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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
1
Members of Sul Ross Camp of Bonham attend in a body as Forrest Chapter U D C planned to present Cross of Honor to Confederate veterans. The group traveled to Dodd City, enjoyed supper, and recalled Civil War episodes with John Organ and others guiding them.
At M. E. church a Cross of Honor was presented to a Confederate veteran by Forrest Chapter U D C. Commander Duncan and M A Bridges spoke of Nathan Bedford Forrest and a captured notable prison escape praised for its daring. The event included short talks and a program recalling Civil War memories.
Arthur W. Jones announces a statewide prohibition push amid rising saloon activity. The message urges every man to obtain a poll tax receipt and vote for God and home and native land as 1908 advances, with eleven days left to rally papers and retailers.
James Carmichael leads the Westminster League with lesson by Paa. Bernice Caldwell performs solo reading by Pansy Gass. Poem by Fred Johnagon. Reading by Mies Alexander. Benediction by Pasa. Date 1218.
The Farmers Union in Memphis demands federal action to issue all money under government control, ban cotton futures and gambling in farm products, abolish the seed distribution bureau, raise the parcel post rate and add a parcels post, plus a rural route mail rate and a postal saving bank to keep funds at home.
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