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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
2
The great humorist, near death, asks Jim to put his shoes on him. He smiles, then says the joke about not stubbing his toe when he kicks the bucket. West Point Pointer.
A humor essay reflects on how stories travel from fact to stage and recalls a well worn tale about two darkies in Memphis. The narrator notes versions vary in form but share the same core, with a cautionary tone about performance origin.
The Supreme Court holds compulsory school laws cannot force parents to send children to public schools, affirming parents’ liberty to direct upbringing and education. Bonham market note urges readers to trade and buy locally.
The June term of district court opened with Judge Geo P Blackburn presiding. Crowds filled the big building as citizens, lawyers, and witnesses from across the county and state learned cases to be tried and court matters. The civil docket is heavier than usual due to cases left over from last term. grand jurors are Frank Newberry foreman, J E Thompson, Charles Love, Charles H Ward, W M Scott, Will H Nevill, H H Atterberry, Will Doggett, Charles Roderick, B F Butt, Tom Wright, and Buford Smith. M Sir Dickey of Bonham was appointed door bailiff.
A religious message in Bonham outlines tribulation judgments and prophecies about anti Christ Bolshevism communism and modernism. The speaker invites the public to hear the sermon tonight at the tent in south Bonham.
In Georgetown Texas R W Burleson brought a $100000 damage suit against R E B Bledsoe and 37 others in district court. He says a whipping occurred two years earlier when he was taken from his car stripped and chained to a tree beaten by several men. Burleson identifies some as Ku Klux Klan members who were later convicted in this county.
Bates announces an antiseptic liniment claimed to aid healing for both humans and animals. The advertisement touts quick relief, ease of use, and broad application across injuries, with endorsements of its effectiveness and versatility.
Through routes with no changes run from Bonham to Dallas and back. Southbound departures start at 6 a.m. with multiple daily times. northbound service to Bonham departs at 10:45 a.m. and later, with running time about three hours and fifteen minutes.
An advertising notice touts Black and White Ointment and Soap as quick relief for eczema rash pimples and itching. It claims a 50c ointment size provides triple amount versus the 25c, with availability through all dealers.
President Lindley Blayney announces beautification plans for the C I A campus to be supervised by Arthur A. Shurtleff a noted landscape architect of Boston who planned Wesley College. A new library funded by 150000 will be named the Frank M Braley Memorial Library in honor of the late college president.
Several visitors and local happenings fill this week in the Bonham area. Miss Nina Bell Wheat is ill while Miss Delia Brackett and Myrtle Brackett visited Ray Brackett and his wife near Allen's Chapel.
Blyth Moris visits J. H. Broyles home in Texarkana. Robert Morris, formerly with Jack Gardner’s Dallas orchestra, stays in Texarkana for business college. He plans to return to Tampico Mexico to join Winston Morris at a large battery station.
A motion picture titled Tell Me Why opens at the American Theatre tomorrow. It presents the pros and cons of birth control in a reverent yet realistic way. The plot centers on marriage obligations and a wife’s awakening, framed by a guardian figure who guides the young wife. Special women only and men only shows are scheduled due to the subject.
In a Chicago suburb a chess league formed for Patriotic youth. Cohen joins the group but resists military duties, while a commander tries to spur him with a vision of becoming a marshal in his ancestral Poland.
The item records two weeks of farm work with good weather for killing grass and weeds. It notes cotton nearing harvest, oat readiness, and late cotton delays due to bad stand. It lists local family visits and announces an upcoming two week tent meeting by Rev W A Campbell and G D Morgan at Eetor near the school, inviting all.
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