Yesteryear in Yoakum: Aug. 10

  • R.C. Flick Mercantile Co. advertisement in the Aug. 10, 1911 issue of the Yoakum Weekly Herald.
    R.C. Flick Mercantile Co. advertisement in the Aug. 10, 1911 issue of the Yoakum Weekly Herald.

    Note: The following passages are printed exactly as they were published in the respective historical local paper.

     

    The Yoakum Weekly Herald: Aug. 10, 1911

     

    T. B. Spain

    T. B. Spain, one of the early settlers in this section, died at his home near Concrete at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. He had for some time suffered from the effect of a cancer and his death was not unexpected. 

    Mr. Spain was born in Henderson County, Tennesse, in 1842, but this county had been his home since 1885. …

    When the civil war broke out Mr. Spain cast his lot with the “Stars and Bars” and right gallantly did he fight for the Southland. At the battle of Shiloh he was severely wounded and had to be carried from the field. At one time he was taken prisoner by the enemy and for more than a year he was confined in a federal prison.

     

    Order Eastern Star

    Mrs. Emma Nash of San Antonio has been in the city this week organizing a Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, the ladies auxillary to the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Nash is Special Deputy Grand Matron of the order in Texas. The local Chapter starts out well and gives promise of proving highly successful. The meeting days will be the first Tuesday night after the full moon and the 3rd Tuesday afternoon after each full moon at 3 o’clock.