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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1925
Page
4
United Press reports an extreme heat wave sweeping the East and Middle West has killed nearly seventy people in the last day and more than 200 in six days. New York stood at 87 at 8 this morning as officials feared additional deaths.
Four train crew members died in a collision between two freight trains on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad near Paris Tennessee this morning.
Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms in western and eastern Texas tonight and Sunday. No significant changes expected as fronts move slowly across the region, with temperatures remaining mild and humid air lingering into the weekend.
The Navy dirigible Los Angeles left its hanger at Lakehurst for Minneapolis to participate in the Norwegian Centennial Exposition. It is scheduled to depart this afternoon and reach St Paul and Minneapolis by dawn Monday.
Mob rioting in Shanghai has ceased. The volunteer defense force backed by British and American naval detachments halted organized trouble, though some individuals still attacked foreigners, mainly British and Japanese.
Following a plant storming in Santiago the nitrate workers take control of the Chilean Nitrate Co plant at Coruna and Pontevedra and have forced other plants to suspend operations. Troops and field artillery have been dispatched to the scene.
An evening dispatch from Cebere on the French Spanish border reports plots to kill the Spanish King and Queen were thwarted by the discovery of bombs placed on railway tracks near Barcelona and at Barcelona Cathedral where Alfonso was to attend Mass yesterday.
The weather bureau forecasts a break in the heat wave next week across the country. Relief expected south of the Ohio River by Tuesday or Wednesday, in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys by Monday, with moderate temperatures afterward.
Washington June 6 Harvard University holds the top spot among U S educational institutions with an endowment of 63 083 769 and property valued at 22 800 000 The Interior Department survey lists 121 universities with endowments over a million dollars and names Columbia Yale Chicago and others among the leaders University of California California Texas and Minnesota follow in endowment and property rankings
Oscar Saxe, a Belgian inventor, created the saxophone about ninety years ago. The original instrument still exists today, illustrating the lasting legacy of his design.
In Worcester Massachusetts on June 6 Bob Jones of Atlanta and Willie Macfarlane of Oakridge finished eighteen holes tied for the national open championship medal play. They traded leads with no more than two strokes separating them. Macfarlane led the first nine, Jones equalized by the home hole, and both ended at 75. A second eighteen holes will be played this afternoon to decide the winner.
Lamar County officials sponsor a July 4 celebration in Paris to mark the completion of a 2 440 000 dollar good roads program. A meeting with seven North East Texas counties will invite participation as concrete work continues on the Fanvin County La mar gap and the south of Paris road.
United Press reports in Toronto that Presbyterian Methodist and Congregational churches of Canada West will merge next Wednesday to form the United Church of Canada. The new body will claim an aggregate membership of over 1.5 million.
Freckled faced Howard Robbins known as Dutch from Springfield Massachusetts won the U S marble championship defeating Tommy Raley of Owensboro Kentucky in the national tournament held in Atlantic City this morning.
President Coolidge will depart this afternoon with Secretary Kellogg and Senator Lenroot for a trip to Minneapolis. He is to address the Norwegian Centennial celebration at the fair grounds where horse racing drew more attention than the Vice President during the speech.
Japan observes April with the Geisha cherry dance celebrating blossoms. The event highlights traditional culture and seasonal blooms in local communities across regions known for sakura displays.
The Greenville Texas authorities pursue traveling photographers and itinerant vendors with a $250 license fee. They argue the fee excludes itinerants from operating and pushes them to become regular businesses to pay taxes and support the city.
In China a single wheelbarrow is used as a communal transport with up to eight people riding together, pushed by a single helper. The sight reflects local adaptions of makeshift mobility.
Unprecedented rise in the Nueces River between Cotulla and Three Rivers has claimed about 2,000 cattle, according to Three Rivers stockmen. Waters at Cotulla recede after reaching thirty feet and spreading for over a mile.
Richard Lach, a Chicago man serving life for the Bobby Franks murder, is in a delirium at Joliet penitentiary after a violent 36 hours. A prison surgeon says his mind is temporarily unbalanced. Clarence Darrow, his trial attorney, predicted insanity within five years.
Texas ranchman J Frank Norfleet aims to press Texas charges against the last member of a swindling ring that drained him of 40000 dollars. W B Spencer, released on bond after a narcotics case, was re arrested at Leavenworth as he left the Federal prison. Spencer faces a Texas sentence of four years if brought to trial. Norfleet, after six years tracking the gang, hopes to retire if Spencer is returned to Texas.
A small crockery savings bank containing coins, likely placed by a child about 2,500 years ago, was recently unearthed at Utisa in Tunis. Archaeologists describe the find as a rare glimpse into ancient saving practices and daily life.
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