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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1925
Page
2
A clipped page lists Sherwood Spotts as publisher and Ashley Evans as managing editor along with Oras Ringlise as business manager and several price figures. The fragment suggests staff roles and publishing costs without further context or dates.
A devotional quote reiterates worship and reverence before God. The passage from Psalm 95 calls the faithful to kneel and bow before the Lord recognizing him as their maker and pasture. The line invites contemplation of humility and obedience in faith.
A call for grand juries and district attorneys to investigate the history and family needs of defendants before pursuing prosecution. The author argues leniency if a crime is driven by hardship, suggesting exemptions for those with dependents or old mothers.
An editorial argues grand juries should avoid indicting men with uncertain prison outcomes to cut trials and pardons, urging reduced executive burden. It laments dime novel culture and slams smutty writings as harmful compared with cleaner reading. The piece reflects editorial voice from the Denton Record-Chronicle.
A former Austin state department employee who diverted about fifteen thousand dollars of state money and fled to Mexico for a vacation received a conditional pardon after serving less than a year of a two year penitentiary sentence. The editorial notes the appeal of pardoning such offenders and questions the justification.
Pine Bluff Arkansas moves to curb obscenity in newsstands with a mayor appointed censorship committee. Three magazines were banned by local dealers, who vow to remove objectionable publications. The editorial notes concern over dime novels and suggests wider application elsewhere in other communities.
Residents of Ladonia Bonham Non ey Grove and Wolfe City back a proposal to designate the Ladonia Wolfe City Honey Grove road as a state highway. The route would shift from Ladonia to intersect the Bonham Wolfe City highway at China Grove, with paving of Ladonia's public square to be financed alongside the project. Local officials see significant benefit and plan a citizen meeting after surveying is completed.
A Kansas editorial mocks common health sins by listing beverages and foods that burden the body. It satirizes modern excesses from coffee and moonshine to pastries and soda, contrasting them with biblical restraint and simple health principles.
An exhortation stresses the need for both intellect and skill in the boy. It argues that brains without hands fail and hands without brains are useless. It notes a boy in the family possesses both, currently in a formative stage, and calls for exceptional training to develop a full hundred percent man.
A neighbor leaves his job after inheriting 50000 dollars and becomes a restless, unhappy loafer. The piece argues real happiness comes from work, not leisure, citing the unfulfilled, moneyed life of idleness and praising effort as the path to joy and fulfillment.
Fragmentary quote notes the value of hard work as the best substitute for paradise. The line reflects a protestant ethic framing work as virtue and fulfillment. The source emphasizes toil as a path to meaning and sustenance.
The speaker claims future life and luminous soul beyond bodily decline. He likens himself to a forest regrown, awakening to a skyward sun, and notes eternal spring in the heart. The tomb is a thoroughfare, not a blind alley, as work resumes after death.
The Favorite announces it has a stock of School Report Cards available. Readers can call to arrange supply and delivery of the cards.
Gen Castl Duke recalls a Confederate tale at a Louisville reunion about Morgan's cavalry and a green Federal recruit on a runaway bay horse. Jeff Sterritt halts the horse and grottoes the captured rider, threatening to shoot after pleading for mercy and admitting fear, humor, and bravado.
Bonham service runs from 7:30 a m to 11:30 a m with departures from Red Ball on West Fourth Street. Denison departures available from Ball Cafe and Simps. For more information call Bonham 375 or phone 695T.
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