Menard County Texas

News from 1917

The Menard Messenger
Vol 10 No 13
Thursday, January 25, 1917

(page 6)

Joab Alexander and son Charles, are business visitors here from Red Land, New Mexico.

The Menard News and Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 15
Thursday, February 8, 1917

(page 1)

GROOM AT 104 SAYS HE MEANS TO START LIFE ANEW; HIS COY BRIDE 50 YEARS OLD
Lampassas, Texas, Feb. 2-
Wedding chimes, it would seem might sound indistinct and far away to the groom who numbers his years above a century, but J. A. Russell who will be 104 April 1, heard the bells with all the enthusiasm of a youth of 20, as he stood before the altar. His bride Mrs. Mary Bowers, 50, upon his arm Wednesday afternoon, and solemnly said: "I do so promise."
Russell waited 103 years before taking any medicine from a doctor. Also he refused to trade a horse for the entire town of Brownwood once. And further more, he is still looking for gold in mines he himself has dug on his one little farm near here.
The bride appeared very coy, and looked much younger than she is said to be, while the groom was actually "spry" and looked not a year older than 75. For some years he has had him moment in place at the city cemetery, inscribed with a blank line left for the date of his death, but he says that he thinks very little of this and means to start afresh now.
His mines or caves which he has dug in quest of gold against the advice of friends on his farm extend far back into the earth, the walls and roofs supported by logs and beams placed there by himself to prevent cave-ins.
He was born in Asherville, N. C., April 1, 1813, of Scotch-Irish parents. At 19 he was engaged in transporting Indian tribes to the Indian Territory. In 1845 he enlisted under Gen. John Flagg of North Carolina and arrived at Vera Cruz during the Mexican war in time to see Gen. Zachary Taylor raise the flag of peace. He married Miss Mary Brown in Haywood county, North Carolina, in 1849. She died May 27, 1912.

The above article was taken from ----Ft. Worth Star Telegram----, February 3rd. Mr. Russell is no relation to the Russells' of this community, but is an uncle of Mrs. T. P. Russell.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 18
Thursday, March 1, 1917

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POEM WRITTEN ON BACK OF C.S.A. BILL

Austin, Jan. 16- Mrs Edward Rolan of Waco has presented to the library of the University of Texas a very interesting memento of the close of the Civil war. It is a poem written on the back of a $10 Confederate bill, entitled: "Tender but Not a Legal One."
The poem follows:

Representing nothing on God's earth now,
And naught in the waters below it.
As the pledge of a nation that's dead and gone,
Keep it, dear friends and show it.
Show it to those who will lend an ear
To the tale that this trifle can tell,
Of a liberty born of the patriot's dream
Too poor to possess the precious ores,
And too much of a stranger to borrow.
We issued today our promise to pay
And hoped to redeem on the morrow.
The days rolled by and the weeks became years.
But our coffers were empty still;
Coin was so scarce, that the treasury would quake
If a dollar should drop in the till.
But the faith that was in us was strong indeed
And our poverty well we discerned,
And this little check represents the pay
That our suffering veterans earned.
We knew it had hardly a value in gold,
Yet as gold each soldier received it.
It gazed in our eyes with a promise to pay
And each Southern patriot believed it.
But our boys thought little of peace or of pay
Or of bills that were overdue.
We knew if it brought us our bread today
Twas the best our poor country could do.
Keep it; it tells all our history over,
From the birth of the dream to its last
Modest and born of the Angel of Hope
Like our hope of success, it has passed.
(The bill upon which this is written is dated Feb. 17, 1864).

(page 8)

Mrs. F. C. Wagner of Brownwood came down, Monday, to join her sister, Miss Buella Kirkpatrick in a visit at the Van Steenwyk home.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 22
Thursday, March 29, 1917

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TAKEN TO TEMPLE
Miss Alice Wallace, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Wallace of Hext was taken to Temple Saturday to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Dr. Leggett accompanied his patient as far as Brownwood, returning Sunday.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 26
Thursday, April 26, 1917

Bishop Capers of the Episcopal persuasion held a well attended service here Sunday conducting the confirmation services of Marion and Alfa Streigler, Edith Arnold, Eva Haley and Nellie Wallick.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 27
Thursday, May 10, 1917

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J. D. Lankford took his eight year old son over to the Brady Sanitarium Thursday where he underwent and operation for appendicitis. Jimmie stood the operation like a man and the latest reports are that he is getting along nicely.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 29
Thursday, May 24, 1917

(page 10)

Hugo Schuchard says that he is expecting a big explosion in his neighborhood soon. It seems that for some time past some people have been endeavoring to reduce the high cost of living by using his wood pile as a source of supply and Hugo loaded several sticks with shot. He says he is going to let us know where the doctor is called.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 32
Thursday, June 21, 1917

(page 6)
Walter Prewitt who was carried to the State reformatory two weeks ago by Sheriff Slaughter made his escape from that institution a few days ago and has not been caught up to the present time. Mr. Slaughter says he told the authorities down there that they should watch him for he would try to make his escape at the first opportunity.

The Menard Daily Messenger
Vol. 1. No. 1
Tuesday, June 26, 1917

(page 10)

A. H. MURCHISON
No chronicle of the men who have grown up with Menard county would be complete without the life of A. H. Murchison in it. He was born March 9, 1856, in New Braunfels and came here in 1882. He had charge of Felix Mann's outfits in this section for three years and then embarked in business on his own hook twenty six years ago. He started in the mercantile and cattle business at the same time and is today one of the leading merchants in Menard.

The Menard Daily Messenger
Vol. 1. No. 3
Thursday, June 28, 1917

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Will J. Moore and wife of San Saba were guests at the W. R. Burrier home this week.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 39
Thursday, August 9, 1917

(page 6)

Mrs. Belle Hensley and little daughter Louise accompanied by her mother Mrs. J. L. McCollum and nephew Innis McCollum returned from San Antonio where they spent the past month visiting with relatives.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 45
Thursday, September 20, 1917

(page 2)

San Angelo has closed up it's houses of ill fame.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 10 No. 49
Thursday, October 18, 1917

(page 8)

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Waggoner of Hext were in our city Monday.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 11 No. 1
Thursday, November 15, 1917

(page 2)

HEXT

Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner and son were in town Sunday and Monday from Hext.

L.N. Wagner returned last Sunday from his trip to Fort Worth where he visited relatives.

The Menard Messenger
Vol. 11 No. 6
Thursday, December 20, 1917

(page 2)

Mr. Hensley who has had his wife in Menard for treatment the past few weeks removed her to their home in London last week much improved in health.

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