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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
5
A vintage journalism style piece discusses bathing attire, contrasting one piece suits with ruffled and hoop skirts, noting how fashion adapts for water, sun, and surf with vivid descriptions of colors, fabrics, and shapes. It also mentions local notices and a death report from Tadoma News.
Texarkana captured the next Texas Press Association convention. Henry Edwards of Troup was elected president and W. S. Spotts of Bonham vice president. Gillespie trailed in the vice race. Spotts won 64 to 62. Texarkana also won the convention city vote over Fort Worth and Galveston.
An ad touts S. S. S. as a purely vegetable blood remedy made from roots herbs and barks. It claims to cleanse the system remove impurities and help blood disorders without mineral medicines. Consumers are urged to obtain S. S. S. from drug stores or write to Swift Specific Co Atlanta GA.
Mrs. M. D. Benton with her children traveled to Durant this morning and plan extended visits in Ardmore as part of a regional itinerary.
An 19th century patent remedy claim states Gall Stones Cancer and ulcers of the stomach and intestines auto intoxication and yellow jaundice are caused by stomach trouble and promises complete recovery for thousands of sufferers. Sold by J. W. Peeler Druggist and druggists everywhere.
W C Dobbs leaves for Ector and Mrs Maude Dobbs travels as an Ector passenger. Jo Darnell departs for Throckmorton with Miss Maud Cox visiting in Holland. Lorrie White goes to Pilot Point. E D Hester heads to Throckmorton on business. A J Saunders to Paris to see Mrs Massher daughter. Elders Webb and Ausmus visiting. Milford Carr returns to Sweetwater after visiting his uncle James Carr. Mrs James F Sadler heads to Ravenna and Mulberry to visit EB Agnew.
Classified notice lists a horse and buggy for sale with contact June Wilson. Price stated as 66 0.
An old advertisement touts The Old Standard Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic as equally valuable to a general tonic. It claims quinine and iron as main tonics and asserts benefits for the liver malaria defense blood enrichment and whole body stamina.
Sheriff’s deputies report three Black youths aged 13 14 and 16 were arrested here on Paris warrants for stealing money and sent via 5 16 train yesterday. Oscar Downs a Black man from Snyder Oklahoma is jailed here awaiting transfer from Fort Worth on a jewelry clothing finance charge.
An old-fashioned drug ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, entirely vegetable tonic to replace calomel. It claims calomel damages the liver, causes salivation, and promises morning relief and regular bowels with Dodson's formula.
A compact portrait of Theodore Roosevelt as the enduring political force and public figure across eras. The piece notes his varied roles as reporter explorer hunter historian and statesman and compares his 1904 persona to 1916 Roosevelt amid Belgium and anti German sentiment, while naming contemporaries Taft Tillman Barnes and others.
A brief community note announces a band event at Simpson Park tonight as part of the Progressive National Party efforts. Local readers are invited to attend the gathering and see unification efforts highlighted by speakers.
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