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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
4
A flurry of visitors and departures fills the day as residents and guests travel to Sherman Paris Denison Greenville and other locales. Names include Dr Jenkins W A Lawler Sam Lane Tedarkana Ballard Barron J H Lowrey and many more with relatives and friends in Honey Grove Paris Royse City Sherman and Norman among others.
A telegram to relatives in El Paso says Dr Bose Chatter, a native of Fannin County, lay critically ill at home after an appendicitis operation and gangrene. Physicians say recovery seems unlikely though a later telegram reported slight improvement and some hope for recovery.
The election passed quietly with a large crowd voting. Voter pace averaged ten minutes per ballot. Totals by box: South Bonham 158, East Bonham 189, North Bonham 210 as of 2 PM.
Church notices include Trinity Episcopal services Sunday morning with Sunday school at 9 45 and Holy Communion at 11 Rector Richard Morgan. First Methodist activities with Sunday School and preaching. Baptist union service at 3 15 p m. Edgar W Williams pastor of First Christian. travel news notes M and Mrs Dyke sailing from Quebec to Europe. a roadside sale ad and post office exchange request appear in the mixture.
Rogers Woodward Roberts Co offers Springfields at old prices while stock lasts with all wagons advanced in price previously.
A Thompson Abernathy Company notice offers a few refrigerators at a great reduction and urges customers to buy now.
Baby Evelyn Douglas Sprague arrived in Oxnard with her nurse and will spend the summer with her grandparents Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Potts to escape China heat. Mrs Mee Potts Sprague is the baby’s mother. she is the youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Potts longtime town residents.
Public notice invites attendance at the Sunday school opening at First Christian Church tomorrow at 9 30. Supt Will Kevans urges members and asks them to bring a friend. A separate item reports the Robinson Baker team’s wagon accident on South Main Street damaging a buggy and wrecking the wagon.
Advertisements offer grape juice instructions from Jean, a free phone contact for W. E. B. Maloney in Oakland. Evans & Co seeks first class land notes and a note about handling. Lem Gouge seeks men to chop wood and make posts. Apply locally.
A terse classified note markets vine lots along the car line at low prices. The listing promises affordable parcels and appeals to buyers seeking inexpensive urban fringe property.
A waiter asks if eggs should be cooked on both sides and the diner replies yes, on the outside and on the inside, reflecting a humorous exchange reported by the You berg Statesman.
A humorous quip from New York Life mocks endless worries about material needs and appetite, suggesting harmony would erase concerns about what one can live without. The exchange emphasizes minimalism and irony.
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