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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
6
The Port Sullivan road bridge over the Little Brazos is reported in dangerous condition. It is unsafe for horse or mule, heavy wagons, teams, and automobiles, with a replacement urged before a casualty occurs. Good roads and bridges are essential to community development.
A vintage ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a soothing remedy for coughs colds and throat strain. Pine balsams and mild laxatives claim to drive the cold from the system with a bottle priced at 25 cents at local druggists.
Grandfather Sapp, aged nearly 91, died Thursday night in Rosebud. He was possibly the oldest resident in or near Rosebud, known as a gracious old gentleman with a long life of interest. He was father to Tom and John Sapp. Interment occurred Friday in Woodland cemetery. Deep sympathy extended to his sorrowing children.
A testimonial from J. R. Moore of Lost Valley Georgia proclaims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the most effective for hacking coughs and colds. The advertisement notes the product is obtainable everywhere and claims repeated cures with every bottle.
Associated Press reports a period of calm across battlefronts except Roumania where Teutonic allies captured Matchin and Jijila near Braila. Russians and Roumanians defend central lines in Wallachia. in Rimnik region Teutonic foes were repelled. Western front artillery duels persist. no Macedonian news. Berlin claims on French battleship verite deemed false. Entente ships sunk total 759,430 tons.
Miss Edith Dusek died Tuesday at Cameron Sanitarium after two weeks of typhoid fever. Funeral at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the family home, Rev. W. R. Hall officiating. Interment in Oak Hill cemetery. She was nearly seventeen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dusek, a Cameron resident born in Elgin. She belonged to the Evangelical Church and later attended the Presbyterian church, with the Girls' Missionary Society and Sunday School. The Senior class attended the funeral. pallbearers were her male classmates, with girls helping with flowers. The Herald extends sympathy to the family. Attending relatives included Mr. and Mrs. John Janerk, Mesdames J. J. Holik, R. Struve, 8S. Ripple, Tonie Dusek, Misses Rosa and Annie Skrivanek of Caldwell, and others from Rogers and West.
Local notes record Miss Alice Owen returning to San Marcos and others to Georgetown’s Southwestern University and Daniel Baker College. Various families host and visit relatives in Cameron, Waco, and Fort Worth as Hilton Howell resumes Baylor studies and guests travel from Beaumont, Marlow, and Fort Worth.
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