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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
6
The Cameron Herald marks its twenty fifth year with a review of editors and the paper’s economic ties. Included are references to Monta J. Moore W. J. Beer Dr. Pope Macune Rev Peeler Walker Maj Moore G W McKnight and Oscar McAnally who led the paper for many years. Also recounted are tales from the era and a brief miscellany of anecdotes and ads.
K Lamity argues the Texas governor race narrows to Col. Tom Campbell of Palestine versus Hon. Charles K Bell of Fort Worth. He praises past Democratic rule but calls for bold action against trusts and graft, urging Campbell's election as a decisive turn to curtail illegal combinations and vindicate honest labor.
Catalog of odd quotes and ads from a Chicago scene. Mentions inspectors targeting loud sellers and a sales pitch for a county assistant manager position with no experience required. Also promotes Germania Park events and a New Feed Store and Wagon Yard offering livestock trades and wagons.
Mr Geo Ht Petts of Dallas stopped in Cameron en route to Maysfield to pursue Miss Carrie Williams. Ed Flinn of Clarkson visited Cameron forecasting above average corn. Rev Glenn Flint of Galveston officiated the wedding of Mr Erskine and Miss Susie Fontaine at Little River. Mrs Cleo Fleming of Dallas is visiting Cameron relatives this week.
The ceremony joined Mr. N. C. Erskine of Temple and Miss Susie Fontaine at Little River Baptist Church at 9:30 PM Wednesday. Rev. Glenn Flinn officiated as the couple left for Temple after greetings, signaling their future home.
The Houston Post argues for equal educational importance for country and city children. It urges permanent adoption of industrial education, better rural schools, and a responsive system to raise Texas toward leading population and wealth. It calls voters to question legislative candidates about public education improvements.
An old ad claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets cure constipation indigestion eczema bad breath and backache. Promoted as a genuine product by an unnamed company in Madison Wisconsin, priced at 85 cents per box for “olden Nuggets for sal low people.”
The verses list wedding day superstitions by color and day of the week, linking hues like white gray black red green blue pearl yellow brown pink to outcomes such as safety travel wealth or sorrow. It adds seasonal guidance, noting favorable times like May and June and warnings for July and August weddings.
The piece discusses marriage beliefs tied to months and flowers with Spain Moorish origins, notes on the myrtle and orange blossom, and rice throwing in weddings. It also reports Hillsboro Texas resident Mayfield sending cotton samples to a state entomologist about ladybugs destroying plant lice, with a brief Herald price.
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