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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
6
A fragmented historical clipping mixes quotes attributed to Mark Twain with humorous musings on honesty, perception, and human folly. The piece notes that Texas berry growers used up much of the season’s crates and strawberry boxes early, hinting at shortages. It pairs aphorisms with a regional agricultural afterword.
A Confederate veteran in Austin calls for a new monument across from the Capitol honoring Texas women who endured the Civil War. He imagines mothers and wives weaving and nursing at home, and urges fundraising by veterans to unveil a statue celebrating their courage and devotion.
In the Philadelphia Record gossip column Nell dismisses beauty concerns noting the man’s face lights up, while Belle questions a lantern jaw, reflecting playful social chatter about appearances and romance.
Advice on sorting chicks aged three to four months to keep pullets from males. It notes pullets are timid and may be crowded out of feed when dominant males accompany them. Separate if possible to ensure equal feeding and growth.
A rural advisory warns that housing chicks of different ages together harms growth and risks crowding deaths during cold nights. Younger chicks need separate space to thrive and develop properly.
A testimonial touts Dr Miles Nervine and Heart Cure as remedies for insomnia and heart trouble. The speaker claims rapid relief after years of sleepless nights and extensive medical expenses, crediting the tonics with restoring sleep and improving circulation.
The demand for better poultry drives breeders away from mongrels to the Standard breed. Uniform size and color, well filled breasts, and attractive dressed stock define quality. High beef and pork prices lift poultry margins, making hens a profitable asset for farmers and housewives alike. The chapter reveals money in chickens amid rising demand and limited world supply.
A new Alabama law requires inspection and proper labeling of nursery stock to prevent pests such as San Jose scale and Crown gall. Offenders face misdemeanor charges with fines from 10 to 100 dollars. Transportation firms are barred from moving uninspected stock. Texas remains largely pest free, but strict vigilance is urged for imports.
A remedy note advises adding a teaspoonful of copperas per gallon of water as a tonic for debilitated fowls and suggests using an iron drinking vessel for the same purpose.
The St Louis Medical Society plans a banquet to honor three physicians with long careers in the city. Dr Simon Poslok has practiced sixty eight years, William Johnston sixty five, and William McPheeters sixty three years.
The article extols the postal system as a vast orderly network connecting distant families and enabling education via correspondence schools. It highlights medical access through the mail, noting Dr. Pierce of Buffalo and The Invalids' Hotel and Lying Institute and the low cost two cent stamp enabling remote expertise and consultation.
The passage argues that over feeding is preferable to stunting growth, noting many potential prize winners are hampered by insufficient rations. It stresses that allowing some losses is better than restricting nourishment too much to the entire flock.
Ballington Booth recalls a generous woman who stood up to testify about her conversion. She admitted vanity and worldly pleasures, including silk, satin, jewelry, ribbons, and fashion, and confessed she gave them all to her sister to escape perdition.
The William H. McCauley, built in 1832 for Atlantic passenger service, plans to be publicly burned at Bayonne in a few days as it is deemed worthless. The veteran vessel has sailed the seas for seventy years, later serving to haul coal after steamships dominated ocean travel.
The article argues educated Russians master three languages besides their own, often four, with English French and German seen as essential for culture. It notes families hire several governesses to teach children foreign tongues before Russian literacy, claiming this language skill gives Russians superior knowledge of world affairs.
A historical discussion on China’s pay system where regimental funds are siphoned by officers, with a reform order to audit regimental rolls and punish fraud by decapitation. The piece notes the likelihood that many officers would have faced death under the new rule. It also reports growing popularity of Charlotte M. Yonge after her death, with readers seeking her earlier novels and works.
A literary advocate tours Chicago shops pushing language reform in retail speech. Rules forbid words like customs department miss lady and clerk and urge alternatives such as patron section madame and usher. Managers also seek to end bright stock colors and loud neckties to avoid drawing attention.
King Edward's new German steward tightens economy in the royal kitchen. Tradesmen protest over lard pricing as the steward refuses 25 cents a pound, accepts 20 cents as compromise, while markets offer 16 cents.
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