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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
7
A collage of quips and gaffes from era humor pages features jokes about genius spouses hoaxes and social mishaps. Exchanges touch on marriage finance signs and a playful glimpse at common social misunderstandings reported in city papers.
Dr. W. Lazear and Dr. James A. Reed, Army surgeons in Cuba, tested mosquito inoculation to study yellow fever. They allowed infected mosquitoes to bite volunteers, advancing understanding of disease transmission. Lazear died from the experiments, but the work is praised as a heroic medical contribution.
A fragmented description from Baroda mentions a figure named jackwar of Baroda and a battery of artillery with gold and silver guns. The items are described as solid gold with ornate carriages, crafted by Lakha over five years. The text then references a mythic menagerie with creatures having extra toes and claws, likening elephants, camels, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses to a "great five."
A Chattanooga scene reports a fat Black man congratulating a lean Black man on marrying the Wid der Jeff's'n, with the lean man loudly declaring he too would have married the same woman, to the amusement of white onlookers.
A downtown drug clerk recalled a prior insult story and later handed a black box of court plaster to a comely colored woman who asked for flesh colored plaster. She corrected him, noting his error, and the clerk resolved to test jokes more carefully in the future.
Elsa, a flaxen haired nursemaid with a dumpy figure and bright ribbons, becomes guardian to a neighbor’s infant. When asked what the child should eat she suggests milk and bread then weighs a soft boiled egg with salt but warns the shell must not be eaten.
The city of London grants its mayor extraordinary powers including chief judge of civil and criminal matters, commander of the city militia, and admiral of the port. Before starting a 12 month term he must sign a $1,000,000 bond to safeguard the city jewels as part of the insignia of office.
A New Orleans collector recalls a fragile Sen Tong porcelain dragon vase from the fourth dynasty. A guest drops it, shattering the piece and, later, eight windows in an octagonal summer house during a staged mishap. The tale ends with the host admitting the eight window breaks.
The case illustrates how yearly dozens of steerage passengers vanish between arrival and departure. gaps arise at docks and aboard ships with fines of 1000 dollars for carriers. Termini’s mystery stands out as Italian migrants exploit lax controls at Ellis Island and beyond, often elderly and frail travelers slipping away without trace.
A traveling man recalls a Kentucky dog fight leading to gunfire after a dispute. He and a colonel duck into a doorway as combatants fire, leaving one man dead and another wounded. The colonel quips that witnessing a dog fight is safest only after the corpses are carried away.
The text notes a striking oddity in a Japanese soldier’s uniform as European numerals appear on shoulder straps indicating regiment number rather than Chinese or Japanese digits. It highlights cross cultural influence in military dress and points to a visual anomaly attracting attention from a foreign observer.
A New Orleans physician cites two eerie hospital phenomena the hospital habit and the hospital horror. He describes cases including an Englishman feigning spinal trouble to remain in wards and patients drawn to the ward’s morbid appeal. The doctor notes infection safety and care quality drive real cures in proper institutions.
A rich catalog of body parts and processes notes 206 bones 522 voluntary muscles 250000 hairs 3000000000 nerve cells 32500000000 red blood cells 530000000 white cells and 26500000000000 total cells per adult. It explains heart arteries nerves skin lungs intestines kidneys ears and eye structures with numeric detail.
The government finally issues an order to rename the customs station once called the port of Fast Saginaw to match the city of East Saginaw, Mich. The change ends years of misnaming despite local populaces resisting.
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