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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
4
A Maine house in East Winthrop, 107 years old, showcases a massive granite foundation three feet thick. Local lore says three yokes of oxen moved the stones, with chimney bases twenty feet square and internal tunnels linking hallways. Foundations and chimneys were made to withstand floods and earthquakes, with only fire able to destroy the masonry.
A Swedish moose is described as a dangerous rival to horses. Historical notes recount a harnessed moose winning horse races but being disqualified as out of competition. Moose served as saddle and draft animals centuries ago before royal bans. A Swedish gentleman trained a moose for mail service, showing moose efficacy in passage. A proposed moose cavalry regiment never tested.
The document traces paper usage in the United States from near scarcity during the Revolutionary War to rapid growth in the 19th and 20th centuries. It notes per capita consumption rising from minimal wartime needs to 57 pounds in 1869, 150 pounds in 1928, and modern total usage exceeding the population’s weight.
Satis N. Coleman notes in Bells that the Glastonbury monk Peter Lightfoot built an early tower clock around 1325 with automatic figures striking the hours. These figures delighted the public and spurred European town clocks to adopt hourly bell ringing long before clock bells.
The standards bureau identifies three kinds of non shatterable glass. One is unusually thick, another is laminated with an organic binder, and the third is heat treated. The first shows great thickness, the second edge laminated structure, the third irregular figures in polarized light.
The Navy uses more than 19,000,000 pounds of canned foods each year. Tomatoes head the vegetable list, with peas corn and stringless beans next. Among fruits peaches lead, then pineapple prunes applesauce apricots pears figs and raisins. Figs, new to the line, amount to 540,000 pounds yearly.
A dubious assertion claims about half of U S homes are owned by men earning under $2000 a year and questions the idea that Americans are not thrifty. The passage muses on misperceptions and hints at broader regrets about technological progress.
Milam County launches the Living Room Contest sponsored by the Semi-Weekly Farm News and the A and M College Extension Department. The 1929 results show improvements in lighting ventilation walls furniture and decor across many homes driven by club women with dairy and poultry earnings and cotton profits. A county tour to showcase completed projects is set for October 17 and registration closes November 29.
Ray Love of Bryan spent Sunday at home. Mrs. E N Fontaine left for Temple after a month with Dr W J Fontaine and family. Carl Black family spent weekend at Marlin. Charles and Vernon Fontaine of Rosebud visited parents. Clara Bennett Love Jewell Hickman and Mildred Burnett left for San Marcos to enter college. Newt Canady family spent weekend at Burlington. Rev Dobson visited Dick Harper home. Marvin Hickman of McCamey spent last week here. Jess Bell family of Ben Arnold visited Sunday. Rodney K Fontaine and son visited.
Thursday in Temple attending the circus. Mrs. John McLerran and Mrs. Benie Goodwin spent Sunday afternoon at the Dr. W. J. Fontaine home. Keith Judkins spent Sunday with Connie Mae Hickman. Bill Fontaine is spending this week in Bolton with Mrs. Paul Holcomb. Durward Hickman of Chilton spent the weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey expect to move near Marlin this week where Mr. Bailey will take charge of a store and filling station. A council meeting will be held Friday night by the Sneed's Chapel League at the home of Beaulah Johnson. Rev. Skinner was a Sunday dinner.
The record notes guests at the Dr W J Fontaine home and Mrs R N Moody of Calvert visiting the Vandivere home. Hugh McKinney Jr of Austin spent the weekend with his parents. Rev Robert Dobson left for Baylor Waco. Rev Skinner preached at Sneed s Chapel. A pie and ice cream supper at Little River drew good crowds despite rain, clearing over 30 dollars to fund heaters for the annex.
A playful dialogue contrasts a professor asking for a historical example with a student referencing the Garden of Eden and a loose leaf system as a humorous anachronism. The exchange pokes fun at technical vocabulary in ancient contexts.
Mrs. Cynthia Staton of Moscow Ohio describes months of awful health with nervous tension back pain and fatigue. She says after starting Cardus her strength returned and she felt steadier and urged others to try the medicine.
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