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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
3
A string of numbers and monetary figures including 1 443 05 3 660 00 1 845 00 12 763 50 3 500 00 5 000 00 $580 005 67 presented as a lineage of values without context. The extract appears to list sums and prices in an unknown ledger or catalog format.
The Baptist church launches a series of revival meetings on Sunday March 26 led by Pastor with Evangelistic Singer Sam Raborn of Waco assisting. Raborn tops as song leader and helper as the community is invited to join the music and efforts to reach the lost.
March earns its title as the windiest month with high winds and dust that persist, making the conditions monotonous.
The Cameronian Literary Society opened with prayer by Claude Franklin. Members read minutes and heard declamations from Claude Franklin and Wilbur Shhaeffer. Debated whether immigrants should read in any language. affirmative team Thompson Kemp and Marion Morton won 2 to 1 over Alfred Walston and George Clement. The meeting adjourned.
A guide on reverent handling and custody of books, warning against careless opening, premature closing, and unauthorized writing. It condemns unlearned scribblers, upside down pages, and unwashed helpers, urging prompt repair of any damage to preserve value and usefulness.
The S A and A P timetable shifts to a March 8 1916 change. The night train will connect San Antonio Kerrville Corpus Christi and coast points. Northbound No 54 arrives 6 45 am departs 7 am. No 52 arrives 7 10 pm departs 7 25 pm. Southbound No 51 arrives 8 25 am departs 8 40 am. No 53 arrives 6 15 pm departs 6 30 pm.
An old label advertisement promotes GROVES tasteless tonic with quinine and iron claiming to drive out malaria and boost the system. The ad highlights the formula printed on the label and lists a price of 50 cents.
In The American Magazine an article profiles William Dutcher’s tireless campaign against the slaughter of birds and the aigrette trade. He pressed Albany legislators, faced defeats, and by 1910 helped pass New York’s plumage law banning sale of the white feather trade, benefiting agriculture and insectivorous birds.
John Galsworthy argues that happiness comes from breadth of heart, inward freedom to understand and help others, and that justice, love, and sacrifice give human life its meaning beyond efficiency or wealth. He contrasts animal-like efficiency with conscious altruism and calls for deeper self and mutual understanding.
The article explains cellulose as the main constituent of vegetable tissues and fibers such as cotton linen jute and hemp. It notes wood pulp for clothing and the possibility of using spruce cellulose for textiles, while remarking that hardware purity relies on high pressure and strong adhesive.
In the late Victrola contest at Pace-Marshall Drug Co Miss Katy Eggert and Miss Christine Cone led the field and both received Victrolas identical in style and price. Cameron Texas attorney M G Cox listed as lawyer.
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