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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
4
A fragment notes postage values of 1.50 75 cents and 50 cents and mentions Cameron Texas with postal handling details possibly for a second class mail matter. The text lacks full context but records a postal fee sequence tied to Cameron.
Maysfield Telephone Co. Cameron to Maysfield direct lines to Branchville Jones Prairie Baileyville and others with no extra charge under ten minutes. Route guidance to avoid confusion and ensure prompt attention. Also mentions Cleburne Water trust, Colorado snow, Sour Lake oil interest, Entomologist pessimism, cotton market, West Texas ranchers Johnson grass forage, rain-spoiled barbecues, Taylor fair postponed this week.
reports from Madison county Kentucky say General Cassius M. Clay is insane at his home. He refuses visitors and only a guard may enter his room causing concern among locals.
Last Thursday storms lashed Texas with Gainesville underwater and Beeville sustaining heavy property damage. The flooding caused extensive destruction across the two cities and disrupted local life.
German resident Mrs Kronle was killed last week in New Braunfels amid a mystery. She lay unconscious and could not give an account of the deplorable affair.
Beaumont report says District Judge Watts denied Eastland County an injunction and announced he is stepping away from injunctions. He had previously granted a Grayson County injunction and seems to have changed plans.
The Texas railroad panel revised an order for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad. It extends bond cancellation to October 3 and stock reduction to mid September. It may build an Alice to Brownsville line, issue new bonds against the route, and connect Brownsville to the Reo Grande, with funding to be provided by the company.
State Comptroller R M Love was shot in his Austin office by W G Hill who held a clerkship then lost favor over job appointments. Hill fired twice and died. Love identified a letter as evidence of Hill s insanity. The tragedy sparks calls for a civil service commission to review clerkship qualifications.
The passage argues Love's death highlights the need for action. It contends a commission would remove abuses inherent in the existing structure and prevent further injustices arising from the present order.
The Bartlett Tribune notes Cameron Herald marks its 21st year, with O F McAnally at editor and business head for 17 years. He vows lifelong leadership. The piece comments on rivals’ failures and recalls a cash donation to aid a Geo Clark organ in Cameron.
Gov. Lanham appointed J. W. Stephens of Limestone county to fill Col. R. M. Love's unexpired term. Stephens, 48, native of Mississippi, was chief bookkeeper in the comptroller's department and acted as Love requested. In a struggle with Hill as he fled the scene, Hill was mortally wounded.
In last Friday's congressional primary in Waller county County Judge J. M. Pinckney defeated State Senator A. G. Lipscombs for county support in the convention. Harrie county has two candidates and Austin county one. The election fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Tom Ball.
Irish potatoes in Lee county netting farmers an average of 85 dollars per acre. Potatoes are easily gathered and bring cash in a dull season, suggesting diversification toward a cash basis to save merchants and customers from bad debts and cross subsidies.
I A Moore Dallas city secretary was shot and killed last Sunday evening by his 22 year old son at the family home. Moore was described as in a protracted spree and irresponsible. He attacked his second son and aimed to choke him when the older son fired four shots, causing fatal results. Father and son had been devoted to each other.
Col. F B Morse severed relations with the Southern Pacific railway. A former enterprising railroad man, Morse hails from Kentucky and entered railway service in 1874.
De. Allen J. Smith, dean of the Medical branch of the State University Galveston, accepts a position with the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He receives a substantial salary increase and is praised as a renowned lecturer and authority on nervous system diseases.
An important county election on the 31st will decide if a 15 cent per $100 tax increase is approved to fund county road improvements. The editorial advocates the plan as a pay as you go method, noting past funding limits, flood damage to roads, and broad local support for better highways.
A company earned twenty seven million dollars in three years from a three million dollar investment in Sour Lake oil lands. Observers express astonishment at the rapid Texas profits and the surprising returns.
The Waco Times-Herald announces the return of its morning edition on September 1 after securing enough patronage to justify the move. The renewal signals confidence in reader demand and ongoing support for the newspaper.
The piece warns against swearing at cows and horses, explaining it lowers butter-fat in milk and harms a horse’s regard. It argues swearing reduces the reader’s own estimation of themselves.
A Milwaukee Sentinel piece recalls a Wells Street car exchange where a boastful man pays 159.40 yearly for a 5000 policy after a slick con man’s pitch. He admits he has no idea what the policy covers, the big man questions the deal, and the drink is blamed for the lapse in judgment.
The text notes the pig’s remarkable digestion and short lifespan. It claims pigs can eat anything offered, living briefly to avoid overindulgence, yet influencing human dyspepsia through feeding habits.
All livestock should have salt available at all times. Cattle horses sheep and goats benefit from rocks of salt placed where they can lick. Hogs should have salt ashes lime and charcoal mixture readily accessible. Animals know when they want salt better than their owners.
An authority claims goats fatten faster than sheep on identical feed. The expert notes goats have strong digestive powers and can survive on what would starve a sheep. This assessment highlights goats’ efficient forage use and hardiness.
A dairy cow that yields well beyond seven or eight years is more valuable than two younger cows. Kindness and good treatment can double a cow’s productive lifetime, and kindness should be more widely applied in dairy handling due to cost and productivity benefits.
The article describes a Southern candy-pull hosted by a New York hostess reviving a prewar Southern custom. Guests, mostly Southern-colony women and their belles in gingham aprons, prepare molasses candy by pulling and twisting on plates, then move to a drawing room for the King William game and a kiss-based rite. The piece notes notable Southern mothers and grandmothers partook and that this is the first old-fashioned candy-pull in New York, per the New York Sun.
The article argues that growing grain harms soil and reduces farm value while feeding grain to livestock increases profits and soil health. It notes that the wealthiest farmers in Europe and the U S are stock farmers and urges more farmers to shift to livestock to improve prosperity.
Farmers praise ample rainfall improving crops across fields. While late storms damaged some corn by blowing it down, overall yields are up and farmers feel satisfied with the season.
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