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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
2
Advertisement rates for Hearne Texas dated October 1925 show subscription one year 1.50 six months and display advertising 2 cents per inch with local readers 10 cents per line per insertion. Notice records second class matter filing May 2 1811 at Hearne Post Office.
Poem by Edgar A. Guest urges personal choice in work and life. It emphasizes weighing honesty, ambition, and integrity when facing decisions. The speaker notes fate may test you, but you alone choose whether to shirk or strive, shaping your reputation and character.
Last Sunday morning the Baptists held an installation service with about two hundred in Sunday school. Officers and teachers were praised for their expected effort. A solemn Lord's Supper observance was scheduled for next Sunday at eleven, with dismissal at noon. The evening sermon would address The Greater Damnation, text Acts 9 4 Saul Saul Why persecutest thou me.
A speaker, one of the Washington Boys, extols Abraham Lincoln noting his 200 word Gettysburg address surpasses all Washington talk in a decade. He admires Lincoln's conciseness, hints at public praise, and ends with a vivid image of Lincoln returning to Washington after Gettysburg with a rolled cigarette and a mule.
A breadwinner loses decades of effort in a rapid fire incident, highlighting how quickly a lifetime of work can vanish. The event underscores the vulnerability of valuable holdings to unexpected flames.
Society attendees at Mrs. B. W. Beckham's home for a weekly bridge game with two tables. Prizes included a Madeira night robe for Mrs. W. A. Wilkerson, handmade handkerchiefs for Mrs. D. D. Stephenson, and Frances Wilkerson won a handkerchief. Refreshments featured creamed chicken in toast baskets and tomato jelly salad. Guests included Mesdames H. C. Lyon, R. H. Ballinger, F. W. Easterwood, S. J. Alexander, and Frances Wilkerson.
The Shakespeare Club met at Mrs. W H Bivin s home for its first meeting of the year on October 1 with no program beyond roll call. Officers were reelected, reports showed active summer work, a Coriolanus study planned, and a social hour featuring chicken sandwiches and punch. The year includes ten programs, open meetings on November 12, 1925 and February 18, 1926, plus a April 29 picnic to close the year.
Charley Karney planned a nine year old birthday with an advertising party theme. Forty guests attended in costumes decorated with Campbell’s soup and other products. The afternoon featured guessing games matching guests to magazine cutouts and ad parodies. In attendance were relatives and friends, with gifts and a festive cake.
A neighborhood race crowned ten winners with paper crowns then featured games and Fairy tale storytelling by Miss Gertie Whitehurst. Children gathered at a vacant corner lot near the Waltman residence, moved to the lawn for refreshments, and admired a square green pasture cake with two animals, Queen's Wreath and Crepe Myrtle decorations, and nine lit candles. Mrs. Waltman and Mrs. Craig assisted Mrs. Karney in entertaining. favors included balloons and come-back balls. An adjacent ad promotes sash and work mules for cash from G. D. Stewart, East Hearne.
An old advertisement claims Lavoptik eye wash keeps eyes healthy and sparkling when used with camphor and witch hazel. It offers a free eye cup and mentions Duffey Drug Co as the supplier.
Mr and Mrs Fred Klopp from Taylor spent Sunday at the home of Mrs H B Easterwood.
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