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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
4
Dozens of people from Waco Houston San Antonio Dallas and Franklin were noted in city social notes. Evelyn Manning and Minnie Ryman visited in Humble Calvert and Waco while George Aman and Roy Bly traveled between Bryan and Rosse. Several attendees attended funerals in the city with residents from Kidd Key College and Apler Military School mentioned.
Houston society papers note Mr George Hamman attending the funeral of Mr Charles Glass. Several visitors from Dallas, Fort Worth, and Calvert arrive to spend Christmas with relatives. Local businesses prepare for holiday needs, and staff enjoy Christmas Day off at the Hotel Oxford dining room.
Mrs Margaret Cobb widow of Judge A G Cobb died at home in Hearne Saturday at 645 AM after a long illness from a prior hip fracture. Born Margaret Yardley in 1845 Tennessee she moved to Texas as a child, joined Methodist then Baptist churches, married A G Cobb in 1866, celebrated 50th anniversary last January, and left eleven children and many grandchildren. Funeral held at First Baptist Church Hearne Sunday at 2:30 PM with Dr George J McNew officiating.
A devotional closing adapts a poet’s lines about God lifting from the fields a harvest of virtue. The imagery contrasts ripe grain with the reaper’s knife and burdens, portraying commendation for righteous works amid mortality and humility.
Baptist News notes visitors and returning relatives in Hearne Texas. The editor urges support for the Red Cross drive and relief for Syrians, praising acts of kindness and church fellowship.
Mr. J. R McWilliams of Black Jack near Hearne reports his son J. R. McWilliams Jr. wounded in France and recuperating in an English hospital. Another son Wait T. and a third M. F. are in allied forces or awaiting call. The McWilliams family reflects patriotic service across Robertson County.
Promotions at Camp Travis involve Acting Mess Sergeant Clarence Maris appointed mess sergeant after graduating cooks and bakers school. Sergeants John P Cox and Lewellyn R Manning, Corporals Max L Drury and Roeper named, with Maris leading 100 men to Leon Springs target range from Robertson county. Private Jay Hurley praised as an efficient cook since rank elevation. Maus expected to transfer as countermasters euros.
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