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Quitman Library Connections

3 days ago

The Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale week begins on Tuesday, April 29 and will run through Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (4 p.m. on Friday). This sale is sponsored by the Friends of the Quitman …

Wood County Yesteryear

Thursday, April 17

“25 years ago: May 7, 1925. Taylor Greer, owner of the Mineola bottling works, introduced a new cold drink, Orange Crush.”

Mineola Library Notes

Thursday, April 17

It has been a very busy April and we’re just now halfway through the month. Two of us had the opportunity to attend the Texas Library Association’s annual conference. It was a wise …

Quitman Library Connections

Thursday, April 10

Discover a world of information at your library during National Library WeekApril 6-12, 2025. Stop by the Quitman Public Library and check out what we have to offer. The library will …

Corner Column

Thursday, April 10

It was a sad day for scholastic sports in Texas. At a 5A district championship meet in Frisco, one student athlete stabbed and killed another. Tragic news stories, …

Wood County Yesteryear

Thursday, April 10

News from a little more than 100 years ago this week, as found in the April 8, 1925 edition of The Wood County Democrat “Come and Inspect the New Court House: You Are Welcome. C.H. …

Mineola Library Notes

Thursday, April 3

This week, two of us are getting to attend the Texas Library Association’s annual conference. We will get to visit a number of vendors and learn of options that are available to …

Corner Column

Thursday, April 3

The following was written by my friend, Randy Keck, publisher of the Community News in Aledo, west of Fort Worth. Changing a few names, dates and locations, I could have written basically the same …

Wood County Yesteryear

Thursday, April 3

Remember these? Here are a few headlines and advertisements from 25 years ago this week, as found in the April 5, 2000 edition of the Wood County Democrat. James Attaway home from Kosovo …

Quitman Library Connections

Thursday, March 27

National Library Week is April 6-12, and our theme is “Drawn to the Library” celebrating that people enjoy the library for different reasons: pleasure reading, research, study, …

Headlines from a little more than 50 years ago this week, as found in the March 27, 1974 edition of The Mineola Monitor “Optimists Sponsoring Circus Performances” “Local Garden Club Plans Flower Show”

Letters to the editor

Thursday, March 20

Dear editor, Why exactly do our Wood County commissioners not want paper ballots? Another question in my mind is why the “poll book” that’s still electronic, which means …

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

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- Wood County Yesteryear
  
  Thursday, March 20
  
  Advertisements from 75 years ago this week, as found in the March 16, 1950 edition of The Wood County Record “Free Parking Money …
- Mineola Library Notes
  
  Thursday, March 20
  
  Happy Spring! We’ve made it through winter and onto a new season. A big thank you to the Meredith Foundation for granting us funds to …
- Quitman Library Connections
  
  Thursday, March 13
  
  March is Women’s History Month, and the Quitman Public Library is celebrating with displays throughout the library honoring women like …
- Mineola Library Notes
  
  Tuesday, March 11
  
  What a whirlwind of weather! Warm and springy then cold and wintry. Books are just perfect for this kind of weather. Thank you for all of …
- Sports Beat
  
  Thursday, February 27
  
  It is time for a change of seasons, sporting seasons that is. Despite the fact that last week the county experienced the lowest temperature of …
- Quitman Library Connections
  
  Thursday, February 27
  
  Quitman Public Library will be celebrating Women’s History Month in March with displays throughout the library highlighting notable women …
- Corner Column
  
  Thursday, February 20
  
  For many years, it has been my conviction that one of the best measures of a person is whether they left a place better than they found it. …
- Mineola Library Notes
  
  Thursday, February 20
  
  We are getting all of the seasons this month. Hot one day, freezing the next. Maybe a good book would help us get through Mother Nature’s …
- Letters to the editor
  
  Thursday, February 13
  
  Dear editor: On Feb. 3, 2025 at 2 p.m. I went next door to take food to my invalid son. Upon arriving I found him dead, lying on his bed. …