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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
3
Local notices report residents returning from Corsicana and Temple visits, entries about relatives in Cameron sanitarium, training camp departures to Leon Springs, and community events. Readers are also reminded of advertising and service notices, church and school activities, and upcoming graduations in Granger, Yarrellton, Buckholts, and nearby towns.
The Herald reports Ben Strum, former Cameron mayor, now a San Antonio leader, is well with family. Albert works for Swift & Company in Corpus Christi while Morris and Willie are employed at Fort Sam Houston and earn good salaries. Strum hopes to return to Cameron. readers promise a royal welcome.
At the last school board meeting the following teachers were elected for various grades: First grade Ada Henderson, Allie Gilleland, Edna Sprinkel, Minnie Wolf, Bessie Lowe, Jewel Joslin, Mamie Black, Nora Hefley, Olive McGehee, Kathryn Robbins, and W. J. Walker. High School picks include Julia Williams Ruth Robbins Julia Cooper Mary Archibald and W H Norwood. Music selections Bonnie Brougher Ruth Sprinkel Daisy Sprinkel. Expression: M F Tucker. Superintendent J E Watts re elected in April.
Last Sunday a class of 22 children 11 boys and 11 girls received their Solemn First Communion at St Monica's Parish. Procession from St Anthony Academy, High Mass with Rosary Mass, offertory Vent Jesus, and veiled by ferns flowers and candles. Pastor Rev Simon Spinneweber gave a moving sermon on religious duty. Holy God We Praise Thy Name closed the service.
Mr Emmett Streetman departed Tuesday for Houston to enter the army, leaving home and work behind as he joins the service.
Figures for 1917 and 1916 are provided by County Superintendent Jas. F. Chadwick for publication. The document notes gains of 359 and includes a brief, clipped summary of the data.
The Triges Dry Goods Co. will add an upstairs rear annex for its ladies ready to wear department. The new area will include an alteration room so customers can be fitted before leaving the store. London May 14. In the House of Commons John Annan Bryce urged a firm stance against a separate peace with Austria to reassure allied nations and influence Russia. Andrew Bonar Law denied any plan for such a peace and noted that German aims include detaching allies. He added no treaty with Japan would allow overrun of Siberia if Russia slackened.
The Emis and Cook farm six miles from Buckholts in Milam county hosts a premier gravel pit and concrete sand. Government engineers tested the gravel and praised its quality, noting sand content that yields concrete requiring little cement.
Property listing for 200 acres 12 miles east of Cameron with 150 cultivated acres, three houses, 75 acres valley and ham mock, remaining good sandy loam with ample water and timber. Priced at $30 per acre. Contact Wm. R. Rogers for real estate and farm loans.
Three women and a young woman were bitten by a dog suspected of hydrophobia and sent to the Pasteur Institute in Austin for treatment. Reports from Austin indicate all patients are improving.
Branchville farmers A J Walker and M R Looney were in court visitors this week. Looney reports spent rains in his section and that only sunshiny weather is needed now.
Auction notice lists 230 acres of improved sandy land five miles southeast of Rockdale near Lewis School House, 140 acres in cultivation, eight room house, barn and well. Wm. R. Rogers real estate and farm loans. Also advertises HERBINE 50c for torpid liver sold by Pace-Marshall Drug Store. May.
The operetta The Little Wild Rose was presented Friday night in the High School auditorium under Miss Bonnie Brougher. Participants included The Blue Bonnets The Dixie Girls and The Pollyannas. A large crowd attended and proceeds benefited the school annual fund.
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