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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
1
In Genoa, an author Louis Hernandez investigated after opening a Spanish dated letter near here. He inhaled fumes from the letter and was blinded. Hernandez says several more letters from the same source threaten his 18 year old daughter and involve a kidnapping plot.
In Washington on June 13 the Commerce Commission orders reopening of the case concerning rates on Hay and in the Western territory. The move follows a fifteen percent adjustment made last November.
Sunday toll from the York storm reaches sixty known lives with most victims drowned. Police report fifty bodies recovered as authorities warn residents to heed storm warnings and remain cautious near flood areas.
John George Murphy founder and longtime editor of the San Angelo Standard died at 6 45 from stomach cancer and Brights Disease Funeral services will be held Wednesday burial likely beside his brother Mike former editor of the Devil's River News He founded the Standard thirty six years ago survived by his wife a daughter a brother and sister
Dallas reports Thomas W. Jackson a 60 year old man killed himself outside his home. He fired a pistol shot into his chest and died minutes later. Officials say illness and grief over his brother’s death contributed to the act.
Special to The Keverite reports New Orleans area meteorology with Bonham vicinity expects partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with cloudy periods and possible light winds.
All candidates seeking ballot space for the Democratic primary on July 22 must file their applications with the Democratic Executive Committee chair or secretary R. T. Lipscomb no later than Saturday June 1. Four days remain for action. On Monday June 19 the committee will meet to set election expenses appoint judges and handle other necessary business.
Former Governor Ferguson announced that Mrs Myra N. Ferguson will withdraw her candidacy for Senator on June 13 from Temple. The move ends her bid amid a campaign year marked by party interest.
Four men were killed when an ammonia tank exploded at the Parker Webb Packing Plant in Detroit Michigan. A fire followed the blast and swept through the building damaging refrigerator rooms and releasing ammonia gas. Firefighters wore gas masks in the effort to control the blaze.
A note from T. J. Wumphrey says boys in his plum trees fled quickly last night leaving a bicycle behind. The owner may retrieve the bicycle by visiting the house to claim it.
Mrs. Anna L Daniels, first American woman to join Near East relief, will return home after three years at Trebizond aiding war orphan collections. She says care and education of war orphans is America relief’s most important task and vows the work must continue with support. Daniels is daughter of the late Charles H Daniels of Simmingham Mass and her mother presides over the Women's Board of Foreign Missions.
This afternoon W. R. Luton from Fetor visited and brought a sample of Irish potatoes from his garden. The full crop isn’t as fine as the sample but the harvest is good this year, with the sample weighing about three pounds.
The American Federation convention unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Harding and the administration ship subsidy bill then before Congress as inimical to public interest and a destructive of the nation’s sea power. Vice-president James Duncan said the bill is a cunningly devised scheme to enrich certain ship owners at taxpayers’ expense.
United Press reports from San Benito on June 12 that workers fortified levees along the Rio Grande as floodwaters surged. Roma noted the river rose six feet in twelve hours and continued at about an inch every five minutes due to heavy upper-river rains.
Seacliff Park Ontario June 13 reports the Potawatomi tribe moving toward Point Pelee government park claiming it as old hunting ground. Troopers rush to keep Indians off park grounds as scores of families camp on outskirts and head toward the Point.
Leavenworth June 13 Six of sixty three negro soldiers here for lone terms from the so called Houston Riots were shortened today. One man had life reduced to twenty years and two had fifteen year sentences cut to eleven and twelve years.
Wesleyans will hold a business session at Deets Boroughs office at 7 30 p m. Members are urged to attend. Basil Gibson secretary.
San Antonio June 13 United States Border agents expect to arrest five Americans allegedly paid ten thousand dollars each by an oil company for the kidnapping and murders that killed General Blanco and Colonel Martinez. The arrests are reported to be imminent as agents close in from Laredo with details anchored in a fifty thousand dollar scheme.
Washington June 13 Republican leaders were informed that an extra session will be called this summer unless the ship subsidy bill is enacted before adjournment. The warning was sent in a letter to Campbell of Kansas, the House rules committee chairman.
All mothers interested in organizing a class for the physical development of children are invited to meet Miss Pattie Smith-Wrednesday at 4 30 p m at the home of Mrs J V Chapman on West 6th Street.
The committee closed at 9:30 pm with harmony except for a tight vote on James Ferguson's US Senate ballot. Proxies were authorized, Ferguson and his wife placed on the ticket, beer sale legalization rejected, next convention in San Antonio on Sept 6, Dallas to canvass July 22 results Aug fourth Saturday. A strict test will require voters in the primary to have supported Democratic nominees if they voted in the last section.
Bonham Texas officials warn that tractors without wheel protection damage paved and graveled streets. The city will file complaints and vigorously prosecute violators under state law prohibiting metal protrusions on vehicle tires on improved highways. Mayor M Myers signs the notice.
Rev Huston delivers a sermon at First Presbyterian Church on the topic Is there a Hell at 38 00 p m government time likely evening service with parishioners invited.
Public notice seeks any person with accounts or claims against Mrs. Maury M. Keene to present them. The notice is directed to all potential creditors and requests prompt action.
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