14 Aug 1935
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1935
Page
1
Public notices warn that admissions and tickets to events with a charge will be billed at seven cents per line. Obituaries and memorial cards are billed per the specified order.
An editorial contrasts American satire with Japanese sensitivity over the Emperor and other leaders. It warns against mocking sacred symbols and urges tact, understanding, and patience to preserve long standing friendship rooted in historical openness to Japanese ports and trade.
The piece argues that large building programs to wipe out slums in U S cities do not end crime or mendicancy. It asserts that relocating slum dwellers to new homes does not change habits and that the fault lies within individuals, not surroundings.
City directors conclude that slum improvement requires changing the people who live in slums rather than solely upgrading housing. The belief persists that abolishing slums remains desirable, but lasting progress depends on reforming slum dwellers themselves rather than the dwellings.
The legislature enacts a statewide stock law prohibiting animals from roaming on state highways. The Highway Patrol, sheriffs, and constables will enforce it with up to $200 fines for violators. Patrols must arrest stock and identify owners for accountability.
A column argues that motor vehicle deaths rival World War casualties and suggests using cars to reduce population costs. It notes U S road fatalities and injuries, compares wartime costs, and cites English policy on budgets, unemployment, and pensions as evidence.
The piece argues that calling for taxing the rich ignores reality as few wealthy individuals fund the government. Indirect taxes, sales, fuel, cigars and other levies hit the average family and the wealthy, though they still bear some taxes. The column notes hidden taxes dwarf direct income taxes for most people.
A Dallas era column collects quips from Texas papers about an alcohol powered automobile and other economy topics. Opinions range from skepticism of alcohol cars to jokes about labor and business optimism in a Texas August.
The Denton Record Chronicle argues that the phrase taxing the rich misleads public perception as the average citizen bears the heaviest burden in practice. The opinion asserts taxation impacts all earners and challenges simple blame on wealth.
Readers note quirky lines from Punch and Los Angeles Tunes about the sun lasting 16 billion years and Sunday leftovers served on the kitchen table. A New Canaan commuter reports a peculiar milk bottle exchange at Union News stand in Grand Central, suggesting a deeper meaning in barter amid a fading monetary system per the New Yorker.
A daily meditation notes Calvin says we are never more near God than when performing good deeds. The prompt urges kindness and virtuous action as guiding personal reflection.
A short Bible verse warns labor should not chase riches nor rely on wisdom for security. It notes wealth can disappear quickly as riches gain wings and fly away.
Poetic lines express gratitude as a sender recalls a river inspired gift. The speaker notes a hidden melody found in nature and words, a song from Evantha Caldwell shared with New York Times as a personal, heartfelt tribute.
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