Heaviest Rainstorm Hits Bonham Area and County
Bonham and surrounding towns recorded unprecedented rainfall from yesterday afternoon through this morning. Gauge data show 6.1 inches, with Bois d Arc Creek overflowing and the T and P dam rupturing its southwest Bonham site. Weather reports from Lamasco Ivanhoe Elwood Ravenna Randolph Gober Bailey Windom Riverby note heavy rain, washed roads, damaged corn, and rising Red River water.
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Bonham
H. M. Norman
Lamasco
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe Club
Jake
Elwood
Ravenna
Randolph
Bois d
Bailey
Windom
Red River
Silver Treasure Found Along Andes Rail Route
A section hand on the Salta Hautingina line hit a solid object that yielded a chunk of pure silver weighing over sixty pounds. Placed as a possible ancient loss from Peru, the silver raises questions of historical transport via the Andes.
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Buennos Aires
United Press
Salta
Hautingina
Andes
Peru
Mrs Peck Captures Glances Yet Keeps Silent
A brief quip centers on Mrs Henry Peck praised for beauty yet noted for silence. Henry Peck reveals his reason for men’s affection, affirming a silent charm that surrounds her.
Check marked no funds for dollar‑a‑year veteran souvenir
The U S treasury could not cash a ly cents check for Huge Newhouse a San Francisco attorney who served as a dollar a year veteran during the war. Senator Shortridge of California arranged efforts to collect but the note endorsed indicates no funds immediately available. The check, issued on the basis of one dollar a year, arrived yesterday with the corner endorsed.
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Washington
United States
Newhouse
San Francisco
War Department
Shortridge
California
Farmer questions lantern as courtin ends with lamp joke
A farmer meets his man with a lantern and learns he is going courtin. The farmer jokes that he never used a lantern for courtin and the man replies with a pointed punch line about the light he now carries.
Texas Faces Major Rain Flooding Across State
A general rain tracked across Texas in the last 24 hours with 1 to 2 inches common and over 3 inches in Dallas. Trinity River banks flooded lowlands while highways remained largely usable. floods prompted warnings and rail detours as a dam break at Benham released water.
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United Press
Mar
Dallas
Texas
Trinity
Texas Pacific
Denton
Fort Worth
Denton Dallas
Katy
Benham
Trinity Bottoms
Bank Teller Sentenced to 132 Years for Embezzlement
G B Sherrod former teller at a state bank in Arlington faces 182 years in prison for sixty embezzlement counts unless sentences run concurrently. He pleaded guilty after a method of diverting deposits and destroying slips was detected during a vacation last summer.
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Fort Worth
Texas
G. B. Sherrod
Arlington
Caecn
Feverish girl temperatures alarm Bristol doctors report
A Bristol girl reported with a fever of 115 degrees by United Press reports. A local doctor found 116 on three thermometers, provided special treatment, and the temperature fluctuated between 108 and 114 before the girl began convalescing.
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Uy United Press
Bristol
Eng
Beck Dies From Gunshot Wounds At Day Home
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ward Beck of the Post Field died from gunshot wounds under mysterious circumstances at the home of Jean P. Day, a prominent Oklahoma financier, after a bridge party. Day refused to discuss the shooting and no arrests had been made.
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United Press
Okla City
Okla
Paul Ward
Beck
Jean P. Day
Oklahoma
Day
Becks
Oklahoma City Judge Day posts bond after fatal home shooting
Judge Jean P. Day released on a five thousand dollar bond pending coroner's inquest after the night of a bridge party at her home ended with Lieutenant Colonel Paul Warbeck fatally shooting a man named Beck during an armed confrontation.
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Oklahoma City
Jean P. Day
Paul Warcheck
Post Field Aviation
Beck
Day
Cotton Surplus Risk Warned By State Agriculture Chief
Austin April 3 A bulletin by State Commissioner of Agriculture George B Terrell warns that producing more cotton than demand harms growers. He cites two solutions: reduce acreage or hold a crop until prices rise. The document stresses diversification as unsound for Southern farmers and links a large cotton crop to widespread business disaster, with a twenty year price comparison included.
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Austin
Geoge B. Terrell
Terrell
Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Three Man Republic Sells Degrees From Suburban Villa
A spoof republic operates from a suburban villa with a President named Prof. Carlos Freytag who calls himself Prince of Aran. He and associates offer to sell university degrees and titles and claim recognition by Luxembourg, the Straits Settlement, and the Virgin Islands.
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Berlin
Carlos Freytag
Aran
Oriental University At
Washington
Luxembourg
Straits Settlement
Viji Islands
Counut de Foix
Kurt Martin
Mrs. A. T. Stutsman Dies at Press Time
Mrs. A T Stutsman died at 3 o clock as the favorite went to press after weeks of critical illness. Funeral arrangements were not yet known.
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A. T. Stutsman
Uncle Sam Plans To Throttle Demon Rum Within Week
Washington reports a new prohibition push led by a War council including Commissioner Roy Haynes, Cir. L. G. Nutt, and E. C. Yellowley. The plan targets smugglers on land and sea with border spies, coast flotillas, and twelve hundred intelligence bureaus gathering data.
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United Press
Washington
Uncle Sam
General Prohibitions Chiefs Staff
Prohibition Army
Weather outlook for Bonham area tonight and Wednesday
Special to The Favorite reports Bonham and vicinity expect cloudy skies with probable local rain tonight and Wednesday.
Bride Sells Cakes to Factory in Small Town Tale
A brief item reports a young bride who sold a gross of friendcakes to a local furniture factory, illustrating a quirky local commerce anecdote from the era.
Oats Delivered In Five Bushel Bags
Oats received in heavy consignments were packed in five bushel sacks. The delivery records note the quantity and packing method for storage and transport.
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