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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
7
Swampscott Aug 25 President Coolidge plans to return to Washington on September 7 by train leaving here Sept 5 or 6. The government will aid fuel supply if anthracite production halts. He aims to push economy in government operation and rejects further defense spending while in office.
Mr and Mrs Ben Hayton of Brenham Texas welcomed a son named Bennie Charles weighing eight and one half pounds born August 22.
United Press reports from Folkestone that Mercedes left, a London typist, attempted another English Channel swim at night. She quit four hours after entering the water, seven miles from the starting point, abandoning the effort.
The preliminary hearing for Carl MaGee, editor of the New Mexico State Tribune, scheduled for Wednesday in East Las Vegas, has been postponed for a week due to MaGee’s condition following a prior incident.
The Texas and Pacific Railway will reinstate the Bonham switch engine in yards and notify engine men for firing duties. The move reverses a prior financial expediency and marks a sign of returning road prosperity, welcomed by The Favorite and its employees.
The Bonham Board of Trade meets tonight to finalize plans for a booster trip scheduled for September 21 and 22. About four miles of travel remain undecided with deputies arranging meals and lodging, while local groups prepare support along the eastern county route.
Asia voyage to the Hawaiian Islands is scheduled to start Monday with naval planes departing from San Francisco. Rh Wynne, division superintendent of the Texas & Pacific Railway, visited the Favorite office in Denton, confirming local interest as the route spans from Bonham to Texarkana, Shawnee, and Houston.
The Fannin County Abstract Co directors met this morning and elected Wil H. Myans president succeeding B W H Pritchet. Zac Smith becomes vice president Basil Gibson secretary and H O Word named manager. Board includes Wildlivans Zane Smith M A Pastor Basil Gibson J J Wendrix and BL Adams. The firm claims long county records and a brick building on the corner of the major street.
The United States government selects delegates for a high level customs reform conference in Peking. Minister John MagMuerays and Secretary Steuwn of Chicago have been named as American delegates to attend the talks.
In New York Chinatown a Tong war flare up ends with a Chinese cook shot dead in a restaurant basement and police cordons to prevent further outbreaks. Reports from Pittsburg say a Chinese laundry worker was killed by two gunmen in a separate incident.
Gasoline prices were reduced by two cents by Standard Oil Co in the Middle Western states served by the company. The cut becomes effective immediately across the region as a response to market conditions.
Conny Slaughter, once cashier at Pueblo Colorado Mercantile Bank and an escaped Leavenworth convict, is jailed in Denver while a woman, Miss Eola Tandry, is held with him. He allegedly sought 100000 dollars hidden after wrecking the bank in 1915 and escaping prison in February. Prison officials head to Denver to return him.
The body of the Rev. F. M. Coyne who died in Los Angeles California arrives today in this city and will be taken to Moore's Chapel for interment. Coyne lived in Fannin County for years and was a Methodist minister for forty years.
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