Sailors Refuse Ship After Sight of Bottom of the Sea
A British vessel from Manila to Hawaii battled a sudden mud bank at sea. The crew described a vast balloon bound mass and red, suffocating air as they grounded in thick mud. After hours their luck changed and the ship drifted free. They deserted at Honolulu claiming the ship had seen the bottom of the sea.
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Sicily
Sabrina
Azores
Gulf of Mexico
Manila
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Honolulu
Cape Cod Canal Trial Proves Efficient for Submarines
Government tests show Cape Cod Canal successful with two submarines from Boston to Newport at eleven miles an hour. Eight mile canal section completed in forty five minutes, saving six miles and avoiding weather. Kiel Canal cost near 100 million dollars, built by Germany for strategic purposes.
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Cape Cod Canal
Capeod Canal
Boston
Newport
Kiel Canal
Baltic
North Sea
Cape Cod
Bioston
Roosevelt’s Informality Draws Shocks From Paraguay Natives
Yuery A. Franck recalls Roosevelt’s South American journey near the River of Doubt. He heard many tales from natives and two traveling companions about the colonel’s behavior, including walking coatless through a village in the wilds of Central South America.
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T. R
Yuery A. Franck
South America
Colonel Roosevelt
Paraguay
River of Doubt
Father Zahm
Mr. Sipp. E
Roosevelt
Central
Civilization
New York Times
Chinese Minister Long a Diplomat
Dr Wellington Koo has been appointed Chinese minister to this country succeeding Kai Fu Shah. Formerly minister to Mexico Peru and Cuba he was an undersecretary in the Chinese foreign office and a diplomat in Peking during talks with the Japanese minister. He speaks English well and holds a Columbia University doctorate.
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Long
Wellington Koo
Kai Fu-Shah
Mexico
Peru
Cuba
Doctor Koo
Peking
Columbia University
Crumbling Haunted Tower Guards San Juan Coastline
The notorious watch tower of San Juan Porto Rico leans over the sea as waves erode its base. In the past century six garrison sentries vanished during night duty, with three disappearances in the early 1800s and three more in 1840, leaving the mystery unresolved.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Spain
San Cristobal
Local society notes and arrivals in Cameron area
Locals and the Herald advertise job printing and advertising services. News items include the marriage of Miss Bonnie May Moore and Gray McLerran in Cameron, church notices, campus concert participation by Miss Phillis Henry, a new song tribute to Milano, and the Dorcus Sewing Society meeting with Miss Nell Streetman profiled in Houston Chronicle.
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Gray McLerran
Milano
Bonnie May Moore
Perry Moore
Cameron
The
Baptist Parsonage
B. B. Blaylock
I. & G. N. Railway Company
Nell Streetman
Houston Chronicle
Sam Streetman
Virginia
Randolph- Macon College
Lynchburg
Insects Roar Through Bolivian Forests Biting Hard
Lieutenant Edwards reports from border exploration on the Bolivia–Brazil frontier describing dense forests hindering progress, fertile soil yielding rich harvests with little effort, and swarms of insects. Red Itashi ants bite savagely, driving misery for hours in palceantos trees.
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South America
Royal Geographical Society
London
Edwards
Bolivia-Brazil
Seattle Guinea Pig Farm Keeps City Health on Track
The city operates a 700 strong guinea pig herd as part of its public health effort. Officials say the herd serves as the essential source for bac teriological labs and the federal plague facility supported by Seattle. The pigs are exposed to many human illnesses, making their care a constant concern.
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Seattle
Beware of Paraffin Cups and Germs
A Philadelphia Ledger note recalls how toasting with glass cups risks spreading germs. It urges smashing and discarding paraffin or glass cups after single use to prevent contamination, explaining that reusing cups can transfer deadly germs.
Parish quarrel shatters scripture lesson with wit
In a country village a clergyman rebukes a quarrelsome parishioner for loud frequent spats with his wife. The man replies that the Scripture says man and wife are one, to which he adds a sharp quip about there being twenty of them when they argue.
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Hodge
Obituary of Col Cyrus R Smith in Cameron Texas
Col Cyrus R Smith died in Austin Sunday night January 28 1916 at 730 pm. His remains were brought to Cameron and funeral held Tuesday at 3 pm with Masonic honors in Oak Hill Cemetery. He served in the Civil War later practiced law in Cameron and helped preserve Milam County records after a courthouse fire. He served in the 1868 Texas Constitutional Convention and had a prominent legal career with four children and seventeen grandchildren surviving.
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Cyrus R. Smith
Austin
Cameron
Jnc. G. West
Col. Smith
San Andres Lodge
Oak Hill
Royal Arch
Cherokee County
Alabama
Alabama Regiment of Infantry
Ford
Cavalry
United Daughters of Confederacy
Smith
Texas
Milam County
Cornelia Orr
Talladega County
Roy E
Dallas
Daisy
Eugene Wallace
This City
Cornelia Eden
John G. West
Minnie Bell
R. W. Hurt, Jr
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
W. J. Mayfield Hanged by Mob in Texas Town
Boston Texas January 25 W J Mayfield aged 50 was taken from the jail by about twenty five masked armed men and hanged to a tree a half mile from town There was no excitement as the lynchers overpowered the jailer hours after he was held on charges of killing his father mother and brother with an axe on December 30 at their home nearby The mob action followed a failed jury deadlock in the prior case against the mother
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Boston
Texas
W. J. Mayfield
Mayfield
Interesting Letter From a Former Milam County Citizen
Grapeland Texas January 16 1916 Mr A V Smith Cameron Texas writes from Grapeland about buying a hog ranch and a spring branch and Freestone water. He notes dry counties nearby and asks for the home paper. He praises Grapeland's town, rail service and citizenry and shares farming yields and Adam and Eve lore with stacks of peanuts yams corn and hogs plus sugar cured hams and smoking meat as part of local enterprise.
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A. V. Smith
Cameron
Tex
Houston County
Grape
Adam
Eve
N. Thetford
Symphony Club in Session Reorganizes in Cameron
The Cameron Symphony Club re organized with officers elected including Miss Aetna Smith president and Bonnie Brougher vice president. The group will continue musical study and meet the first and third Wednesdays each month at Mrs. Roy Jeter’s home.
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Cameron Symphony Club
Roy Jeter
Aetna Smith
Bonnie Brougher
Annie McLane
Ruth Sprinkel
Earle Lankford
Mesdames Roy Baska
Rush Thomas
C. D. Lay
The Herald Publishing Company News Sale
The Herald Publishing Company offers old news items for sale. Readers can purchase archived stories from past editions, including various dates and topics, as available.
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The
Herald Publishing Company
Herald Offers Payment for Clean Rags at Three Cents a Pound
The Herald advertises purchasing clean rag material at 3 cents per pound. Rags containing buttons are excluded and not accepted for woolen content.
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Herald
Obituary for Janie Weaver of Cameron and Cincinnati
Mrs. Janie Weaver wife of J M Weaver of Cincinnati Ohio died January 5 1916 in Cincinnati from pneumonia. She is survived by her husband three sons John B Raymond and Otis and by grandchildren Maidie Mamie Clyde and Eugenia. A longtime Cameron resident she was a devoted church member and charitable gentle person whose life of service inspired many across cities she lived in.
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Janie Weaver
J. M. Weaver
Cincinnati
Ohio
City
John B
Raymond
Houston
Otis
Austin
Maidie
Mamie
Clyde
Eugenia
Lizzie Self Weaver
Cameron
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Great Sorrows
Mrs. E A Cochran and family and C W Lawrence and family express heartfelt thanks to friends for kindness shown in their great sorrow.
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E. A Cochran
C. W. Lawrence
For Sale Residence on North Fannin Street
Mr R R Tyson of Maysfield in town Tuesday meeting friends and outlining plans to launch an active countywide sheriff campaign. Tyson, a popular Milam County figure, formerly served as representative and contributed valuable public service to the county.
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North Fannin Street
Sam McDermott
R. R. Tyson
Maysfield
Tyson
Milam County
Missionary Society Holds Brief Meeting in Sympathy
The Baptist Ladie's Missionary Society met Monday afternoon at the church and adjourned after a short business session in sympathy with Mrs. J. G. West, a longtime active member.
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The
Baptist Ladie’s Missionary Society
J. G. West
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