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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
3
An advertisement extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a remedy for constipation and related ailments. It claims regular use prevents disease, offers guaranteed relief or a refund, and highlights benefits praised by doctors, with usage guidance and serving ideas.
At the Tigertown home place the seven children of M. Shipman held a reunion last Sunday with 36 present including Mrs. J. D. LaMaster Honey Grove Mrs. N. H. Trout Howland Mrs. John W. Goin Arlington Mrs. H. B. Thompson Trenner and Troy Shipman Chicota Maurice Shipman residing with his father. The gathering featured a loaded table and neighbors called in the afternoon before friends and kin bid farewell to the eventful day.
A bill folder found between Bonham and Savoy contains one $5 bill and five $1 bills with a Dallas firm receipt and an identification card bearing the name of Mrs. Benton Bones. The item is to be left at the Favorite office or by calling the provided long and short number for 2020.
Betty Jean writes of health in the community and many Sunday visits among neighbors Miss Velma Tarpley Ruth Shields Merle Thomas Emily Jenkins Ruth Tarpley Thelma Clive Ruth Lucille Shields and more. The Dodd City nine beat the Edhube Cats Saturday afternoon.
The ad touts a skin ointment used by over two million yearly to treat pimples eczema and other conditions. It claims broad popularity and quick results with a 50 cent jar offering three times the contents of the smaller size.
Reports from Abilene Bishop Shiner Lavaca and Waco note rain, planting complete, and good stands with some crops drying. Growers seek dry June, minimal July rain and adequate August moisture for a strong crop. Conditions vary with regions and delays from cool nights and late growth.
C H Porter supervising architect stated all construction on the administration domestic art textile and engineering buildings is ahead of schedule. Equipment and furniture will be bought by the board of control in Austin on June 11 and installed well before the opening date for students.
Describes the Morris canal in New Jersey now dry and abandoned revealing abundant anthracite coal deposits across its bed. Hackettstown and Port Murray residents collect coal lumps scattered along the former waterway to stock up for winter.
Week ending May 20 1925 in Bonham Texas lists unclaimed letters to many residents including Mrs W A Bond Miss Rubie Gaylean S H Green Mrs J P Grimes Martha Henderson Stanley Head Mattie Kizer Herman Leeroy Rev Thomas P Robertson Katherine Sneed Jno W Stinet and others awaiting pickup at the post office.
A minister visiting a solicitor is shown two men and remarks he hopes they are not black sheep. The solicitor retorts that color is not the issue, but if they stay long they may be fleeced. A London Tit-Bits style joke with double meaning.
The adoption of the Declaration of Independence was first recorded in a Philadelphia paper ten days later and in a Boston paper twenty two days afterward.
Prices paid by local produce houses and buyers on publication day include hens at 2 to 3 cents per pound fowl, fryers at 20 cents, eggs at 22 cents, sour cream at 7 or 8 cents, butter around 15 cents, corn at 1.25, beef cattle at 3 to 4 dollars per hundredweight, and hogs at various quotes as listed.
The State National Bank of Bonham in Bonham Texas is certified by Acting Comptroller E W Stearns to commence banking under U S statutes after meeting legal requirements. This follows the conversion of The First State Bank of Bonham, Bonham Texas, and is dated April 25 1925 with official seal.
Bizarre public notice advertises a product called Mother’s Friend from Bradfield Regulator Co. of Atlanta Georgia. It promises free information with each bottle and urges early order to gain wisdom as pregnancy progresses. The text uses promotional language and inconsistent spelling throughout.
Dallas physician Dr Irven FE Johnson advertises the Ideal Surgical Appliance as a cure for rupture claiming it can withstand coughing and strain, eliminates operations, and offers a $100 reward if it fails. Government statistics cited claim high recurrence and mortality from rupture.
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