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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
2
Across the United States a heat wave brings multiple deaths and injuries. Cities report power-outages, structural damage, and heat related illnesses as storms, wind, and flooding complicate relief efforts.
In Washington on June 2 the official index rose about six tenths percent from the year earlier, with the current level near sixty five and one half. Production was reported at about seventy percent of normal, reflecting a modest recovery.
Seven cars of the Santa Fe passenger number six derailed near Oklahoma City at four this morning due to bad track. Spikes removed and wrecking tools found nearby suggest train robbers. Passengers were shaken but no serious injuries reported as the train moved slowly.
Three bandits escaped with a sixteen thousand dollar payroll from a local dairy after a running gun fight through downtown Denver. One gunman is believed mortally wounded when a dairy guard opened fire at close range.
The Quency Whig Journal notes Boston will widen a principal street while obser ving many other routes in need of straightening as travelers’ reports inform urban decisions.
Drief funeral services for Thomas R. Marshall former vice president who died here suddenly will be held at four this afternoon. The body will leave for Indianapolis afterward with President and Mrs. Coolidge expected to attend. Masonic services will be held at the Marshall home in Indianapolis at ten oclock Thursday morning.
Austin June 2 The Texas Prison system again faces financial trouble as a loan of two hundred thousand dollars was arranged pending crop receipts for next fall. Gov Ferguson and Judge W L Hill of Houston presided at the conference. The lender was not publicly identified though a Houston bank is believed to provide the funds.
Texas Governor Miriam A Ferguson issued ten conditional pardons one restoration of citizenship and an extension of a furlough on Monday. The tally of clemency actions now reaches 428 with 87 full pardons 154 conditional pardons 44 restorations of citizenship 24 paroles 86 furloughs 11 remissions of jail sentences and two death sentence commutations. The governor indicated the policy would continue and noted attention to elderly black inmates with long sentences while Southwest Central District SB U Congress telegrams supported the pardon policy.
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The scientific committee of the Large Black Pig Society of England offers prizes for a practical inking method to permanently tattoo black pigs. The announcement seeks solutions on durable tattooing schemes suitable for breeding stock and shows the society backing the project.
State officials approved Trinity County road bonds worth 574000 at five and one half percent and Houston County levee bonds 100000 at six percent. Sand Ridge school district in Nacogdoches County voted to extend the term. rural and urban enrollments are listed. road improvements receive state funds and contracts for Independence Road work proceed from Brenham to Clay Station.
A Whit e house spokesman says the debt funding commission sees Washington as the proper place for allied debt funding talks though the decision is not final. Kellogg and Mellon refused London talks yesterday. The President will follow the commission's guidance in the matter.
The first 1925 cotton bale ginned at Mission Sunday reached Houston at 8 05 a m Monday six days behind the record for early bales and second earliest on record. It weighed 495 pounds and was middling. grown by Sixto D Ochoa in the Rio Grande Delta near Mission. Consigned to W D Cleveland and Sons it was auctioned on the exchange floor and sold to J H Hutto and Co of Houston for 1426 dollars.
Dayton residents protest as Chattanooga seeks to move the evolution law case against a Dayton teacher to its courts. Proponents argue faster decision while opponents fear loss of local access and publicity for Bryan and Darrow.
Dr. Herman J. Neubauer of Hinkley Illinois purchased an airplane for emergency use in the rural district. He will hire a pilot until he can fly the machine himself.
Oslo June 2. Norway took a definite step toward aiding the Amundsen Ellsworth Polar Expedition by deciding to dispatch two naval airplanes from Porten next Friday. The planes will assist the steamship Hobby in searching the arctic ice edge for signs of the missing explorers.
The Favorite reports Dr. George W. Truett who was delayed by a funeral did not preach Monday night at Dodd City. He is expected to begin services at the Baptist church there tonight.
For the first time in about 100 years spring snow covered Mt Veuvius, marking a rare seasonal sight. Reporters noted soft flurries dusting the slopes and a serene highland scene amid clear air.
June 2 report says Shanghai is in crisis as rioting escalates from student protests against foreigners. Martial law is declared and foreign consuls request additional warships. Fifteen killed, sixty wounded including policemen. A general Chinese strike spreads. several Russian communists arrested for instigating labor unrest.
A fire alarm was turned in around 2 30 today at the home of T. J. Carter at the corner of Eighth and Pine Streets. The blaze was soon extinguished with little damage reported.
Tonight and Wednesday forecast calls for partial cloudiness and warmth in West Texas. Tonight and Wednesday remain generally fair with mild to warm temperatures.
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