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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
4
A mass meeting of Cameron Milam county women pledges to pray for prohibition and urges voters to back the movement. The appeal argues saloon evils harm homes, children, and communities and calls on men to defend family life at the polls.
In May 1963 Cameron Texas women express sympathy for the local option movement. They urge friends and family to vote against licensed saloons and pledge prayers and help to close saloons in Milam County. Names of signatories listed.
Dr. W. W. Greer chairs a Milam County Prohibition Committee appeal arguing for county wide prohibition. The letter urges voters to support local option, condemns open saloons, and highlights tax and moral arguments to remove whiskey traffic from the county.
The text outlines penalties under the Local Option Law for selling or giving away intoxicating liquor in areas where it is prohibited. It also details penalties for physicians issuing prescriptions to obtain liquor in such counties without proper medical indication or examination, including fines and jail time.
A person who keeps or runs a blind tiger in any county or city where liquor sales are prohibited faces 2 to 12 months in jail and a $100 to $500 fine. Each day of operation is a separate offense. A blind tiger is a place selling intoxicating liquors by a device that hides the seller from the buyer.
The Texas Attorney General states voters must show a poll tax receipt to election officers unless the receipt is lost, in which case an affidavit may be used. The opinion notes prohibition status varies by subdivision and does not affect other areas.
Major William Hancock Clark, descendant of Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition, will play a key role in opening the Portland exposition in 1905. He resides in Washington and has dedicated himself to studying the Lewis and Clark journey, sharing valuable insights long kept in family annals.
In a lively exchange Mrs. Cannibal Chief scolds her husband for focusing on a missionary at dinner. He retorts that his subject is on his mind, and the couple banters about conversation during the meal. The dialogue highlights their playful domestic dynamics.
A young commercial traveler sought help from Andrew Carnegie to furnish his home at a total of about 3000 with a rent guarantee for twenty years and other details. Carnegie investigated and found the applicant posed as a Scotsman but was German. Earlier another notice claimed Carnegie would bail out a wife beater bearing the same name.
The Raj of Sarawak issued an order aimed at slowing the spread of European style headwear. It directs natives to remove any cap or hat of European shape upon entering government offices or buildings or when addressing European officers.
The Weems line, oldest passenger and transportation steamboat line dating to 1817, served the Rap ihatinock, Potomac and Patux rivers and remained in the founding family’s hands. Old Dominion, founded 1867 and dubbed the bonded route, links New York with the South by water and rail. vessels include the Jefferson and Hamilton of 310 tons and the Monroe at 4 000 tons burden.
The text notes Mississippi congressman John Sharp Williams disapproving of Roosevelt's policy of appointing African Americans in the South and sharing a riddle. The conundrum asks why the groundhog did not come out on Christmas Day and answers that Roosevelt would put a "coon" in his place, reflecting racial language of the era.
Teeth are revered as relics in various cultures. Buddha’s tooth rests in an Indian temple. Chinese and Malabar peoples honor animal teeth. Siamese once held a sacred monkey tooth, recovered after war with Portugal for 35.5 million, now kept in a gold box among several containers in the capital’s temple complex.
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