08 Feb 1922
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1922
Page
1
A collage of opinions on politics, media, crime trials, social trends, and oil prospects. References include the arms conference, Yellow Peril claims, Cyclone Davis in Eugene Black territory, Harding's shifting stance, Madeline Obenchain murder case, fashion praise, and large oil well bonuses in Red River and Curke counties.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram derides a New York broker who quit his $2,000,000 business to run a small newspaper calling retirement at 40 impractical. It argues running a paper is not leisure but a demanding vocation impossible to retire into.
The Honey Grove community completed government mail numbering and will now be served by city carriers. The Leonard Graphic criticizes the change as an intrusion on personal liberty and anticipates protest from local papers. The Bonham Favorite notes Tom Marshall faces Democratic senatorial consideration while Sherman Democrat hints at political fatigue. The issue closes with springtime verses from local poets and an editor's postscript.
A Gra phic editorial shifts to verse as the writer laments a blocked Mt Pleasant route and the end of East Texas elixir flow. The piece frames sorrow and hardship, noting spring is distant while travel and supply woes loom.
The Denton Record Chronicle notes Mexico as richly endowed and historically troubled from 1910 to 1929, with depopulation contrasted by U S growth. It cites destabilizing U S interests, praises Wilson’s watchful waiting approach, and predicts Mexico will gain a stable government if allowed to settle its own affairs.
An 19th century Rochester Democrat-Chronicle plea proclaims men who cannot be bought who stand by honesty, courage, and public spirit. It calls for leaders willing to sacrifice private gain, voice strong opinions, and risk failure for the common good.
A Cappers Weekly excerpt notes Europe prints vast paper money, driving the mark, frank, lira and kronen toward worthlessness. It compares Polish and Russian currencies, cites bread riots risk, and argues the United States remains financially stronger while Europe seeks recovery.
A reflective hometown column urges practical restraint in politics and diversion, noting poll tax relevance and the value of wholesome reading. It quips about Chicago fashions, New York trends, prohibition effects on dentistry, and a Dallas circus poster era humor while commenting on modern manners and moral signals.
A speculative remark asserts that when the next war arises some nation will indeed instigate a change in the balance of power. The snippet frames geopolitics in a provocative forecasting tone, noting risk and surprise without naming actors or dates.
A fragmented poem by Uncle John mocks the President with satire on talk, judgment, and public reception. It mixes political jab with questions about Columbus, Granada, and the Midnight Sun, and ends with unrelated odds and a garbled closing.
Q and A offer methods to locate a long-lost person including writing the last known post office and public library and advertising in the local newspaper. The octopus movement section explains rapid water expulsion, body inflation, and tentacle use to capture prey with a beak like mouth.
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