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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates for a publication entering second class information as of May and igt.2t at the porteface tearne. Rates are three months twenty five cents, six months fifty cents, and one year one dollar under the Act of March 3, 1874.
The truck industry, started small, shows 80 percent profit in Milano after years of trial. For 1914, tomatoes 299 acres, beans 158, can taloupes 87, watermelons 34, cabbage 20, cucumbers 7, squash 5, peppers 6, eggplants 112 acres. Milano shippers lead acreage. C D Jarratt Co and Independent shippers follow. Land east of Hearne offers purchase at under one third Milano prices. Organizing truck farming could bring population and use vacant acres.
A Mineral Wells Hustler editorial urges readers to kill flies to prevent widespread infestation. It warns an April fly now could contaminate meat milk and pies, and endorses multiple methods from swatting to boiling, drowning, or burning with ink as long as a few flies are killed daily. The piece frames fly control as a civic duty to protect neighbors and earn lasting honor.
A recent subscriber letter to the editor proclaims no domestic or financial woes, no extramarital entanglements, no illnesses, and no hidden schemes. The writer portrays harmony with neighbors, a cheerful spirit, and ends with a playful well wish for the recipient.
A Longview Leader reflection compares a kind word to a first thrill of joy and imagines converting critical workers into glad, cheerful people at a set hour. It argues that kind words are cheap and valuable, reflecting a habit of mind worth cultivating.
A dusty office visit reveals a private quarterly travel ledger with miles, samples, sales counts, expenses, and lies told. The quirky record notes journeys, sample shipments, drink refusals, and flirtations along with daily cash and net profit figures from Mineral Wells Hustler.
A humorous look at piffle in newspapers, comparing village and city interests. The piece notes Lord Decies hair brush mishap and Miss Eleanor Wilson dining on a bun as examples of trivial items telegraphed widely. It argues readers’ tastes drive coverage differences between small and large papers.
A fragment cites the Dallas and Galveston News noting that Green and Decies differ in merit. painting astounding community looks while Decies’ trivial loss matters little. The joke suggests Decies disliked his wife’s blond hair brush, disliked its clash with his black frock coat, highlighting social mockery rather than real enterprise.
Leslie's Weekly lists a quirky catalog of common substances and their uses. It pairs items like fat for seven bars soap iron for a nail sugar for a bowl salt for a shaker lime for whitewash and more with various slight, whimsical applications.
Mr and Mrs Luther Smith depart Tuesday for Taylor where he will head a new oil mill. Smith, a leading local business figure, has run Planters Oil Mill here with notable success and courtesy. Mrs Smith will be missed socially among friends. Democrat wishes them success in the new home and commends them to Taylor residents.
Heavy rains cause unprecedented flood damage east of Hearne with washed lands, cut roads, sand deposits on crops, and ditches across fields. Lost Creek roared, washing away the culvert in front of C. L. White’s residence on the Hearne and Wheelock Public Road.
On May 1 the M. B. Club enjoyed a pleasant afternoon hosted by Miss Eva Hunt with refreshments served and thanks given to the hostess. The club will meet with Miss Leah Miers next week, an agent for Alfred Peats Wall Paper Mills, offering 1914 wallpaper designs and prices, with phone sample requests to J A Whitley.
A narrator contrasts a young pianist’s beautiful hands with her mother’s worn hands, arguing true beauty lies in sacrifice and duty. The piece recalls a mother’s late-life reflection on raising a brilliant son and the value of inner grace over social polish, urging selfless devotion.
A tribute praises a woman for worthwhile deeds over criticism of table manners. It extols culture rooted in kindness and service, noting hard, skilled hands earned by years of loving labor as beautiful to those who know her better than idle, self centered neighbors.
City of Hearne adopts taxes for 1914 with rates on property: General 25 cents per $100, Streets and Roads 15 cents, School 50 cents, School Bond sinking fund 4.5 cents, Waterworks Bond sinking fund 16.5 cents per $100 valuations. Total valuation $1060.00 referenced.
The city imposes a poll tax of seventy five cents on every male resident aged 21 to 60 as of January 1 next preceding the 1914 assessment, with exemptions as provided by Texas law. An occupation tax for 1913 is fixed by the Hearne City Council and stands as previously set. Passed April 20, 1914. P. L. Brady, Mayor. Attest W. W. Bivin, City Secretary.
Indigestion and appetite issues teased as treated by Electric Bitters a spring tonic for liver kidney and stomach troubles. Claims to cleanse the system leaving you feeling fine with Mr T D Peeble’s stomach relief cited. Informs price 50c and $1.00 at drnggist Bucklen’s Arnica Salve offered for eczema.
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