30 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
1
A bold storewide clearance offers marked down Fall and Winter stock with aggressive prices on odds and ends. Readers are urged to shop early as remnant bargains are unveiled and regular stock is liquidated in a swift sale.
Shoe and clothing sale advertises remnant fabrics including flannellette broadcloth and plaid dress goods. It touts men’s suits at deep markdowns with no reservations and lists multiple price options for all wool and mixed fabrics.
Fragmentary political bluster features a self described governor candidate urging action as calamity words are used to rally support. The notice mentions unloading 60500 pairs of boots and a sale priced around 1.00 to 1.35 per pair, with unspecified venue or date.
The Ben Arnold area ten miles north of Cameron in Milam County is home to about 250 people with seven businesses. It has a two room school with two teachers and about 130 pupils, no church, three denominations sharing the schoolhouse, a growing literary society, scarce tank water, and several pneumonia cases. Funeral notice for Doccic, nine year old son of Mr. Smith, follows a student composition describing local life.
The notice lists numerous residents: Mr Hudson ill at home with his father arriving from East Texas. Mrs Carmachel threatened with pneumonia. Mrs Denson ill with lagrippe and head pain. Mrs Picatal recovering health. Irene Dickey sick for a week. Prof N H Phillips recovering from lagrippe. Mrs WW Phillips sick. Mr Pope called to his sister’s bedside. Mrs Dobbins returning from Cameron with her sick mother. Miss Maggie Terry visiting family. Prof Wolf with wife and babies. Grandmother Rich returning from Texas after a month visiting son. Dr Robertson absent after being in BA. local gossip about Dr and jugs of water. Mrs Dodson, Mrs Wash and Henry Reeves visiting the sick. Luce visiting in city. Thad Wheet visiting. Dr Beale and family visiting. Dr J Denson of Mayfield visiting his brother. Misses Carrie Horn and Birdie Boykins praised for sitting with the sick. note about 35.00 ordinance for candidates to fund church. Bible class with Misses Martin. editor urged to push for next Legislature session. J M White returning from Bellville as witness in Pennington murder case. account of a train incident near Brenham where Prof Crossman and his son were killed attempting to evade danger.
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