22 Feb 1932
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1932
Page
1
A garbled passage surveys global tensions touching Japan China Russia and the Philippines. It hints at a predicted naval build up and a looming vast conflict framed as prophetic, with vague references to power, strategy, and potential conquest.
The fragment contemplates how different races might live in peace under a spirit of brotherhood. It discusses hypothetical migration flows among Russia Japan the United States and South America and contrasts it with the idea of conquest and absorption of nations across Asia Europe and Americas.
An editorial cites 1931 railroad earnings at about 89 million dollars while taxes reached 308 million, projecting a tax burden far exceeding earnings and warning that rising taxation may threaten railroad viability. It frames tax take as 3.46 dollars per earnings dollar and contrasts with 1897 figures.
Discussion of nominating John Garner for president grows beyond Texas as interest spreads to California North Carolina and other regions. The potential McAdoo endorsement appears to boost Garner's rising profile and national attention.
The McKinney Examiner notes lawmakers talk of cutting expenses but none have proposed lowering their salaries from 10,000 to 7,500. It mentions Senator Borah who proposed cuts but faced committee inaction, and who refused the raise during his first term, taking only 7,500 until re election.
The Lamar County Echo voices displeasure over a proposed one million dollar appropriation to fund improvements in Ohio. The piece argues the plan misuses public funds and urges tighter oversight.
A Pathfinder editorial notes ongoing wartime anxieties despite relief from the last conflict. It critiques sensational reporting from the Orient, defense booster rhetoric, religious enmity, business optimism, stock booms, and patriotic zeal while acknowledging veterans' hospitals as rare calm amid calls for future battles and government action.
The McKinney Examiner reports petitions for peace surpassing eight million signers presented to the World Peace Conference in Geneva. It notes Japanese bombing of defenseless Chinese women and children and argues many Japanese oppose war lords while condemning war profiteers and munitions makers.
A collage of quips and jokes from Texas papers includes lines about fool drivers smoking, a cigaret maker’s grieving daughter, golf puns, and a boarding house cook. The piece ends with a reporter facing a derisive remark from a visitor.
Claude Callan quotes a remark about a wayward child in Star Telegram. The Dallas News notes Attorney General Allred faces trouble attracting foreign corporations to Texas for a lasting presence.
A Denison Herald remark notes the day of vanity remains until someone hauls in a big fish and hides in back alleys to avoid notice.
Figures from 79 large city reports show a 15 percent decline in crime over the past year. The Sherman Democrat notes even the most devout will welcome quieter streets and safer neighborhoods.
A British Columbia candidate calls for a law forcing every woman earning $150 or more to marry an unemployed single man. The remark implies women there cannot vote.
A collage of quips critiques and anecdotes from diverse papers. Each item offers a dash of wit or rumor spanning railroads jewelry sales tourism and Hollywood culture with terse flavor from the era.
A humor exchange from the Montreal Star where a laborer jokes about using an index in a dictionary to find scissors and questions the usefulness of a dictionary without one.
A playful exchange references John Milton noting his marriage and the creation of Paradise Lost followed by Paradise Regained after his wife died. The humorous focus centers on Milton as a poet of major works and personal tragedy.
A widow shares quips about learning to typewriter work. She frames the Biblical system as a guide to operation and ends with a proverb seeking finding. The brief reflects everyday wisdom and curiosity in a past era.
The Gober and Gilmer teams meet at the Fair Grounds in Bonham next Friday night in a bi district basketball game. Admission is 25 cents and the event costs about 90 dollars to host. Gilmer aims to upset the Fannin county champs and reach the state contest.
The Texas and Pacific posted round trip rates Fort Worth to Bonham at 2.55 dollars Sunday, far below the old 33.40- mile style rate, with prior increases. The column mocks the change as making travel cheaper than walking and hints ex-agent Gaston Messier would swear at such figures.
Georgia cabbage plants are now plentiful along with onion plants offered by Dave Hill and R L Williams.
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