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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1925
Page
2
Timetable lists southbound departures from Dallas to Bonham with arrival times and a return route from Bonham to Dallas. Running time about three fifteen minutes. Fare one way three dollars, round trip five dollars. Contacts include T S Ford Sam Kennedy P D Penn and J H W Baker.
Furnished by Miss Thelma Barber County Home Demonstrator of Fannin County these level measurements convert cups pints quarts and gallons for preserved foods. Recipes to appear in Favorite Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays each week watch for them.
The Red Ball Bus Line runs from Sherman to Bonham Paris and Gainesville with frequent departures starting at 6:00 am and continuing through 9:30 pm. The schedule includes direct connections with all Interurban cars to Dallas, totaling 3 hours 28 minutes from Bonham to Dallas. Bates Improved Antiseptic Liniment and preserved watermelon rind recipe also appear.
Bus routes from Bonham to Greenville with transfer points to Cotton Belt at Bailey Katy at Leonard and connections to Texas Special at Greenville. Passenger service from Red Ball Depot West Fourth Street with fare $1.50 and phone 872. Includes service via Sherman Gainesville Whitesboro to multiple points including Sulphur Springs and Dallas and notes transfers at Gainsville and Ardmore exchanges.
Passenger departures listed for Bonham and Denison with times from morning to evening. Fare is one dollar each way from the Red Ball Depot on West Fourth Street. Contact numbers Bonham 372 and Phase 957 for information.
At Saint Louis on July 20 mariners discuss how river boat entertainment has changed. Captains say modern long trips demand dance music to draw patrons, eclipsing old riverfront songs and romance of piloting. Yet river docking celebrations persist as steamboat trade shows revival.
A Bonham letter from July 18 1926 describes the drought’s reach across many Texas counties with over five million people affected. It notes widespread hunger and unemployment, a need for bread and clothing, and criticizes politicians while recounting Bud Russell’s pursuit of a murder suspect and his dramatic jailyard confession.
If you are not buying your groceries and meat from us you are missing the opportunity of getting good groceries at good prices. Try us this month with your orders.
The article portrays Frank Wallace as a burly criminal despite a slight frame. It describes his calm, educated manner and his gripping tale of evading a posse after an officer’s death, insisting on innocence while noting an unlikely long wait for clemency and ongoing international medical aid.
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