Bonham Daily Favorite offers 1924 election ads and cotton news
Copy of the August 23 1924 Bonham Daily Favorite shows second Democratic primary totals at 2 p.m. with 1 186 votes, 710 at 10 a.m. and 1 750 voting strength. Advertisers include several banks and local businesses. notes on cotton receipts and weather affecting opening. The piece mentions President Coolidge’s stance on the Ku Klux Klan and late theater hours for election returns.
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Bonham Daily
Bob Culberson
Bonham
Bank First National
First State
Fannin County
Chas Davis Hardware
H. L. Rodgers
E J. Ward
E. M. Curlee
Keene and Keene
Texas Electric Railway
Foster Studio
Black Sands
American
Best
Pact Gets Okay Of Jap Voters In Aomori
Japanese voters in Aomori prefecture backed Liberal Democrat Iwai Yamazaki for governor in a grass roots show of support for the U S Japan security pact. The Misawa air base sits in the prefecture as returns showed Yamazaki leading socialist rival by about 85 000 votes with remaining counts forthcoming.
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Tokyo
UPI
Aomori Prefecture
Iwai Yamazaki
Noshisuke Kishi
Honshu
Misawa
Japan
Yamasaki
Blind man loses life savings to would be bride
In Fort Worth a 48 year old blind pensioner Dean McAdams reported his savings of 12,450 dollars vanished last week. He says a 45 year old blonde he planned to marry on Saturday abducted the money and his 43 year effort to build a house. He stored the cash in 17 bills under a hotel room rack while out for coffee.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Dean McAdams
McAdams
Oakhurst
Japan Rejects Russian Protests Over Security Pact
Tokyo handed Moscow a blunt note telling Russia to stay out of Japanese affairs. Foreign Minister Aiichiro Funoyama summoned Ambassador Nicolai Fedorenko and rejected Russia's three protests against the U S Japan security treaty and U 2 aircraft deployments in Japan.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Nicolai Fedorenko
United States
Hungary
Poland
Yugoslavia
U.S
China
UT Regents Begin Study of Program For New Buildings
Regents of the University of Texas started a long range study of building needs aimed at financing a drive toward excellence. The plan envisions a 10 year program including Austin Galveston Houston Dallas and El Paso with several projects starting before 1962. Major new structures and additions are planned at multiple campuses and the main campus would house programs for a 10,000 student facility if that size becomes possible.
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UT Regents
Haskew
Logan Wilson
Austin
Texas Western College
el Paso
Medical
Crowded Mass. Court Hears Kidnap Robbery Case Targeting 10 Defendants
Ten men and boys plus three juveniles were brought into a district court in iLEDMINISTER Massachusetts as police guarded the hearing on charges including kidnapping and robbery. An angry crowd outside shouted lynch threats while bail was set at 670000 total for the group and their alleged accomplice.
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Iledminister
Mass
UPI
Bonham Weather Forecast Keeps Warm Through Saturday
North Central Texas weather remains warm and largely unchanged with partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Forecast calls for a high near 95 degrees and a low around 74 with no precipitation expected.
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Texas
Americans urged to drive safely on 4th holiday weekend
United Press International reports government officials warn up to 370 could die on highways and 170 to 180 may drown during the three day July 4 weekend as 73 million vehicles flood roads. Safety council urges no speeding drinking or anger and water safety to cut deaths and drownings.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Grady Leon Taylor Dies After Illness at 56 in 1960
Grady Leon Taylor 56 of 2021 Franklin Street died at 9 a m Friday July 1 1960 in a Bonham hospital after falling ill at home about an hour earlier. Funeral arrangements by Wise Funeral Home pending word from out of state relatives. He was an engineer on the Texas and Pacific railroad and had lived in Bonham about 20 years.
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Grady Leon Taylor
Franklin Street
Bonham
Wise Funeral Home
Taylor
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Bonham State Park
Walter M. Taylor
Forney
Lula Pearl Taylor
Gayland Dean Taylor
Dallas
Tommy Taylor
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Pat Taylor
Roy Taylor
Jim Taylor
Press Taylor
Avalon
Calif
Ollie King
Tommy Sline
Bessie Owens
Richardson
First Christian Church
Walter M Taylor
Texas State Parks Bod
Price Daniel
Denison Firm Wins Courthouse Roof Contract
The Fannin County commissioners awarded Langford Roofing Co. of Denison a 1541.89 roof contract for the courthouse with a 10 year bonded guarantee. The court also authorized sidewalk renovations not to exceed 1560 in labor costs and granted a two week county home vacation for Mr and Mrs Paul Taylor while Mr and Mrs Nolen Gray staff the home.
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Fannin County Commissioners’ Court
Langford Roofing Co
Denison
Choice Moore
Jim Wise
Labo
Moore
Paul Taylor
Nolen Gray
Russia Reported Ready to Launch Nuclear Planes
Rep Melvin Price says Russia is on the verge of flying the world s first atomic powered plane. He warns such a fleet would threaten unprotected southern borders while Gen Thomas D White notes the US must cope with the problem.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin Price
Ill
Russia
Price
House
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Pr.ee
Thomas D White
Air Force
United States
First Methodist Church Ground Breaking Set Sunday
Ground breaking ceremonies for the new sanctuary of the First Methodist church will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock. The site is West 8th and Star streets where the old building was razed. The Rev G Henry Mood will turn the first dirt along with Rev W T Stephenson and Frank Wright. Representatives from Marlang Stafford Construction Co and Bennett and Crittenden will participate.
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First Methodist Church
W. T. Stephenson
West 8Th and Star Streets
G. Henry Mood
Paris
Frank Wright
Mr. Stephenson
Marlang- Stafford Construction Co
Sherman
Bennett and Crittenden
Dallas
Titan Intercontinental Missile Explodes On Launch
A Titan intercontinental missile, planned as the first operational ocean-spanner, exploded seconds after clearing the pad at Cape Canaveral. The Air Force said a malfunction caused destruction by range safety. no injuries reported. Separately, church plans in Risinger Hall include a dirt turning ceremony for a new sanctuary to be built next week, with services held in Risinger Hall for a year.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
UPI
Atlas
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Force
Titan
Ai Force
House votes to override Eisenhower veto on $740 million pay raise
The House approved a $740 million federal pay raise bill, sending it to the Senate for a veto override. The measure would boost pay for 1.57 million postal and white collar workers, with most raises around 8.6 percent, and take effect immediately if overridden.
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Washington
UPI
House
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Arthur E. Summerfield
GOP
Glenn Cunningham
Rneb
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Summerfield
Cunningham
Nuclear Sub to Make Undersea Test of Polaris
The 380-foot submarine George Washington arrived at Cape Canaveral for a planned undersea test of launching a Polaris missile within the next several weeks. Navy sources say the test will be the first full-scale underwater firing, following previous land and shipboard trials with dummy vehicles and underwater launch tubes. Cmdr James Bu Osborn of Stockton, Mo, commands the vessel.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pac
George Washington
James Bu
Osborn
Stockton
Command
Port Canaveral Harbor
Tax collections show June drop in Texas
State treasurer Jesse James reported June tax intake fell from May as tobacco wine and liquor taxes declined. Total June receipts reached 6.19 million, below May 8.49 million and June 1959 levels, though some taxes rose due to legislation enacted last September.
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Austin
Texas
Jesse James
James
Cuba Seizes Esso and Shell Refineries in Oil Policy Move
Cuba seized the American owned Esso refinery and the Anglo Dutch Shell plant as they refused to refine Russian crude. Premier Fidel Castro moved to take over the facilities citing production slowdowns and declared intervention to run the plants with militia guarding them. Authorities said the action follows prior nationalizations and aimed to secure oil supply from Russia.
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Havana
UPJ
Cuba
Esso
Venezuela
Fidel Castro
Texaco
Iso
Castro
Cuban Electric Co
Cuban Telephone Co
Havana Bay
Cuban Petroleum Institute
Shell
Texego
Revolucios
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Contrel
West Bonham
South Bonham
East Bonham
U.S. Roads
the Safety Council
Hiness
Denison Firm
Marshall S. Croft
Chamber of Commence
Bob Barrow
C. of C
C of
Croft
Fort Stockton
Risinger Hall
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