This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
2
Cameron January 12 1903 To Increase Interest in School Work outlines a plan to group districts into 20 regions and hold four picnics weekly starting March 24 1903. Trustees and teachers supervise events with drills songs recitations and contests. Public attendance and transportation are arranged. April is peak picnic month.
Jeremiah Curtin, famed translator of Sienkiewicz and Polish authors, recently returned from a yearlong global journey and now surveys the Northwest. Renowned as a linguist of sixty languages, he is considered a walking encyclopedia on distant cultures. Years ago he wrote a book on North American Indian religion and folklore.
A Boston Transcript excerpt recounts a sermon in Scrub Oaks Massachusetts where a preacher denounces the dead resident Mr W- as gnashing in hell prompting aP- to leave in anger. The interwoven tale highlights a bitter exchange over truth and memory among settlers.
The New York Press reports in Essex Ludlow Suffolk Broome and Delaney streets that Hungarian wives shave their hair and wear straight wigs to signal wedding fidelity. The wig is applied after marriage to appear unattractive to other men, as a defense against pursuing males.
In Gloucester Massachusetts fishermen claim Rudyard Kipling has the evil eye after he wrote a book naming twenty boats there. Each boat suffered disaster with a recent gale sinking two of them. Some English soldiers share concerns about Kipling’s eye.
A newly reported Tresno tree measures 254 feet tall with 8 metre circumference, about fifty foot diameter. It stands on a government reserve and is spared from logging, outdoing the previously noted largest tree described by Scientific American.
An Enlightening Instruction describes William Ousley of Chester Pennsylvania an octogenarian and longtime collector for an insurance firm. He walks about fifteen miles daily six days a week for twenty years and stands during meals. He avoids underclothes and remains hearty and strong.
Mr Bryan promotes The Commoner with education and organization to support democratic principles during the Etna session of Congress. Features include Current Topic, Home Department, Maupin’s anecdotes, and a world news summary. A combined annual rate for The Commoner and Cameron Herald is advertised at $1.75 for new or renewal subscribers.
In Paris a well known public figure received the Bakai-Tapo Order of Merit from a Sudanese potentate and sought permission to wear the decoration. The minister granted consent but noted the order must be worn as used by African natives and asked how that would look.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach disorders and related digestive diseases. It claims to strengthen digestion, support the heart and lungs, contains no alcohol or narcotics, and invites letters for free information and testimonials from users like Martin and Ross.
A patient reports severe constipation and agony from a torpid liver improved after taking Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery. The account credits rapid relief from cold stormy weather sickness and long-standing digestive issues.
Herr Gustav Koch of Berlin proposes a boat that can fly by using a low flat motor-boat design with adjustable steering and horizontal sails. Experiments would take place on water to avoid cross country trial risks, Koch recently demonstrated the invention to the German Society for Aerial Navigation.
A brass clasp pocketbook was recovered from a cow carcass near Montrose Pennsylvania. It contained a roll of bills 43 cents in change a shingle nail and a hairpin inside suggesting a casual loss.
Churubusco Indiana editor O W Downey endorses Dr King's New Discovery for consumption as the most infallible remedy for coughs colds and grip saying it can prevent pneumonia and consumption. The ad promises guaranteed cures with one dollar bottles and a free trial bottle.
The passage notes beliefs on warfare among Indians including darkness fears, totems, and punishment by kin. It claims Indians lack family names and outlines customs such as early marriage, lineal descent prohibitions, and horse riding skills. It describes meals and social eating patterns as sporadic.
Advertisement for Hall's Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder ailments in men and women and regulate children's bladder issues. One bottle costs $1, with mail order available from Dr. E. W. Hall. testimonials requested. Sold by Reese & Sapp.
Cameron Texas October 7 1902 certificate from Giles C Avriett sheriff declaring kidney and bladder trouble cured by the Texas Wonder Great Discovery and recommending it to others.
A New York group named the Toby Club imitates a White Chapel style club with about fifty members. Its rooms on Charles Street imitate an Egyptian tomb with coffins and skulls for decor. Their activities mock death by drinking from skulls and smoking pipes carved from bone.
The peculiar cough of croup is familiar to mothers. Do not delay treatment. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is universally approved. Do not waste time trying untried remedies. Give as directed and symptoms will quickly disappear. For sale by Thomas & Moore.
Rhode Island ordered committee in Cincinnati conducts contest for the national hymn tune America. Three hundred entries already received for the familiar words Ad America with a month left. Locomotive conversion to oil burning on the railway advances rapidly, promising large savings despite potential risks.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.