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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1925
Page
3
The schedule shows departure times from Sherman and connections to all limited Interurban cars for Dallas. The Bonham to Dallas trip takes 3 hours and 28 minutes.
In Dallas the thermometer hits 100 degrees while Kentuckians stop whistling Dixie reflecting local reaction in a Louisville Times brief.
A writer notes how talk after dinner reveals character, asks why large men take small women seriously, and argues that many nonwriters earn money. The piece urges not to push advice on friends, praises honest men avoiding press agents, and cautions against overlooking means behind wealth. It ends with a quip about suicide and familiarity with a mule.
Red Ball line runs between Bonham and Greenville with transfers to Cotton Belt at Bailey Katy trains at Leonard and Santa Fe at Celeste. Stops include Sulphur Springs Tyler Terrell and Dallas with departures from the Red Ball Depot on West Fourth Street. Fare to Greenville is $1.50. Phone 372.
Bonham service runs multiple daily departures from Red Ball Depot West Fourth Street and Red Ball Cafe Simpson Hotel Denison with cars for 91 cents each way. Southbound to Dallas includes 9 15 a m 11 45 a m 1 45 p m 4 15 p m 6 15 p m 8 15 p m with about a 315 minute running time.
Snow Hill reports lingering heat with occasional showers and a bountiful threshing season. Residents Arch Ivey Thurmer Hartwell J M Brown and Howard Cummins travel to Hopkins County for peaches while neighborly visits and dinners occur across Tioga Ravenina and nearby ridges. Several families share news of porch additions health updates and recent travels with occasional references to church duties and picnics.
Health of this community is better at this writing. Little James Henry Huckabee, a son of Mr and Mrs H T Huckabee who was burned very bad three weeks ago, is able to walk some now. Mr and Mrs Leslie McVay visited his parents, Mr and Mrs J W McVay, Monday. Mr and Mrs Jno Renshaw and family have gone to Oklahoma for a visit. Mr and Mrs Morgan of Hilger visited Mr and Mrs Porter Sunday. Miss Johnny Maye Hampton spent the week with her sister, Mrs Montgomery, of Hale. Mr and Mrs J G Whisenant and family of Dallas have been visiting Mr and Mrs H T Huckabee. We had a very nice rain last night which was needed very much.
Dry and dusty conditions may give way to a shower soon. D. C. Ramsty and children traveled to Sulphur and Davis Oklahoma in a truck last Saturday and may be away for some time. Missy Cleo Wood of Electra visited Mrs. Mary Coon and daughter Gertrude. Marvin White finished threshing on Route Five with good yields. farmers wish they had sown more oats. Bottom corn is fine, upland corn poor. gardens nearly burned up. J. J. Coonrod and family attended Nazarene services in Bonham where Rev. Wal ter M. Carter of Peniel preached. Walter Farmer went to Ladonia.
Readable fragments show a brief item about a price change or sale note. Key entities are unclear due to garbled text. no explicit dates or places are readable. The fragment hints at a price adjustment or promotional offer affecting a local item.
The note recalls a sunny day with a load of grapes and visits by Steve Coonrod and family from Tren ton to W L Coonrod, Alonzo Bradley and family from Denison to Mrs Mary Coonrod, and corrects a misprint about Olin Kennedy and Lelia Cash’s marriage, noting printers’ errors happen to all.
The meeting led by Revs. Faidley and Phillips continues with strong interest. Weather remains hot and dry with a wish for rain. Health is reported good. The Richardson party including Jones Richardson Wade Richardson and family and Mildred Moore traveled to California. Guests C W Bevans and wife visited in Bonham. Alton Ausburn and wife relocated from Wade Oklahoma. Johnnie Wittaker and family and Mr and Mrs Carol Wood visited from McKinney. T M Fielding and J D Floyd from the Penial Orphans Home spent the weekend. Mrs C Gee returned from a visit with daughters in Pecan Gap and Ridgway. Crop reports are favorable in that area. A number shared Sunday dinner with R P Miller and family. R R Hudson and Miss Grace Ashby and Opal Miller attend the Birthright meeting. J W Hudson made a business trip.
Mrs. Flora Hudson visits Blue Ridge to be beside her father in a bedside vigil as of today Tuesday in Viola.
A dentist named Ananias faces a pun filled moment when a patient jokes about the famous deception, then admits they know the dentist’s notorious namesake. The exchange plays on the biblical con artist theme in a light, humorous tone.
In a light exchange, Sean jokes on matrimony while Pecque replies that sincerity matters, remarking that a spouse’s presence shapes truth. The banter reflects playful tension over marriage and perception.
Nashville based Southern Lumberman suggests General Dawes could gain broader backing by devising a method to slow the passage of legislation rather than rushing it. The idea reflects a political strategy discussion from the period.
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