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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
2
A Chicago Journal view says the state senate killed a bill to cap heel height. It argues fashion profits trump regulation and urges public education over legislation, suggesting moving pictures show the difference between wheeled waddle and graceful walking to spark reform.
A reflective meditation on bees idling under an apple tree and near garden hives. The speaker seeks instruction from the bees while questioning who should teach whom and contemplating a wiser way to value time and industry. Pearsall Smith is cited as a source.
Professor Scholl in Hearne with Fred W. Davis and Robertson county growers to outline milled cotton boll plans under government supervision. Agreement with Bailey & Johnston will ensure milled by products are disposed of under oversight, quarantine line kept intact, and cooperation praised. He urged retreat from the line to aid eradication and prevent further controls.
A verse speaks to financial ruin after failed schemes. It urges steadiness, resilience, and service despite loss, naming Brent and Bole as the speaker. The piece contrasts despair with determined nerve and willingness to endure for others.
The United States faces a shortage of trained merchant ship officers. Massachusetts and New York expand state nautical training schools with navy loaned training ships. Obsolete gunboats serve as trainers while larger vessels may be added. The president suspends the American citizen officer requirement as ships shift to American registry.
A terse exchange appears between a mistress and Green Girl about placing flypaper outside a house to trap insects, noting it fills up faster outdoors. The lines suggest a surreal or staged moment rather than a full narrative.
In a playful exchange a clerk asks about a new car choice after a mortgage. The other replies he plans to buy a Lamb. The brief vignette hints at consumer optimism and humor in everyday life.
In a clipped dialogue style a newly married man jokes about insuring his life for five thousand dollars while the wife teases about a car. A patter from a stage piece follows with the Old Maid and a moonlit romance all colliding with a city boarder who quips about going inside.
Reuben confirms a group of amateur golfers trampled the field yesterday while Silas dismisses the trouble, saying the work was already done. The scene references a north field and a casual exchange about recent activities.
An order from the Robertson County District Court directs a public auction on the first Tuesday in January 1918 for property owned by William Johnson and Rhoda Johnson. The Lot 10 and 11 in Block G, Hearne, Texas, is levied to satisfy a $358.20 judgment for Sam New. The Hearne Democrat is ordered to publish this notice for at least twenty days.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale issued in Robertson County Texas on December 6 1917 in Planters and Merchants State Bank of Hearne vs Martha Stamps and Jesse Stamps case No 6402. Sale set for the first Tuesday in January 1918 at the courthouse door in Hearne to satisfy a judgment of 512 72 with costs. Property described as lots 3 and 5 in block 311 in Hearne.
Notice to sheriff to publish in a newspaper of general circulation for twenty days before the return day. Lula C. Bond estate final account filed by administrator MT Beard in Robertson County Court. Hearing set for first Monday in January 1918 at Franklin City Court House. Clerk Tolbert signs, December 2, 1917.
Advertised as a tasteless tonic containing quinine and iron, Grove's claims to act on the Liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. Sold for sixty cents.
Notice to concerned parties that K B Collier of Hearne Texas filed November 22 1917 for a permit to divert 5.4 cubic feet per second from the Brazos River to irrigate 257 acres of the Old Terrel Place in Robertson County Texas. Hearing set December 1 1917 at 10 AM in Austin before the Board of Water Engineers with continuation as needed.
Auction notice for John L Boatner estate plots offered cheap for spot cash. Interested parties may contact Miss Clara Boatner or attorney J Felton Lane in Hearne, or write executor K L Willis P O Box 385 Mineola Texas for particulars.
A vintage testimonial style ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and constitutional remedy. It claims local applications cannot reach the disease and that the cure works through the blood and mucous surfaces. The copy promises testimonials and positions the product as a nonquack medicine from Cueney & Co of Toledo, with other pills for constipation.
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