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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
9
A humorous poem recounts a mother answering a late night call from Henry Baker who misaddresses Sue. The mother scolds him for foolish talk and warns he will not win Sue with mushy lines. Sue stands nearby as the family reacts to a prankish situation.
Liberty News reports schools in Liberty and Hanover delaying opening due to king cotton. The column notes illness including Mrs. R. M. Westbrook and Eloise Trigg, visits from Mrs. Carrie Busby and Mrs. Henry McGown, and a fever case of weet Tex as. Families relocate to Runelle and Childress counties while Mrs. Aschenbeck’s successor moves in. A new ten pound boy arrives at A. C. Hughes residence.
A Chicago wholesale and mail order house seeks an assistant manager male or female for this county and adjoining territory. Salary twenty dollars plus expenses weekly, expense money advanced. Work pleasant and permanent. No investment or experience required. Send self addressed envelope for full particulars. Address General Manager 134 FE Lake St Chicago 14-18t.
A fragmentary exchange questions money in farming and hints that the real wealth goes to others. It switches to a note about tiny travel speeds of ealmen and the fast whales, suggesting contrast between wealth and visible conditions.
October 4 1906 Jacques AdoueCalverts valued and beloved citizen dies quietly after a life of business success generous to debtors and widows urged charity and fair dealing to all he helped many and sought no praise in life and after death his influence and integrity linger in the community
Fannie McAlpine Gibson recalls a generous life that benefited many without profit to self. The tribute describes a burial beneath oaks, song birds, and flowers as the community honors a person whose good deeds outlived them and whose memory remains a living act of kindness.
Reader J M P Morrow reports a rose comb Rhode Island pullet hatched February 17 and laying 66 eggs by seven months, plus a brood of chicks. He compares rose and single combs with cockerels weighing 6.34 pounds at six months and asks about a fall poultry show tied to the flower show and cemetery benefit.
A Farm and Ranch reader recounts death from maggot infestation in poultry. An old hen, chicks, and four young birds died within hours, with paralysis and later deaths among other chicks. He notes dogs later disturbed the carcass and spread worms, costing him several Silver Wyandotte birds.
A farmer argues for prompt treatment to prevent flock die off. He recommends Jamaica ginger and a raw egg for a sick bird with a black comb and green droppings and suggests Castor oil and coal oil mixtures to treat limber neck in hens.
The ad argues weak nerves stem from indigestion and promotes Mi o na stomach tablets from Pace Marehall drug store with a money back guarantee. It claims the tablets strengthen digestion to supply nerve force, improve sleeplessness, and relieve ailments like specks before the eyes and headaches. An earthquake fact is tacked on about Pacific waves time.
Henry E. Jones of Tampa Florida credits Foley’s Kidney Cure with his recovery after years of back and shoulder pain. He states four bottles cured him and he can walk and enjoy life again, urging others in need of a kidney medicine to try it. George A. Thomas & Sons.
The piece notes the beet and leather trusts raising shoe prices by exporting cattle and storing hides, causing leather scarcity. It contrasts 1804 upper leather at $1.75 with 1906 at $6.75 and questions the packers’ profits after cattle demand collapsed in 1885.
Tekonsha resident G. J. Welch testifies to Bucklen's Arnica Salve easing pain from cuts sores and skin injuries. The ad touts quick pile cure and best healing salve, priced 25 cents at Pace Marshall drug store.
Fragmented OCR item mentions Mountain Tea Nuggets and various nonsensical names. It references a product line or ad style with pricing noted as 2 cents and a distribution company in Wisconsin. Readable facts are minimal. core idea appears to be a vintage health nugget product promotion.
An old fragmented advertisement promises a cure for piles with itching bleeding and protruding piles. It claims a ten day treatment for 50 cents and mentions Backstrom as photographer in the piece.
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