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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
6
Honoring Mr and Mizfred Uvek from Birmingham Alabama pending licenses were noted with a social in Bonham. John Hamelin hosted a bridge party at North Star Street Tuesday evening with five tables of bridge, Christmas decorations, and a salad course for twenty guests.
S. E. Stone of Dodd City calls at Favorite office. Allen Evans leaves for Prematt after visiting relatives. J. C. Spargee returns from Chalk to visit Miss Margaret Hardman. Miss Mildred Hardman from Chalk visits Miss Elizabeth Anderson before returning to Kiddy Key College Sherman. Numerous names note visitors, travels, and December licenses issued including A. G. Rhodes with Fivelyn Brown and many other couples. Waco and Dallas items cover street openings bonds and fire losses.
The city works progress on East Sixth as mains laid and streets dug to install gas lines. The digging has provided employment to several men, easing a longstanding vacancy while residents await gas service. Delays remain uncertain but months more may pass before gas is turned on.
Sir Brodrick Wartwell appeared in bankruptcy court detailing liabilities of 31,209,000 with assets only owed by liquor dealers in the United States. He claimed his net worth was about 1,200,000, with US creditors unlikely to be paid. He described shipments of whisky to an American contact starting in 1928 and concluding with 30,000 cases seized. a mutinous crew and Halifax stopovers featured in reports.
Han con Oatley, born in Houston October 20, 1842, has been made head of the Army of Liberia. He enlisted early in the regular army and recently received his commission in Washington and went to Liberia. Liberia maintains a standing army of about 600 with reserves. Oatley served for years in the Ninth Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas.
The funeral of Mrs. T. L. Benton was preached by Rev. Ben Bell at Bil hube Methodist Church. She formerly lived there and was buried at Hampton graveyard. Fannin county loses another old settler who helped shape the county and is mourned with genuine regret.
London report states the British Post Office is testing a telegraph wire permit allowing six messages to be sent at once at about 100 words per minute. The experiment aims to increase efficiency in international and domestic communications.
An office describes a German telegraphic apparatus that uses different wavelengths like thermionic values from wireless telephony for sending messages. Messages are sorted by filters at the receiving end, each with its own key, enabling telephone wires to be used without previous disadvantages.
A sample advertising note touts a free service that includes cleaning and greasing terminals and offers a testing and filling service. It emphasizes no-charge testing and filling as a promotional feature.
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