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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1934
Page
1
Fragment from Bonham Texas post office entry shows stray garbled text about a matter at the office. No clear names dates or actions are readable to identify a definite notice.
Paul taught contentment in any state by laboring and doing one’s best amid circumstances. Contentment brings joy, while constant worry over unchangeable things destroys happiness. The piece cites Milton, Stevens on, Keller, Bunyan, and Swint, urging simple living, trust, and hopeful love as paths to lasting joy.
Tennessee newspaper argues guardsmen killed four to protect the rule of law, not the Negro saved, condemning mob justice and urging that the protection of law safeguards every citizen and child. The piece holds that enforcing order, even with lethal force, preserves society’s safe-guard and state authority.
A Bonham Texas editorial column muses on mob violence and the duty of officers to enforce the law. It critiques river valley dam plans and land use, ridicules a forty mile per hour state park limit, notes local business improvement, and jokes about Huey Long and GOP revival with a cross-country exchange. It cites Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri residents and a Colorado Springs Farm News note.
A concise aphorism recalling Dean Inge that no loyalty to progress means refusing to move from old positions. It highlights the tension between pioneering ideas and steadfast stance, urging open-minded progress.
A collage of quotes from newspapers and poets on leadership, media, wealth, legal training, and nature. Includes references to Proverbs 22 1, the president, the Arkansas Gazette, Daily Oklahoman, Sullivan County NY, and Boston Transcript. Also features two nature verse passages about marsh paths under starlit skies.
Fragmented snippets echo political chatter and light whimsy from a bygone era. Notes on munitions probes suggest policy debate, while poems and jokes imagine a perpetual Christmas and the burden of sorrow. A Texas jailbreak story hints at unsettled crime, with holiday reflections and family humor interwoven throughout.
An old time correspondent writes to share news from the County Home. She describes a generous Christmas and Thanksgiving with ample food, a fall garden, and plenty of milk and butter. Residents thank Mr. and Mrs. McElhanon for their support and celebrate superintendent H. C. McElhanon’s continuation.
Excavations near Antioch reveal a theatre built by the Emperor Hadrian with further digging expected to reveal the plots of several current plays. The find highlights ancient engineering and cultural activity in the region.
Large attendance honors a driver famed for weaving through traffic and being a good man and neighbor. The note reflects on holiday thoughts and progress from veterans programs while local businesses like Brannon’s are mentioned amid faded references to various agencies and old values.
In accordance with its by laws a meeting of the shareholders of the Bonham Building & Loan Association is called at the office of J M Lowrey Secretary Treasurer Bonham Texas between 10 a m and 5 p m Tuesday January 15 1935 to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business proper and legal for said meeting This December 28 1934 CHAS HASSELL President J M LOWREY Secretary Treasurer 152 21 c Special prices on used radios BRANNON & 150 Gac
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