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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
5
Personal notes report Mr. Jas. Cargill has gone to Marlin to recuperate. Also noted are Mr. and Mrs. Preston Graves of Lilac visiting Cameron this week. A local store advertises a big cut on white shoes at Wagner's.
A collage of items from Corsicana and Navarro county includes travel notes, sales and promotions for Backstrom photographs and canning at Terrell's, political endorsements for Richard Mayo for Congress, and reports on local visits, school and church events, and regional travel to Galveston and Denver.
Mr. J. S. Cabron, Buckholts cotton weigher, expects corn and cotton crops to be lighter. Cameron town seeks to buy an unfinished railroad shaft about 1700 feet deep. Neill Corley of Covington Ga and Milton Tucker buy Tucker stand, to take charge Aug 1. Howard Baskin and wife return from bridal tour. plan to stay in Cameron until Aug 1.
A lady lost a purse containing ten dollars and seven yellow heart shaped topaz necklace on a train between Minerva and Cameron. Finder rewarded for returning to this office.
A fragmented July letter list includes individuals such as Lapies Lelia Calpardo Jane Cawthon Irene Ditmore and mentions gentlemen and A Allen. The readable text is sparse and lacks full context or actions.
Superintendent W J Sims lists teacher placements for Cameron public schools for the coming year. Names include J E Watts principal, Miss Lina Perlitz Latin and German, Miss Lena Dupree 11th grade, Miss Ada Henderson 1st grade, and others in elementary and secondary grades. Colored schools assign A R Jefferson principal, D C Hendricks grammar grades, Josephine Johnson primary grades, plus a to be selected primary grade teacher.
Marriage licenses are listed with pairs such as Dinte and Marila Solea, Jack Halloway and Alice Murray, H Story and Laura Hamilton, A E Dodson and Florence Mangam, C D White and Pearl Whited, Jas Galloway and Annie Hibeler, J L Thomas and Cassie P, Mitchell and Pearl Britton, Frank Pruett and Zora Barrett. Also notes a show window sale on Ladies and Misses Oxfords and a canning plant investment by G A Green of Rogers at E Y Ter.
Executive Department Washington writes to Maj. Benj Bryant urging census of tribes and peace on the Texas frontier. Houston discusses waco treaty hopes, gifts to Lipars and Toncahaus, warnings about violence against women and children, and orders to restrict trading without agent consent. The original belongs to Mr Jeff T Kemp.
A dark plaid young man’s coat was lost between the residence of H. A. Jackson and town. The finder should leave it with Mr. Jackson or at the Herald office to receive a reward.
An advertisement line promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as the pleasantest and most effective cure for constipation, asserting they awaken torpid livers and unblock bowels. The copy includes misspelled phrases from an old ad style.
The proprietor states he has sold the business to his son Milton and J N Corley of Covington Ga who will assume charge August first. He will still hold accounts and asks customers to settle small balances promptly by August while offering best wishes for continued support from patrons and the public.
A. P. S rates for Epworth League at Corpus Epworth with sale dates July to August and child discounts. Biennial Grand Lodge AOUW in San Antonio with round trip 6 35. Central Texas Gun Club Corsicana round trip 4 35. Grand Lodge Masons Ft Worth 5 10. excursions to Old States. agent Kk E Dimaline states inquiries welcome.
Hon E A Camp candidate for representative will speak at night at Burlington July 21 Jones Prairie July 23 and Salty School House July 24. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
An old advertisement warns against false cures and promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the only positive cure for rheumatism, priced 85c, with tea or tablets sold by Geo. A. Thomas & Sons.
An article praising Abraham Lincoln as a great man and noting a medicinal advertisement for Ballard’s Horehound Syrup selling cough remedy by Pace Parshall Drug Co. The piece promotes the product as a cure for coughs colds bronchitis influenza and pulmonary diseases.
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