04 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1916
Page
1
The notice lists subscription rates for three months six months and one year with prices .25 .50 and 1.00 respectively. It states entered as second class matter at Hearne Texas February 4 1916 and references the postal act.
Excerpts from the Navasota Examiner Review recount a harsh winter’s frost killing collards and foiling plans for hog jowl. The Bryan Eagle notes a fond appetite for sausages and cracklin bread, while editor and readers joke about hunting hogs to supply food, and contemplate reporting any local butchering.
The Texas senator Chas. A. Culberson declares his candidacy to succeed himself amid long illness and public debate. The Eagle urges proven continued service, noting his decades in public office and urging voters to select the most qualified candidate in this critical period.
The article reflects on General Huerta of Mexico, called a despot and murderer of President Madero, dying in Fort Paso while under federal indictment. It contrasts earthly justice with the inexorable Judge of souls, noting little in Huerta’s life to warrant clemency and urging caution in judging a man’s heart.
Austin Texas Jan 24 A Texas Department of Agriculture prediction says cotton prices may drop to the lowest level ever next fall if acreage increases and yields normalize. A 20 percent acre reduction in 1915, along with drought storms and boll weevil invasion, produced a smaller crop than 1910, the prior price peak year. If acreage returns to normal and the war persists, cotton could hit a low water mark with possible prices of 5 cents or 15 cents per pound under reduced or increased acreage respectively.
A Southern darkey seeks a divorce after six weeks of marriage. The minister, saying he cannot grant divorces, is urged to dissuade him. The groom laments that though he took Liza for better or worse, she turned out worse for him.
A quirky collage notes individuals in Cincinnati, Macon, Columbia, Austin and beyond. Adam Pfaff gains a vent phonograph while Willie Wessons gives up fiddle lessons. Hannah sells a piano, Gorgham Goat breaks a flute, and Percy Jett has not yet used his cornet.
A short reflective poem notes the stubbornness of people who refuse to change a long standing fault. The speaker admits the picture has been crooked so long that moving it feels unfamiliar and wrong. The piece ends with a resigned tone about habit and error.
A local official pessimist, famed for his chronic dyspepsia, stood by the post office as noon bells rang. He quipped that if dinner wasn’t ready he would raise hell, and if it was ready he would not eat a bite. Palestine Herald.
The Personal Inquiry column receives a note from a woman who has lost three husbands and faces an offer of a fourth. The editor retorts with a sharp, humorous line about trust and fate, reflecting the magazine’s tongue in cheek tone.
The grocer complains as country butter short supply pushes a shift in domestic life. A farmer’s wife now shops for and uses a percolator and separator to produce cream, wearing fashionable bibs and frills. She proclaims pride in urban buying power and urges city buyers to supply demand. Harry J. Williams reports.
Verse riffs on Leap Year urging women to seek marriage. A playful monologue mocks single life and mocks the old stereotype, urging action and romantic pursuit for the year. The speaker, a witty female voice, declares matrimony as the aim and Leap Year as her chance.
A Burleson County Ledger item urges readers to take action and persevere. It emphasizes steady effort and continuous improvement with lines about not stopping at small steps and the need to keep talking and growing to progress beyond gloom. The message invites personal momentum and optimism.
An advertisement touts Po-Do-Lax as a remedy for torpid livers and related ailments. It promises relief from dizziness constipation biliousness and indigestion and claims benefits for the stomach and blood. The ad offers the product for 50 cents at the druggist.
A vintage recruitment pitch urges readers to enroll in Tyler Commercial College Tyler Texas, claiming trained bookkeeping shorthand and business administration students quickly enter office work and become masters of business. It stresses a proactive approach, cites testimonials, and invites readers to request a catalogue and fill out a mail-in form.
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