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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1895
Page
4
Parlor furniture sets and single pieces available including mantels what-nots side and corner tables chairs couches and divans. Bedroom sets bedsteads wardrobes dressers and bureaus. Dining room furniture kitchen gear rocking chairs rugs book shelves and office furniture. Roofing and galvanizing work offered.
An advertising pitch extols Simons Liver Regulator as a trusted remedy praised by readers. It claims the product is superior to pills, gentle and natural, relieving quickly with no griping and renewed vitality. The claim fronts J H Zeilin & Philadelphia branding and a red Z on the wrapper.
Wholesale and retail dealers present a broad stock of heavy hardware, tinware, crockery, glassware, cutlery, ladies and gents accessories, lamps, fixtures, rope, pumps, cisterns, buggies, harnesses, carriages, and carpenters tools including Disston saws.
In Central Texas two immense stores and three warehouses are described as filled to the top and overflowing. The report highlights extreme stocking and potential distribution pressures across multiple locations.
An Undertaking department offers a full supply of coffins and burial cases with double metallic hermetically sealed cases and attractive trimming. Two hearses are available, one white and one black, both ready for service.
Sanitary plumbing by approved methods includes wrought iron and lead pipe bath tubs marble slabs and laboratory pressure boilers rubber hose reels sprinkling fixtures. Estimates furnished for supplying residences and buildings with all modern improvements.
An advertisement promotes Chase's Barey Malt Whisky as pure and nutritious for family and medicinal use, sold by Commercial Saloon. It also touts Hefley & Hefley’s Buck's Brilliant stoves and ranges, claiming Milam county’s largest stock under one trade mark and promises lowest prices.
The Queen Crescent line offers low reduced rates for Texas travelers with through sleepers and Palace day coaches from Shreveport and New Orleans to Birmingham and Chattanooga. Direct connections exist with all Texas lines at Shreveport and New Orleans. For details write T M Hunt Dallas for free information.
The crowd of ladies shows where they shop for hats at Mrs Roberts' daily and customers are treated alike at Worcester Brothers shop where you get what you call for.
The Fort Worth Mail-Telegram offers a college scholarship with six months board and lodging to the contestant securing the most subscribers by January 1. All entrants receive pay for their work. Subscription is $2 annually. Also notes Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy claims and local sale details.
Dr W Fuller of Canajoharie and G A Dykeman of Catskill NY endorse Dr King's New Discovery as the best cough remedy. They report long term use with reliable results and urge trying the remedy. Trial bottles are free at Thompson's Drug Store with regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
Washington reports a nationwide populist coupon poll via the National Watchman shows ex-Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania leading for the presidential nomination with Senator Allen of Nebraska in second. Vice presidential favorite appears to be Tom Watson of Georgia, with Laference of Colorado as strong backup. The survey notes English born Senator Jones’s ineligibility for president and cites Sibley’s speech attacking Cleveland’s finances as a key document.
Announcement for the Georgia Southwestern Railway selling ticket rounds to Atlanta for the Cotton States International Exposition. Various sale dates from Sept 1 to Dec 16 with limited return periods and different fare rates. Agent listed as K. BL Lavin, Cameron. Also a promo for Simmons Liver Regulator as a health remedy.
A. M. SovaLe of the Texas Experiment Station reviews evaporator machines to cool milk by evaporation and compares costs with separators and Cooley Creamer. He notes 74 to 78 degrees F cooling, finds separators best for five or more cows, and urges starting with proper equipment for long-term dairy efficiency. Hood's Sarsaparilla is briefly recommended for spring vigor and Mrs. Roberts promotes stylish hats.
The notice describes the Twenty Third Session of the Tens LADIES ANNEX and Fitting School at Southwestern University Georgetown Texas. It outlines courses in art bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting under the same faculty, with healthful surroundings and modest terms. It urges enrollment for young ladies under careful supervision by capable professors and a stated regimen.
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