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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
2
Mark Twain presents Eve diary excerpts translated for Harper s as a companion to Adam s diary. Eve narrates a day old feelings and experiments with a reptile figure, musing on curiosity, moons, stars, and language doubts in a playful early diary voice.
The quoted passage discusses using male pronouns for a person until gender is determined, noting that this avoids uncertainty but may misidentify the subject. It highlights practical ease versus accuracy in pronoun assignment amid unclear identity.
The Milam County Commissioners Court orders a road tax election for January 30, 1906. Voters will decide whether to levy up to fifteen cents per hundred dollars of property value under the 1890 Texas Constitution amendment. County Judge R. B. Poon signs and seals the proclamation.
Milam County advertises a sheriff sale of two land tracts valued to satisfy a judgment of 1810.87 plus costs against R A McLane and John B McLane, with detailed metes and bounds. The notice also records a January 9 1906 Milam Commissioners Court order on a January 30 1906 road tax election and confirms the county clerk's certification of the court minutes. A later line promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea by Geo A Thomas & Son.
A New York City garment company paid 18000 for four pages of advertising in the Delineator for February. The same advertising also appears in The Herald at a price of 1.00 per year.
Mrs. Jim Odom and Miss Jessie Nichols traveled to Galveston on Tuesday where the Odoms plan to establish a future home. Mrs. Chambers of Cameron visited Mrs. F C Goodman last week. J M Cloud, visiting relatives in the Indian Territory, toured Hoyt with Miss Mary Rowe. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Staner visited Buckholts to see her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W K Chandler.
A historic note on longevity cites elderly men as thin and frugal, warns of occasional overeating, and endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to cleanse and invigorate the stomach and bowels. Geo. A. Thomas & Son's Drug Store sells the remedy.
A black mare about 14 hands with a white face and shod all around, about 10 years old and weighing around 1000 pounds, was taken from Cameron on the night of the 24th. A reward promises information leading to recovery. B. Ford.
Mrs Jno C Crunk hosted a 4 to 6 pm coffee klatch. Miss Lucy Dickson wed Mr Q Luce of Gause at the bride’s uncle W D McAinuch’s residence. Lucy, longtime resident, is mourned by friends. Luce is a respected Milam County representative.
Hamilton Chapel Local Union posts a $25 reward for the capture and delivery of the black male suspect who robbed and whipped Jno Williams on January 19, 1906, about 1 1/2 miles southwest of Rockdale. Description: very dark, 5'9", ~160 pounds, wearing a black flapped hat, ragged coat, and blue overalls. The notice mentions three babies named William, Willie, and Bill.
A promotional piece extols the value of hard work over luck, urging readers to train at Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas. It claims education brings power and prosperity, promising a free catalog about related systems and telegraphy.
The notice lists reduced round trip rates via Santa Fe with one fare plus two dollars, stopovers allowed, and specific sale dates. It also mentions second class colonist rates to California, one way only, and a $25 fare. A quadrennial convention for the Student Volunteer Movement in Nashville is noted with sale dates and a $24.60 price, plus a horse or mule for sale and contact in Cameron Texas.
Mr J B Egli of Maple Landing Iowa reports a winter grip incident affecting himself and his wife. They used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and quickly recovered. The notice also advertises local druggists horse teams a lighting company land for rent and a local real estate contact.
Classified notice listing roosters and eggs for sale. Master Wagner Stevenson advertises high grade Barred Plymouth Rock roosters at $1 each and eggs at $100 for 13, with address line 30 21. The notice uses blunt wartime style phrases and direct pricing.
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