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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
4
Rev N Penn Shiw editor of the Chinese Her o's addressed a San Francisco YMCA audience. He said China plans a one million man army to drive European powers from the empire but will not threaten America as the United States is the only nation with a conscience.
Deputy Sheriff Will Blair arrested Kirk Compton and Henry Nichie on charges of carrying pistols. Both men, described as colored, are in custody awaiting bond.
Washington reports the motto In God We Trust to be restored on gold coins formerly altered by Roosevelt orders. The House Coinage Committee will report a bill Wednesday to reinstate and permanently keep the motto. Indications are it will pass both houses. Roosevelt will not veto such measures, and Congressman James notes many letters opposing the removal remain.
A roundup lists numerous residents visiting relatives, attending legal business, or traveling to Paris Denison Sherman Sherman and Paris area towns. Names include Ray Chomas Job Smith H. H. Smith Judge Denton J. A. Phillips D. Lyday Mrs Walter Idsworth J.C. West Ike Rudman and many others with visits to Ravenna Denison Paris New Boston Clarksville Texarkana Sherman Midlothian and Chicago business trips and familial visits.
The Court orders appointment of presiding judges for many precincts including Savoy Orangeville Ladonia Honey Grove Monkstown Ivanhoe Dodd City Bailey Gober Selfs Ravenna Trenton Carson Leonard Dial Telephone Lamasco Nobility Randolph S Bonham Ector Windom Lannius Valley Creek Sash Mulberry Ely Fulp DeWitt Iedhube Anthony I Bonham Danner Honey Grove Bantam China Grove Hall Delba Second Hand Clothing ads note clothing services and a brief item on the growing peanut crop with countywide planting prospects.
The article defends Longfellow as a poet of the commonplace praising his lucid translations and original American verse. It highlights Hiawatha as epic for its time and notes his popular lyrics such as The Psalm of Life The Children's Hour The Bridge and The Arsenal at Springfield. It also calls him the people's poet for clarity and accessibility.
An advertisement promises a real cure for chills fever and malaria without harmful drugs. It guarantees money back if not effective and lists Saunders Drug Co as the seller.
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