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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
2
The Hearne Chamber of Commerce advocates a scientific method for cotton, urging storage of at least half the district crop and selling over 12 months. They praise the Texas warehouse law and urge bankers to back warehouse receipts to curb the autumnal price dip and stabilize banks and state wealth.
Directors plan to attend the Chamber of Commerce gathering and urge each member to schedule engagements accordingly so they can be present. The notice asks directors to mark the date in their calendars to ensure attendance.
City of Hearne Texas adopts 1915 tax ordinance for 1916. General expenses tax rate twenty five cents per one hundred valuation. streets fifteen cents. school fifty cents. school bond sinking fund four and a half cents. waterworks sinking fund sixteen and a half cents. electric light sinking fund four cents. A poll tax of seventy five cents applies to males 21 to 60, with state exemptions. Retail liquor tax set at 150 dollars, malt beer 25 dollars, cigarettes 5 dollars. Passed March 28 1915 by Mayor P L Brady.
The Oxford Annex and the Oxford Hotel have let a contract for a twenty room addition. The present building will be duplicated except that all rooms will be bedrooms, giving considerable additional capacity to the house. Increased tonnage for the hotels has been heavy enough to necessitate the extra rooms to meet travelers. The hotels are well patronized by the traveling public.
An old advertisement fragment notes a simple mixture including buckthorn berries glycerine and related ingredients as a remedy for sour stomach and constipation. John Parker, a local druggist, is listed in association with the product and its relief claims.
For sale five pool tables with racks cues and balls. Further details from Lane Johnson Killough in Hearne Texas.
Fragmentary advert appears to promote a diverse set of local remedies for what is described as an incurable catarrh. It mentions a product marketed by F. or. Cheney & Co. and instructs intake of tincture by drops, with references to blood and Atlanta and Toledo, hinting at a broader sales network.
Advertises Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for old sores and persistent conditions. Claims to relieve pain and heal simultaneously with prices 25c, 50c, and 1.00.
An offer to purchase a Tyler College scholarship is announced with instruction to apply in person to the Editor. The note frames the business college as a leading institution and invites direct contact for completion of the sale.
A vintage advertisement warns against calomel as a dangerous mercurial drug that salivates and sicks readers. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant vegetable remedy costing 50 cents per bottle, claiming it cleanses the liver without side effects and improves biliousness and constipation. The ad assures druggists back a money-back offer if Dodson's fails to outperform calomel.
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