Footscap paper and the epilepsy cure myth in 1815
A fragment notes a belief from the London Medical and Bella Journal of 1815 that a fool's cap watermark on silver rings worn constantly could cure epilepsy. The text suggests the term footscap paper and links to a supposed medical superstition of the era.
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Bella Was
Animals Train Stages Popularity Tops Modern Circus
Chicago readers vote 92 percent that trained animals define the modern circus. Al G Barnes Circus, showing next Wednesday in Cameron, highlights expanded acts with 180 performing horses and 223 lions among other animal numbers under the slogan The Show That's Different.
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al. G. Barnes
Cameron
York celebrates sesquicentennial with grand pageant
A brief noting York Pennsylvania marked 150 years since its 1777 Continental Congress meeting. The city, fleeing Philadelphia after Brandywine, held a large pageant depicting much of its history in October.
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Milam County Sheriff Sale Advertises H O Campbell lands
Milam County Texas sheriff announces public sale by virtue of a 1927 judgment in Bexar County Court. Real estate includes two tracts totaling about 86 acres in Cameron and Milam County. Sale set for the first Tuesday in December 1927 at the Milam County Courthouse, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Certificates of sale will be issued to the highest bidder for cash.
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Cerner
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R. W. Kostrom
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Metes
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H. O. Campbell
H. O Campbell
Court House
Cameron
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Cameron Herald
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