Freestone County, Texas History Dallas Morning News Jan. 20, 1901 Page 20 Little Men and Women PINKIE RANSOM, Fairfield, Freestone Co., Tex. -- Dear Mr. Big Hat: I have been a reader of the Cozy Corner for about four years. Papa takes The News, and I enjoy reading the cousins' letters very much. I live in the country about five miles from town. Mr. Big Hat and cousins, will you all please give me a letter party? My birthday will come the 13th of March, and I will leave it to the cousins how old will I be? ----------------------- Dallas Morning News June 3, 1901 Page 8 Little Men and Women CLARA KLEINSCHMIDT, Wortham, Freestone Co., Tex. -- Dear Mr. Big Hat: I have read a few novels and I am not at all ashamed of it, for I have never read one that did not teach a moral; in all of them the good characters are invarably successful, while the bad characters, come to grief. Does not that teach a moral, and does it not show that you should always be honest and upright? Well, as time is short and room is scarce, I will close. ----------------------- Dallas Morning News June 17, 1901 Page 8 Little Men and Women I have received a letter dated at Israel, Freestone County, containing a stamp for mine and Big Bonnet's pictures, but there was no name signed to the letter, and, of course, the pictures could not be sent. ----------------------- Dallas Morning News Nov. 25, 1901 Page 8 Little Men and Women LULA BELLE DAY, Kirk, Tex. - Mr. Big Hat: it has been over a year since I wrote. Oh, how much the Corner has improved since then and the old-timers' letters were nice. I certainly did enjoy reading them. I have returned home from Freestone County. I went to see my relatives. I used to live in that county, but I moved to Limestone County five years ago and like it better than Freestone. LILIAN MANNING, Cotton Gin, Tex. -- Mr. Big Hat: Think some of the cousins write such nice letters on different subjects. Cousin Mary Cole's letter on "childhood" was "all right", wasn't it, cousins? I'll take "Selfishness" for my subject. We should try to avoid being selfish, by all means. A selfish person has but very few friends, for they will not dey themselves of anything for any one, but they can ask more of you than any on else, and if you don't grant them the favor, they are sure to become offended with you, buy when we meet a "selfish" person, we should try to show them how wrong it is to be so selfish and we should grant them their favor if it is not a too unreasonable one. Do not expect them to return your favor, give freely if you expect to gain any pleasure in your contribution. Please, every one of you, give me a letter party Dec. 16. My age is between 15 and 18 years. ----------------------- Dallas Morning News Dec 12, 1901 Page 8 Little Men and Women ANNIE AND LAURA DUNN, Noodle, Jones Co., Tex. -- Dear Mr. Big Hat: Will you be so kind as to let two more little girls join? We live in the country. We life to go to school. Our papa is dead. He died Nov. 3, 1896. We have a stepfather, and he takes The News. We enjoy reading the cousin's letters. We have two married sisters, one lives at Center Grove, Ala., and one in Freestone County, Texas. Ages 11 and 12.