Flu Strikes American Troops Aboard Ocean Liner
Influenza appeared among 9000 troops on the liner Olympic after leaving New York for overseas service. By the time of arrival in England 1000 men were ill and 18 nurses among the 300 aboard died later at Winchester. Miss Katharine Nilan of Houston, a Red Cross nurse, recalls the outbreak and service aboard Hospital 40 near Southampton.
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Olympic
New York
England
United States
Katherine Nilan
Houston
Red Cross
Miss Nilan
Kentucky
Virginia Perkins
Florence Parr
Brest
France
Saxonia
Americean Red Cross
Hospital 40
Southampton
Foreign Service
Camp Dix
Winchester
Cameron Cotton Oil Mill in Cameron Texas A Heritage Site
The Cameron Cotton Oil Mill, one of Texas early five, was remodeled from 1892 and now runs five presses with eighty tons daily capacity. R L Batte, who acquired it in 1908, recalls seed handling, oil extraction, hull feeding for cattle, and cakes as stock feed with prices ranging from six to seventy dollars per ton in 1917.
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Cameron
Texas
R. L. Batte
Mr. Batte
Cameron Cotton
Cotton Oil
Boys Sought for Cameron Milam Corn Club
County Agent George Banzhaf calls for about one hundred Cameron area boys aged ten to eighteen to join the Boys Corn Club. Enroll by February 10, receive seed corn by February 15 to plant an acre, keep daily records, and report at season end. The effort aims to boost local farming and a Cameron corn show with prizes at the Dallas Fair.
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Cameron
Boys’ Corn Club
George Banzhaf
Milam County
Rockdale
Texas
Cameron Commercial Club
Extension Service
A. & M. College of Texas
Dallas
Geo. Banzhaf
Dave Wilson Seeks Information on Local News Subscriptions
A 1919 Cameron Texas letter from D L Wilson requests a subscription to The Cameron Herald. He encloses $1.00 and complains about missing local news and community updates. A reply urges reading the first issue to see that newspapers have advanced prices like tin Lizzie cars.
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Bryan
Texas
Cameron Herald
Cameron
Herring
Dave
George Thomas In The Final Battle
George Thomas of Cameron was reported missing since October 13 1918 and later contact reached his family through a fellow traveler. Walter Thomas, returning from Navy duty, learned a wounded marine from the 56th regiment 5th company knew Thomas and fought beside him in the last great battlefield of the war with Thomas uninjured.
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France
George Thomas
Cameron
Clara
Deckard Thomas
George A. Thomas
George
Walter Thomas
Boston
U. S. Navy
Washington
New Orleans
Walter
Young Thomas
Nationwide Labor Congress urges Mooney trial support
Chicago reports a national labor congress calls for a new trial for Mooney who received a life sentence for a San Francisco bombing. Labor groups pledge a defense fund of 100000 dollars while other dispatches note related political and wartime developments.
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Chicago
Mooney
San Francisco
National Labor Congress
Year opens with bright prospects for Cameron area
Bright prospects greet Cameron and Milam County for 1919 as crops last fall and favorable prices boosted profits. Bank deposits rise, ground is well seasoned by rains, and merchants expect greater demand. Oil field activity grows with new wells and oil men predict startling results. labor shortage is easing with service members returning home.
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Cameron
Milam County
Ralph Chambers Takes Dodge Agency in Cameron
Announcement says Ralph Chambers accepted the Dodge Brothers Motor Car Agency in Cameron as a branch dealer from the Temple house. He has ordered a car load and expects delivery in a few weeks and will open a sales agency in the city at an undetermined location.
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Ralph Chambers
Dodge Brothers Motor Car Agency
Cameron
Temple House
Chambers
Ralph
Moulton Cobb Doing Well In University
The Herald prints a letter from Moulton Cobb in Austin at the State University. He asks weekly mail from The Herald and says he enjoys Linotype work while pursuing his education. He is pleased with his school work and confident in his potential.
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Moulton Cobb
University
The
Herald
Austin
State University
Moulton
Mark
Milander Plan Aims to Rearrange Bank Front
The Milander Company of Waco announced plans this week to rearrange the front offices of Citizens National Bank. Bank officials seek improvements to aid customers and improve overall conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens National Bank
Milander Company
Waco
Victory Liberty Loan to be last major bond drive
Treasury Secretary Glass announces the Victory Liberty Loan in late April as the final intensive campaign to sell government bonds. The issue is expected to total five to six billion dollars, with future securites to be sold quietly through banks rather than public campaigns.
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Treasury Department
Glass
Treasury
Scouts Rally for Armenian Relief Drive in Cameron
Cameron Boy Scouts met Friday to organize a campaign for the Armenian Relief Fund. Under Scout Master Joe Denson the unit split into Fox Wolf and other patrols and by Saturday noon had raised over 90 dollars, with Fox leading at 55.10 and Wolf close at 52.00. By Tuesday the total reached 120.00 for all divisions, with the drive extending into the following week.
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Bassett Watson
Glenn Flinn
Richard West
Charlie Young
Billie Clark
Lee Howell
Jack Hearrell
Eugene Green
Harleigh McGregor
Joyce Cox
Quinn Walker
Walter Walker
Phillip Reed
Joe Denson
Cameron Boy Scouts
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Ishing
Corn Club
Banzhaf
Dave Wilson
Bry
Out the Herald
D. L. Wilson
Leonard Wood
War Department
Central Department
Camp Funston
Paris
Greece
Mediterranean Islands
Venizelos
Constantinople
Berlin
Germany
Coblenz
Pershing
Karl Leibnecht
Austin, Jan
Galveston
Nebraska
Wer
Baker
General March
U. S
Treves
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Peru
Karl Leibknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Poincare
London
Portugal
Manuel
Jan
Russia
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Wilson
Cameron and Vicinity
Dodge Agency
Liberty Loan
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