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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
7
A compilation of brief quips from multiple papers shows variants of the nursery rhyme request mother daughter with safety and moral warnings. Each item adapts the line to a modern activity such as eating flirting skating and even scorching with cautionary notes. The pieces illustrate press culture shaping youth behavior.
The Texas Odd Fellow announces a shift in stance as Editor Gibson leaves to join a prohibition campaign in Ellis County. The paper delays this issue due to three weeks of activity, Gibson serving as secretary of the Central Prohibition Committee. The editor explains a personal line against whiskey and Odd Fellowship, pledging future discussion outside the Odd Fellow columns.
A farmer warns that many small unpaid debts can erode a crop's value and paralyze business, urging prompt payment. The note also promotes Dr Shoop's Cough Cure as safe and compliant with the new Pure Food and Drug Law, sold by Cameron Drug Store.
Marak News notes a dry week helped farmers pick cotton with minimal disruption. A shower on Monday night could end the dry spell, while Clem Kabliska is home and picking cotton strongly. Miss Bertha Schreiber enjoyed a visit at Elm Ridge and a local ball, with Miss Gussie Kubeca returning from San Antonio. Henry L. Capel missed a date, and Patsie invites Mr. Dat of Elm Ridge for a chat at the October start.
A 7500 square foot frame structure with cement floor will host 3500 pens for poultry exhibits at the state fair this fall. Located beside horse and cattle areas, cement walks connect this live stock section, offering ample room and modern accommodations for Texas poultry fanciers. Farmers invite visitors to attend, showcase birds, and even buy stock if needed.
The piece criticizes early dove season openings in Texas as leading hunters to shoot not just doves but quail larks killdeers and other birds. It argues officers and landowners tolerate offenses and urges unifying hunting seasons for quail and dove under a strengthened game law.
The State of Texas and Milam County publish a notice of delinquent land taxes for Lot Ten in Black Eight in the town of Rockdale. C. B. Palmer and all interested parties are summoned to appear at the October 1906 District Court in Cameron to defend and show cause why judgment foreclosing the land for taxes should not be entered.
The Waco Audubon Society urges enforcement of game laws in McLennan county and asks Judge Scott to ensure quail are not unlawfully killed before November 1. The group argues against any license requiring landowners to obtain permission to hunt on others land and calls on grand juries to enforce laws year round.
Shoppers can find American Beauty flour stocked at Cameron Grocery Co, with available sizes and shelf display in the bakery aisle. Customers report steady demand as families stock up for baking sessions and holiday meals.
The Cleveland Leader notes jokes about Johnny and Jimmy while promoting Preventics candy tablets to stop colds at the sneeze stage. It also lists Morgan Dickinson offering dental instruments for horse teeth at the fire station.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop s Night Cure as a remedy for uterine ulcers weaknesses and inflammation aimed at women suffering chronic pain and irregularities. The piece asserts a long history of use by physicians and urges Cameron Drug Co to stock the product.
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