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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
2
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Editorial from the Haskell Herald lauds early momentum for road grading in Haskell County while urging a public conscience to fund and prioritize better roads. It contrasts rural and urban needs and cites broader Texas paving as essential, calling for sustained citizen action and a golden rule approach.
The remark suggests that Castro would be beaten if he were larger, implying his power or influence would attract forceful opposition. The line presents a provocative judgment about strength and threat in political leadership.
ABE RUEF of San Francisco wins a case as he faces seventy nine indictments for bribery. The lengthy charges involve alleged graft and influence peddling in city affairs.
Government inspector Sam HH Pixon from Houston visited the B. Lb. Adams nursery north of town on inspection duty. The narrator notes the first steel pens were used at 26 cents each in 1820.
A poem speaks to resilience after loss, urging faith in divine care. It contrasts fleeting despair with enduring hope, asserting that hardship refines rather than ends the journey. The speaker finds strength in trust, noting opportunities arise as doors close.
An odd classified blurb promotes buying a car at a low price with orders for July and August delivery. It mentions Steger Lumber Company and Kodak finishing equipment and loaned cameras, signed by Foster and Photo.
Property listing noting a home for sale on the car line in Durant Oklahoma and offering contact via Jeff Davis for particulars.
A call to readers to submit visitors, parties, weddings, happenings, and other news items to boost the paper. The editor emphasizes local coverage across Bonham and surrounding areas and asks for reader participation to build a stronger newspaper locally.
The State Commissioner of Agriculture will issue two corn bulletins around September 20 with the latest methods for producing corn. Topics include seed quality, varieties, cultivation, and feeding. readers are urged to request a copy at no cost by mailing a card to the Austin office. Copies of the Pecan Bulletin and proceedings of the Texas Farmers Congress sessions are also available while supplies last. RK Mintner commissioner.
Sid Smith says he will relocate his goods to the Ragsdale corner on September 1 and will sell groceries cheap for cash until then.
1000 residence on West Fourth Street with six rooms two halls two porches terrace lot. Big bargain by Will HLvans & Company. Also 5 room cottage wired for electric lights hydrant and well water good barn within two blocks of public school. T BR Caldwell. Peerless Cigar Co Toledo Ohio seeks cigar salesman no experience needed 8100 per month and expenses.
Bonham hosts a children's musicale Friday night at the Pavilion with admission set at 25 cents. Local organizers invite families to attend the kid friendly program featuring young performers and community entertainment.
A New Yorker calculates his five person family spends about 60 dollars yearly on candy. This averages 12 dollars per person. At five cents a day the annual cost would be 18.25 per person and 91.25 for the five when yearly. Sugar is a valuable food ingredient, though the overall candy total seems large. Retail candy sales total 250 million dollars yearly, about 3 dollars per person, versus beers and tobaccos. A straight talk exchanges remarks on refusals and circumstances.
The piece traces how words for books and letters derive from wooden or tree-based origins. It links Anglo-Saxon boc and beech, German buchstaben, Latin liber, and biblon to the concept of pages, leaves, and codices, noting how many book terms reflect vegetable roots.
Two mule drawn emergency cars with low sprung carriages and paired stretchers are being introduced in Pennsylvanias anthracite mines for miners first-aid corps rescue work. When air is reached the stretchers are removed and the injured are moved to a hospital, reflecting growing philanthropy in hard labor sectors.
Cleveland schools introduce barber rooms in three buildings with two stools each. Pupils from a local barber college will provide haircuts at the city’s expense using available scissors and equipment brought by the students.
A playful dialogue asks what to say to someone who sits on a hat. One child suggests insults like stupid fool or idiot while the other notes they are also sitting on a hat, turning the exchange into a lighthearted miscommunication.
Passenger asks about the boat pitch and a sailor reveals the reason as the waves, noting it is a nautical secret but willing to share with the passenger.
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