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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1905
Page
2
Epworth League rally schedule notes a program at Awndsieht on May 24 at 8 15 p m led by Smith with choir and lay figures. Bible lesson from Jeremiah 35 1 19 focuses on temperance themes and a temperance talk by Owen. The event invites all to attend and observe the proceedings led by President Smith.
Sunday the 10th was set aside for Children’s Day by Ben Arnold Sunday school. The Baptists and Methodists joined to stage an elaborate program filling the large church. The event inspired both children and audience with songs, teachings, and a dinner for the multitudes. Superintendent J P McClendon’s leadership strengthens the Sunday school and Epworth League progress under President Clint Stewart. The day closed with a sermon by pastor J W Hennessee and note of new carpets improving the church interior.
A calm session saw a high attendance as the usual meeting proceeded. A commander resigned, the lieutenant, Lady Er, was elected to fill the vacancy, and Ri Lyles was chosen for an additional post.
The article notes high elevations bring fevers while lower levels see malaria more. It mentions climate affections and various illnesses such as jaundice and debility. It concludes with a promotion of Electric Bitters as a remedy.
In Hot Springs on May 18 the Southern Baptist Convention adopted resolutions condemning liquor in all forms. A fifteen member standing temperance committee was created with headquarters at Waco Texas to lead the fight, after an amendment by Dr. A J Barton. Also urged were anti liquor taxes and boycotts of candidates aligned with saloon interests. A fundraising drive for an infant in Dallas raised over 310 dollars at a Houston game while the city seeks a caregiver for the child.
The Texas Association of Mexican War Veterans elected Abe Harris of Fort Worth president for life and Mrs. Moore Murdock of Dallas secretary for life. Reports from Cameron and Fort Worth note long lived residents and a shooting incident, with updates on local deaths and a train accident in Gordon and Graham.
A scattered set of short items notes the 1909 Southern Baptist convention planned for Louisville, deaths in Texas from various incidents, small loans, political returns from Japan, a Texas veterans meeting in San Antonio, Stanton’s old courthouse removal for a new $40 000 structure, odd animal registrations in Chicago, a British regiment in India losing men to cholera, auction of John W Gates mansion for 65000 after a 400000 cost, fire losses in Oklahoma, a typhoid death in Texas, a Los Angeles mother killing her infant and herself, 10000 visitors to a skeletons exhibit in Indiana, a balloon accident in Dallas, and a Burrows Mallory state department note.
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