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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1925
Page
1
Attorney General says a special session cannot be called for a general investigation or by the speaker, but a proclamation for impeachment related inquiry is legal. The ruling answers questions from Rep. Dec Parl and Lee Batterwhite of Dallas.
Mrs and Mr H M Keith report a robbery in Hollywood California with 8000 worth of gems stolen when they were held up. The incident was reported by United Press from Pittsburg on December 25.
London reports a three month strike among English organ makers disrupting church music. Despairing banists appeal to vern trade to settle, as many repairs await due to aged organs in Myland churches and cathedrals.
A health specialist urges young oies to expose themselves to sunlit conditions for vitality while noting many instinctively resist the sun, following guidance aimed at long term well being. The discussion centers on sun exposure and potential benefits within a wildlife context.
An 18 year old boy learning to ride a bicycle was struck by an automobile but escaped serious injury. Witnesses say the boy wobbled and fell, receiving only minor bruises while the driver, W. T. Smith, acted without blame.
Two youths described as schoolboys robbed a Detroit jewelry store, escaping with 3 watches valued at about 4800 dollars. The robbery was described by United Press as a bold daytime hold up with an unknown getaway plan.
Atlanta hosts a set of exhibition games featuring leading clubs including the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers with matchups against the Crackers and other Southern League teams. Pete Rogers from Augusta training camp to join the Crackers while Detroit, Giants, Senators, Cardinals, and Rob Nation teams are slated to visit.
London to New York air service trials aim to cut crossing time by about two days. A seaplane would fly about 2000 miles with airmail and passengers at extra cost, replacing portions of the boat voyage if successful.
Bonham observed Christmas as a peaceful holiday with joyous reunions and little disorder. Two arrests occurred on Christmas Eve for drunkenness, none in the city on Christmas Day. the chief of police called it the most orderly Christmas ever seen. Outsiders note some prisoners sent to penitentiaries.
Sheriff Brent hosted a festive Christmas meal for ten white inmates and eight Black inmates at the county jail. An unnamed donor provided funds, and the banquet featured turkey, ham, salads, desserts, coffee, and fruit. After meals, prisoners shared gloves and a friendly exchange before returning to cells.
United Press dispatch reports a sharp rise in injuries and deaths in Milwaukee County. So far this year 8 385 people have been injured in motor crashes compared with 6 561 last year and 92 people have been killed this year versus 90 previously. During the past month police investigated 907 traffic accidents with 13 fatalities, four of them children. Coroner Henry C Grandman notes two city and county automobile deaths in six months and 30 accidental deaths with six suicides.
Philadelphia dispatch reports a new clash between vice and law after General Smedley Butler retires. Resorts opened during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as phase one of a bid to win Butler’s former influence, while authorities conducted forty raids and made numerous arrests.
Stirring St. Louis incident reports Charles Taker held on murder charge after he says John Krause threatened him by beating a dog. Taker says Krause picked a hot gun and he shot in self defense when his remonstrance failed. The Dec 26 dispatch notes authorities are reviewing the case.
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, J. Charnes Erdman, will visit synods in the South during January. Dudley M. Claget announced the two week itinerary starting January 10 with stops in Lancaster Danville Louisville Memphis Oden Ark Jacobs Tulsa Fort Worth Oklahoma City Wichita Kansas City and more.
Rand Porks reports Canadian wheat pool officials explore a joint meeting with pools from Australia, South America, the United States and Canada. R J Taft of the North Dakota Wheat Growers says Manitoba and Canadian cooperative pools act as central selling agencies. Canadian pools expect to handle over 200 million bushels this year.
Wastington dispatch reports the United States Weather Bureau predicts quite cold to much colder conditions across the eastern two thirds of the U S for the coming week starting Monday with frigid weather possible in some sections by Friday. Zero will usher in the New Year as forecasts emphasize extreme cold.
London manufacturers of pins fear profits drop after a new magnet catches and recovers discarded pins. The device salvages waste from each day, reshaping the old practice of discarding pin waste and unsettling the pin trade.
The Navy Department announces five American destroyers are sailing from Manila to China. No word on damage or engagement.
The Favorie reports E. IT. Daugherty of Lannius lost his house and contents Wednesday night. It is believed there was no insurance and the loss is nearly total.
McKeesport Pennsylvania December 26 Frank F Spencer, 15, was shot and seriously wounded while fighting a black assailant to protect a bank's money.
A brief weather note reports cloudiness and warmer conditions in the southern portions with warnings in the northern areas. The message is fragmented but indicates a day with mixed sky and regional alerts.
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