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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
4
Milam County harvests are predicted to be bumper with cotton above 35 cents per pound boosting farmers and business. Cameron officials order weed and tall grass cutting citywide with the City Marshal to serve notices. The Herald features a Cameron Concert Band photo and urges civic effort to improve town.
The U S S Princess Matoika will transport a large group of interned German prisoners to Holland this month. The load includes 784 naval officers 1100 sailors 134 women and children and 19 civilians. Cameron reports ongoing street improvements and strong bank conditions with total resources near 3 million dollars. Local civic booster efforts from the Cameron Commercial Club and a $125 000 donation from Mrs C H Yee for a new high school campus are highlighted with praise for community growth. Mr and Mrs Will T Yates returned from Corpus Christi noting good fishing.
A terse quarrel fragment shows a woman rebuking a former husband or partner. The lines reveal blame fear and a claim she will not shoulder all responsibility. The exchange hints at personal conflict and possible marital tension in a brief literary clipping.
A collage of humorous quips and rhymes from old newspapers. Lines reference fashion silly sayings on discretion and appetite. Bits about misheard lines Mary and corn fed calt, and a trove of witty exchanges from various papers.
Lloyd P. Bloodworth, noted Texas evangelistic singer, will head the singing for the Methodist revival at City Park starting Sunday night. A Polytechnic College alumnus, he played college football and baseball, served as a captain in the army, and is known for youth work including a "Sunshine Choir" that once drew about a thousand children. The community is invited to attend.
At a luncheon John D. Ryan, famed copper magnate and air expert, warned against managers obsessed with retrenchment. A humorous exchange followed about blotting paper shortages as staff adjust to higher costs and slower office supplies.
T. G. Sampson returned home after a several week absence. He visited his son in New York City and took a pleasant auto tour through New York and Connecticut. He notes he wore an overcoat for comfort during the trip but has left it behind in Texas.
Jage Ward of Meridian spent the weekend with his son Oliver and returned from Atlanta where he visited farming sections in Georgia. He declared Milam county crops surpass anything seen on the eastern trip. Gus Ekstrom of Austin came home after a short visit with his sister Mrs. H. T. Warwick.
The Methodist revival begins Sunday night at the Civic League park pavilion. Rev. Walter Harbin of Cameron leads the services with Lloyd P. Bloodworth, a renowned Texas evangelistic singer, to assist in signing. All Cameron residents invited for cooling open-air gatherings.
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