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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
2
The Mart Herald notes election chatter with about sixteen governor candidates and recalls pay requirements. The Tribune reports Waco’s new charter ends city poll tax under commission government, signaling fiscal and electoral shifts.
State Senator Terrell of West is said to own four weekly newspapers, all regarded as good publications, suggesting a very busy political figure. The Tyler Courier Times notes the combine cements his media footprint.
The Austin Statesman reports Trien leaders say there are fewer idle men in Austin now than a year ago. The article also notes the legislature is not in session and quotes Lloyd on the situation.
All the old officers and directors of the Waco Cotton Palace Association have been reelected. With that group still in the saddle, the success of the next exposition stands assured.
The Colorado Citizen notes a rising, assertive mood in financial markets and business circles. Officials and analysts describe stronger investment activity, clearer profit signals, and growing optimism about the economy's near term prospects.
The Colorado Citizen notes a puzzled tone in a line about a “hallelujah chorus” replacing pessimism. The piece questions the meaning and flavor of the phrase within the published text.
In Hill county early candidates are already out after the worms. In McLennan the boys are slow to the front but considerable still hunting continues, signaling ongoing political activity and competition.
The Hillsboro Dispatch announces the launch of a new morning daily on February 3. Three able men lead the effort and promise a good live paper for Hillsboro.
From across the state comes encouraging news on small grain crops, likely restoring confidence after severe fall weather weakened expectations. The upbeat reports highlight improving prospects for the harvest season and farm morale.
The Georgetown Commercial quips about bandits in New York and Paris versus Texas. It notes McLennan County sending four teens to the penitentiary, prompting the push to invite criminals to Texas.
Writers note that many men evade the poll tax and then complain about elected officials. The column urges paying the poll tax, voting, and supporting qualified leaders to keep undesirables out and improve governance.
The Waelder New Era criticizes the censorship action by Waco censors on a play titled The Traffic dealing with white slavery. The piece notes Senator H B Terrell’s media ties and hints at his influence with the Cameron Herald. An editorial remark about Veter Radford’s platform and a prepaid express is cited as context.
Lee Rountree offers a moral philosophy line from the Georgetown Commercial about not returning hard and mean words. The speaker plans to embody the sentiment in a new year resolution, noting past debts owed by others would have prevented hard or bitter words.
Postal authorities report that unsuspecting people lost 129 million dollars to get rich quick mail schemes over the past two years. About thirty years ago Dan Mc Gary ran a Houston noon.sheet called the Age. A friend paid three dollars for a subscription and Dan joked there’s a sucker born every minute.
The Waco Times-Herald cites calls to balance regulation with personal liberty and notes concern over excessive rules. It references the Waco Tribune and questions protecting connections between Colonel James Hayes Quarles and Michael Angelo Harris amid policy shifts and dryness debates.
Dispatches report Ralph Lopez the Utah Apex mine killer and fugitive from Bingham, Utah, was seen in Los Angeles on the 9th. A former mine coworker identified him on the streets, though authorities say the Utah Apex mine remains surrounded and entrances blocked with officers nearby.
The Riesel Rustler reports the Waco Morning News has been sold to the Southern Publishing Co. The editors say they are candid about the change and hopeful the paper will remain strong under new management. The Hill County Review adds rural depopulation fears are overblown and farmers will still secure land with capable renters.
Milwaukee merchants who supply homes for newlyweds warn the state eugenics law will cost them nearly 10000 dollars daily as only five marriage licenses have been issued since January 1. Clerks previously issued about 25 to 50 daily, while proponents trust the measure’s aim.
Ten thousand men are engaged in repairing the damage wrought Texas, and the work is being rushed to an early completion. A party of Mexican laborers, many of them deserters from both sides of the Mexican revolution, passed through El Paso recently en route to the devastated area.
Data from the Stamford Commercial Club show more than $200,000 in poultry butter and eggs marketed this season from the trade area around Stamford.
Government bureau of mining reports Texas natural gas production in 1913 was valued at 1 405 000 dollars. Clay County led counties as the top producer with the largest output.
A Tyler College prospectus urges practical education via correspondence courses to earn money. It touts self-improvement through Simplified Shorthand, Practical Bookkeeping, Typewriting, Arithmetic, Grammar, Writing and Telegraphy. The ad asks readers to mail for full details and course options.
The article argues cottonseed deserves modern regard as a food product and feed for livestock. It cites experimental station findings, claims cottonseed products can supplement corn, reduce costs, and boost farm profits for Texas with livestock totaling over 12 million head needing about a pound daily.
Two men Hart and Dick White pursue Native attackers after a settler’s family is slain. They track to Hollow Oak and ambush seven savages, killing five and mortally wounding two as they avenge their losses. Hart ends the escape of the final foe with a final strike.
John Aird & Co announces it will cease to exist in September after completing outstanding contracts. Sir John Aird, who inherited a large fortune and led since 1911, cites reduced plant size relative to past decades. The firm, famed for Nile dam work, was founded in 1848 by Scottish mason John Aird.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, at a Newport dinner, compares a nouveau riche's pretentions to a former groom who advised to watch what a man raises his pose on, noting the snobbery spreading among Newport's old families as they retreat to secluded resorts.
The fifth year of a unique church in Atlantic City holds summer gospel services every Sunday morning at the Bijou theater. Founder Pastor Rev Robert Elwood leads a choirless offering with no collection plate. Most attendees are visitors and new each week, with a cosmopolitan, reverent audience including many nations and states.
Miss Annie Beckett Burns of Cheltenham, sole surviving granddaughter of Robert Burns, has filed in Dumfries sheriff court to be declared executrix of certain hitherto unconfirmed personal estate of the poet. This follows news that the Glenriddell manuscripts were sold by the Liverpool Athenaeum for £5000 and may depart to America, provoking protests from Lord Rosebery and Dr. William Wallace.
The article notes the London omnibus button strike and cites minor causes behind major labor disputes. It recalls Sunderland workers striking over a policemen’s removal, tailors halting work over snuff bans, and Yorkshire mill girls protesting a window paint blocking views.
French aviator Pegoud who loops the loop upside down has inspired British sports writers to invent unfamiliar metaphors. Shakespeare’s voice in Hotspur is replaced by the air-man’s lofty tumbling as one writer says he plucks catastrophe’s whiskers, a vivid image far beyond Shakespeare.
A witty remark on the hats and gowns of the present era notes their humorous, almost caricatured style as a reflection of current tastes. The quote suggests attire can be both stylish and amusing, captured in a broader fashion-commentary tone.
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