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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
2
Hearne Texas June 25 1910 notice states J Felton Lane Epirok and Proprietor entered as second class matter at Hearne post office under the act of March 3 1879.
Fifteen years ago many now famous figures toiled in humble posts from Detroit to Cincinnati. Henry Ford was an electrical worker in a Detroit plant while Charley Murphy wrote for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Thos H Ince earned $50 weekly as a comic-opera extra and Charlie Weeghman waited tables in a quick-lunch room. The message endures: there are more opportunities than ever for youth to rise, if they seize them.
A Hamilton Record account recounts a church society president overhearing the boss printer order violent acts. The malevolent command targets Billy, William J. Bryan’s youngest grandchild, and a “Sweet Angel of Mercy” to be dumped into a bellbox. The woman flees as her children question the printer’s influence.
A minister at an editorial convention praises editors with a toast about saving them from starvation bankruptcy despair and profanity. He jokes that to save them from mistakes bury them and that dead people never make mistakes, highlighting the paper’s need for prompt payment advertising clear plain correspondence and full news.
A Milano Gazette comment laments a married man who could not obtain credit locally, instead buying shoes in Cameron with cash after a long-distance phone call. The piece mocks residents who demand credit at home but pay cash elsewhere, calling such behavior harmful to the town.
A short item from Franklin, Texas, notes a tiny newspaper named the Current Rumor dated June 1st and edited by Leonard Scott, eighth grade pupil at Franklin High School, highlighting a reader posted exchange.
The item notes a busy Franklin publication filled with news and advertisements from local business owners. It highlights the paper as well organized, typographically neat, and editor owned.
A young writer satirizes men with witty lines about marriage, habits, church attendance, and evolution. The piece notes men drink and swear yet mock propriety, suggests bonnets as a fix, and quips that both sexes descend from monkeys with women advancing further. London Opinion published the quip in a humorous critique of gender norms.
A citizen cuts into butter bought at a nonadvertising grocery, discovering a tin box with a neatly written note from an eighteen year old girl seeking a marriage letter. The girl is long deceased, leaving a husband and grown children. the tale ends with the bachelor finder destroying the romance.
Editor tours the N P Wimberley hotel at 609 Market Street on the northeast corner. The 2 story structure offers 12 oak finished bedrooms with lavatory and running water, a spacious lobby and dining room in Old English woodwork. Furnishings are being installed and a two week opening is planned, with dining room later. Under Mr and Mrs Wimberley, it promises orderly cleanliness and comfort.
Mr G M Clapp, a friend of The Democrat, arrives at the Editorial Sanctum on a Tuesday morning bearing a massive tomato grown on his north city farm. The fruit weighed a pound and one ounce and measured 35 inches in diameter under local merchants’ scales.
J. A. Durham a popular young Hearne businessman married Miss Ida Nicholson of Hattiesburg Mississippi in Palestine on Sunday June 20 at 11 o'clock. They arrived in Hearne on the night train and are residing with W. B. Miers. Congratulations pour in from friends and the Democrat extends best wishes.
The beloved Lady of Hearne Mrs. T brook celebrated her anniversary with a charming colonial party at her home. Neighbors and long-time friends joined a tribute led by past president Miss Kat and others, honoring Mrs. Westbrook’s decades of service. Attendees included Mrs. D. A. Nunn Mrs. H Watson Mrs. A R Howard Mrs. Mary Hunt Affleck and many noted Confederate Womans' Chapter leaders from across the state.
Miss Larkin Eate on last Monday. Lillian Larkin addressed Miss Mildred Waltmor in a tense social exchange noted in local society columns.
Helen Tate of Rosse announces Winnie Biggs as a guest during a social event with Lillian Scott and Irene reporting an enjoyable time together.
Mrs W A Dotson visits Reagan this week while J H Dorrough of East erly stays with daughter Mrs Jesse Banks. Velora Griffin and Clariise Griswold spend Sunday with Mrs John Scott at Elliott. W P Hare of Hearne visits Sunday. J R Barrett trips to Hempstead Friday. Ora Belle VanZant of Wheelock visits Ethel Banks. Alvin Hewett visits Temple. L L Griffin hosts weekend with Mrs Griffin’s parents Z T Lloyd and wife at Bishopville. Otis Banks visits Elliott Sunday. Rev C E Bullock of Bryan preaches an engaging sermon Sunday morning.
The druggist offers a money refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching, bleeding, or protruding piles within six to fourteen days. First application provides relief and rest, priced at 50 cents.
By virtue of an execution with bill of costs in the case of W S Allen and Guy Townsend versus Charlie Bryant the Robertson County constable will sell two tracts totaling 203 acres in the Allen J Adkinson Survey. The sale aims to satisfy a judgment of 670.70 plus costs. The property lies in Robertson County near Franklin and comprises 105 acres set to Charley Bryant and 100 acres set to Peter Bryant as shown in deed records Vol 50 page 581 and Vol 52 page 307. Sale date and location: before the Robertson County courthouse door in Franklin on June 6, 1915. S C Brown Constable Precinct No 2 Robertson County Texas.
Women suffer as much as men from indigestion and constipation and need the same scientific remedy. Foley Cathartic Tablets are wholesome, cleansing, do not gripe or cause nausea. Stout people say this cathartic removes the over-full, clogged-up feeling. Parker Drug Co.
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