Cameron Oil Field Leads Oil Boom Prospect in Milam County
The Cameron oil field near Tracy six miles southeast of the city draws geologists and oil operators. Two thirds of Milam County land has leases, five wells are drilling, and shallow wells total about thirty five all proving productive. A Wisconsin company drills deep tests with three rigs. gas shows promise and an oil exchange aims to organize. The Cameron Commercial Club plans a mass meeting to coordinate prospectors and attract industries, aided by a favorable rail and road network.
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Cameron
Tracy
Geolowits
Mim County
Cameron Fields
Wisconsin
J. T. Leech
Cameron Field
Wisconsin Company
Ardmore
Okla
California Traders Oil Company
Lensing
E. L. Burgfield
Milam County
Cameron Commercial Club
Texas
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Milam County Trustees and Teachers Meet Discuss Textbook Law
About one hundred trustees and twenty-five teachers from Milam rural schools attended a district court room meeting called by Jim Chadwick and the Milam County Board of Education. Mrs Ballew of the State Department of Education spoke on the textbook law as the group prepared to oversee the work. A petition to consolidate the Gano school in Williamson county with the Unity school in Milam county passed, forming the Fairview Common School District. Editor John Esten Cooke of the Rockdale Reporter visited Cameron. his wife was in Cameron Hospital for an operation. Im Rudi Fred Beoker and John Stone of Thorndale were in town on business.
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Jim Chadwick
Milam County
Fairview Common
John Esten Cooke
Rockdale
Cameron
Herald
Cooke
Cameron Hospital
Electrical storm proves disastrous in Cameron rains and mule fatalities
Heavy rains totaling 2.15 inches drenched Cameron this week with over half inch Monday night and more than an inch and a half on Wednesday. An electrical storm killed two mules belonging to Raymond Sharpe under a tree as lightning struck. Johnnie Brookman left The Herald for a position with the Taylor Daily Democrat in Taylor, joining the staff there.
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Cameron
Raymond Sharpe
Sharpe
Johnnie Brookman
Herald Force
Taylor
Taylor Daily Democrat
the Herald
Johnnie
Prohibitionists Begin Campaign Sunday Across State
The prohibition amendment campaign to be voted on May 24 opens next Sunday with statewide activity. The Cameron Methodist church hosts the opening meeting at 3 PM featuring speaker W. C. Davis of Bryan. Citizens are urged to attend.
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Cameron
Methodist Church
W. C. Davis
Bryan
Cameron Commercial Club Calls Meeting on Oil Ads
The Cameron Commercial Club met in a call session Tuesday night to decide on advertising Cameron oil interests. They voted to take no action beyond asking the secretary to monitor oil developments and promote them in the daily press. Elsie Watkins and Dick Fitzgerald of Rockdale were married Sunday afternoon by Justice Paul King at the County Clerk's office. They left for their Rockdale home afterward.
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Cameron Commercial Club
Cameron
Elsie Watkins
Dick Fitzgerald
Rockdale
Paul King
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic in Malaria Fight
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to destroy malarial germs carried by mosquitoes and transmit to blood, priced at 600. The patent medicine note emphasizes its preventative use against malaria transmission.
Revival Services At The Christian Church
A revival began last Wednesday night at the Christian church led by Rev. R. E. Roberts. The meeting draws strong church cooperation with Miss Ethel Walston directing a quality choir. Several additions to the church have occurred already. all are invited to attend.
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Christian Church
R. E. Roberts
Toby's Business College Promotes Veteran Career Training
Edoward Toby, president of Toby's Business College in Waco Texas, urges soldiers sailors and marines to pursue post service training in bookkeeping banking shorthand typing telegraphy and office machines with free descriptive catalogs and employment assistance.
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Edoward Toby
Toby’s Business College
Waco, Texas
Piles Relief Promise from PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. It relieves itching instantly and allows restful sleep after the first application. Price may vary.
Franklin Quote Used To Justify Water Purchases
A terse social media style line cites Benjamin Franklin to argue that people will value water once supplies dwindle, advocating buying a Water Source System. The remark frames water as scarce and worth paying for in climate or drought conditions.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Milan
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the Christian Church
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