19 Apr 1929
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1929
Page
1
The Bonham banks report total deposits of 2,000,226.87 dollars, reinforcing officials’ optimistic statements in a recent Favorite issue. The figure stands as concrete evidence of the financial strength of the three Bonham banks.
L G Foster claimed a famed lemon pie when he bit into a slice and found a diamond ring. His wife had hidden the ring on a window ledge above the table where she baked. She later claimed it, but Foster recovered the ring with his teeth.
Philadelphia January 11 A pony express rider from Decor Lodge South Carolina to Tacoma Washington in the eighties is recalled as snow disrupts a rail route. The tale highlights hardships of early mail service and the rider’s travels amid winter conditions.
L. F. Byus of New Orleans, representative of the Mergenthaler Linotype Co., visited the Favorite Office. Asked to run the crippled press, he initially refused but then operated the Linotype for as long as possible, saving time to visit another town.
Across Randolph County many residents are listed as ill with the flu including Sid Turbyfill and Thomas Lightfoot. Len Pitts’s death is noted along with Mrs Dobyne receiving funeral news. John Watson remains bedridden while Ray Hypock and family visit his mother. A party at the Moore home and moves by Fate Carver’s family are mentioned amid ongoing rain and oil well reports in Jones County. News from Paris discusses stars possibly being named after aviators.
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