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16 Dec 1936
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1936
Page
1
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The Denison Herald notes Ireland's abdication of the governor general's office marks a step away from the British Empire while remaining within the Commonwealth. It argues Ireland will likely stay tied to Britain for naval protection and economic aid, as will Australia Canada and others, to avoid vulnerability if the empire weakens.
The article notes that in the last eighty years no president earned more than 61 percent of the national popular vote and that nine presidents were elected by a minority of votes due to third party candidates. It cites Hays defeating Tilden by one electoral vote despite Tilden’s larger popular total and discusses the disparity between popular and electoral votes, questioning a shift to popular vote election and the Electoral College's future.
The governor of the Federal Farm Credit Association says farmers paid fifty million dollars on government loans in 1986 and 20 000 men bought farms with similar indebtedness, signaling cautious prosperity. The piece also critiques Texas papers and notes a Los Angeles theater manager’s estate amid larger questions of value and national progress.
A Commerce Journal excerpt reflects on friendship and mutual aid. The author John Hart emphasizes life’s meaning through caring for others and shared acts of giving, contrasting with self centered loneliness. The verse echoes Christian scripture about eternal life through Jesus Christ.
A collection of child letters to Santa requests toys like cars planes and dolls, candy and fruit, and mentions siblings parents and overall good behavior. Names include Leon Gaston Bobbie Jenn Wisher Denar Frank Slagle Melba Jean Dosier Gladys Dosiey Grover Barnes and Bobbie Joe Dosilere, reflecting a family-centered Christmas plea.
A collage of ad copy and reader letters from multiple papers. Mentions cigarette habits and a child's Christmas wish asking for a cow boy tractor plough horse and saddle. Includes lines about prejudices convictions and a note on critics.
Child Flora Lee Ruscell writes to Santa asking for a doll a dish set a trunk a wagon and toys for her baby brother. She pleads for Santa to answer with the requested gifts. The letter sits among other era clippings including political notes and a soldier reference from a different source.
A jumble of festive letters and editor notes mixes with a tramp’s plea for food and satirical lines about taxation. Children request dolls and toys for Santa while adults comment on economics and local life, all folded into a single quirky Texas page fragment.
The note contrasts a half million dollar red campaign fund with partisan color rhetoric. It reports a congressman recently committed to the District of Columbia workhouse for a statutory offense, noting public interest in the spectacle.
A fragmented collection of childhood Christmas requests from Texas youngsters. Each note asks Santa for common gifts like dolls, dolls’ buggies, pencil boxes, gloves, toy wagons, and candy, plus fruit and nuts. The missives mention relatives, schools, and hometowns in Lockney Bonham Dodds City and surrounding areas.
The article notes Old Point Comfort dates to 1607 with English colonists under Christopher Newport sighting the area after a storm and naming it Pau Comfort. The name has persisted as a resort. An old by law in Tisonburg Ontario requires ladder fittings on houses with a $50 penalty for noncompliance.
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