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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
2
Dr. T. A. Pope praised West Texas as a health resort noting glorious days starry nights and fragrant air. He said deaths there stem from accidents and farming in Milam County is superior to western land. He planned to resume medical practice.
Local ad invites buyers to inspect a complete stock of Christmas goods with a ticket for every purchase and mentions premiums given away. Window display shown by Geo A. Thomas and Sons.
In Tuesdays election a notable share of voters rejected Judge Rufus Hardy, many scratching his name or supporting Henderson or Mays, according to the Brazos Pilot. An employment ad from Chicago seeks a wholesale and mall order assistant manager for Bryan County with $20 weekly pay and expenses, no investment or experience required.
Mrs Bertha Bryant, daughter of W C Powell of Ad Hall, surrendered to Sam Law in Cameron after shooting her husband Sunday night with a shotgun loaded with bird shot. Bryant was brought in Monday. Bryant's injury to the arm is not considered dangerous.
A damaged text fragment notes a firm with 30 years in Texas and 30 in the drug business seeking to claim market share. Mentions Geo. A. Thomas & Sons as possibly involved in the filing or dispute.
R. L. Lowe of Riverside Farm projects gathering between 950 and 1000 acres of cotton from about 1200 acres. Corn from the same area yields 8 bushels with 200 acres remaining to harvest. About 125 hands are at work daily, with 75 as free labor. Geo. A. Thomas & Sons offer castor oil and various machine and lard oils.
The town of Calvert launches a State Bank led by President M. L. Collat with Vice-president W. C. Anderson and cashier S. M. Gibson. Capital stock is set at $50,000.
For sale 30,000 acres along the river in Concho County near Angelo. Tracts priced from 7 to 15 dollars per acre with one third cash and two thirds in seven years in six equal payments. Eight percent interest. Describes a booming area with no weevils, fever or cholera. Contact C. and G. ners, Ban A tor for details.
The notice lists jurors for the sixth week starting November 19 including J. C. Burk Chas A Davie Sam Crosby C A Moore J L Kirk D Kemp A Y Norman E A Does Dale Dunhame J A Casper W H Bailey Ed Riddle T H Williams E C Vaughn R H Melintoan Chas Lewie R A Gilliland H M Vinton A Weise Z T Gore J A Reed Jr A A Frierson H J Hale J E Eplin C Hanson A M Vandevere D Garrison T A Casey T A Robinson F R Burgham J R Petit V A Kubecka A W Rae Ben Strum and others. Spectacles and neat reavena prices at Geo A Thomas & Sons.
Mr J W Young of Jones Prairie reports his barn burned last Sunday. The blaze started by a cigarette caused property damage in the several hundred dollar range.
S C Blair of St Albans West Virginia credits his little daughter with a St Vitus dance that resisted treatment until Electric Bitters. He reports a complete cure, calling it a quick sure remedy for nervous complaints and related ailments. Sold by Pace-Marshall's drug store for five cents.
Fire at the Round Bale Gin last Saturday afternoon scorched cotton from a wagon and burned the top of the storing room. The blaze appeared contained only by brave work despite low water pressure from a weak standpipe.
Local ad notes paint in various types including house and roof paint, buggy and wagon paint, and tubes, all offered at the lowest prices by Geo. A. Thomas & company.
The Houston Post ran 92 pages last Sunday with dense reading matter. The task of setting all the type would have required a single compositor 46 weeks.
A. C. Stickel of Mile Tus, West Virginia credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with preventing a dangerous surgery by removing a malignant ulcer from his daughter's hip and says persistent use cured it. The salve also claims to heal cuts burns and injuries and is advertised at Pate Marshalls drug store. A Calvert wholesale merchant notes Parsonage Club members collected 848 to aid their fund while discussing cotton picking to support the drive.
Preventics are candy tablets advertised to dissipate colds quickly when taken at the first signs. The product claims safety for children and effectiveness for adults, sold by Cameron Drug Company in 5 cent and 25 cent boxes.
The readable line references thirty years in Texas and thirty years in the drug business and mentions a sum of two hundred fourteen thousand dollars in an unclear plea.
Report of a hunting mishap last Saturday where Enoch Vaugh and Will Harper shot at larks near Me Pauli Thompson's property. Vaugh reportedly fired toward a bird, missing him, while another shot struck Mrs. Faome Pool and Mr. Vandiver, causing facial injuries though no eye injuries occurred. A coffee advertisement follows, promoting Dr Shoop's Health Coffee sold by Cameron Drug Company.
The A. & M. team defeated the Hawkers Indians from Kansas by a 32 to 6 score at College Station Ise on Monday.
The ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as strike breakers for liver and bowels, claiming quick relief from constipation headache and dizziness. It notes a turnip weighing seven pounds and 21 inches in circumference, presented by farmer H Whites of Minerva, after an encounter with Dr Ed A Mertin at Pace-Mar allg store priced 25 cents.
Advertised slogan claims Foley's Kidney Cure can treat kidney or bladder troubles within medical reach. Signed by Geo A Thomas and Sons.
An advertisement from Geo A. Thomas and Sons touts Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a liver booster, breath purifier, headache reliever, and digestives regulator. It claims to cure chronic constipation and invites inquiries about the product. The copy ends with a cynical line about social ambition.
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