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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
2
The Herald lists Democratic primary candidates across multiple county offices including Congress Sixth District hopefuls Rufus Hardy and T S Henderson and many local posts such as County Clerk Jeff Kemp County Treasurer W A Nabours and Sheriff J B Holtzclaw with other named deputies and precincts. Voter participation is set for Saturday in the upcoming July watch period.
Hyomei is advertised as a non ingestible relief for catarrh using a pocket inhaler. The balsamic mist acts through the air passages to cure irritation and germs, with a few days treatment often enough. Pace-Marshall backs the product with a guarantee and outfits priced at one dollar and extra bottles at fifty cents.
Mr Ed McCord son of Capt McCord was accidentally shot in the left side by a six shooter while employed by Santa Fe as a time keeper with a construction crew. He lies in Milam hospital resting well. the wound is not serious. Come to the picnic in Germania Park Tuesday May 5.
The Belton Journal notes Temperance leaders and a Williamson County Law and Order League offer a $25 reward for future whiskey convictions. It argues saloon licenses are secured by brewers with mortgages, turning elections into business for brewers who pay licenses sell liquor and employ clerks while guarding against losses.
A speaker repeats a cautionary tale about alcohol ruin from an aging farmer who drank to work, losing wife and sons to drink and ending in poverty. A dishonest matchmaker and a widowed mother who dies after hardship undercuts the family, with an endorsement of reform. Boys turn to crime. a picnic invitation follows for Germania Park on May 8.
After the Spanish American War a rich, quiet philanthropist commissions a nine story sailors club near the Brooklyn navy yard. It offers lodging for twenty five cents, meals at low prices, baths, a swimming pool, linen, shaving, books, telephones and billiards with free deposit safes and a dark room. Admiral Dewey praised her generosity.
Saturday afternoon during a shower at the Citizens and Cameron State Bank crossing Miss Newman driving her horse into Mrs Kerby s buggy threw her onto the road. Mrs Kerby suffered two broken shoulder bones and head injuries while her young daughter sustained a serious shock but no bones were broken.
On December 5, 1905, John R. Wallace of Yarrelton Texas was granted letters testamentary for the estate of Mrs. Mariah Cathrine Wallace deceased. All persons with claims against the estate must present them to the executor within the legally prescribed time.
An old ad touts Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets as a busy medicine for many people. It claims to bring golden health and renewed vigor and mentions various ingredients and uses in a period sales pitch.
A wartime pamphlet extols Japanese endurance and links stomach health to vitality. It promotes Miona stomach remedy sold by Pace Marshall Drug Co in Cameron with a 50 cent package guarantee, claiming relief from indigestion, nervousness, and food intolerance.
June discussion on graduation gowns contrasts grammar school and college norms. It notes college grads wear a cap and gown with plain waisted outfits and white skirts, avoiding fluffy dresses. It also references McCall's Magazine June issue and a note about electricity prices, plus a May 8 excursion to Germania Park.
Morgan Dickinson appears to prepare dental instruments for equine care at the fire station. The note directs contacting him there for the procedure. The fragment ends with a stray code 41-If adding no further context.
A vintage ad urges readers to ask for Scott's Emulsion at drug stores. It claims steady yearly sales growth for thirty years and contrasts it with substitutes, highlighting cod liver oil and other extracts as plentiful though not the same. Scott & Bowne, chemists, New York sell for 60 cents and 1 dollar.
A reader from Toyah Texas sends $1 for the Herald and praises the paper for news from the people and country. He notes a growing town, a planned national bank, rapid school funding, rain impact, and a stock market upturn, signing as W. C. CAARGILL and inviting readers to a May 8 picnic in Germania Park.
Supt J W Clark of Rockdale authorizes The Herald to publish Cameron hotels and boarding houses willing to take Summer Normal boarders. Senco opens June 19 and closes July 27.
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