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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment reports an event titled 108 Fes cIiry with a Saturday timing. Readable bits suggest a local cultural or community gathering, though details about place organizer or exact time remain unclear.
A partial readable fragment from a historical page references names and places in a vague legal or notices section. The readable text hints at dates and events but lacks full context or a clear outcome.
Farmers urged to plant oats this year as seed oats arrive at low prices. The notice promotes their oats as a smart crop for good land and promises strong harvest prices, claiming the operation is a headquarters for seed oats and oats pricing.
Deputy Sheriff Doss seized five barrels of whisky eight years old from a Frisco Depot shipment found in Chickasha Oklahoma. Each barrel held fifty two gallons of sour mash liquor with revenue value over 280 dollars and total value near 1000 dollars. Smugglers fled as officers waited at the depot and the booze was moved to the court house wareroom for eventual destruction.
A 25 year old man named Ben Sloan was accidentally killed Sunday afternoon near Palestine by an accidental discharge of a gun in his own hands. He was the brother in law of E J Conner of the city.
A dollar buys a shirt priced at 1.25 or a 150 fountain shirt this week at Rogers Woodward Roberts Co. The ad highlights discount pricing and value on garments available for a limited time.
Sid Smith advertises a new feed store offering corn oats bran chops millet alfalfa Johnson and prairie hay. Call for quantities and pricing.
For sale items include Pure Big German Millet Seed Orange Cane seed Seeded Ribbon Cane seed Millet Hay Sorghum and Dooley Sweet Potato Seed from J F Jacks Bonham Texas.
The Fannin County Odd Fellows Association met with Haywood Lodge in Bonham on the 22nd for a full day of reports, six o clock dinner, music, talks, and prizes. About 125 visitors from 15 of 16 lodges attended plus 800 members locally. The group decided to keep two annual meetings, planned August with Ector Lodge, and elected R L Ely president and R R Morgan secretary. A coffin was sent for the infant of Mr and Mrs Albert Smith seven miles north.
James A. Turner a hermit farmer living six miles from Columbia Missouri died on his farm in an abandoned corn crib almost filled with the whiskey jugs he saved for a monument. He reportedly drank at least a quart of whiskey daily for twenty years and left behind a well stocked 480 acre farm and a lone dog as his companion.
Washington February 22 The Congressional Red River Improvement Association becomes permanent with Mr Sheppard as president and Mr Carter as secretary A survey ordered January 20 will be conducted under Captain Wooten’s supervision in summer or fall A committee will report expenditures and needs to place the project under a separate engineering district Honorary members named from Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas
A Sporting News item notes a spring launch for a six city baseball league with Ardmore Gainesville Durant Denison Sherman and Bonham. Promoter Dan W Gossett plans a March 17 Sherman meeting to organize and seeks financial backing amid questions over feasibility. Bonham fans expect strong local support for a competitive team.
Rogera Woodward & Roberts Co offers 300 Fountain shirts in 22 patterns at 1.25 and 1.50 gilues this week. The sale highlights a wide selection and discount pricing for shoppers seeking color and style options.
A vintage savings pitch urges industrious readers to save rather than spend with a promise of safety. It touts four percent interest on Savings and Time Deposits of three months or longer, emphasizing cash balance growth through prudent finance.
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