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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
5
Local notes report a harsh winter easing with convalescents regaining strength after a damaging hail storm. Social events include a Woodmen hall supper and a masked wife reveal, plus visits from J Z Young and others. Upcoming rally and school concert planned. several residents suffer chills, fever, rheumatism, or travel to Marlin and Carrizo Springs for business or health.
Branchville notes praise Milam county ties with Monta J. Moore and T. S. Henderson as leaders. The piece highlights alfalfa crops, cattle, fruit, and vegetables, a school picnic and egg hunt, local shops like Will Loony Jr and J. J. Kemp, and social visits.Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Randle visit. Miss Minnie Nell Blaylock misses Easter egg recapture. prize to Miss Katie Smith.
Suffering folks are urged to use Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills to relieve headaches neuralgia backache rheumatism and other pains. The ad contrasts narcotics with the pills noting they restore natural secretions and are pleasant to take with quick results. It cites relief from seasickness car sickness sleeplessness and menstrual pains while promoting safety and curative claims.
An artist's description portrays a tinselmaker in Delhi at his craft. The scene follows the thread from a ball under his foot as it moves along a hook to a spindle, with swift hands guiding the thread and reel. Golden tinsel arcs upward, catching sunlight and firelike brightness on the silken thread.
Mr Rice Dennis left for Milam to work in the black lands as Mr R W Rose of Tangle wood spoke on the Union Saturday eve. Cameron’s John Watson visited, asking votes and urging ladies to canvass for him. Voters, though few due to weather, show support as N B McKinney of Branchville joins them. Milano locals seek likeness photos and a visiting dentist was noted last week. Success to The Herald and Mr McKinney.
R. R. Cone writes from Port Sullivan Texas urging a square deal in the sheriff race among N. B. McKinney, Holtzclaw and Todd. He disputes rumors about motives and calls for fair consideration of each candidate. Cone says he has not decided and mentions local social visits and a joke about cheroots.
About 40 city and county health officers gather in Austin on May 2 to discuss sanitary measures for preventing yellow fever and other contagious diseases in Texas. Morning session centers on a paper by Galveston Health Officer Truehart titled Mosquito Extermination and Its Bearing on Modern Quarantine. Dr Sapp reports New Orleans keeps suspects screened for three days.
Carl Pool returned to the State University Sunday. Mrs. Mazie Shaw visited Holland then returned with her mother. Neal of the Racket store went to Waco. Major Lyles arrived from the Territory after court work. Miss Cora Barron traveled to Rosebud on business and proves a capable businesswoman. Delegates from Cameron attended the Knight Templars conclave in Waco on the 24th and 25th. Dr. Fontaine and wife were in town. Dr. Newton of Buckholts consulted a dentist, Mrs. J. J. Jennings. Hubert Adkinson brought his mother for shopping. Will D. Allday and Leonard Lankford were in town. Radishes shipped to Denver netted 14.40 per barrel for C. L. Presley of Hoyte. G. Hudson expects to hear Gov. Monta next Tuesday at the Park. J. W. Gaston and daughter Evelinor Gaston visiting Cameron from Meridian, Miss. J. F. Barmore of Maysfield doing business in Cameron. Prof. J. C. Watts, J. Henderson and Hugh McCall were callers. Carrie Williams of Maysfield in town. P. H. McKinney reported fine crops and rain hoped soon. Al Reeder of San Diego stopped in Cameron en route to Brownwood and Dallas. Gus Shaw from Enterprise, Miss., now clerk at Cheeves Bros. Ike Looney met voters in Sharp neighborhood Wednesday.
A reflection on perseverance amid slander noting that patience can wear down opposition but cannot quiet a whispered tale. The piece invokes Uncle Dick from Madison Jour to underline the resilience of reputations against gossip.
The public school closed on the 21st with a grand reception hosted by teachers Miss Edna and Miss Daisy Sprinkle at Mr. A. Harlen’s home. Guests included Mr. Bailey and Mr. Shaw of Cameron and Mr. Joe Foster with Misses Bess and Elsie.
A harsh critique denounces John Alexander Dowie and Zion City as a fraudulent religious sect. The author predicts court battles over a claimed twenty five million dollar estate, calls for Dowie’s confinement, and condemns religious fanatics as dangerous fools.
The piece contrasts city draw with country life, noting city life offers glittering political and social power that the country lacks. It argues country rewards, though different, are better than gold, while city life invites personal tragedy and beggary amid the crowds.
On a Tuesday morning Tillie the cautious Scandinavian maid hesitates before ironing and asks in broken English whether to cook flat iron, seeking confirmation from Moesixs. The scene hints at a humorous domestic misunderstanding and Tillie’s careful approach to tasks.
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