18 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1911
Page
1
A large audience gathered for a kindergarten service atop Union Presbyterian Church to collect stockings for needy children. Sixty stockings were filled with gifts and donations have been liberal, aiding the kindergarten ladies preparing a Christmas tree event on Saturday at 10:30 AM.
Excavation on Main foundation for the street car line to the Texas and Pacific station is in progress though delayed by recent rains. Bert Hahn Company handles paving and car line work, culverts for drainage are in place, curbs gutters completed, and paving to start soon. Concrete sidewalk on Star street in front of Dr A L Kennedy’s residence finished, with another sidewalk on West Fifth Street underway. City council sidewalks will follow after red tape disposal.
Don Ryburn notes the picture framing will be impossible after Tuesday evening and will resume after the holidays, indicating a temporary closure period.
An old advertisement from Crawford & Co promotes a line of ladies silk hose in white and black for Christmas in Bonham. The note hints at limited stock and festive shopping but the legible fragments emphasize holiday appeal and shop chatter rather than clear event details.
A fragment reports an afternoon incident involving a little red doll and a local figure named Philip Wise. The text references a disruption and a demand directed at "the fat forty brittle girls" under some age category, with timing specified as two to three o clockWednesday.
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