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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
3
A Cameron store invites shoppers to visit and makes it their headquarters for a complete line of groceries. They promise competitive or better prices and offer guided tours to show products including biscuits and light bread. The ad promotes the store's guaranteed flour as the best and urges customers to compare.
The obituary lauds Mrs. Jefferson Davis as the Confederacy’s emblematic widow whose gentleness and steadfast virtue sustained the South through years of hardship. It frames her as a symbol of moral rectitude and Christian patriotism, with Jefferson Davis portrayed as a man of unwavering integrity.
An advertisement states druggists may refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your cough or cold. It claims to stop the cough, heal the lungs, and prevent serious illnesses such as pneumonia and consumption, asserting it fights la grippe.
San Antonio becomes the center of Texas cattle and horse exhibition as the fair association enlarges pen and stall space for horses cattle swine sheep and goats. Thousands of dollars are spent on new live stock buildings for the largest and finest show yet with Otto Wahrmund as president and J M Vansze as secretary.
Mrs W L Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine reports rapid health restoration after six months of Electric Bitters. She suffered twenty years of severe dyspepsia and weakness before using the tonic, which she says regained her vigor from her prime. The medicine claims to set stomach liver and kidneys right purify blood and cure malaria biliousness and weakness and is sold at Pace Marshall drug store for 50 cents with guarantee.
Four wagons followed closely in a line crossing McCown’s bridge last Friday morning. The first wagon carried cotton under H. M. Whites, with John Goree, Ben Robinson, and T. Morris bringing potatoes in the subsequent loads.
The Brenham district announced a parsonage purchase for the Presiding Elder and invited bids from towns. Cameron offered 500 dollars and Brenham 800. Brenham won. A 2500 dollar cottage was bought, while Cameron church reportedly trails Brenham in membership. Dr Shoop Health Coffee ad promotes a grain based drink with coffee flavor. Cameron Drug Co sells samples.
Ellis County’s cotton crop including seed valued at 9 million dollars for the season. Based on the 1900 census population, that yields about 300 dollars per inhabitant from the cotton product alone.
Groveton citizens met in a mass meeting last Wednesday to condemn the assassination of F R Meyer. They raised a $1000 reward for the capture and conviction of the guilty party and wired Governor Lanham via Sheriff Standiey to seek supplementing the reward.
The item discusses how neglecting a cold leads to worse outcomes and promotes Foley's Honey and Yar for coughs. It claims price parity with other remedies and urges choosing the genuine yellow package from Geo. A. Thomas & Sons, Calvert. It also mentions a dispute over wood prices at $3.50 per cord and references Shaw’s frugal meals.
Advertises Dr. Boschee’s German Syrup as a cure for coughs colds bronchial and lung troubles and even consumption. Claims over thirty five years of experience and that a 75 cent bottle speeds relief and cures, with a smaller 25 cent size also offered by Geo A. Thomas & Sons.
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