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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1926
Page
14
Babe Ruth homered three times in the World Series game in St Louis and won a Chevrolet when a circuit crack shattered a showroom window and bounced off a coupe on display. Ruth posed with the car and home run ball as he quipped on how times have changed.
Local records show issued automobile licenses including Ford Roadster for Joe Hobbs of Rockdale, Chevrolet Touring for John Dockal, Ford Touring for Irma Smith in Rockdale, and several Ford Touring, Ford Coupe, and Ford Truck registrations for residents of Cameron, Buckholts, Minerva, Calvert, Milano, Jones Prairie, and Rockdale. Names include Lee Baldwin, Ray Nix, Chas Tomasek, T Y McCormick, W F Lang, G J Neeley, and others.
Murray Jackson, linked to the 1923 Ku Klux Klan flogging case of R. W. Burleson, was granted a full pardon by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson after a year in prison for assault with firearms. The pardon followed recommendations from Texas figures and supporters in Williamson County amid claims of his innocence and doubts about guilt.
Public notice that cotton receipt 60008 in the name of Joe Ondrej issued October 8 1926 by Cameron Compress Company for one bale of cotton has been lost. The undesigned is the legal owner and holder of the cotton and the public is warned not to accept the receipt or deal with it. Cameron Compress Company S E Dossett Supt.
An advertisement from a Texas breeder promotes White Leghorn layers for hatching eggs chicks and cockerels. The seller asserts consistent performance against top breeders and offers fair prices for poultry stock.
Mrs. Hubert Hefley traveled to Waco on Tuesday. John Green of Rosebud visited Cameron on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Fahrendorf went to Waco Tuesday. Mrs. Fahrendorf left Wednesday for Erie Pennsylvania to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sedelmeyer. Miss Bill Fontaine of Jones Prairie visited Cameron friends Sunday. Mrs. Sterling of Rockdale is visiting her daughter Mrs. Trent Newton.
Deed records show W. Phillips and others transferring lots 3 and 4 in block 19 Thorndale to Thorndale State Bank for 475 dollars. Mary J. Tindel sells 5 acres from M. Davilla league to Jeff Hunt for 400 dollars. H G Cooper conveys lot 3 in block 13 in A N Green subdivision to Jno F Grant.
Property transactions note F. L. Woods to Mrs. Artie Woods for 112 acres from M. Davilla grant with $225. Robert Childress and J. D. Sanches to Artie M. Woods involve $1,402. J. N. Robinson and others to Jacob Isaac for 108 acres from M. Davilla grant at $4,260.
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