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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1919
Page
13
This ad promises a $1 aluminum cooker for women who missed previous offers. Supply limited to one per family and available for one week only. It claims better flavor from Queen grains oats and urges sending a sales slip to prove use, with potential savings on cereals.
The offer invites customers to buy five packages of Quaker or Mother's Oats or four oats plus one Quaker corn meal or hominy. Submit the grocer's sales slip with $1 to receive an Aluminum Cooker by parcel post. Mail-in deadline is one week.
The Cameron City Council orders a special election on Tuesday April 1 1919. The vote concerns a proposed ad valorem tax up to seventy five cents per one hundred dollars for school purposes per Texas Revised Statutes as amended. The petition by T S Henderson and 150 other property tax paying voters is noted as meeting required signature counts.
Cameron Texas voters will decide on a special ad valorem tax not to exceed 75 cents per $100 valuation for public school purposes. A. H. Baskin named presiding judge with two assistants and two clerks. returns due to City Council. Also ordered are 1919 1921 city officer elections and alderman seats to fill.
The Income Tax drive closes Saturday night March 15 with returns and payments due to local collectors. Texans must file under the Revenue Law with penalties for late or fraudulent filings. Women, farmers, and wage earners all face rules on income, deductions, and joint or separate returns as explained by Internal Revenue officials.
Washington policy official Daniel Roper assures taxpayers that abatements refunds and appeals protect rights. He says no one pays more than their share and refunds will be issued when excess tax was collected. The tax system is described as on the level across all returns for 1918.
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