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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
1
Death reported near Lamasco of T. E. Buchanan living three miles south of Lamasco. Burial held this afternoon at Center Grove at 4 o clock. She leaves a family and many relatives and friends to mourn.
The Allen Hospital Auxiliary Board will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock at the home of Mrs S B Allen Members are reminded to bring The Wm Todd Troopers pass noted as they travel by special car en route to Paris The group is described as a high class aggregation of players and they reportedly carry several animals Receiving new goods daily at Ware s
A 11:30 PM blaze destroyed Temple's restaurant and several nearby buildings in Leonard. Firefighters lacked adequate equipment, contributing to vast losses including Rotan & Owens $5,000 building and $1,800 insurance, and Dave Lewis $1,450 barber shop with no insurance. Mitchell & Bunard saved their dry goods stock but lost $1,000. Local jeweler J E Sharp, J R Wilson, and others reported substantial uninsurable or underinsured losses.
The Philothea class will run a Saturday afternoon market in the Bonham Amusement Co hall selling candy cake chicken salad potato chips dressed and cooked chicken and more for Sunday dinner. Orders may be phoned to Mrs C L Bradford.
A garbled court note mentions G. W. King of Leotest tice of the Peace otown and a city event. It references destroyed dockets and a new supply of blanks. County Auditor Hark’s office fixtures and personal property are uninsured with some fabrics received.
Mrs J L Geeks also placed an insurance policy of 1000 dollars. The policy is listed as insured.
No communication could be secured yesterday afternoon as the local telephone office at that place was among the buildings destroyed.
Short local notices advertise a gun loan offer and an Ausco camera with Kodak finishing. A First Presbyterian church seeks to hire an organist and a plea appears to respond to a T R Caldwell. A pay notice invites settlement to claim property at Ware's.
The preaching by Brother Shounever urged salvation through Christ with a focus on Zion and joyful deliverance. The tract was circulated during a pros tract meeting, while Ware's advertised new privy tilka products.
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