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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
2
The Cameron Herald notes local manager Thomas N Herring discusses a Good Roads Day amid wartime finance drives and controversial "work or fight" rhetoric. The piece mixes community logistics with sharp political commentary on national mobilization and local leaders.
Reports from western exchanges indicate many cattle herds shipped out due to a long two year drought are being brought back. The resurgence fuels renewed confidence as central, east and south Texas crops are described as the finest ever, inspiring optimism.
A Camp Dodge dispatch reports three black soldiers executed by hanging on July 4 after being court martialed for assaulting a seventeen year old white girl on May 24 on the cantonment grounds. The incident, though reminiscent of southern cases, occurred in the north.
A harsh remark targets the northern Negro as a beast in all places, while contrasting northern and southern reactions to crime. The text argues the north is starting to understand its own Black population in the same way the South does.
A Sterling City News-Record column praises mobilization for war urging every man to serve, whether at home or abroad. It condemns slackers who avoid combat and vows retribution until the nation is secure.
A report to the United States Senate by the Federal Trade Commission notes discovery of heavy profiteering on food products. Eaters demand a real discovery to stop profiteering, while non-eaters show little interest.
When hard work leaves you bent and in pain Ballard's Snow Liniment offers relief. Its penetrating power soothes strained muscles and eases the back ache, available in 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles through Pace Marshall.
In the October 1912 term Judge Scott of Miam County district court issued a permanent injunction restraining all persons from bathing in Little River between Cameron Water Power & Light Co pumping station and the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad bridge. Violations carry severe penalties and arrest pending before Judge Scott. parents urged to keep children out of the river.
In every home with a baby there should be a bottle of McGEE S BABY ELIXIR. It remedies sour stomach wind colic diarrhoea and summer complaint. Wholesome no opium morphine or harmful drugs. Price 25c and 50c per bottle. Sold by Pace Marshall.
Mrs. B. B. Blaylock, Marion Morton, and Miss Lucy Brock camp along the river enjoying a family outing.
Surgeons urge prompt first treatment for cuts burns and bruises. BoroZone is pitched as the ideal antiseptic and healing agent for both man and beast. Available at Pace-Marshall in prices from 25c to $1.50.
The Rockdale party attended a mock election Friday with participants Mesdames Ira Perry R H Hicks Bethea Fred Graves T S Bar clay M Sessions I P Sessions C P Green N H Moore E S Lopez and Misses Irma Porter Harris and Bess Lockwood.
The piece urges good health as the key to happiness. It claims clogged bowels cause headaches and indigestion and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to move bowels improve digestion and let one realize joy of living. Try it.
Make your MONEY arrange ments now for any Land Loans you wish to realize on this summer or Fall. Come and see me. Ss. P. CROSS.
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