21 Jun 1912
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
1
Subscription rates listed for Hearne Texas dated June 21 1912 show three months at 25 cents six months at 50 cents and one year at one dollar. (Includes location Hearne Texas and date)
The Wheelock Enterprise carries ads from Wheelock and Hearne business men. The paper praises Wheelock’s rich farming country and progressive merchants while hoping Hearne merchants will advertise too. Reciprocity and competition are described as life of trade.
A local Hearne weekly is praised for its home paper support. Merchants are described as giving liberal backing in readings and dinners, reflecting a pattern of favoring the local publication. The passage emphasizes communal pride in sustaining the town paper.
The Columbus Citizen reports at a Hearne meeting the school board elected Prof Holland and others as teachers for the coming years. Prof Gillespie resigned as Supt to take the Hearne post vacated by Prof Holland, a loss mourned by many in Hearne and Columbus.
Next Monday night June 24 the Golden Rule Lodge of A F and A M will install officers at First Baptist Church Hearne at 8 o clock sharp. A nice program will be arranged and everybody is cordially invited to attend.
In a terse item a note says Mollie Wy remains anxious about John with no alarm raised and no further action recorded. The fragment hints at concern without specifying events or dates.
The Hearne Democrat advertises free sample copies of Fair land Ranch and Holland's Magazine with low clubbing rates for both papers. McCall's Magazine samples remain available and attractive subscription offers are promised. Canvassers are sought in every community with liberal commissions and free pictures with the Democrat.
Malachi Hitchins father of Mrs. A. B. Boyd died at his Tyler home on Saturday and was buried in Norwood cemetery after a funeral at the grave. Born in London, England, he came to Texas at 14 and became a pioneer merchant in eastern Texas. He retired about ten years ago and was a Presbyterian. Survived by his wife, one son and four daughters.
An investigator surveys responses from readers in Austria Hungary Australia and New Zealand about parcel post. Most replies favor parcel post citing net benefit and wider reach. He notes the United States stands as an exception with lack of parcel post and a strong catalogue house presence.
A fragmented note cites Platt and prededas in a United States New York context, mentioning monopoly action and parcel post, with a reference to an election and the Houston Chronicle as the source. The readable fragments imply a legal or policy dispute about monopoly power and mail service, but details are incomplete.
Reading fragments evoke a nostalgic poem about treasured past times. The lines mention guiding feet, memory’s gold, and joys that endure beyond troubles, though many words are garbled.
An unseen speaker orders a restrained companion to hide postage stamps as tension builds. The restrained party complies with a demure reply, while the other man delivers a swift, scolding retort that escalates the scene and shifts the power dynamic.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a garbled note about the oyster topic and training ideas. Names and places are missing or unclear, leaving a nonsensical sequence of phrases with no coherent event or person to anchor a news item.
A garbled exchange shows a minister pressing Tommy with abrupt questions. Tommy replies uncertainty, exposing confusion over truth and stance as the vist unfolds in a clipped, puzzling exchange.
Mr W T Loudermilk chairman of the Texas Welfare Commission sub committee on cotton marketing reported in session that he favors the holding plant adopted by the Farmers' Union. He proposed six per cent lending funds for distress cottons and urged business interests to cooperate with farmers to secure better prices. Loudermilk, a practical farmer and former president of the Farmers' Union, is noted as a keen student of Southern agricultural conditions.
A farmer's wife, exhausted from daily chores, swears the source of her fatigue is hookworm. She recounts a long day of tending the household, feeding and bathing children, cooking, cleaning, and ironing, lamenting how she cannot finish her tasks.
A boarding school pupil returns and answers his father on grammar with a boastful line about making grammar his long suit. He recalls failing in class, then notes his improvement, saying the key was abandoning the “funny business” and facing the quizzes with renewed effort.
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