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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1895
Page
5
Local items note John T Arnold building a dwelling and Burns Bever, Ed Hunter family joys. Ads promote Hefley firms with buggies and wagons, L C Porter’s cheap whips, Hood’s Pills cures headaches, and Fish Bro wagons. Ball games Cameron vs Jones Prairie and Cameron vs Shreveport scheduled. recent baseball score San Antonio beat Cameron 15 to 5 in seven innings.
A crowded page notes personal events and advertisements from Cameron and Falls County. It mentions a death in Stranger, typhoid fever, condolences to the family, a barber and Little Gem shop, local sales pitches, a move of Sam Houston to Cheeves Bros. & Co., a youth’s burial at North Elm cemetery, a speech by Joseph W. Bailey in Cameron, and several ads for medicines, buggies, and wicker rocking chairs. It also lists licenses to marry for multiple couples.
The last issue of Tue Herap was intensively complimented and endorsed in Cameron as an emphatic declaration in favor of clean and honest politics.
Citizens of Ben Arnold request public discourse on day’s issues with Hon B L Antony and Mayor A J Lewis speaking at 8 o clock Saturday July 27. Monta J Moore also set to address concerns at the same venue and date.
Prepared by C J Hood Co Lowell Massachusetts the firm promises patient care prompt service and public patronage Mr Hefley and Mr Sampson join as partners Estray Notice taken up by J L Reese before Ed F English J P on July 26 1895 a bay horse 14 hands star on face 12 years old right eye out unbranded valued at 10 dollars may be disposed of if unclaimed per law
A 1895 affidavit from Cameron Texas asserts editor Oscar K F McAnally writes all editorials. The note by Matt B Bayley of the Herald confirms long association, sworn July 22 1895. An Utica Mississippi letter discusses boll worm timing and garden matters. An advertised letter list and political note close the fragment.
The editor wins support from both sides amid a new newspaper arrangement. Macune backs populists after the deal, raising questions about whether the move serves his salary. Critics warn a distant power’s hand could pull the paper from its perch, spotlighting Democratic officeholders and populist stockholders in a tense lace of influence.
List of unclaimed express packages pending at the office includes Babe Alexandrie and many others. An advertisement promotes Hetly & Hefley’s enterprising house selling carriages and surries with a claim of best and cheapest stock, urging purchase before the assortment is broken and promising satisfaction on quality and terms.
Health claims urge mothers to use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription to strengthen women, regulate functions, reduce childbirth pains, and support nourishment. It is billed as an invigorating tonic and remedy for female complaints with a money back guarantee if it fails.
Dallas dated July 20 1805 reveals stockholders of Milam News Publishing Company as M. J. Moore W. M. Thompson F. Wingo J. C. Stafford J. J. Irvin and Ed I English. The letter notes Kemp Macune Byus not stockholders and Democrats own the paper. Edits in this issue were prepared before the Dallas letter arrived. Also includes an advertisement for a medical association offering a sealed illustrated book for 10 cents.
Aurion Woop of Springfield Missouri endorses P. P. P. as a superior blood preparation and tonic. He describes prior erysipelas treated with prickly ash poke root and the fall course, followed by spring debility that improved after another P. P. P. course. He urges others to try it.
Miss Rhoda Dorrah visits Mrs. Lewis in Rockdale this week. Tor Graves of Lilac chats with friends in Cameron yesterday. Mrs. W. L. Luther and children visit relatives in Coleman City. Dr. J. C. Womack and Misses Nesbitt in Gatesville visiting kin. Emme Tyson of Maysfield in Cameron Tuesday en route home from Brownwood. D. G. Pool of Jones Prairie seen on our streets last Friday. W. G. Wolf near Rockdale visits relatives last week. Miss Kemp visiting in Temple with sister Mrs. C. P. Dodge. Slocomb and Cammer return from Corpus Christi. Ed Tompkine near Ad Hall reports cotton needs rain. Miss Sadie Davis of Waco visits Mrs. Horstmann. Lucy and Jack Harris of Belton visiting. Maud Dawson and Estelle Melver visit Rockdale. Melver returns from Eureka Springs. Robt. Gailbreath near Ad Hall brings a 15 ft 5 in corn stalk. Mrs. J. J. Barton and children of Hale Center visit Cameron. Fannie Smith returning from Temple and Waco. Luther Roberts returns from two months in the country. J. Oxenford and Victoria in Calvert. Maude Lyles visiting in Tennessee. Willie McKinney visits country friends. Ora Eplen returns from Yarrellton. Dr. W. W. Ghreer and family back from North Carolina and improved. Doctor notes Tur I Line issue received while away.
Unclear fragment lists assets and liabilities of a bank including loans and discounts overdrafts bonds capital stock surplus undivided profits dividends unpaid deposits and rediscounts. The legible items mention national banks due to and from, demand deposits and notes payable but many words are garbled.
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