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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
2
Post Office notice from Bonham Texas indicates Second Class matter with periodical pricing in advance. Includes rates in dollars per month and year and a clerical line referencing Miss in advance and monthly charge.
Northbound and southbound trains listed with departures and arrivals at Bonham. No. 31 runs mornings, No. 83 evening, No. 95 around noon, with various other numbers showing early and late day schedules. Indicates Maatbound Wetbound times and station of Bonham for arrivals and departures.
Readers can secure a free one year subscription to Holland's Magazine by paying back dues on the Daily Favorite and subscribing for one year in advance.
Local shop highlights fresh shipment of Huyler's Bon Bons and Chocolates for cooking use. Also notes real estate listing services by Xi A Johnson Realty and mentions Spotts family moving to Coleman Texas after long stay in Bonham.
An old advertises a scalp treatment named Herpicide Co selling a product "germinide" to kill parasitic germs feeding on hair roots. It markets ingredients like Canthrarides Vasolinea Glycore 4 and claims superiority as the original genuine scalp germinide. Sold by druggists with samples and price listings in cents and dollars.
Local column reports on sick neighbors Edna Chaffin and Mamie Baugh with mild improvements and ongoing illness. Mentions of Mr. Jones and Mrs. Smith, Bessie Wright pneumonia, and family visits near Ivanhoe. Cotton prospects dire, corn fair, July weather, and community jokes about weddings and missing notices.
The paper lists numerous readers and locals with recent travels and visits. Phil Jackson is visiting the Territory. Several residents, including W T Hancock, I C West, Miss Allie Lipscomb, Mrs R Alexander, and others, traveled to Dallas Paris Denison and more. Many returned home from trips to Paris, Denison, Honey Grove, and Fort Worth with stops in Leavenworth and Coleman for business or relatives.
Local notes recount weather woes heavy rains and crop damage the Onstott Branch levee washout and farm losses. Courtship jokes and community gossip mix with school teaching updates and pending social events in Dodd City and nearby areas.
J H Burnett announces summer instruction for pupils starting June 17 and continuing through the summer. Students may contact him at his residence near the Methodist church or by phone 252-2 rings for details.
Used in 1900s classifieds an iron and metal buyer advertises high prices for all metals bones poultry feathers wool and beeswax with prompt cash offers and pickup in Bonham Texas on the east side square by Western Fueslron Metal Co.
G W Cloyd a Clunk Missouri merchant recounts a four year old accident when a jamson burr punctured his thumb. He refused amputation and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve which cured the wound. Sold at Saunders Drug Co.
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