30 Dec 1932
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
1
A Houston Post-Dispatch poem lyric celebrates abundance in a garden where roses and new plants multiply to share with neighbors. The speaker values others’ gifts and cherishes the joy of giving, as blossoms become cherished memories in the heart.
The writer argues that despite thirteen million unemployed, about forty million are employed, with many working part time or on reduced pay. He notes gains in moral and spiritual life, church attendance, crowded schools, increased reading, and stable or growing magazines and newspaper circulations as evidence that the nation endures the Depression with resilience and communal effort.
John Remsen rose from a teen reader to a prolific editor and fact hunter, uncovering thousands of misquotes and errors across magazines. He discovered a misprinted Britannica entry, died of heart failure amid wealth, and was buried in a Flushing mausoleum after a pompous public obituary.
A Texas college teacher praises a bright law pupil who earns by caring for the wealthy's children at night, arguing such vigor serves the common man. The piece notes local papers gain circulation despite ads and job losses, urging industry and spiritual values to avert future ruin. The passage ends with a witty aside about ages from Wolcott Gibbs.
The Coca Cola Bottling Plant sent Coca Cola bottles to the institution's mechanical department for the holidays. The editor notes the gesture and acknowledges Mr. Fred G. Blake as a exemplary civic figure in town.
A humorous reminiscence by the editor about the Dixie Blackbirds minstrel show where two performers wore his shoes. He recalls charitable ladies calling to request shoes for the poor, noting he has only one pair left and cannot spare any more size fourteen footwear for those in need.
The note jokes about printing through Christmas due to citations and thanks Charles Ray Leazer for wood, Johnny Perkins and H. Dorsey for timely hams, and Ray Stell for a pint, all in a cheeky local tone from the Jewett Messenger.
Noah sails the waters in the ark and faces parking troubles for 40 days, the Jackson Citizen-Patriot notes. The quirky quotation frames a playful street-level myth about finding a place to park.
The article notes camels mature at sixteen to seventeen years and are trained from age four to work for humans. They travel twenty to twenty five miles daily and can go three to five days without water. A mature camel can carry up to a thousand pounds.
A 1932 Western Newspaper Union column argues against pretending to be younger than one is. It contrasts David and Jonathan from the Bible, praising Jonathan's maturity and dignity while noting adults who imitate youth appear lacking in experience and judgment. It cites Deal, a firm, trustee and bank director, as a model adult, and notes college boys expect aging men to act their age, not as schoolboys.
Mr and Mrs Elvin Todd of Bryan spent Christmas here and visited Mr and Mrs Bill McLeroy Miss Ozelle McLeroy and Mr and Mrs W T McKay and family making a holiday rounds with relatives.
Miss Ruth Craig of Houston departed Monday after a Christmas visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Henry, taking her niece Sallie Ruth Henry home. Mr. Henry, previously employed by Missouri Pacific Lines in San Antonio, also left Monday to rejoin his family around New Year Day.
A dress described with plain lines featuring white ermine scarf trim and armhole decorations. The gown emphasizes flaring elbow cuffs and ermine shoulder bands, with the scarf adaptable as a muff. A matching hat with a small brim completes the ensemble in a new forehead-dipping style.
Eleanor Arthur of Douglas Arizona has been crowned Queen of the Desert by fellow students after moving from a mining camp to the University of Arizona in Tucson. She is praised for being wholesome and athletic preferring horses to social excess, and not smoking or bobbing her hair.
Corsicana players G. B. Palmos O. G. Hudson J. T. Hamilton Bill Palmos and Billy Hudson witnessed the Corsicana Masonic Home football game Monday. Corsicana was accorded the state high school championship in a notable win.
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