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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
1
A Bonham column notes a Ft Worth bride's divorce settlement of 2300 dollars from a 58 year old oilman, then critiques attitudes toward Japanese land purchases and Mexican workers. An English maker urges farmers to hold cotton, while warns of global demand and possible lower prices, considering wartime payability and future shortages.
The company bans currency as company property to curb payroll robberies and promote banking. Employees will be paid by check or bank credit, with executives required to use checking accounts. The plan urges workers to adopt banking and savings habits, a step seen as unique to American credit facilities. Indianapolis News.
A Lamar County farmer who traded eggs butter vegetables for groceries and clothing ended the year owing merchants 82.45. An editorial voice questions rural life, noting farmers’ daughters take jobs as clerks stenographers and operators with better wages drawing labor from farms and stores.
The Dallas News reports Ashley Evans has completed a fishing job in Bonham under the Bonham bureau, with the item noting Evans’ location and activity details.
Sheriff Whitley to host a large Christmas dinner at the Fanvin County jail. Preparations include pies cakes turkeys chickens hams sausage with $55 worth of hog meat purchased. About 25 inmates are to be served in the jail yard with deputies supervising the event.
A fragmentary report references a meeting where officials discuss disaster response measures. Names such as IR RUSSELL and Cat appear in the unreadable text, with partial mentions of areas and transit impacts. The piece hints at planning for emergency events and property concerns.
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