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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
2
Los Angeles reports four months of rodent control cost $1.10 per rat citywide and $7 per rat in the harbor district. About 40,000 rats were captured for a total near $125,000 during the period.
The Rev. Lewis Evans of West Graham Virginia praises Black-Draught as a long used remedy for liver trouble. He reports chronic biliousness caused back and head pain and says a dose or two keeps him in good form. The product is described as made from medicinal roots and herbs with no mineral drugs.
The report lists cotton production totals for six counties up to December 1, 1925. Counties named include Collin Hunt Fannin Ellis and three others with figures such as 78,598 and 68,050, along with other values 67,854 65,997 59,413 8,545 58,546 63,196.
A country editor recalls varied life events including being broke 800 times and having money 65 times, praised by the public 6 times, asked to drink 8 times and refused none. He notes missed prayer meetings 6 times, roasted 524 times, washed the office towel 3 times, and missed meals 0. He was taken for a preacher at times and for a capitalist 0 times, found money times, taken both 6 times, delinquents paid 27 times, paid in conscience 0, got licked 10 times, licked the other fellow 0, with cash on hand beginning and present values garbled.
A humorous inventory lists items a well regulated stenographer should possess including tools like a speller erasers and typewriter as well as personal touches such as a vanity glass and a flower in a vase. It adds playful entries like a kidder proof personality a date for tomorrow night and a quick get away for lunch.
A poem contrasts a builder who crafts a grand temple with public praise with a mother who quietly builds a temple of a child’s immortal soul. The unseen, enduring temple by the mother outlasts worldly stone and rust.
A reader describes a wife’s struggling marriage, noting her husband’s destructive temper and mistreatment. The columnist mocks the husband and proposes light ridicule and caricature as a supposed cure, advising public humiliation to curb abusive behavior.
A Dallas Times Herald passage muses on greasy money and its journey through hands at gas stations. It notes that most dollars become oily from repeated handling by filling station staff and customers. The piece also includes unrelated ads for Whitlow hamburgers and clock repairs from Price's Repair Shop.
An essay outlines five kinds of men who fail in life despite wealth. The Machine, the Miser, the Hermit, the Snob, and the Autocrat are described with caution against pride and self centeredness. The piece urges showing interest in others and giving to others as life’s guiding law.
W TM Smith of Texas Power and Light reports that John W Carpenter vice president and general manager will broadcast from WEAA Dallas at 2 40 Sunday afternoon. The speech titled Electricity on the Farm aims to inform Texas listeners and highlight state interests.
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