25 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
1
The Daily Favorite will not issue tomorrow for Christmas Day with staff taking a day off. Readers are urged to act quickly on last minute shopping and urged to send petitions to Santa for a wagon factory. Minnesota attorney general targets the Standard Oil Trust as a major legal pursuit continues.
The passage urges Bonham to pursue a park like McKinney and calls for creating public space for 5000 inhabitants. It emphasizes giving to the needy at Christmas and asks Santa to bring a wagon factory to Bonham, noting other desires exist but prioritizing that factory.
New York's Sunday lid is shot full of holes with each passing Sunday, alarming Mayor McClellan as the city nears a rimless era. In Muskoo gee Oklahoma, a very bad grade of booze is suspected. An illuminated air-ship carrying passengers was seen over North Fr. Worth, while North Fr. Worth faces labor strife with foreign workers and American discharges.
In the current Congress session at least two Democrats have joined forces named Williams and De Armond. One has a dark background about one of his lamps and the other bears an enlargement of the law resembling a small boy with mumps.
The article notes Congressman Mandell proposing a bill to appropriate 100000 for extermination of green-bugs boll-weevils and similar insects. It argues success depends on the cooperation of those who implement pest control, stating money alone cannot stamp out pests.
The Wee' wey cua prints a full page ad by Coal Qu Lewe claiming two carloads of oil to be sold at ten cents per gallon in small towns. The Favorite questions why this buyer selects certain towns for bargain oil and how he can retail in smaller quantities cheaper than Bonhem merchants at wholesale.
The Denison Herald and Corsicana Sun advise not to inspect price marks on Christmas gifts this year. Readers are urged to avoid snubbing presents by checking prices, with notes that thriftiness and generosity define holiday spirit.
A Denver episode reports a woman urging that Mr Bryan's daughter be named a delegate to push her father toward nomination at the National convention. The remark draws quick, amused comment from Houston's press as an audacious bid.
The Fort Worth Record argues that only actors who perform on Sundays are being jailed, while the country awaits true relief by imprisoning those who stage performances on other days. The piece urges releasing genuine actors and focusing on barnstormers deceiving the public.
Miss Myrtie Loggins, editor of the San Augustine Vidette, notes a shift in domestic roles. She cites a Houston Post quip about a husband providing a home and cook, then observes the modern husband manning the kitchen, buying bachelor buttons, and darning socks himself.
The Denison Herald urges a state wide crusade to compel road overseers to perform their duties. It argues one capable citizen can spark a movement for road improvement without bonds or outside help. The paper calls for enforcement of road overseer laws and questions the value of existing regulations if unenforced.
The article argues Southwest Texas farmers build financial strength by fattening hogs and growing sweet potatoes and peanuts. Hogs, acorns, and mast support hog production, enabling hogs to be sold at higher prices while cotton acreage may shrink. The piece touts hog farming as a stabilizing base amid cotton volatility.
The piece notes a few public spirited citizens who volunteer and the newspaper’s crucial role in promoting efforts. It laments that the paper’s services are often underappreciated by the broader community.
Mrs Gus Kohlbohm and her daughter Thelma travel to Marshall for the wedding of Mrs Ma Lendon to Mr J W Boggs of Dallas attended by family and local guests.
Tonight the Feateraal Brotherhood Lodge holds its regular meeting and an oyster supper will be served to members. It is hoped all members attend.
A poetic prayer asks for universal joy and benevolence. It envisions a world where selfishness fades, the strong uplift the weak, and open hearts connect across souls. The speaker pleads for comfort for the grieving and for broader giving, invoking the Redeemer's sake and naming Judd Mortimer Lewis as author.
A vintage ad urges readers to try Ballard's Horehound Syrup to end coughs and respiratory illness. It claims the syrup cures coughs influenza bronchitis and pulmonary diseases with one bottle proving effective. Available from Saunders Drug Co with 25c 50c and 81 options.
There will be no meeting of the K of P Lodge tonight due to the holiday as stated by Jno I Rodgers.
The stockholders of Benham Bank and Trust Company are requested to meet at the bank office on Tuesday January 14 1908 at 3 p m to elect directors for the ensuing year and attend to any other business. Walter O Siler cashier.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for women under strain and for expectant mothers. It claims non secret, alcohol free ingredients with printed disclosures, notes endorsements by medical writers, and offers a free book by mail. It also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
A December letter from Union Valley covers local farming notes cotton picking and hog killing, a 27 member Farmers Union reorganization, visits from Tinsley and Vester in Yuba Okla, illness of Uncle Clint Jones, a new baby at Roy Vaught’s, school progress under Mrs Weathersby, sickness lists for Mrs W R Vaught and Alric Jones, a wedding near Randolph with Rev Roaser, and requests for news from Kerr and Randolph.
A parable on giving and sympathy. The rose shows that withholding beauty and fragrance leads to loss, while opening generously to others restores life, love, and joy. Selfishness shrivels the soul. generosity blooms, inviting sunshine into the giver.
Members invite the public to a Christmas tree program tonight at the South Bonham Methodist Church. Mr and Mrs W G Swinney of Springfield Missouri are visiting Mr and Mrs H C McAnally and plan to spend the winter in California.
White Blakeney and Fuller announce a new line of baby misses and children's hoea products. The release highlights practical care options and suggests availability through their usual retailers.
100 acres of good land six miles north of Bonham with 65 acres in cultivation. Includes a good house, evergreen water and good pasture. Suitable for the right man. See Huda P Elis Paris Tex or Philip Wise Bonham.
Woodmen notice asks all members seen by the banquet committee to provide names to any committee member for donation calls. The committee includes Fleto White W. M. Moss J. B. Engerald E. H. Pritchett and H. Evans. Banquet scheduled for Tuesday night December 9 1907. See new shoes for miss children and babies.
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