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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1924
Page
7
Mrs L Philipe reports 1a from Waco. Sales girls wanted at Fine's Variety Store run by Herschel Whitehurst. Families and friends across Dawson Hearne and Hearne visits. FOR SALE 1924 Ford car. C T Rhodes. Born to Mr and Mrs Henry on May 28. Billy visiting in Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs August and son William in TV Sunday. Mrs William Erwin and Houston relatives visit Austin. Bettie Teeling and Phil Teeling in Belton. R R Cole and Agnes Cole in Cameron Sunday.
A fragment cites an old claim on Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promising to cure a cold in one day. It notes E W Grove’s signature on each box and mentions cough and headache relief as features.
Mrs G Sisson networks flowers for occasions while Mrs J A Ward plans Houston visit to see her son. Miss Sue Cummings hosted guests, Mar Penn Bowers visited Caldwell, and Mr and Mrs C T spent Sunday with R L Jackson in Franklin. Elizabeth and Al Dillard hosted by Mrs M D Fleetwood in Ennis. Mrs Murray Doyle and child hosted by Mr and Mrs W P Ferguson in Stamford. Postmaster C J Hostrasser attended the State Postmasters Convention in Dallas.
A box labeled LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE from E. W. GROVE claims the tablets can be taken by anyone without causing nervousness or ringing in the head. The packaging bears GROVE's signature.
Little Miss Vera Wilson departs Sunday for Galveston to spend the summer. Grace Longmire arrived home from Lockhart where she taught, while Kathryn Ficklin of Bremond visited the Lamberts. R C Allen’s guest list includes daughter Mrs Harold Wolk of Dallas. D R Adkisson of Houston hosts at Griffin home. Leah Paul Stewart returns home. Hats priced at 2.50 and 3.00 at Fine's Variety Store. Mrs G T Rhodes joins husband in Mumford cottage on Market street for summer.
Mr and Mrs I D Hall Pat Hall and young Libbie T M Hall left Sunday by auto for Madison Georgia to visit the homes of Mr and Mrs Patrick Burney and other relatives for several weeks in the old family trip style of the era.
Bryan and Houston guests visit Bryan and Mrs. Moore hostesses. Elizabeth Weese returns from San Antonio after a visit with Mrs. Mabry. Wilmer Welch travels to Jeanerette Louisiana to visit relatives. Amelia Harding returns home from Coleman Public 1001 session. William Allen and family back in Dallas. Macbelle remains sightseeing. Ruth Robertson resumes Hud son work after Mart visit. Elizabeth Teeling arrives home from Belton and graduates piano recital on the 20th.
Roberts County delegates W. B. Pyland W. A. Craig and Judge J. Felton Lane attend the State Democratic Convention in Waco to celebrate graduates from the University of Texas and A and M College Miss Anne shall and Billy Wilkerson of the city are graduating, according to the report.
Mrs Harris Green and her daughter Miss Dorothy of Galveston are guests at the J W Green home. They arrived Saturday to attend services at the Baptist church on Sunday. J A Peel and Mrs At and Tom Peel of Dallas are in town. Peel will receive the sine ma.
A traveler notes that greeting code routines are being reworked and no opportunity to see sights is being missed. The piece emphasizes continuous exploration and the drive to experience notable places during trips.
A postcard from Hope Arkansas records the Hall family halted their journey to Madison Georgia due to a severe storm. They remained cheerful and planned to depart Hope the day the card was written.
Kathryn Bishop announces a summer program starting the first Monday in July at the school building for students who failed in one or more subjects. Interested individuals should attend as soon as possible to help with planning.
An old ad promotes Hayes Healing Honey with Grove’s Open-Trate Penetrating Salve for chest and throat colds and croup. It touts quick cough relief as the salve rubs on the chest and neck, with the healing effect entering through the pores.
A 1930s style notice from Grand Dragon Z. Be Marvin of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas calls Klansmen to contact Congress to oppose a bill permitting beverages with up to 2.75 percent alcohol. The message warns the measure would undermine Prohibition and urges letters or wires to senators and representatives.
In Dallas on May 21 1924 the Cy elops of all Texas Klans meeting unanimously passed a resolution urging Texas to surrender its dispensing privileges to physicians and druggists or by other means mirroring twenty three states. The measure cites alleged doctor driven whiskey prescriptions and is officially issued from Grand Dragon Z B Marvin Realm of Texas.
Advertisement for furniture repair and overhaul services. Upholstering and varnishing are specialties. Provides a phone reference as the Lane. Guaranteed workmanship emphasized.
Notice to Contractors and Bidders I have the plans and specifications at my office in Franklin Texas Robertson County for the building of a public free school building of brick material at Mumford Texas and will be ready to let the contract on the 7th day of June A D 1924 Submit sealed bids each accompanied by certified check in sum of five hundred dollars payable to the undersigned The right is reserved to reject any and all bids W R Goodman County Supt of Public Schools of Robertson County P O Franklin Texas
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