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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1934
Page
8
Detroit report notes Chevrolet total monthly sales surpassed 100000 for the first time in three years. Through April retail sales up 62 percent from a year ago with 281033 for the first four months, aided by 1934 knee action models despite prior shortages.
Doctors worldwide warn against buying or taking unknown drugs and urge customers to ask their own doctor. When buying Bayer Aspirin in stores, ensure you get Genuine Bayer Aspirin, endorsed as safe relief for headaches colds sore throat and rheumatism with no heart harm.
Public health service research traced endemic typhus to rat fleas in rats at Baltimore warehouses and found a mite transmission link. The disease, milder than European typhus but deadly in crowded areas, affects rough living conditions with a 25 to 30 percent fatality range. Norway rat damage to the US economy runs near 250 million dollars annually.
The Smithsonian showcases Captain John Smith era pipes from Jamestown Island. Some are Indian made while others England produced. Indian pipes used a reed hollow stem for a clear smoke channel, English pipes used a wire to form a small channel prone to clogging. The exhibit highlights cultural exchange and the transfer back to origin.
This passage traces nitrogen chemistry from 1785 to 1860. Henry Cavendish and W F Donkin showed nitrogen’s reactivity with oxygen and its reduction to ammonia via electric discharge. Desfosses produced cyanide from nitrogen with heated carbon and alkali. Marguerite and Sourdeval linked barium cyanide formation from nitrogen with carbon and baryta, enabling ammonia production when heated in steam.
The America Cup began in 1851 when offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron in England and won by the American yacht America built in the United States. American boats dominated, favored for racing design. British challengers mixed cruising with racing features. The Gloriana, built with overhangs, broke the trend in 1891 by winning all her races.
The article explains that an object launched from Earth at five miles per second would escape Earth to become a satellite. Increasing speed to seven miles per second would shift the path from circular to elliptical and then to a parabolic escape, sending the object into solar orbit.
The piece explains that cork legs are not made of cork yet widely called cork legs. It notes artificial limbs are mostly willow wood with leather steel and rubber parts, and mentions fables about the name originating in Cork Ireland or Cork street in London.
Ad Hall school closed Friday with a graduation program led by Judge Gillis of Cameron. Diploma recipients included Fannie Powell, Margaret Marak, Mary Gerick, Rosa Lee Michalka, and Hubert Horlica. Attendees included Frank Marek family, W M Hudson family, and local residents from Buckholts and Heidenheimer.
A graduate of Ad Hall High School, Mr. Hubert Horelica, received a surprise party Saturday night May 12 with friends and school members in attendance. The event featured outdoor games and gifts from various friends including Mr. and Mrs. Worcester, Mrs. O Bryant and Donald Coleman of Edinburg Texas.
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