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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
1
High grade hats from Harris Polk Hat Co of St Louis offered to reduce stock. Latest styles in fur stock with guaranteed wear. Specials include $3.00 hats or derbys in brown and black at 2.45, $2.50 hats at 1.95, and $2.00 hats at 0.45. See show window.
February 14 reminder to visit our store for candy. Fresh shipment of Seward's beat. Highest prices paid for furs and hides with guaranteed top dollar, plus cash for turkeys chickens and eggs. We buy geese feathers and coal. East side opposite court house. I Rudman. McAlester washed nut coal on hand from B G Moss. R B Nall optician. Phone Hotel Alexander.
Ten days of busy work cleaning and repairing typewriters. Old machines made new and new ones cleaned and adjusted. First class guarantee. Also offers stenographic and mimeograph services along with typing. Phone 105 Andy P Evang.
Pittsburg Pa Feb 12 Thomas OT o le is dead and eleven others fatally burned in a furnace explosion at the National Tube Company Monongahela blast furnace in McKeesport near here early today. A 100 foot furnace burst at the top and fifty tons of molten metal spilled over the floor causing violent explosions that scorched workers. Police say bandits fled into rough country after exchanging shots with a posse. Tomorrow is city election day.
In Denison Texas on February 12 a timber wolf attacked Epperson who rode in a wagon. he struck the animal with a shovel and the wolf jumped away then returned but failed to seize the wagon. Epperson believes the wolf may have been rabid. In Rich Hill Missouri on the same date five bandits dynamited the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, took about 23 000 dollars in cash from the vault and wrecked the building. a sheriff's posse pursued them as citizens fired on the fleeing robbers but they escaped into rough country south of town. No injuries reported.
Mr. Sandy Land Farmer urges readers to try cast plows to save money and increase profits. Thompson Abernathy Co promotes the product as a cost effective farming tool.
A bakery ad from Kincaid Reedy Hughes warns stale cakes risk sickness while promising fresh stocks of cakes and jumbles to delight customers. The firm emphasizes enjoyable treats when consuming their goods.
A terse note cites a query about pig feet attributed to Kincaid, Reedy and Hughes. It references a trio of names as the source or negotiators. Further context is not provided in the fragment.
The largest and best bunches of bananas ever brought to town are on sale at 60 to 75 cents per bunch. Early shoppers are urged to come, announced by W. R. White.
Mrs W H Nunn of this city received notice that her brother Frank W Day died in Plainville Connecticut after being struck by a train while warning others at a railroad crossing. Day had thirty years in railway service and was a conductor on the Hartford and New Haven line. Relatives and friends extend sympathy.
Lloyd German suffered severe hand injuries when his right hand was caught in a shaping machine at the F. M. German & Son shop on North Main Street. One finger split to the first joint and two others badly mashed with nails torn away.
A large crowd attended last night and praised The Harbor Pirates and The Mishaps of a Baby Carriage with others also above average. Three tickets to vat Len ne were given away and three more will be offered tonight and tomorrow. Dr W B Lewallen treated injuries from an accident and anticipates no finger loss unless complications arise. Lloyd, an industrious young man, has many friends hoping for a rapid recovery. Also noted: a new water tank project near the coal shore edging toward completion. Tomorrow is city election day.
The article urges saving from weekly earnings and places trust in a State supervised bank. It emphasizes a 4 percent rate on savings and time deposits of three months or longer, presenting the bank as the reliable place to store funds.
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