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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
4
Mr M P Willis of the English department at the local public school left Friday for Walnut Springs where on Monday evening he delivered the commencement address of the public school of that city.
Mrs. J L Renfro, a Hearne native, will depart May 17 for Los Angeles to attend the Woman’s Benefit Association marathon meet as Texas delegate. The quadrennial convention gathers delegates from all states and Canadian provinces, with events spanning Los Angeles to Vancouver and sights including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. The Los Angeles gathering is expected to draw 10,000. May 29 will see a 380th anniversary pageant with 3,000 participants as the order’s history and cultures are portrayed. The WBA, led by supreme commander Miss Bina M West, is the world’s largest women’s fraternal benefit society, and has gained 52,000 new members in four years. Renfro, a prominent local figure, has served in high offices and attended key meetings here.
Mrs. J Felton Lane hosted a Methodist Missionary Society gathering with guests Monday afternoon. Mrs. Shellman led a study on Korea through our school and hospitals, featuring Miss Ura Leveridge from Laredo teaching faculty. Out-of-town attendees included Mesdames McMillan Calvert Norman Mabry. District meeting planned in Hearne on the 4th. Ice course served. Reporter notes. Mr. Ely Ayers and Mrs. J P Ayers of Houston visited Mr. and Mrs. J H Ferney during a commencement.
The tonic and laxative medicine Laxa Tive Bromo Quinine is promoted as superior to ordinary Quinine with claims of no nervousness and no head ringing. The text references a signature by E W Crove and ends abruptly.
Mr and Mrs W D Terry host at home from Houston Mrs Freeman and the friendly visit continues in Jacksonville with guest Beulah Brown staying at the aunt Beulah Brown residence.
Wyandotte Cave in Crawford county near the Blue River entry to the Ohio is famed for its immense corridors and vaulted chambers. Notable features include the Pillar a 25 by 15 foot column, Columbian Arch a 75 foot tunnel, and a 71 foot diameter satin spar mastodonic pillar. Thousands of bats roost in Odd Fellows Hall a 90 by 210 by 65 foot chamber.
The sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in June 1923 in Franklin Robertson County Texas the undivided one sixteenth interest of Prado McGee and wife in the Alec and Dollie McGee lands near Spring Creek between Hearne and Benchley. The sale funds a $442.58 debt to Farrar Lumber Company plus costs, under a builder and judgment lien foreclosed by court order. W E Thompson Sheriff signs and seals the notice.
The Hearne Motor Go offers a full line of Mobil Oils for vehicles and equipment. Shop trusted lubricants and maintenance products from Mobil to keep engines running smoothly.
An order of sale issued by Robertson County District Court directs the sheriff to sell on the first Tuesday in June 1923 at the Franklin courthouse door the property described as Lot 6 in Block 126 in Calvert Texas. The levy covers all improvements and the sale settles a judgment of 768.26 in favor of Mattie S Edwards et al. against Pleas Gibson and wife.
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