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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1908
Page
4
The Texas Grain and Seed Dealers Association reports no green bugs this year with pests already in Kansas. They claim pests move northward, not south, and urge planting oats for a likely strong price due to northern scarcity. They announce seed oats are shipping at low prices.
Linton C. Hutchins, 49, second vice president of the Fort Worth National Bank and also vice president of Manning Lumber Co, was found dead in the bank at Fifth and Main with a pistol wound to the head. Inquest ruled suicide caused by overwork and nervous breakdown. Also an unrelated ad notes large banana bunches for sale at 600 to 750 each.
Real estate notice offers a small cottage for sale with only 150 dollars down through Will H. Evans and Company. The ad emphasizes easy down payment and property location near the square.
Night riders torched a farm warehouse in Crittenden County near Cardin at 3 AM, destroying 35,000 pounds of tobacco tied to Buckner Dunkerson Co. of Louisville and a barn with 10,090 pounds of tobacco. No one harmed. operator captured in Fredonia as the gang guarded the town before retreating.
Contracts signed for the sale of the sixteen story Liggett Building in St Louis to a Texas capitalists syndicate led by Reese S Allen of Houston. Purchasers take on 661 000 in debt and acquire 90 000 acres of ranch land in Potter and Moore Counties Panhandle part of H E Rice estate with immediate plans to sell much of the land for colonization.
W R Smith known as Uncle Billie died at his Cedar Street home after a week long illness. He was 71, long a Bonham resident, a Confederate veteran, and a Mason for many years. The funeral at First Methodist Church was conducted by Rev W A Stuckey with Masonic rites at Willow Wild cemetery.
The Amusement Co plans a Monday and Tuesday showcase featuring bold bank robbery themed acts and a Penacy Cat? nature puzzle. The lineup promises unusual entertainment despite quirky, uncertain descriptions.
Representative Acheson introduces a bill to place postmasters under the civil service law. He argues it would curb patronage by political bosses in southern states and help prevent monetized influence over Federal offices and conventions.
A laymen committee of the North Texas Conference of the Southern Methodist Church will meet in Dallas to decide the time and place for the laymen conference. Indications point to Wallag as the likely choice, based on letters to the executive committee.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou arrived from Washington and spent hours at the New York Custom House today. He conducted an extended conference with Collector Fowler and other customs officials as part of ongoing discussions on duties and policy.
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