Milam County Farmers Urged to Plant Wheat for Home Flour
A veteran citizen argues Milam County farmers should plant wheat to supply home flour, noting historic success and winter rains aid yields. He recalls 20 acres yielding 20 bushels per acre despite wind damage, and suggests combined small plots, shared threshing, and shipping flour to market to bolster families and support troops overseas.
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Herald
Milam County
Peden
Milam
Little River
Milam County Citizens Rally For Troop Fund Support
Captain Walton D. Taylor of Troop D Texas National Guard led a Cameron Commercial Club meeting to raise a troop fund for essential needs not covered by the government. Within hours, over 150 dollars of a planned 600 dollars was pledged with 400 more targeted to be raised in Rockdale and Thorndale. The Cameron and Milam county community's backing aims to ensure Milam’s troops lack for nothing while they fight.
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Walton D. Taylor
Texas National Guard
Milam County
Waco
Cameron Commercial Club
Laylor
W. W. Chambers
Commercial Club
Cameron
Rockdale
Thorndale
Triggs Home Destroyed by Fire in Cameron
Fire last Saturday evening leveled the R A Triggs residence on the north side of Central Avenue. The seven room bungalow with recent interior upgrades was valued at about 4000 dollars and insured for 2000 on the structure and 700 on furniture. Across the street Charlie Pollard’s house briefly caught fire but was saved. The Cameron Herald expresses sympathy and urges readers to evaluate daily efforts and expenses against wheat profits while soliciting public input for war support.
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Albert Triggs
Central Avenue
Charlie Pollard
Triggs
Same
Herald
Cameron
Spirited Meeting of Cameron Commercial Club
The Cameron Commercial Club directors met last Friday in the district court room. Plans were outlined with the Civic Improvement Committee and the Civic League to improve City Park as a children’s playground, with a swimming pool proposed under trees. A fund-raising effort was to follow after a needs assessment. Discussions covered city mail delivery readiness, potential electric rate hikes by Cameron Water Power and Light, incorporation of the club, and member dues. The meeting was the most spirited in weeks, signaling active local civic involvement.
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Cameron Commercial Club
District Court Room
Joe Joseph
Civic Improvement Committee
The
Commercial Club
Civic League
T. B. Wooten
Cameron
Cameron Water, Power and Light Company
W. W. Chambers
Robi. McLane
Jim Coleman
A. H. Baskin
Giles Arriett
T. S. Henderson
Picnic chaperones host river outing for Caldwell visitors
Mrs. Myrtle Tucker Grady Houston and Miss Ruth Wiley led a youthful group on a river picnic last Friday. The outing welcomed Misses Noel Veda Johnson and Ada V Williams of Caldwell visiting Mrs. Dick Clarke.
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Myrtle Tucker
Grady Houston
Ruth Wiley
Noel
Veda Johnson
Ada V. Williams
Caldwell
Dick Clarke
Mrs Harvey Gandy Hospitalized for Appendicitis
Mrs Harvey Gandy is a patient at Cameron sanitarium with acute appendicitis awaiting treatment and recovery.
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Harvey Gandy
Cameron Sanitarium
Interesting Letter From Over There From a Soldier to Mabel
A letter from a World War I correspondent in France to Mabel recounts memories of home, mentions Mrs. Ragland, and jokes about French women, moustaches, and camouflaged portraits. He promises photos from France and notes slang and expressions, plus notes on meeting Georgette and a playful mischief about an airplane ride.
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Mabel
France
Bureau de
Chauteau
Chinatown
Madelon
Squire
Georgette
Milam County Fourth of July Celebrations Draw Thousands
Two major Independence Day events in Milam County drew between four and five thousand attendees. In San Gabriel the patriotic meeting featured the Detmold Concert Band and speeches by Sen. E A Dechard and R E L Knight. A second celebration in Cameron hosted by the Milam Bohemian and Catholic groups included a parade, Blessing of the Service Flag with 17 stars, and remarks by Rev Father Kacer and Robi M Lyles advocating James E Ferguson for governor.
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Milam County
San Gabriel
Wilson
United States
Thorndale
San Gabriel Red Cross
Detmold
Im. Rudi
Tabernacle
Penn
E. A. Dechard
Franklin
R. E. L. Knight
Dallas
H. H. Camp
C. Saller
K. B. Phillips
W. E. Gaither
Rockdale
J. M. Gilchrist
Marak Catholic Church
Bohemian National Council
J. T. Parma
Cameron
Milam County Association
Joe Matula
Joe Gurecky
New National Guard Cavalry
Cameron Brass Band
Court House Square
W. G. Gillis
Marak Church
Father Kacer
Milam County Soldier Joe V Salac Killed in France
The Milam county list of July 9 reports Joe V Salac of Buckholts killed in France. He was 30, trained at Camp Travis, overseas for months, with two Milam brothers also in service and another who died in France from sickness.
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Assocated Press
Joe V. Salac
Buckholts
Texas
Salac
Milam
Robert Todd Blankenship
Tuscania
Joe Salac
United States
Camp Travis
The
Colors
Cameron
Elm Creek
Agricultural Club invites Milam County boys to short course
Rockdale Texas July 8 1918 members of the Agricultural Club of Milam County are invited to attend the Farmers Short Course at A and M College College Station July 22 to 27. Superintendent E J Kyle notes meals and lodging for the week at 1.25 dollars per day.
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Rockdale
Texas
Agriculture Club
Milam County
Farmers Short
A. Ard M. College
College Station
E. J. Kyle
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T. A. Pope
Captain Taylor
R. A. Triggs
Paul D. Harrison
Marak
Robi. M. Lyles
James E. Ferguson
Frange
Agricultural Club
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