Belton and Cameron News Notes From The Daily Tribune
Ben D Lee of Belton is in Cameron. County Assessor H H Steadman went to Rockdale. Mrs Walter McGregor visited relatives in Rockdale. Constable Giles Arriett attended a barbecue in Gause. Rev W H Jackson preached in Ben Arnold. Mrs Ben Evans and family move to Cameron from Ad Hall. Walter J Lee, deputy clerk, spent hours in Cameron. Mr J J Mitchell and wife return from Waco to visit relatives. Birthday party at Jno Hefley residence nets 22 50. Bob Wofford and D C Jones move into new Cameron home. Painters finish at the Methodist church. lights soon to be installed. Clyde Coleman dies aged 14 months. funeral at 5 pm in Oak Hill. J Varnell returns from Yoakum after visiting Mrs C V Nance’s bedside. Mrs Nance dies after ten weeks illness. Nance family includes five daughters and a son. Miss Nance accompanies the Varnells to Cameron.
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Walter McGregor
Rockdale
Constable Giles
Arriett
Gause
W. H. Jackson
Ben Arnold
Ben Evans
Cameron
Ad Hall
Walter J. Lee
Bell County
Belton
Fannie Hause
Waco
Bob Wofford
T. F. Hardy
D.C. Jones
Clyde
J. W. Coleman
South Belton
C. W. Tomkies
Oak Hill Cemetery
John Varnell
Yoakum
C. V. Nance
Varnell
Nance
J. A. Turrentine
John Bush
Houston
J. Varnell
W. S. Pipkin
Beaumont
Lou Nan
Diamonds Recovered After Laundry Mystery in San Antonio
In San Antonio Texas Mrs J W Byrne reported $1200 worth diamonds missing from a trunk after the shirt waist wrapping the gems vanished. Sheriff Tobin recovered every piece by night as the shirt waist was sent to a laundry and the jewels were found inside.
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San Antonio
Texas
J. W Byrne
Tobin
Red Letter Sale Brings Lowest Fall Trade Prices
Local sale notice proclaims a fall trade push with a bold call to customers. It claims goods bought cheap from top markets and warns that price is no object, asserting fear of no competition. The letter invites shoppers to come see the selection.
Red Letter Days Offer Deep Discounts on Mens Suits and Skirts
A fragmented sale notice advertises deep discounts on mens suits and ladies skirts with Red Letter pricing. It mentions various price points like 6c 50c 150 and a sale of pants and suits though exact items and quantities are unclear.
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Roy
Red Letter Trade Priced Nineteen Fifty Five
Small fragments show local bargain items with prices and 75 cent tags. Readable lines mention prices and merchants. The clippings hint at a community sale or advertisement page with various goods listed.
Local notables and visitors listed in Cameron Monday
The Daily Tribune records numerous visits and movements from Cameron area residents. Pete Bergum, Dr. N Cass, Miss Annie May Yates, Mrs. Forrest Lay, Prof T S Williams, Wirt Terry, Geo T Moore, Hon Sam Little, Mrs O F McAnally, Miss Katie Tebow, Geo Mangum, Miss Wilcox, Mrs Dr J P Creel, and others travel to and from Rosebud Marlin Waco Goldthwaite El Paso Burlington Ballinger Miles and Cameron communities. Local church activities include Rev C W Tomkies preaching and joint services with other denominations. A marriage in Pall er and a planned Episcopal mission are noted. 1500 pounds of tobacco offered at 25 cents per pound by J M Bauknight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Williams
Wirt Terry
Ben Arnold
Geo. T. Moore
Rosebud
Sam Little
Rockdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Daily Tribune
Ben D. Lee
H. H. Steadman
Jim Coleman
Beldhing Bros Silk
Leeetibrk
Sd Qods
Cameron, Texas
Pete Bergum
Dr. N. Cass
Annie May Yates
Marlin
Mrs. Forrest Lay
O. F. McAnally
Katie Tebow
Miss Tebow
Geo. Mangum
Burlington
Miss Wilcox
el Paso
T. 8S. Henderson
J. P. Creel
Goldthwaite
Roy Womack
McGregor
G. Boyles
Presbyterian
Methodist
Tomkies
Leo Jones
Ballinger
May Atkinson
Miles
Pallinger
Killeen
J. W. Jones
All Sainte Chapel
Austin
Christian Church
Jones
George H. Kinsolving
J. M. Bauknight
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