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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
3
Open Doors Weeklong Sale With Rare Bargains
I will not move for a few days and any wishing to take advantage of this sale will find the doors open for a week or ten days. We have many rare bargains.
Canal traffic to surge after completion sparks American prep
Tremendous rise in canal business anticipated as completion nears. Officials warn of higher tolls, greater freight volumes, and the need for additional crews and ships to handle the expected surge. Local merchants expect improved trade and regional exporters eye expanded routes.
Bonham Elk Lodge Sets Dallas Reunion Challenge
Kham Els Meet last night initiated seven new members Blocker Evans King Ja8 King and Thomas of y Grove Carter and tt of this city. The Bonham lodge issued a challenge to any Elk team in the United States during the Dallas reunion. McJriken attended and formalized the challenge to Bonham’s famous Elk baseball team for a Dallas game. The lodge, growing and well led, expects strong turnout and broad participation at the reunion with visiting brothers from Dallas and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Elks
United States
Pham
B. P
G. Blocker
Evans
King
Ja8
Thomas
Y Grove
Carter
Elke
Dallas
Bonham Lodge
McJriken
Vic
Bonham
Elk
MeeJunken
Dallae
Hay
Kansas
Royal Funerals Set for Feb in Lisbon
In Lisbon on February 8 at 10 a.m. the royal funerals for the late king and crown prince will be held at the Royal Pantheon of St. Vincent de Lisbon. King Manuel's condition shows improvement after injuries from the previous Saturday. Marquis de Soveral, Portuguese minister to Great Britain, has departed for London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Manuel
Royal Pantheon of
St. Vincent de Lisbon
Marquis de Soveral
Great Britain
London
Gotham Girls May Smoke Veto Sparks City Row
New York February 4 Mayor McClellan vetoed an aldermanic ordinance banning women from smoking in public places. He said the board lacks power to enact such a law. The measure aimed to fine hotel and restaurant proprietors who allow guests to smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Alderman
McClellan
Fifty-Four Years Later A Misdirected Mail Delivers Mystery
A Newark widow received a letter mailed in New Orleans on December 30, 1854. The postmaster found no matching name for Elizabeth Garthwaite and could not return it. The note by Fannie Britten, now in El Paso, Texas, is barely legible but reveals a cousin’s connection. No explanation has emerged for the long skip in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth Nicholas
Newark
N.J
Elizabeth Garthwaite
New Orleans
Fannie Britten
Nicholas
el Paso
Texas
New Gingham and Silks Arrive at Rogers Woodward Roberts
Rogers Woodward Roberts announces new goods including 1000 yds of gingham in multiple patterns and wide thread laces as well as 1500 yds of Hamberg embroidery. Spring silks for dresses and waists arrive with winter stock offered at reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers, Woodward & Roberts
Williams Riley tied in Bonham ceremony at county office
R L Williams and Miss Catherine Riley, both of Bonham, united in marriage Saturday at 3 pm in the Office of County School Superintendent Tom Smith in the courthouse with Rev G W Blanton officiating. They returned to Bonham to reside after the ceremony. Williams is a T and P brakeman with many Bonham friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Williams
Catherine Riley
Bonham
Tom Smith
Court House
G. W. Blanton
Methodist Church
Sherman
T. & P. Brakeman
Katy
For Rent. Store Building Entrance After Saunders Drug Co
Classified notice describes a rental opportunity for a store building near the Saunders Drug Co doorway after February last. The fragment mentions a tenant or owner named Kosenbaur in a brief leasing context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders Drug Co
Steel Coaches Demand Spearheads Railcar Reform
The Travelers Protective Association backs a push for steel passenger coaches nationwide. A Texas Railroad Commission hearing in Austin on January 14 rejected rate cuts, while a Congress bill supported by over half a million traveling salesmen would require railroads to retire wooden cars at ten percent per year for ten years to replace them with fire proof steel coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers
United States
Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
Congress
Bill to settle suits seeks Creeks relief in Muskogee
petitions from Muskogee business interests urge Congress to back Senator Gore's bill offering relief from Creek Nation’s five million dollar property claims in Muskogee Wagoner Okmulgee and Sapulpa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Congress
Senate
Gore
Wagoner
Okmulgee
Sapulos
Oldest Native of Grayson County Dies After Sharing Early Texas Tales
Colonel James Thomas died at his sister’s home near Kentuckytown last Friday. Born in Grayson County, he was the county’s oldest white resident at seventy one years. His father Andrew Thomas, a noted early settler and Indian fighter, once repelled a band that attacked his cabin, killing three attackers. Thomas was famed for telling of frontier days and attended Confederate Veterans reunions. he weighed around 350 pounds at death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas
Lon Darwin
Kentuckytown
Col. Thomas
Andrew Thomas
Grayson County
Texas
James
Confederate Veterans
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Salina Cruz
Coatzacoalcos
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Gotham Girls
Board of Aldermen
Chas. Davis & CO
Penham and
Ravenna
Ada
Regulta
Fannin County
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