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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
3
A resident named Louis Hernandez near Broome claims a letter opened released poisonous fumes that blinded him briefly. He suspects a repeat offender from prior letters threatening his life and kidnapping his 18 year old daughter, tied to an extortion attempt.
RINGTON June 13 The In Commerce Commission votes to reopen the case on rates for law and the Western territory with a noted fifteen percent adjustment last November.
Police report Sunday's disaster in York city claimed sixty known lives. Most victims drowned as rescue efforts recovered about fifty bodies.
Fragmentary note shows parishioners invited to a sermon at the Presbyterian church. The call to attend mentions O. C. Hus and urges bringing others to the service.
John George Murphy founder and editor of the San Angelo Standard for 36 years died at 6 45 from stomach cancer and Brights Disease Funeral services will be held Wednesday burial beside his brother Mike a former editor of the Devil s River News survived by his wife daughter brother and sister Murphy founded the Standard thirty six years ago
Thomas W. Jackson, 60, killed himself outside his Dallas residence after firing a pistol shot into his chest. Authorities say illness and grief over his brother’s death prompted the self-inflicted fatal shooting this morning.
Special weather note for New Orleans and vicinity reports tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with possible overcast skies.
All Democratic primary candidates must file applications with the Democratic Executive Committee chair or secretary R. T. Lipscomb by Saturday June 1. Four days remain for action. On Monday June 19 the committee meets to assess election expenses appoint judges and conduct other necessary business.
Temple report says Mrs Myra M Ferguson will withdraw her name as candidate for Senator. Former Governor Ferguson announced the move noting her decision.
Four men were killed in an ammonia tank explosion at the Parker Webb Packing Plant in Detroit. The blast wrecked refrigerator rooms and released toxic gas, triggering a rapid fire through the building as firefighters wore gas masks to battle the blaze.
The narrator reports boys in plum trees last night who left in a hurry, leaving a bicycle behind. Contact J. J. Mumphrey to retrieve the bicycle at his home.
Special dispatch reports Miss Anna IL Daniels, the first American woman to volunteer in the Near East relief effort, spent three years at Trebizond saving six hundred children. She plans to return to America for rest while urging continued support and education of war orphans as essential American aid. Daniels is daughter of Charles H. Daniels of Cambridge Massachusetts. her mother leads the Women's Board of Foreign Missions.
This afternoon W R Luton from Ector brought a sample of his Irish potatoes. He says the crop overall is not as fine as the sample but still good this year weighing about two pounds five ounces.
The American Federation convention unanimously adopts a resolution denouncing President Harding and the administration ship subsidy bill now before Congress as inimical to public interest and destructive to the nation’s sea power. Vice president James Duncan calls the measure a cunning scheme to enrich certain ship owners at taxpayers’ expense.
Reports from Roma and San Benito indicate the Rio Grande surged six feet in twelve hours as heavy rains swell upper watershed. Levees are being strengthened along the river while the rate of rise continues, threatening lower valley areas.
Seacliff Park Ont June 13 The possibility of an Indian war loomed on Point Pelee a government park near here. Scores of Indian families members of the Potawota mic tribe camped on the outskirts last night and all are headed for the Point. Troopers are being rushed to keep the Indians off the park grounds.
Leavenworth Kansas June 13. Six of sixty three Negro soldiers sent here for long terms for the so called Houston Riots were shortened today. Two had sentences reduced from life to twenty years and two from fifteen years to eleven and twelve years.
Wesleyans will gather in a business session at Deets Boroughs office at 7 30 p m. Members are urged to attend. Basil Gibson secretary.
A public notice warns that tractors must have wheel protectors or avoid roads to prevent damage to paved and graveled surfaces. It cites state law prohibiting vehicles from crossing improved highways with protruding cleats unless wheels are protected, and states that violations will be prosecuted.
Mayor Lee M. Myers announces a Rev Huston sermon at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church Bunham Texas with the subject Is there a Hell An appeal to present any accounts against Mrs Maury M Keene to Geo E F Keene.
A humorous regional meditation notes Hambone noding through hard times. The piece sketches worry about downturns and the sting of misfortune, while insisting on finding a moment of good time amid trouble.
From Laredo word says arrests in a kidnapping and murder plot that killed General Blanes and Colonel Martinez are imminent. U S Border agents say five Americans, paid ten thousand dollars each by an oil company, are closing in.
Washington report states Iard ing told Republican leaders he will call an extra session this summer unless the ship subsidy bill passes before adjournment. The note was in a letter to Chairman Campbell of Kansas, House Rules Committee.
All mothers interested in forming a class for physical development of children are invited. Meet Miss Pattie Smith on Wednesday at 4 30 p m at the home of Mrs J V Chapman on West 6th Street.
The State Democratic Committee ends its session in Austin with a hard voting rule for the July primary. A 12 to 11 vote placed Jas E Ferguson’s name on the ticket. his wife also appeared without opposition. Prohibition on beer sales and wire legislation failed by one vote. San Antonio will host the next convention. Dallas will canvass July 22 returns and plan a second primary. A strict test requires voters in the past election to have supported the Democratic nominee.
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