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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
4
The Cameron Herald lists officers W C Triggs J G West and J R Hays with directors including Robert McLane J P Werner and R P Jeter. Annual subscription is $1.00 per year.
A plea that school histories be truthful and patriotic, honoring great American figures and battles. The author urges that textbooks teach genuine U S history, avoiding propaganda and sectarian distortion to produce true American citizens.
A rambling history celebrates Horatio Chriesman a Milam county pioneer born 1792. The sketch traces his Texas surveyor work Arrivals to Independence and Cameron era and noted battles with the Karankawa and service under Sam Houston.
In Milam county settlers including Alexander Thomson helped establish the first Methodist church with the consent of alcalde Horatio Chriesman. Thomson, a Nashville colonist, urged gospel preaching and offered his home doors for worship. The alcalde promised mutual support and, by this cooperation, began the earliest Methodist church in Milam county. On July 4, 1841 a Sunday School session began.
A Michigan man died as his alarm clock went off, with claims he died from shock at the moment it sounded. The report notes a sudden, untimely death tied to a morning alarm.
Dialogue captures a playful radio banter with puns and quick jokes. The speakers Ashes and Cinders trade quips about hot dogs, pins, and prize fighting, ending with plans to resume the chat the next day.
A mother questions Johnny about his Sunday school duties while he boasts he donated enough at the collection plate to buy three ice cream sodas for tomorrow night. Rudolph Valentine denies being the world’s perfect lover, sparking playful verse. A tie pin picking up radio concerts is noted with a wink at ties collecting odd items.
A playful poem mocks a barber described as a cheerful figure. It extols water as a wondrous blessing for washing features and maintaining ships and piers, mentioning uses around bridges and even rain and ink. It ends with a tongue in cheek caution about a dampoor drink.
Trades Day draws 5000 visitors to Cameron for auctions parades and a flying air circus featuring eight war planes. The program lists 0 a m auctions 10 a m automobile parade 10 30 a m band concert 1 30 p m auction and 2 30 p m air circus with war heroes performing thrilling stunts despite varying weather.
The jury in State of Texas vs Grady Maddox charged with perjury remained out at press time after a week of trial. This is the second trial the case, the first ending in a hung jury.
Miss Stella Carter a county Red Cross nurse has joined the state health department at Austin. Insufficient county funds and reliance on public subscriptions over the past two years forced the withdrawal of county support and the suspension of the nurse’s work, a loss many call the county’s most regrettable condition.
Manager Sam W Law notes burial history at Oak Hill Cemetery from May 1920 onward. He cites seven burials in May 1920, longest gaps between funerals of two months four days from July 15 to Sept 19, 1922, and two months between April 25 and June 5, of the same year. He states 152 people buried over four and a half years, and that he attended nearly all funerals.
A colorful figure known as the GOAT GETTERS captivates the ballroom crowd with daring style, wearing Valentino panties and patent leather hair, drawing attention from many ladies before needing a two bit loan to return home.
In November 1878 a town on the Santa Fe Bay was named in his honor, serving as a monument to keep his memory alive. He lies buried in the cemetery near Chrisman, where a splendid marble monument marks his final resting place.
Dr W J Fontain from Jones Prairie traveled to Cameron last week for undisclosed reasons. Local observers noted the visit without detailing its purpose or outcomes.
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