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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1925
Page
2
Fragmentary listing shows train or tram times with stations Dallas Bonham and entries like 9:15 am 11:45 pm 1:45 pm 4:15 pm 6:15 pm. Partial markers suggest timetable notation with connections and dates.
Community health fair though Dillard Taylor and Lillian Dyer are ill. A Florida train death is reported for W H Johnson, delaying funeral in Clarendon. Local visits include Watsons in Stratford and Bostics in Gainesville. Several residents travel, visit relatives, attend games, picnics, and church activities. An Intermediate B Y P A program features a Joshua story with named participants.
Mrs H W Hunt travels to Ryan Oklahoma Balis and Floydada Texas with possible Hot Springs New Mexico visit. R M Iick Roy Inck and L C Irick visited Hunt. J M Irick drove 1000 miles first mud on Caney Creek Fannin County. Old Settler Meeting at Bonham Aug 7 8 join Hodge Crenshaw Randolph Clark. Blackland people haul wood from Lamasca 5 miles pay 2 dollars per inch as roads dry.
The column lists local residents traveling to New Mexico, Oakland, Sherman, Arch Saunders, and Randolph for visits and events. It mentions church trips, picnic attendance, family visits, dinners, and a Sunday School schedule with 10:00 and 2:30 prayers. Names include Stevens Reese McQuirl Russell Mammie Vanzents Barnette Lee, Siler, Lela, Andy, Gore Lowman, Rebauchman, Lena Willis, Francis Rosser, Horace Elmore, Jack Crockrell, Skipworth, Oliver, Lovelace, Lillian Lowman, Inglish, and Brown Eyes.
Health of the community remains good. Grace Smith and Pruvis Davis of Leonard visited Dean Biggers. Josuah Thomas and brother toured Sulphur Springs. Porter Stanbury and family enjoyed a week in Sulphur, Oklahoma. multiple local girls and couples hosted and visited friends across town including Cline, Biggers, Thomas, Davis, Tarpley, Shields, and Jones, with several Sunday gatherings and trips to West Texas noted.
The column lists residents Mrs W L Blassingame and Mrs Jno Weathersby sick and visiting kin, plus numerous Bun ham and Denison trips. It notes Miss Lula Belle Skinner, Viva Hicks, Vera Hicks, Hula Mage Chaffin, Virgil McNabb and families. Moores Chapel visits. Mrs Melvin Clayton and mother. Dallas visitor Mrs Blackburn. Presbyterian meeting attendees. and several local trips among McKinney, Tompson, Chaffin and Blassingame families with kin from Ladonia and Meacham nearby.
Crops are fine as locals report travel and visits across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Tennessee. Residents Coonie Hopkins Will Lawson buy a new car while George Trent heads to Tennessee and families depart for Arkadelphia Coleman Bonham Dodd City Stratford and Memphis on short trips.
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