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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
1
The Texas Grain and Seed Dealers Association predicts no green bugs in the state this year. Pests have appeared in Kansas and historically move north, not south, suggesting favorable conditions. Planting oats now could secure a good price due to northern scarcity. Seed oats are shipping at low prices from our headquarters.
Secretary of War Taft arrives in Kansas City from Washington and meets with Victor Rosewater and William Hayward, then greets delegations from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. He plans a banquet with the Missouri Young Republicans at Convention Hall with about twelve hundred plates.
Rain snow and sleet hit Chattanooga and Atlanta cutting telegraph links severing Southern communications. Bonham Lodge No. 37 K of P meets tonight February 11 to confer the Page rank. large attendance urged by Inc I Rogers, C C.
Announcement from W. R. White touts the largest and best bunches of bananas ever brought to town priced at 60 to 75 cents per bunch with an invitation to come early.
A mob overpowered the Jackson Military company and deputies in Brookhaven Mississippi taking Eli Pigot from custody. They executed him by telegraph pole near the courthouse before trial, wounding two mob members as hundreds fired shots afterward.
In Washington on February 10 the Senate opened debate on the Aldrich currency bill with a prepared manuscript. Senator Aldrich spoke nearly ninety minutes in a clear, dry, authoritative delivery, attended by almost all senators and a large gallery including J Pierpont Morgan in the Vice President’s gallery. He argued for the bill and noted criticisms that it entrusts emergency currency issuance to banks, hoping the debate ends within ten days though Democrats plan to press the issue for campaign material. Also noted is Uncle Mick Stephens of Spring Hill near Bonham who is seriously ill, with his daughter Mrs John Vernon of Bonham traveling to his bedside.
An elderly Col. Johnson and his sons own a Solid Gold lease at Round Mountain Nevada. The venture shows values of forty to fifty cents per small egg pan of dirt as cross cutting reveals rich ore. The article notes his pride and eagerness as mining progresses with a plan for a mill. a return visit to Bonham is anticipated.
B G Moss announces he has a large supply of McAlester washed nut coal free from slack ready for sale and delivery. Prospective buyers are invited to contact Moss for terms and arrangements.
Four thousand rebating cases are said to be perfected against the Southern Pacific Company as the California State Railroad Commission readies a formal investigation this week. J C Stubbs Harriman lines second vice president and traffic director arrived to assist in the inquiry.
The article urges forming saving habits with weekly earnings and placing funds in a reliable bank. It notes state supervision and offers 4 percent interest on savings and time deposits of three months or longer.
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