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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1925
Page
2
The Hearne Democrat published weekly with editor J FenTon Lane announces subscription rates One year one fifty six months seventy five cents. Entered May 2 1911 as second class matter at Hearne Texas post office. Advertising rates display two cents per inch local readers per line. All advertising runs until ordered out.
Armistice Day program conducted at the P and M Bank corner featured readings by Mrs. R W Marshall and Rev C E Bullock with addresses by Dr H W Cummings and Ex Lieutenant Joe Reid. Songs included America Til We Meet Again The Long Long Trail America the Beautiful and Smiles. Prayers by W A Craig and Taps closed the event with strong attendance despite bad weather.
Agricultural notes cover the Hat Stock Show at Fort Worth starting March 6 with crop exhibits details from the County Agent. Farm Bureau Cotton Association meets on the third Saturday in November. Various schools visited, new agricultural club members, and guidance on terrace building. Observations include nitrate use boosting oats yield, blackberry spacing, peach prospects, and cattle tick concerns across counties.
Education Week coverage highlights national wealth education spending and per capita figures, with Hearne Independent School District details. It cites per pupil costs, district budget, enrollments, and local programs, urging community support and daily school visits during the observance.
A fragment from the Oil Weekly uses stylized dialect to describe a man nicknamed Rastus as a solvent figure wandering aisles with “gold obstacles.” The exchange questions organizing him, and a speaker claims disdain while labeling him “the most confiscated man” and a “new pasture at our church,” implying satire of authority and social boundaries.
Mr. Wilkerson, second assistant engineer aboard the Silvershell 8, sailed from Beaumont on Monday November 9 for India. Friends of Willard E. Wilkerson, son of Mrs. J. Wilkerson, note the crew member’s departure.
A broad call to arrange meals, punctuality, and neat dress to support schooling. The piece extols education as social equalizer, highlights mass enrollments in New York City and Chicago, and urges active parental involvement and attendance in Open School Weeks. It frames education as the nation’s investment and the key to opportunity.
O Grady argues that education brings gender equality to the surface, framing the idea that deeper issues of sisters and identity can be clarified through learning. The piece emphasizes visible, practical outcomes from inclusive schooling and societal support for women.
The prose extols education as the flame of genius and source of progress. It frames learning as a bridge from past struggles to future dominion over earth, air, and sea, empowering mankind to harness lightning, plumb the deep, and master the ether.
An advertisement claims BLUE STAR REMEDY cures skin diseases including itch eczema and ringworm. It promises no stain on clothing and a pleasant odor with a guaranteed result.
A farmer blamed pheasants for corn losses and the game department killed two birds finding 200 cat worms and no corn. The piece argues that birds curb pests, warns against slaughter of wildlife, and urges farmers to protect bird allies to safeguard crops. Signed by John A. Smith from Branchville Port Sullivan and Gause.
Fragmentary notice reports a drug claim praising calomel plus pepsin as an effective daily laxative for toxemia liver biliousness headaches constipation indigestion and colds. It mentions a “doctor” and references acid and antiseptic action though the text is garbled and lacks verifiable details.
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