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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
2
The famed cartoonist known as Rube Goldberg buys a Hudson Victoria to drive, planning simple yet stylish automotive ideas for his art. He contemplates fitting his Boob McNutt style and Prof. Lucifer G Butts inventions with the new car as inspiration.
The Hewitt-Texas Petroleum Development Co. No. 1 Milton Phillips deep test near Rockdale is at 2765 feet cutting Edwards lime in Austin chalk at 2 to 3 feet per hour. Rudi Von Gonten leads day crew with Clarence Groneman on nights. Hubert Groneman joins Sun Company salt dome work near Brenham. The well to Edwards lime horizon is expected around 2500 feet, determining the deep pay oil outlook for Rockdale.
A corner stone ceremony for the new Sharpe school was held on Monday at 8 am. Rev George Pente cost gave an address and prayer. J P Petty read trustees resolutions praising B R Thompson who drove the first nail and is a longtime education official in the county.
Public notice warns that Federal cotton receipt No. 77510 issued September 4 1929 by Cameron Compress Company for one bale of cotton delivered by George Collier is lost and should not be accepted or dealt with by others. George H. Collier.
The piece notes a patent medicine heavily advertised as restoring youth, claiming effects beyond the legendary fountain and inviting attention to its advertised promises.
The Gregorian calendar is nearly perfect at about 65.2425 days per year versus the solar year 365.2424 days. The annual error is 0.0026 days, taking 57,000 years to accumulate to one day. This marks a major improvement over the Julian calendar abandoned in 1752 by Britain and its colonies.
The tale links Goodwin, earl of the West Saxons under Edward the Confessor, to Prince Alfred's murder. While dining with the king and denying involvement, he supposedly died from a fit, giving rise to the expression Goodwin's oath as a legend among Norman storytellers.
Popular Mechanics notes the joystick term comes from Joyce the inventor. The control stick has remained essentially unchanged since early aviation, though large planes and flying boats increasingly favor wheel controls.
A fragmentary note discusses Johann Paul Richter known as Richter and his reception abroad. It mentions a remark about Providence and national dominions attributed to him, cited by critics in the Edinburgh Review and linked to Madame de Stuel in transmission to American readers.
Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas adds a Senior Accountancy Course preparing students for the CPA degree. The course, endorsed by the American Association of Public Accountants Education Committee, presents a constructive sequence from fundamentals to advanced concepts and emphasizes practical accounting principles and methods.
The Tyler Commercial College invites interested students to enroll in Senior Accounting and CPA preparation programs at Tyler Texas. It stresses a high school background and offers free books and information with no obligations. Scholarships are mentioned via the Cameron Herald.
Texas probate notice to Milam County officials and the public announces that J. H. Smilie is the administrator of Billie Daniels deceased and has filed the final account. The notice instructs publication in a newspaper of general circulation for at least twenty days before the return date.
The County Court of Milam County Texas will hear the final account of the estate of Billie Daniels deceased at the next regular term. All persons interested are required to appear and contest if proper. The writ is returnable at Cameron court on the first day of the next term, September 11, 1929.
Milam County Texas and trustees order an election at the Liberty School House dated August 12 1929 to determine if livestock including horses cattle and goats may run at large in a specified part of Justice Precinct No 3 along Cannon Snap Creek and adjacent roads. The description cites the J H Ashenbeck land and the R L Butte 290 acre tract.
The Stock Law District line description ends at Cannon Snap Creek to the place of beginning. The court ordered an election for Saturday September 28 1929 with G. W. Malone named as manager. Document signed August 16 1929 by Judge Jeff T. Kemp Milam County Texas.
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