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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1917
Page
8
Mrs Dick Batte visits Houston while Miss Grace Stallsworth and others travel to Waco. The grand jury and district court sit this week. Jim English departs for army service. many attend the Cotton Palace. The paper promotes the Herald Yuletide Contest and notes sales ads, birthdays, and school teacher appointments.
The Yuletide contest opens with nominations from districts around Cameron Milam and adjoining counties. Listed are numerous women with vote counts notably at 1 000 for candidates such as Nina Carlton Estelle Burke Mattie Lankford Cil Stedman Rosa Henderson Myrtle Thomas Pearl Ely Ruth Sims Myrtle McBurnett Clara Hargrave Ella Wall Sophia Nicholson Gussie Rowlett Viola Quen Rosie Cook Willie Fontaine Daisy McLerran Pearl McKinney and many others.
A jumble of advertisements and notices includes medical claims for Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a $100 reward for cures and testimonials. The page also mentions kitchen goods, hunting gear, and local society notes from Cameron Milam County, with community events and political talk about a prohibition election.
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