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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1895
Page
7
The column lists Santa Fe time table items including North and South routes with departure times and a limited service. It also notes weather forecasts predicting cold holidays, local stores like Hefley’s offering furniture and kitchen cabinets, and various holiday sales from Lawrence Smith and Sprinkel Cocoran Co. It mentions local election talk in Cameron, upcoming ward questions, and preparations by merchants for the season.
The notice proclaims ten years of exclusive focus on hardware and implement trade and promises continued customer care. It highlights a broad stock including stove sizes and prices, tableware sets, glassware, cream sets, tin and granite ware, and claims unusually large stock with lower prices than ever.
A local merchant promotes builders hardware in steel ivory bronze and copper finishes. The ad touts farming implements including Avery stalk cutters Texas steel beam plow Tex as planter Sun Beam cultivator McCormick binder and Studebaker wagon with a 20 year Milam County record plus barbwire wire netting and plow gear at low prices inviting customers to visit and buy.
Local items cover construction plans for Capt. John B. Wolt's residence, a Trinity Cameron and Western railway update, Avery blades at Lawrence & Smith, farm guidance toward diversified crops, license to marry listings, an expanded McLane store, a Farrar lecture for Jeff Davis monument, a dissolution of Hersy and Sampson and the continuation of J S Hersey's livery business, plus regional anecdotes and medical ads.
W C Rogers M D writes that his wife and sister used the Golden Medical Discovery to treat lung hemorrhage and consumption. The wife reportedly recovered and has had no symptoms for six years.
A parade of figures from Milam Bell Williamson and surrounding counties visited Cameron last week for district court action. Attendees included Mr Joe Askew Baileyville Mr John Anderson Rogers Hon Stilwell 8 Russell Dallas Sheriff Buck Wills Taylor and numerous witnesses and relatives from Davilla Rockdale Belton and more as jurors witnesses and residents joined the proceedings.
We the undersigned merchants agree to close our places of business on Thanksgiving Day November 28 from 10 a m the balance of the day Union services at the Presbyterian church at 11 o clock List of participating firms includes Crawford Jones Sanger Hefley Kemp Adams Johnson Ford Iglehart Baskin Porter Milam Bank First National Bank and others registered for the holiday observance.
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