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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
12
A noted skin specialist says Mentho-Sulphur quickly overcomes breaking out and irritation on face neck or body due to its germ destroying properties. It heals eczema, relieves itching and burning, and leaves skin clear and smooth. A small jar is available at any drug store.
The American Smelting and Refining Company is noted as operating the largest custom smelter in the United States. The text credits the editor with emphasizing this industrial milestone and the scale of the ASRC facility.
The account traces a path from the viaduct following Madero's May 8 1911 attack toward Juarez. It notes the river route and a turn up streets into the town, with Fort Hidalgo visible on the Mexican side.
The article traces El Paso history from El Camino Real and early Franciscan missions to Forts Robledo and Selden, the Jornada del Muerto, and key sites like Leasburg and Brazitos. It notes Spanish crown land grants, exploration, mining beginnings, and the rise of a modern city built on the legacy of Spanish and Mexican eras.
El Paso shows a population around 109000 with a 63.5 degree average temperature, 40 percent humidity, and 3762 feet altitude. The region reports 9.36 inches rainfall, extensive rail links, a large ore refining sector, a vast cotton mill capacity, 154 merchantile houses, and a $60 million annual cattle and livestock trade.
Miss Audrey Ross Black daughter of F A Black and Mrs Black and Quintin Maurice Priday were married July 7 at the Black home in Cameron. Dr Henderson officiated with Miss Mamie Black at the piano and Miss Esther Gidzon singing. Afterward, the couple planned a brief New Orleans visit before settling in Corpus Christi.
A and M College Texas hosts the eighteenth annual Farmers Short Course July 25 to 30 with a women’s program led by Miss Mildred Horton. Topics cover home care and beautification plus spiritual development and personal family value. The women’s portion runs July 25 to 29.
A list of presenters outlines sessions on home building and family life. M R Bentley discusses building a home and sanitary engineering, Mary Starr Taylor covers making the home the family center, E B Beckham addresses bringing electricity to the home, Bess Edwards speaks on music in the home, W L Austin covers foot care shoes and posture, Susan Landon details farm life in Denmark.
Mrs L P Chamberlain from John Tarleton Agricultural College will discuss how to enjoy pictures. Mrs Elizabeth Temple of St Louis San Francisco By Springfield Mo presents Attractive rugs and how to make them. Miss Mildred Horton Marketing. R E Watson Chicago Making Old fabrics new. Dr Jessie Whiteacre Educating the Appetite. Mrs S M N Marrs Training Women for Organization. Mrs C D Kelley The Federation Plan for Better Equipped Homes. Awards for Improved Kitchen Contest prizes to be given at morning meeting July 27 by DeWitt McMurray. Bernice Clayton presides. Better judging contest to follow at the A and M Creamery with Lola Blair in charge.
A Geneva cantonal court session heard a tradesman seek divorce on the ground of abnormal obesity claiming his savings were spent on feeding a wife who ate as much as four adults. The jury returned a verdict of no cause for action.
The Texas Home Demonstration Association for women in home demonstration clubs sets its second annual meeting for July 25 concurrent with the Short Course. President Mrs. F H Parks Ferrin and assistant Miss Bess Edwards lead the event while awarding a college scholarship to Harrison County winner Golden Evans who will report on her work and enter college this fall.
A woman in a military jacket waves a white baton amid a Paris boulevard traffic jam and orders vehicles to halt. Police rush in, while she says she read in papers that women will join the police force and she wanted practice.
The mother of the historian David Hume regarded him as weak minded during his youth, describing him as delicate and impractical.
Francis Carlin, former Scotland Yard detective, notes records showing 76 percent of criminals convicted are blond and usually tall, challenging the stereotype that villains are tall, dark men.
Dr. George W. Truett of Dallas was unanimously selected as president by the Southern Baptist Convention at Louisville. He urged a deeper spirituality and broader consecration to extend God’s kingdom worldwide, while noting that Mississippi Valley floods reduced offerings and China’s civil war paused Foreign Mission Board activities.
The report highlights extensive activity across missions and education. The Foreign Mission Board shows 1,215 churches with 140,488 members and 76,991 Sunday school pupils abroad, plus 69,583 patients treated in nine hospitals. Domestic boards report 923 missionaries, 36,233 new church members, 168 new churches, 406 new Sunday schools, and 278 buildings repaired or built. Total 1927 budget goal is 8,096,666 with budgeting controls to curb debt.
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