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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
5
Foundation laid this week for the home of R H McIntosh in Cameron. Architects C H Page and Bros of Austin and E Egert of Cameron prepared the April contract. The two story plastered residence features cedar closets sun parlor and sleeping porch with ivory interior and tiled baths.
Industrial legislators at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Akron Ohio condemn overall clubs as a wasteful fad. In near unanimous votes the Senate and House of the industrial assembly urge workers to wear old clothes to curb clothing costs. Most Goodyear employees reportedly follow the advice and forgo new garments in a push to lower prices.
Tyler Commercial College promotes a three and a half month program promising employment after completion and large free catalogue. It touts 3965 enrollments last year and 80,000 graduates with good salaries or business ventures. Also notes J B Simpson returning to Dallas after heading Cameron cotton classing and businessman plans, and Postmaster Jeff T Kemp attending a May Fete in Georgetown before a convention.
Dodson promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant vegetable remedy replacing calomel. Local druggists report a sales drop for calomel and endorse the guaranteed, money back product that claims to ease liver sluggishness and constipation without causing biliousness or sickness.
A fire at Camp Travis San Antonio Texas caused an estimated 500000 in damage to an ordnance department warehouse storing rifles machine guns automat ic rifles revolvers trench knives and other equipment valued at 1000000. The blaze prompted security measures as officers firemen and military police prepared for possible plots ahead of May Day. A board of officers will investigate the conflagration.
An old home hair coloring recipe known as Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray or faded hair naturally. The advertisement suggests asking drug stores for the product and describes applying it with a sponge to a strand at a time for darker, glossy results after a few uses.
A vintage advertisement promotes Rove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as restoring vitality by purifying and enriching the blood. It claims the tonic brings a strengthening and invigorating effect and lists a price of 0 cents.
In Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company preferred stock sale female employees subscribed more than men. Nearly every woman purchaser invested about 400 dollars, boosting total stockholders to over 21,000 of 50,000 employees with more than 10.3 million dollars in stock. Previous sale drew 7,500 subscribers totaling 545 thousand dollars.
An advertisement notes that for pure Mebane cotton planting seed readers should consult Stedman and Rogers with a reference to catalog or page 30-t.
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