Cameron Commercial Club discusses road widening and local bonds
The Cameron Commercial Club directors report progress on widening the Clark son road with land donated by all but one landowner. Buckholts citizens plan a six mile road bond issue with state aid and local officials seek support for a tax measure. The club also considers new headquarters and a city clean up program. County Chairman Gillis outlines plans for a fifth Liberty Loan, similar in size to the fourth.
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Cameron Commercial Club
Cameron
Clarkson Road
W. W. Goodwin
Goodwin
Buckholts
Pike
Ad Hall
Milam County
Bell County
Rogers
Giles Arriett
State Highway Department
Big Elm Creek
North Elm
W. W. Chambers
J. T. Parma
W. G. Gillis
T. N. Herring
Commercial Club
District Court Room
Civic League of
Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank
Gillis
Final Armistice Quietly Brought End To Fierce Warfare
A soldier recounts the dramatic moment at 11 o'clock when hostilities ceased on the American front. Guns fell silent, men celebrated amid mud and cold, unsure at first if the armistice was real, then relaxed as the danger faded and a brief holiday began.
Jones Prairie Sets Plan for $25,000 Road Bonds
Jones Prairie residents move toward issuing bonds to finance road improvements. County Judge W G Gillis reported a plan to issue bonds totaling 25000 dollars, with a 25 thousand dollar bond denomination, and a petition is ready for the next commissioners court session.
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Jones Prairie
W. G.gillis
Commissioners’ Court
New York Strikers Vote to Return to Work
The marine workers in New York voted Saturday night to return to work as soon as possible in line with President Wilsons request. Stephen J. Condon secretary of the Marine Workers' affiliation said the strike committee ordered members to return and that the dispute would be settled by the national war labor board.
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New York
Marine Workers
Wilson
Stephen J. Condon
Mr. Condon
National War Labor Board
New York Harbor
Pr O Adams Delights On Northward Business Trip
Pr O Adams of this city returned last Saturday from an eight day business trip to Cleveland and Elyria Ohio. He visited Standard Knitting Company and Fay Stocking Company representatives and enjoyed several big feasts during the trip.
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P. O. Adams
Cleveland
Ohio
Elyria
Standard Knitting Company
Fay Stocking Company
Road improvement plans announced for Cameron Jones Prairie and Calvert routes
The notice states the main improvement strip runs along Cameron Jones Prairie road from C A Bakers corner to Jones Prairie and along Jones Prairie Calvert road to the Burkhalter place, detailing the targeted sections for work.
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Cameron-Jones Prairie
C. A. Baker’s Corner
Jones Prairie
Jones Prairie-Calvert
Burkhalter Place
Cameron County Soldier Tom Henderson Joins Army Training
Thomas S. Henderson Jr. moved from the law firm Henderson Kidd & Henderson to enlist in the U S Army aviation branch. Drafted in Oct 1917, he trained at Kelly Field and Columbus Ohio, became second lieutenant, served as supply officer at Selfridge Field Michigan, edited a camp paper, and recently joined the regular army. He hopes to become an observer and has been training others for overseas service. His first lieutenant recommendation arrived after the armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. Henderson, Jr
Hon
T. S. Henderson
Cameron
Uncle Sam
Tom
Henderson, Kidd & Henderson
Camp Travis
Army
Kelly Field No. 1
Columbus
Ohio
Selfridge Field
Mt. Clements
Mich
Selfridge
Global War News Briefs From Across The World
Multiple 1919 dispatches report Allied demand on Turkish forces at Medina to surrender or Dardanelles forts will be destroyed. Clemenceau to lead French peace delegation. American Senate debates Russia troop policy. strikes and riots flare from Buenos Aires to New York. Roosevelt will and Hines new rail chief. demobilization speeds. peace conference moves.
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London
Turkey
Medina
Dardanelles
Milam County Women Urged to Pay Poll Tax Now
A call to Milam County women to pay the two dollars and seventy five cents poll tax before midnight January 31 to remain eligible to vote. The note links poll tax payments to school funding and possible suffrage and prohibition amendments, urging immediate action to show citizenship and influence upcoming political questions.
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Milam County
Texas
Robert McLane Jr Returns Home After War Service
Robert McLane Jr son of Mr and Mrs McLane of near Ben Arnold arrived in Hoboken New Jersey on January 1 after eighteen months in France. He volunteered April 3 1917 and trained in San Antonio before joining Pershing in France. He saw front line action for twenty eight days and was gassed twice. He spent months in hospitals and served as a mail clerk before returning home aboard the Northern Pacific. He writes from a Pennsylvania camp that he will be home soon.
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Robert McLane, Jr
Robert McLane
Ben Arnold
Hoboken
N. J
France
Cameron
Young McLane
United States
San Antonio
Pershing
Berlin
Pacific
Fire Island
New York
Pennsylvania
Pay Auto Tax By End Of January
County Tax Collector Bill Bonds outlines motor vehicle license payment rules for 1919. License due by January 31 with a 23 percent penalty after, or arrest and fines for late payment and missing license. Fees vary by horsepower and quarter of purchase, with numbers and serials used to identify vehicles.
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Herald
Alex Bonds
Bonds
H. P. Fee
Bps
Wiins Mosses Ai Diaidaneteae
Idesevasiesieel
Ciedei Ventapansreenenie
Esaeal
Saa Dammaneuaasuert Spostbeskibie
State Highways Commission
Delay Brings Punishment in Armistice Terms
Delay of the Germans in complying with armistice terms is seen as inviting punishment by the allies. Foch proposes occupying key ports to enforce terms.
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Paris
Foch
Fee
Also Mentioned on This Page
War Labor Board
Pr. O. Adams
Thomas
Henderson
Parie
George Clemenceau
Warsaw
Vilna
Copenhagen
Bennos Aires
Washington
Senate
Russia
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Walter D. Hines
Railroads
Wm. G. McAdoo
General Hines
Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
United States Army
Army of Great Britain
Gregory
Capitol
Austin
Ralph Soape
Robert McLane JR
State Highway Commission
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