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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
4
Friends distressed as Mr Vance Kirby suffers a stroke likely brain clot causing right side paralysis and speech loss. Physicians note gradual improvement by Thursday evening while residents wish for his full recovery. Advertisement mentions loans for farm land and Dr King’s New Life Pills with price.
Elliott community resident Joe Reed serves with Company F of the Texas Infantry on the border ready for action. He is the son of Confederate veteran James Reed, a 1916 State University law graduate, who joined the same unit in San Antonio. Friends expect him to distinguish himself if hostilities with Mexico resume, recalling Fort Forty Seven.
For a week trains carried soldiers headed to Colorado, Eagle Pass, Brownsville, and San Antonio with field guns wagons army mules and provisions. Soldiers came from New York Wisconsin Illinois Missouri and other northern states as citizens rushed to the H T C yards to watch arrivals.
The account recalls soldiers passing through, with names and addresses on slips and nore offerings of army crackers. Some sang about Mexico and home while others mourned the blues, cheering up friends with souvenirs and humorous gifts.
A 1916 letter from Jay C. Powers at DonTon Parl San Antonio invites Talk to Lane about enlisting Hearne boys into Battery C Texas National Guard. Assures readiness for federal muster. Enlistment inquiries directed to editor or Powers at 127 W Commerce St. San Antonio Texas.
Hon B Y Cummings of Hillsboro spoke at the Queen Theatre in this city Wednesday morning to a fair sized audience. His address was well received. Cummings, a leading state lawyer, has many local friends from visits with Dr H W Cummings and family. Local sentiment favors Governor Ferguson for a second term. Four young women Clara Love Marion Morehead Fay Tynes and Kathleen Curry returned Sunday to Franklin from here.
Citizens decorated windows with stars and stripes and flags were visible citywide on Tuesday. Picnics drew large crowds heading to Rocky Crossing and Brazos shores. Boy Scouts toured Calvert, with Hearne defeating Calvert Scouts in a ball game. Celebrations were described as safe and sane by local residents.
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