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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
2
The notice records Hearne Texas as a second class matter entry dated May 2 1911 and December 1916 under the 1879 Act. It confirms postal status and location in Hearne Texas with archival terminology. The text reflects vintage postal designation practices for the period.
The piece argues the State University is becoming a first class university under Dr. R. E. Vinson with expanded buildings, more educators, and the Extension Department. It mocks a Homeric antiquity comparison and notes the Daily Texan ad for a pioneer grocer, then humorously suggests locating ancient scholars near campus to rival older universities.
The editor declined a dinner invitation at the Driscoll hotel in Austin with regret. A letter from Hon. Fred Davis, Commissioner of Agriculture, describes rabbits as table food and notes Texas rabbits’ abundance and exploration of cannery usage. The piece reflects on historic droughts and the wartime era attitudes toward rabbits as sustenance.
A fragment notes a peculiar legal phrase asserting that a certain tree acted as legal tender for debts. The item remains unclear on context, date, or jurisdiction, with no identifiable people or organizations readable.
The essay urges every youth to prepare for useful lives through education and business skills. It cites Lynn Thomas, son of J A Thomas of Mumford, now in a top Dallas position, who benefited from a Tyler Commercial College scholarship. The piece promotes broad curricula beyond shorthand and praises education as independence, while noting no scholarship is sold and endorsing Capper Publishing club offers for readers.
The editor recalls a physician’s remark about his paper’s circulation and asserts pride in the paper’s reach. He describes efforts to boost subscriptions through canvassing in Hearne territory, premiums, and clubbing offers, noting subscribers in 37 Texas counties and 19 states and plans to expand the LOCAL mailing list. He mentions two thousand circulars and ongoing premiums.
The Lakewood letter from November 22 congratulates the president on California’s official count and re election. It notes Hughes’s virtues but mocks overformal style, contrasting legal precision with poetic flair and calling out his restraint in oratory.
A playful verse from Gage Readings recalls Maud Muller on a summer day, watching the hired man harvest hay. A bee crawled up his pant leg provoking laughter, later returned when a grasshopper climbed up her gown, in a light farmyard anecdote.
The Aid Society met with Mrs. Ike Hall on Monday afternoon November 27 sharing a Thanksgiving Bible reference. Hostess assistance from Mrs. Dunbar Chapman and Mrs. Will Allen served a salad course after the program. A November 4 business meeting started a parsonage nest egg and noted improved attendance.
At 3 30 pm a Mission lesson led by Mrs Philen will be held at the church and a yearly box for Buckner's Orphan Home will be packed. Committees ask all for small garments or gifts to brighten those at the home. A box will be sent to prisoners at Mrs Westbrook's farm with church support and donations can be given via Miss Elsie Ely. A Christmas program at the Baptist church Sunday night supports the orphanage and invites all to attend.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy tasting remedy that digests food in five minutes. It claims relief from sour stomach, indigestion, gas, and dyspepsia, and warns readers that laxatives are unnecessary.
Excursion tickets to all points in Texas on sale December 15 to 26 inclusive and December 31 and January 1, limit January 5. Louisiana tickets valid December 21 to 25 inclusive and December 30 and 31, limit January 7. For rates schedules and reservations see Ticket Agent I and GN Ry.
A.C. Lambert of Hearne representing Armour & Co. spent today in the city making his usual Monday calls on local grocery merchants.
Sloan's Liniment is presented as a handy remedy for bumps, bruises, sprains, and rheumatic pains. It promises quick penetration and relief without rubbing, claiming superiority to mossy plasters and ointments and urging outdoors workers to keep a bottle. Available at all druggists for 25 cents.
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