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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
2
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Ira D. Sankey longtime gospel hymn writer and Moody collaborator dies at his Brooklyn home at 68 after years of blindness from overwork. He composed The Ninety and Nine and When the Mists Have Rolled Away and helped popularize gospel hymns worldwide through tours in the United States Europe and beyond. He leaves a widow Fannie V. Sankey two sons I Allen Sankey and Edward Sankey and two grandchildren.
The passage urges every person to act rightly not from law or scripture but for personal benefit. It argues that doing right yields health happiness and prosperity while wrongdoing leads to ill health unhappiness and possible legal trouble. It concludes that happiness comes from being good as the sole path to a good life.
A Fort Worth man who wrote to Candidate Taft about the Fort Worth post office sent his letter to Damsite in care of Colonel Dee Lyon. The Dallas Times Herald notes the misaddress may have cost him the job.
John Keefe, who survived a Monday evening encounter with a large rooster, is up today and left for Honey Grove this afternoon. His wounds remain painful and he will likely rely on crutches for several days due to the unexpected attack.
The Edhube column reports dry weather and dust on the roads with corn needing rain while cotton suffers from worm damage. It lists visits by Misses Emma George and Grace George of Paris to Q B Garner and other locals, plus travel and house stays involving Leonard, Randolph, Fort Worth and Big Springs.
R W Tarpley leaves Monday for Ravenna to preside at a gathering assisted by Rev W F Farmer of Danner, known as Uncle Watt. The outing centers on the community event and local religious leadership.
A woman asks a great favor from a man who agrees gladly. She hesitates then requests he rise from a bench her father painted that afternoon. A wry aside follows about mosquitoes and boarders, with a landlord remark on occupancy.
Polly questions what frightened James as he warns her she will be frightened when she turns her head and sees their mother. The exchange hints at a tense family moment.
Advertisement for Laxative Fruit Syrup from Saunders Drug Company claims it does not gripe or nauseate and cures stomach and liver troubles, chronic constipation, and related bowels complaints. Refuse substitutes. Price 50a.
Historical dialogue shows Hideyoshi ordering 3,000,000 koku of rice and using enemy transport to move supplies to Pusan. Nagamasa warns of Korean interception, but the plan aims to keep Japanese troops fed as they advance, with rice repeatedly recaptured from Koreans.
A confirmed old bachelor at an uptown club cites repeated near marriages thwarted by what he calls a universal trait among women. He says the frequent revelation of confidences later proven to have been told in strictest confidence ruins proposals. He jokes he will remain single, as the cynic predicts.
In a light exchange a family physician warns a husband about his wife’s frail health. The doctor suggests the husband act as overseer and gently insist she follow care, while reframing supervision as avoiding the word must. The physician notes that strict language is often best avoided in married life.
A Boston girl muses that she may have lived in a remote era while a reckless man suggests a glacial era. The exchange appears in the Louisville Courier-Journal implying a literary or conversational fragment from a period piece.
Stranger to extremely near sighted old gent asks for directions and warns of rough characters, inviting companionship on a dubious route. The speaker repeats the request and implies shared peril as they move toward the unidentified destination.
A playful exchange questions whether to flee in terms of a family drama. The Maid and the Courtier debate fleeing and timing, mixing humor with metafictional wordplay.
The minister spars with the doctor over public compliance and the burden of unpaid bills. The Lector concedes enforcement would pressure people to settle debts, shaping tensions around fiscal responsibility.
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