Milam Co., TX - Newspapers: Cameron Herald 1908 *********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynna Kay Shuffield USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************* Newspapers have played an important role through the years by not only bringing us local happenings in the community but also news from across the country and around the world. Over the years many records related to our ancestors were lost or destroyed in fires, floods and other natural disasters. Newspapers contain much information that may not be found elsewhere such as births, marriages, deaths, court notices, land sales, tax notices, businesses, etc. They also hold many glimpses of information in their community news and provide us with fascinating details about the lives of our ancestors. 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This book is comprised of newspaper abstracts from the Cameron Herald newspaper published in Cameron, Milam County, Texas and available for purchase on microfilm from Southwest Micropublishing, Inc. To purchase a copy of the microfilm, contact: Southwest Micropublishing, Inc. 2627 E. Yandell St. El Paso, Texas 79902 Telephone: 1-800-367-1273 < http://www.swmicropublishing.com/ > I & GN = International & Great Northern Railroad I.O.O.F. = International Order of Odd Fellows I.T. = Indian Territory sic = S.A.&A.P. = San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad = = = = = [Newspapers begin with the following issue - There are no newspapers for 1 Jan 1908 through 1 May 1908] Cameron Herald, Thur., 8 May 1908 Wm. A. Bowen, Editor & Publisher Courthouse Report - This is the first term of District Court within the memory, if not the first in the history of this court, that no criminal cases were tried. There was only one case reported ready and it was continued until the fall term. For the first time, there is no criminal in the country jail. The two suspects of poisoning the Sauer family of near Thorndale last January, Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Owens, were released on failure of the Grand Jury to find a bill against them. Sheriff Holtzclaw returned from Brownwood Tuesday where he went to get a Mexican suspected of being the one who killed Constable Busby in Rockdale in 1894. The Mexican is in jail and was visited by Wm. Barrett and Bright Baldridge who feel sure he is the one who committed the murder and escaped. Marriage Licenses: W. F. Young & Elizabeth Wolf; Jack Brown & Chancy Newhem; Henry Kramer & Mary Jane Price; Henry Adams & Ella Little; R. E. Thweat & Etna Williams; John McDonald & Laura Williams; M. Styles & Mrs. V. Y. Mathis; I. M. Hightower & Effie Vaughn; W. A. Frank & Mamie Halfuhs; R. E. Thompson & Nora Bradley; Charlie Williams & Mary Ann DeShields; Lawerance Brewer & Myrtle Copeland Death - J. Ike Teauge, age 35, died last Thursday, April 30th at Temple. A few months ago, he married Miss Tesure Robinson of Cameron. He was the nephew of Mrs. S. M. Hefley. He was a traveling salesman with headquarters at Waco. At the time of his death, he was at Temple for medical treatment. Services were at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Hefley. Burial was at Oak Hill cemetery in Cameron under the direction of Percy Branch of the undertaking department of the Hefley Hardware Co. His mother, sister and two brothers [no names given] from Gainsville, Texas were present at the funeral. Birth - Girl born to C. M. Beard of Milano, weight 12-pounds - Gause Gazette Sickness - Will T. Massengale had a stroke of paralysis last Sunday morning Visiting - Mrs. W. J. Walker, who has been visiting here returned to her home in Marbury, AL last week. She is the daughter of the late T. N. Cox and was here at his bedside during his illness and death. Marriage - Antone Stocklas of Ballinger and bride, nee, Miss Louise Chenosky of Rosebud passed through Cameron Monday en route to Ballinger where they will make their home. They were married Monday morning at the home of the bride in Rosebud. Mr. Stocklas is a former citizen of Cameron. Death - W. W. Brashear, age 65, of the Elm Ridge community died at this home last Monday morning, May 4th. He was one of the old landmarks of Milam County. He was a native of Kentucky but had lived in Texas for over 30-years. He leaves a wife and seven children and six step-children [no names given]. Services were at the Salem church and burial was at the Salem cemetery. Death - Nacogdoches, May 4th - Hosea Ryan, age 19, was accidently killed while coupling cars on the Howard Lumber Co.'s tram at Hampton's Front. The cars were loaded with logs for the Hayward mill and as the young man stepped between the cars to couple them, his head was caught between the ends of two logs, crushing his skull. He fell dead across the fails and both his legs and right arm were severed from his body by the trucks of one of the cars passing over him. The remains were shipped to Jewett where the parents of the young man live. Marriage - A. J. Rhoades and Miss Elzie Dennis, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Dennis, were married last Sunday evening at the bride's home near Milano. The groom is a merchant in Gause - Gause Gazette Cameron Herald, Thur., 15 May 1908 Issue missing Cameron Herald, Thur., 22 May 1908 Trial - Matthew Sheffield pled guilty to aggravated assault and was find $75 and costs before Judge Watson last week. Marriage Licenses: J. H. Ditto & Ruby Hensley; R. L. Lawson & Pearl Moore; R. Beard & Amanda Hurt; Herbert Little & Mattie Adams; Sam Rogers & Mary Wright Marriage - John Ditto, Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. John Ditto, Sr., and Miss Ruby Henseley of Oakdale were married at the home of Rev. H. E. Kelly on May 14th. The bridal party repaired to the home of the groom's parents on the Little river near Gause where an elegant supper was served. A dance followed at the home of R. H. Ditto. Article - ATruly Aged Negro@ - Cameron, May 19th - Ben Ambers, negro, living near Jones Prairie, is now believed to be more than 102 years old. He declares he was born in Virginia on Jan. 25, 1806. He talks interestingly of the olden times. Death - Graham, May 18th - C. C. Mills, a well-known cattleman was attacked by two unknown persons on May 8th and died Friday night. Death - After drinking a glass of water, James Brewer of Tyler, fell dead. Death - Marshall Burney, 20-years journal clerk of the Texas House of Representatives, was found dead in bead at his home in Amphere, Atascosa county. Death - Frederick Gorham, 25-years a Southern Pacific railway engineer, was shot in the stomach at this home by the accidental discharge of a shotgun and soon expired. Death - Dallas, May 19th - Dick Beall, age 50, of Waxahachie, a brother of Congressman Jack Beall, was shot and killed in a doorway on Elm St. at 6 p.m. Monday. Tom Kent went to a telephone and called the sheriff=s office saying he had killed a man and he desired an officer to come. W. B. Kimball, a barkeeper in Burns saloon, an eyewitness, said he was seated in a chair near the door when Beall and William Skaggs appeared in front of the door. A shot was fired at Beall, who sake down. Skaggs seized the wounded man by the arm and pulled him into the saloon just as two more shots were fired. Skaggs said he was walking with Beall when the shot was fired. Beall, on the floor, raised up and the muzzle of the pistol placed close to his head. Beall was a painter by trade. Beall leaves three daughters and a son [no names given]. [lengthy article] Death - Paris, Tex., May 19th - Mrs. Marilda Cassa Maxey, age 75, widow of the late Gen. Sam Bell Maxey, ex-U.S. Senator, died at her home here Monday morning. She was born in 1832 in Clinton county, MO and was married to Gen. Maxey on July 19, 1853. [End of articles for 1908 - There are no editions on the reel of microfilm between 23 May 1908 and 31 Dec 1908] Milam County, Texas: Cameron Herald Newspaper Abstracts, 1908 Page 1