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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
8
A ten person party touring the Pinguente Caves in Istria was swept away by an underground cascade. After three days entombed, rescuers reached the cavern and found eight alive while two are believed dead. Rescue workers expect to save the rest.
Government announces new motions of the fuel and mouth disease in Houston. District officials report about a thousand cattle may be miled this week and around sixty hundred have been slaughtered.
A seismograph reading in California indicated light shaking near Bet No Dawagh with no substantial damage. United Press reports that the instrument registered tremors at the UV station, but the event caused only minor effects as described by observers including Tom Clayter and Landr th Kerth.
Gov Miriam A Ferguson of Texas refuses to honor New York Governor Alfred E Smith requisition for the return of Mrs Roscoe Canaday of San Antonio charged with kidnapping her 6 year old son. Legal representatives for Mrs Canaday argued extradition to New York is improper while Ferguson cites jurisdiction and safety concerns.
A self defense plea was entered in Denton as the alleged slayer of Pars Sonal appeared before the court. The case, tied to local road work on the land gap project, moved through initial proceedings with incomplete testimony and scattered fragments.
Bonham officials report the No 1 concrete contractor aims to finish by mid next week if weather holds. Ian Powers says crews are pouring and preparing to connect the new concrete road east of Bonham with the Dodd City highway, with about half the work completed and efforts to seal the final gap underway.
The dialogue claims Canaday refused Smith permission to return to Texas and vows to block his wife’s transport to New York. The wording mirrors a heated political confrontation with threats of retaliation, reflecting tensions over jurisdiction and authority.
Weather permitting Miss Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer, will likely begin a second attempt to swim the English Channel on Friday. J Helmy, an Egyptian swimmer, is slated to try tomorrow if conditions stay favorable.
Heavy rains flood Japan with seven hour downpour in Tokyo area. Thousands of dwellings inundated and railway service suspended. Landslides bury streetcar tracks and trap traffic. Imperial Hotel lower floors flooded.
A turret explosion aboard the U S S Oklahoma during a turret drill off New Zealand to Samoa killed one sailor and seriously injured another. The ship, en route from New Zealand, left port Monday. Details were not released by the navy.
United Mine Workers of America officials left Logan West Virginia escorted by a deputy sheriff after arriving several days earlier and refusing to reveal their purpose. Mrs Henry Taylor arrived from Colorado. In London rumors persist that France and Britain may agree on funding France debt to England, pending official ratification.
A Mississippi or United Press style item recounts a car journey from Albuquerque via Arkansas and Tennessee to Kentucky with Rube Alexander and others. The report notes injuries from a crash, mentions Leahy healing from arm wounds, and references local officials and a prominent resident of Wulfie City.
France reiterates its stance that any German proposed pact cannot supersede the Versailles treaty. The answer was made public tonight and warns Germany it cannot overturn the treaty ending the World War.
A local schoolteacher contemplates essential values in a feature asking what matters most in life. The piece profiles the educator’s philosophy and everyday actions that sum to a meaningful life.
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