11 Apr 1907
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
1
The piece notes cleaner premises for Bonham, spring plowing continues, and a Thaw jury review by alienists. It reports Andrew Carnegie ready to give 15 million dollars more, with a man paid 50 000 yearly to run his word factory. A Boston professor cites his wife’s alleged insanity at marriage in a divorce filing.
A sixty year old Dakota man married a twenty year old girl and his son wed the girl’s forty four year old mother. The unusual union puzzle offers little else beyond the odd family tangle.
One thousand veterans from the National Soldiers Home at Leavenworth Kansas nearly collapsed from consuming ordinary hash during a Saturday meal. The piece reflects on fate and the irony of survival in battle contrasted with a mundane food mishap.
The collecting committee for the good roads move met yesterday and reports subscriptions between 3000 and 34000 dollars from citizens. More pledges are expected if all pull together to benefit the entire community. A separate note remarks on a eastern doctor’s claim that human souls weigh about one ounce, joking at the idea that certain church members value wind over preacher offerings.
A letter to Fred Reedy from FW Devoe & Co claims Devoe paint saves money on interior painting. It cites paint amounts and wear, arguing true paint and full measure outperform part paint and short measure. The note mentions Steger Lumber Company in Pennsylvania and a gas cooking suggestion.
A Cobleskill Times notice describes a Walton Delaware county inventor patenting an electric motor mounted on a cow. The tail dynamo powers milking with a phonograph voice saying So Bos while movement triggers alarms and a hinged arm and churn accompany the outfit.
An advertisement offers a free trial size box of Dr Shoop's Catarrh Remedy for nose and throat relief. The snow white creamy antiseptic balm promises instant relief and invites readers to address Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin. Large jars are priced at 50 cents and are sold by J W Peeler.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and internal remedy with testimonials. A long humorous column blends maritime city water wagon imagery with jokes about manners, education and daily weather in a verbose, period voice.
April 10 1907 notes show Gus Cockrell and wife visiting Eck Lovelace. Morris Grimes visits Cottage Bend family. Irvin White from Oklahoma visits relatives. New class formed at Sunday School with over three dozen new song books ordered. John Winkler moved back from Denton County to live with son Sid. Bud Chaffies' daughter ill. W M Stimpson hosts visitors from Bonham and New Boston. A long whimsical anecdote ends the column.
Large Ivanhoe crowd supported the Ivanhoe boys as they led the contest against the Telephone team with McRae playing. Local social notes mention Edgar Pearson Ive Glover and Misa Ena Blake visiting Edna Parker for a 42 game and report a fine time with fruit.
A vintage writer quips that beauty and wisdom seldom meet as wisdom is too wise to be a good calciminer. The remark blends wit with a playful take on aesthetic and intellectual harmony.
A mother writes to a teacher asking for pardon for Willie who tore his knickerbockers after colliding with a wire fence. She explains the accident and signs as His Mother.
An advertisement promises ARBUCKLE BROS. New York as the supplier of coffee described as the purest, best and healthiest ever made. A customer exalts its value after 25 years of use and asserts willingness to keep buying it for life until supply fails.
The article warns that the grip may lead to pneumonia though Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is promoted as relieving the lungs opening secretions soothing the cough and aiding nature to restore health. It notes millions have used it with satisfactory results and lists J W Peeler as seller.
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