Cameron Club Plans Roadwork Gas Plant and Civic Projects
The Commercial Club met to discuss Cameron improvements including road building lighting freight service sidewalks and a proposed gas manufacture from fuel oil. Meetings are at 7 30 p m in the District Court room and civic plans mirror a busy political year with poll tax reminders and Armistice Day considerations. Mrs. Kirby Boles returns to the Southwestern Telephone Exchange after a rest and visit.
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Cameron
Home Industry and Actory Committee
Gas from fuel oil eyed as Cameron city asset
Cameron could manufacture gas from fuel oil for domestic and commercial use. F S Lesovsky heads the home industry and factory committee examining the plan. With crude oil from Cameron Minerva field and fuel oil reserves, local gas supply could meet all needs if facilities are built.
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Cameron
F. S. Lesovsky
Home Industry and Factory
Cameron- Minerva
America
Writing Contest Engages Local Pupils in Highway Safety
Teachers and pupils in the ward show lively interest in the 1923 National Safety school campaign. Participating students from grades below eight will essay on Highway Safer Habits I Should Learn with top prizes including a gold watch and a trip to Washington. Local teachers receive a safety lesson project contest with substantial cash prizes.
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Schools of America
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Highway Education Board
National Bureau of Education
Departments of Education
Washington
Katherine Robins
Highway Report Snapshot From Texas Roads
Traffic conditions update shows slick and slippery surfaces on multiple routes. Detours near F oldy and Pflugerville section reportslip hazards while routes to Waco Rosebud Lott and Houston Hearne remain passable with caution.
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Waco
Rosebud-Lott Houston
Hearne
San Antonio
Rogers Fair
Unsolved Cameron Mail Pouch Theft Stuns Town
Two men were arrested with help from City Marshal Lucas and Officer McKay in a Cameron rail yard heist linked to a locked mail pouch missing since last Saturday night. The sack contained securities about 26000 dollars and checks and drafts from Citizens National Bank, Robt. McLane Co., and A. N. Weems. No arrests made on the suitcase theft at Buckholts. investigation continues as banks flag every forged or presented draft.
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Lucas
McKay
Santa Fe Railroad
Buckholts
Citizens National Bank
Robt. McLane Company
A. N. Weems
Bessie Hefley
Edwin Dusek
Temple
Marshal Lucas
N. O. Kennedy
W. T. Massengale
Massengale
Farmers visit Cameron from Milano community
W. A. Lewis and Ed Blackmon with Alfred Blackmon traveled to Cameron on business. They observed young Blackmon, who wore a sling after injuring his arm in a horse kick incident.
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W. A. Lewis
Ed. Blackmon
Milano
Alfred Blackmon
Cameron
Blackmon
Armistice Day Observed in Cameron With Legion Plan
Armistice Day activities are planned in Cameron on Monday with a school program at 9 to 10 am led by the American Legion and Yee High School. Legion members will march from the hall to the school, then return for a social hour. A Cameron Rockdale baseball game will be played on the Cameron field. The commercial club will consider funding at Friday night’s meeting.
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Cameron
American Legion
Yee High School
T. S. Henderson, Jr
Can Legion
Legion
Rockdale
Cameron Field
Ameri
Halloween vandalism hits Milam County bridges and crops
Heavy damage reports from 1923 Halloween vandalism show about $200 in property loss with many bridges destroyed as youths filled streets with piled boxes and even toppled automobiles. Milam County cotton output up sharply with about 60,000 bales projected. 49,168 bales ginned by Oct 18, 1923, vs 49,796 the prior year, suggesting a prosperous period for farmers.
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C. R. Phillips
Street Committee
Milam County
Basil McGregor
Milano
Department of
Federal
Milam
Cotton Milam County
Price Incr
Better lighting for Cameron business district assured
The Cameron business district will gain improved lighting as merchants on a key block subscribe to installation and maintenance. Civic leaders T. S. Henderson Jr. and Giles L. Arriett canvassed merchants from Palace of Sweets to Auditorium Hotel and J D Dobbins Grocery to Triges Dry Goods, with the city funding six lights on store awnings to illuminate fronts and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
T.S. Henderson, Jr
Civic Improvement Committee
The
Commercial Club
Giles L. Arriett
Palace of Sweets
Auditorium Hotel
J. D. Dobbins
Triges Dry Goods Company
Weather update for East Texas and Panhandle regions
Unsettled weather expected tonight and Friday with probable rain and warmer temperatures. Frost reported in the northern Texas area with sleet and snow in the Panhandle. general rain across parts of Texas. Temperatures recorded: Amarillo 28, Taylor 12, Cameron 6, Dallas 20, San Antonio 44, Del Rio 61.
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East
Texas
Cameron
Nalf
Panhandle
Amarilla
Taylor
Dallas
San Antonio
del Rio
Lions Club to Assist In Texas Conference Entertainment
The Lions Club voted to cooperate with the Methodist church in hosting hundreds of delegates for the Texas Conference opening November 20. A charter night November 15 will feature Col Louis Perry as charter presenter. Directors named T S Henderson Jr chairman J W Coleman C W Read on entertainment committee.
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Lions Club
Methodist Church
Texas
Col
Louis Perry
New Mexico
Lions
T. S. Henderson, Jr
J. W. Coleman
C. W. Read
16 Hour Freight Service From Houston Inaugurated
A sixteen hour freight package car service from Houston over the Santa Fe railroad to Cameron starts with nightly departures at 10 PM and arrivals at 2 PM. The program aims to speed shipments both ways, with agent H C Keith coordinating with freight officials to make the schedule possible.
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Houston
Santa Fe Railroad
Cameron
Santa Fe
Plouathen
H.C. Keith
Trial of Ed Beard Ends Without Verdict at Thorndale
The jury failed to reach a verdict in the Ed Beard murder trial after a week of testimony. Judge John Watson declared the panel deadlocked after nine for conviction on one count and four for murder, with a retrial likely pending. Beard, defended by Chambers, Wallace, and Gill, faced District Attorney Jack Lewis and B A Camp of Rockdale.
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Pri
Caffey
Thorndale
Herald
Beard
Cent Thorndale
Robert
Heard
Chambers
Wallace and
Gill
Jack Lewis
Rockdale
Message to Cameron People on Conference Delegates
A letter urges Cameron residents to support the annual conference by inviting delegates and coordinating with church and entertainment groups. It emphasizes the impact of a dedicated Christian gathering on community life and notes the need for contact with the entertainment and church communities.
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