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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
4
Dr A B Carter operates a general dentistry practice in Bonham Texas offering X rays diagnosis and surgery in an office above the First National Bank.
A Bonham reminiscence notes a landmark house once the city’s priciest, now white after years of repainting. The piece describes neighbors painting homes on Park Avenue and North Main Street, humorously calling it a contagious habit that fuels local painter work and keeps the Favorite’s house looking fresh.
Texarkana May 29 One youth is fatally injured and six others hurt when the automobile carrying school boys to collect report cards collides with a car driven by S M Stegall The vehicle then hits a telephone pole Byron Blankenship 16 suffers a skull fracture internal injuries and multiple fractures All other details pertain to local ads and shop notices appended to the page.
At the 143rd general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States in Pittsburgh, leaders condemned the millionaire group and the metropolitan press for alleged efforts to defeat prohibition. The report by Rev. John E. Wishart urged opposition to commercializing Sunday military training and militarism, and commended Hoover on prohibition while backing the World Court and disarmament treaties.
The report says corn is improving with warmer weather, while wheat and oats are superb though few in quantity. Cotton looks unpromising but is a hot weather crop, and farmers complain price regulation is needed to reward planting. Threshers soon will be heard, and oat mites are a nuisance in stores and towns.
We thank friends for kindness sympathy and tender ministrations during our sorrow at the burial of our brother Jnsane Martin yesterday. T. R Martin Mrs R F Parsons Sarah Maud Martin
At Epson Downs England on June 3 Cameronian, ridden by J. A. Downes, won the English Derby over one and a half mile course in 2:36. Favorite led the field early, with Pharosian finishing second and Sandwich third as the large crowd estimated between 750000 and 1000000 watched.
Bonham residents share a flurry of family and friend updates. Miss Pauline Stroud and Miss Edith Trimble return from teaching roles while others attend graduations at C I A and East Texas State Teachers College. Visitors include Harvey Alston and family from Kansas, and J. D. Burns funeral attendees from Wichita Falls.
Attendees at the Church of Christ revival, begun last Sunday, heard Dr. McMillian review modern denominations and trace church history from the New Testament through the Catholic era. Two individuals publicly confessed faith, one baptized, as tonight’s talk covers Does God Answer Prayer and a youth session on Love Courtship Marriage and Divorce at 7 15.
Beginning Tuesday June 9 summer school offers enrollment for interested students. For information call 422 reach Mrs. W. C. McDade at 287-21.
The sermon by Pastor Mays at the Methodist revival warned that the devil destroys virtue and community, drawing on Luke 12:5. The opening prayer was by Rev J G Warner, with strong singing under Mr Fraser. Attendance was good at the 8 am service and the morning class announces summer stock and a special junior class starting June 1.
Rural notice from 2004 invites phone orders for jams jellies and pies. Contact Charles G Nunn in Bonham at the listed number for orders and details.
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