cross Secretary Miss Mary Jeter Music Director Commander On PuBlication Mesdames M Burns Jeff Kemp and Dr Monroe listed for publication.
In a London press interview, E Tennyson Smith, appointed to study prohibition in America, asserts prohibition reduces crime and improves labor, with Texas convict totals halving when counties go dry. He argues prohibition enforces better than licenses and aims to curb youth drinking, noting Kentucky counties going dry may affect the Bourbon Commonwealth's prestige.
The Tracy correspondent reports on New Year preparations for 1907, Christmas celebrations at the Methodist church with Santa in a new auto, open house traditions, and a local wedding between Miss Berta Burke and Mr Milton Shultz. Visitors include Other Price of San Marcos, Roger Gilleland, and families from Salem Fort Worth and A and M.
Advertisement claims liver pills and ton ic pellets strengthen the liver to prevent biliousness headaches and dizziness. It warns of toxins and stored waste causing a sallow skin tongue coating and fainting spells, pitching the remedy as a cure-all available from druggists for 26 cents.
An ad promotes Preventics to head off colds and flu if taken at the sneeze stage. It claims preventive use can curb coughing pneumonia and bronchitis and urges purchase from Cameron Drug Co. The page also contains a quip about the art of quarrelling.
Advertises Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a remedy for habitual constipation and a preventive measure against appendicitis by stimulating the liver and bowels. Claims it is mild, pleasant, and does not nauseate or gripe, urging consumers to refuse substitutes from Geo. A. Thomas & Son.
A local notice reports Amos F. King of Port Byron credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing a leg sore he suffered over 80 years, now 85. Advertisements promote Dr Shoop’s Croup Cure for quick relief, Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup, and other remedies with local druggists Cameron Drug Co and Pace Marshall Drug Co.
A person who disrupted the congregation last Sunday by continual coughing is asked to report to Foley’s Honey and Soap on Thomson and Son.
Milam County Abstract Company promotes its services for land abstracts and title examinations with assurances of reliable results and prompt loan closings. The ad also includes an unrelated health claim for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea priced at 35c.
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