City Council Proceeding Notes From Last Tuesday Meeting
Full attendance as council met for over two hours. April reports show minor taxes, street and water funds, with several accounts approved, including water works and street work payments. Fire department hose needs prompted purchase approval of 300 feet and Eureka hose contract at $1.00 per foot, with Alderman Bender authorized to sign. Morgan Dickinson gains permission to enlarge his upstairs room at his own expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
C. L. Kidd
Finance Committee
Boyles
Beaty
Water, Power & Light Co
Tarver Commission Co
Maverick-Clarke Co
J. W. Coleman
Johan Tullis
Frank Young
Mitchell Young
John T. Arnold
J. M. Smith
Maverick
Joe E. Krizan
Fire Department
Westmoreland
Sharpe
Clark
Hose Company
Eureka
Bender
Fire and Water Committee
Morgan Dickinson
The
Halle
City Officials Review Edits and Approve Trustees
A resolution of thanks was extended to O F McAnally for five copies of the Revised City Ordinances. An equalization board appointment was postponed to the next meeting. H F Smith W A Triggs T M Dobbins and Antone Lesoveky elected school trustees for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. McAnally
H. F. Smith
W. 4. Triggs
T. M. Dobbins
Antone Lesoveky
Sharpe
Boyles
Beaty
Cass
H&rald
Rainless spell hurts cotton as weevils invade fields
Clarkson notes a light rain did little to lift cotton crops while chintz bugs devastate corn and boll weevils appear in large numbers. Local gatherings include a Sabbath eve visit from Rosebud party and sermons by Rev. Sproles and B T Goodwin at Briery with a growing Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dupree
Miss Wright
Porter
Rosebud
Sproles
B. T. Goodwin
Briery
Bro. D. Jones
Lou Rodgergia
Burlegon County
Emma Grow
A E Burn Eupion Oil Ad Listing Local Firms
An old advertisement fragment lists merchants and firms such as Gaston-Sprinkel Mercantile Co and Hefley Hefley among others including J. D. Morton Purifoy Tom Rhodes and Woolley in the Jones Prairie and Maysfield area. The snippet names multiple names and associates them with the oil trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dobbine
Gaston-Sprinkel Mercantile Co
C. N. Green & Bro Hefley & Hefley
D. Kemp
Lesovsky & Krizan
J. D. Morton
A. J
Purifoy
Tom Rhodes
B. Vogel
Jp, Woolley
Notice by Publication Estate Final Account Milam County Texas
Public notice from Milam County Texas required publication for J W Hudson administrator of Ella Cole estate. The final account and discharge petition to be considered at the Milam County Court in Cameron on the first Monday in June 1908. Objections due by that term. Clerk J B Tyson signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Milam County
J. W. Hudson
Ella Cole
Cy Court
Milam
Court House
Cameron
J. B. Tyson
Milameo
Special Notice on Box Rent Payments by Post Offices
The notice requires all box rents to be paid by the tenth of the month beginning a new quarter. It states this is the new post office regulation requiring postmasters to enforce rent payments.
Leiter List and notices from early Texas records
The page lists the Leiter List for week ending May 4 with names for Ladies and Gents, mentions calling for advertised pieces with a fee, notes an administratrix notice for Moses H. Taylor estate seeking claims, and lists probate jurors for a fourth week. It also reports a fire and marine insurance company organized in Texas with $1,000,000 capital, to be headquartered in Houston, promoted by ex-Comptroller W. J. Swain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Houston
W. J. Swain
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City Council Proceedings
F. W. Reed
Sears & Robuck
Columbia
Staples
Abe
Lowell
Lonsdale
Bie
Wagner & Stevenson
Cameron,Texas
India
Persia
Clarkson
Tus Herald
Eupion
Eupion Oil
Collier
W. T. Johnson
Jones Prairie
Flinn & Reid
Maysfield
Marak
Jos
Matula
Wokaty
Anton Wokaty
Yarrelton
R. B. Ferguson, D. K. McCall
City of Cameron Thin
J. Ek
Tyson Clerk
C. C, Milam Co
Kattie Clairon
Mary Harris
Nettie Lincul
Mary Shrefman
Seanna Smith
Sarah Levigg
Callie Richey
Granville Baldwin
R. E. Christian
M. C. Brown
Carl Brown
Jack Brown
B. A. Pierson
Rev. H. Withite
Anna Deawronn
P. M
Notich
Moses H. Taylor
H. Taylor
Bik
F. M. Robinson
A. E. Mansey
Jett Mills
A.J. Sullivan
W. M. Stults
J. F. Wingo
Friend
T. F. Hardy
J. L. Stewart
T. M. Dobbing
G. W. Broadway
W.N. Mowdy
O. A. Bowen
N. H. Butts
McAnally
R.A. McLane
W. M. Jeter
I. 2. Hairston
A. Kelarifoy
W.D. Young
J. WT. Rep
G. T. Calson
JB. Moses
A.W McKays
Ik Nugmeny
Cithind
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