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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1926
Page
2
Experts estimate Panhandle farmers will increase grain acreage about twenty five percent this year in Amarillo and surrounding counties. Tyler reports strong truck crops in east Texas while fears of cotton overproduction persist. Watermelon groups form. peaches gaining prominence. Marlin notes a committee to advance poultry development and marketing.
Big Springs Texas reports the B Y P A unit will hold a gathering in Midland on March 28 as membership grows. The prior meeting drew more than 150 attendees, signaling strong youth activity across the region.
The County Poultry Association forms to investigate cooperative marketing and has named Willett Foster as chairman to lead the effort.
Henderson business leaders say this year's cotton crop in the area will be of higher quality staple. Six weeks of meetings have been held locally to interest farmers in growing better grade cotton.
In Troup Texas researchers investigate tomato wilt and blossom-end rot with a ten year experiment. Center Texas hosts a 1926 Shelby County cotton contest with merchants pledging over 300 dollars for prizes and expectation of at least 1000 dollars in total. Brownsville Texas prepares for a Southwest Shippers Advisory Board conference with 700 delegates expected March 19 and 20.
The First Baptist Church of Greenville Texas announces plans to erect a new building valued at two hundred thousand dollars replacing the present church facility.
Terre Haute Indiana Martin A Sheets a wealthy stock broker asked relatives to equip his tomb with a telephone and electric lights upon his death. They fulfilled his request believing he might awaken in the mausoleum.
In a vivid exchange the man proclaims readiness to face death to be near the woman, who coyly responds that her husband might kill the affair, revealing a tense, flirtatious exchange amid underlying danger.
In Pana Illinois Leo Gunter sues his wife for divorce after claiming she beat him with a stove poker. Aurora Ohio is mentioned in the suit. Bert Sarbo in a fantasy warning dreamed an old stump became a gas well and after digging he found gas earning about forty dollars daily.
Beloit Wisconsin resident Tom Grady supports Beloit College by giving blood for transfusions earning 25 dollars per operation. In New York Bobby Leach, the daredevil famous for Niagara Falls, recently slipped on an orange peel and broke his leg.
A humorous exchange where Elsie asks why Uncle John has no hair. He quips that grass won’t grow on a busy street, and she wonders if concrete blocks its growth. The joke plays on a literal misunderstanding of the metaphor.
A humorous exchange shows Mose soliciting a half offered security with a bargain. The storekeeper agrees to lend Mose credit until next week. Mose then asks to buy two hams and have one held for his return.
A newcomer reveals lasting affection after meeting the girl he has loved from the start, believing she is the one. The text centers on realized feelings and destined connection.
A humorous exchange centers on Willie admitting his father started the theme but his mother had to finish it. The teacher questions the origin, eliciting a wry family deflection about authorship and effort.
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