02 Jan 1928
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1928
Page
1
Bonham journal notes Sunday night robberies across Galesburg totaling thirty-two stores and two extra constables added to the police. It also comments on U S Marines clash with Nicaraguan rebels, with five killed and twenty three wounded, criticizing U S intervention.
Poem lines praise frost and nature as a miracle with imagery of trees hedges and webs. The verse extols morning beauty transforming the neighborhood into a scene of sparkling light and delicate artistry.
Humorous, fragmentary notes refer to hog-killing weather and gas shortages. Dallas shivered as its gas supply failed, while Bonham fared better. References to Hickman, jury notions, and Sister McPherson hint at publicity races involving Wickman in Los Angeles.
The holiday season ends with Pa confronting persistent bill collectors today. Up Dad and at em as the final act unfolds.
Treasury report cites 22 357 millionaires in the United States with the rest of figures incomplete for those who are broke. The item mentions nine New York Liberty advocates who did not wake on New Year’s morning after liberty related activities.
Detectives pursue clues in a Southwest Texas murder case where the young girl’s body was found buried just beneath the surface. Officers remain puzzled as they search for leads and motive in the broader investigation.
South Dakota aims to raise alfalfa acreage to ten million and dairy cows to ten million within years. North Dakota expects butter and cheese demand and seeks funds. Fannin county plans buying dairy products from North Dakota for future cream production. A Scranton gang dynamited the Sun Sun plant after it opposed lawlessness, promising the Sun will continue its attacks. The public mood hardens against crooks following violence and a Canton incident.
The Limestone county grand jury urges strict jail time for drunken drivers, arguing fines are insufficient deterrents. It predicts future moves to deny driving privileges until drunken driving is stopped, asserting life has value and public safety demands banning such behavior.
A columnist recalls Coxey’s old protest and his new idea to lend money to citizens at 1 percent, noting dangers of government printed currency after recent German currency issues. The piece ends with a Bonham boy’s church question about doves, missionary potions, and clothes.
Some individuals enjoy making music without instruments while others play on emotions, expressing feelings through voice and gesture. The note highlights personal creativity and social bonding through improvised or unaccompanied performances.
A reflective phrase questions how public leaders would present their deeds if they authored their own histories, implying bias and self‑presentation in political storytelling.
The Danzig election yields a Social Democrats lead rising to 61 588 from 39 755 while Nationalists fall to 35 820. Communists drop to 11 693 and the Center Party rises to 18 deputies, with Poles reduced to three seats. The report notes Polish optimism for better Polish Danzig ties but warns Germans remain in heart of Danzig.
Dramatic closing of the fifteenth Congress of the Communist Party shows the Opposition led by Trotzky Zinovieff and Kanfenoff exiting amid defiance while Stalin and the party majority prevail at the Kremlin. Expulsion of Trotzky marks the Bolshevist arc from exile to power.
A Minneapolis street car carries a sign urging pedestrians to be seen and not hurt while the Arkansas Gazette questions aviation gear popularity without an aerial equivalent for pedestrians. The quirky clippings reflect local papers' humor and headlines.
A collection of garbled quotes from multiple papers noted in Detroit and Los Angeles. The items reference crop markets, political selection, wind damage to Washington, a chess champion, and a quip about the Italian king’s prospects with a famous aviator.
A collage of jokes and snippets from Texas papers includes quips about poorhouses in Kansas, a remark on Kansas quitting bleeding, a crowd scene with a man noting ladies standing, and light humor exchanges about words and telegrams.
In a Sherman Democrat remark, Old Man Grouch argues a football team lacking any school or college affiliation cannot be justified by a mathematical rule. He criticizes the notion as impractical and insists on clear institutional connections.
A note from the Ft. Worth Star Telegram mentions a brass bug issue in jazz orchestras. When supply is larger, the question of how to handle brass sections is addressed and a solution is anticipated.
A Dallas News editorial remark characterizes a man who saves his own money as tightwad and contrasts thrift with theft, framing frugality as a virtue in a general statement about wealth.
A church scene after a vicar preaches on a revised prayerbook. An elderly parishioner quips that what is wanted are new hassocks rather than changes to the prayers, provoking a lighthearted moment as the congregation departs.
A terse quotable line captures a tense standoff or flare of stubborn rhetoric between parties. The phrase signals reciprocal stalemate and a contrast in commitments amid a charged exchange. The speakers’ identities and context remain unspecified in the fragment.
A comic exchange notes a butcher’s generosity as a husband praises the grocer. The bride recalls when ordering a four pound joint the butcher often sends extra weight, six or seven pounds, highlighting shop charm and old time manners.
A quirky exchange from Good Hardware riffs on a store end being hot as the boss keeps shelved warmers, blending wordplay with shop banter. The gag hints at a humorous hardware shop atmosphere and lighthearted salesroom culture.
A fragment from a quoted dialogue where a merchant speaks pompously about his origins starting life in modest circumstances. The text presents an incomplete question likely from a longer speech or anecdote. No other readable context is available to identify characters or source.
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