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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
1
A brief item notes Daily Recept Sunday edition content for Y BA Printing Co with notices and advertisements. Details are sparse in the fragmented OCR, indicating a standard newspaper item page header and associated notices.
The OCR fragment lists various subscription options for City Carrier and By Mail with prices per month and beyond. It includes 1 month and 3 month rates, as well as 6 month totals, but the lines are garbled and some figures are unreadable. The readable items indicate pricing structures for newspaper delivery by city carrier and mail.
Commentator warns that efforts to cut wasteful state agencies meet resistance as local interests and alumni groups rally to preserve established bureaus and teachers colleges. The Joint Resolution and Efficiency Committee favors shifting funding and consolidating campuses to reduce oversupply and expenses.
Opinion piece criticizing heavy taxation and sprawling government from city through federal levels. Notes public concerns, calls for departmental cuts, and echoes demands for relief amid fiscal strain. Mentions hijackings in Denison and a Sherman burglary as context for broader insecurity.
A correspondent condemns indifference to crime in Texas cities and warns that bootleggers and racketeers are expanding from Chicago and New York to the state. The piece criticizes isolationism, praises a Texas leader for pursuing beer and wine, and notes Melvin A. Traylor and Owen D Young declining offices, arguing loyal Democrats should not refuse new roles.
The Crusaders pressed a St. Louis brewer to coach them as he testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on proposed legislation. He testified yesterday and offered a critical perspective on the measure.
The supreme court of the United States upheld his contention on the Texas truck law, and the Texas Court of Appeals ratified his position on the Highway Commission injunction, proving his fortune and grasp of law and the constitution.
An unusual push from the American Cotton Association appeals governors in cotton growing states to declare a cotton holiday in 1938 to curb overproduction. The proposal faces opposition as critics warn against widespread planting suspensions and fear economic impact.
The piece contrasts Shakespearean wisdom with modern hardship, urging renewed attention to music, poetry, and arts at home as business and taxes rise. It notes a pendulum shift toward cultural engagement, hoping families share in producing entertainment and reclaim value beyond material wealth. It also recounts Rome’s failed edict requiring two thirds of wealth in farm lands, causing panic, bank runs, and later imperial intervention to stabilize credit and revive business.
A magazine writer reads Tacitus to draw a parallel between Rome’s low mood around 33 A D and the United States during 1930 31. He notes that attempts to enforce prosperity failed and were cured by government action similar to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Trade shifts and cheaper African grain undercut Italian agriculture, prompting policy responses.
A woman sues after a trolley car accident claiming a missing thin mab caused injury. She testified on the stand that the item was worth more than ten thousand because it was the thumb she used to keep her husband under. The note cites Mineral Wells Index and Tyler County Times.
The Dallas Journal notes that the public spectacle of politics remains the most liked commodity. The comment frames political drama as a desired treat in American life.
A Corsicana Sun quotation notes that a woman never makes a fool of a man without his full-hearted cooperation, reflecting gender expectations in social remarks.
Quote from Claude Callan in Star-Telegram cautions that yielding to others' influence in wrongdoing makes you complicit and signals a lack of judgment. The remark underscores personal accountability and prudence in choice and action.
The Eighteenth Amendment curtailed saloons, with about 178000 closed nationwide. Yet the era also saw a growth in filling stations, indicating more places serving fuel than liquor outlets after the law took effect.
Quotations from multiple papers humorously reflect social debates. A Nashville Banner line suggests children should create their own emotions while noting a parent's wish to switch off the device. Boston and Philadelphia papers joke about economic questions in politics and voting machines. A Virginian plans to reopen a miniature golf course, labeled the world’s greatest optimist.
Wells and Humphrey quote a German author praising American women for beauty while noting they would not. The Macon Telegraph cites the remark as a humorous jab about dress sense. The Nashville Banner adds a Canadian prison mutiny claim tied to American movies, noting the prisoners did not blame the films.
A humorous dialogue unfolds in a drug store with a clerk directing a customer to the lunch counter and a conductor joking about needing one more mule to board the streetcar while Noah’s ark is referenced.
In Trenton Missouri the Republican Times notes how a small town shares and checks news before the paper arrives. Locals know most stories already and compare the editor’s version with the reader’s hearsay.
A classroom scene shows the teacher prompting students to name an animal that would awe the lion. Aubrey eagerly offers a misconception, speaking humorously as the honess in a playful exchange about ferocity and awe.
Miss Gladys Obie taught at Hall then visited her parents Mr and Mrs J M Cole Friday evening. Dr. Hampton attended the funeral of his cousin Mrs Susanna Thacker in Randolph Sunday. Mrs de M Cole, Travis and Avis visited relatives in DeKalb Sunday. Several Thackers and related families from Randolph noted as guests of Dr. and Mrs. Hampton Monday night. Edyth McClure of Bonham was a guest of her aunt Mrs R R Morgan with visits planned in Bonham. Mrs Joseph Kennedy of Brother ton visiting her parents.
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