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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
5
Sorrow fills the home of B C Fewell as Old Rink the mule dies after a long life of service. He accompanied two generations of Fewell children and worked on the place until recently. Beck, his team mate, is still living at 35.
The article notes speed and safety drive modern travel across planes ships cars and rails. It highlights the Trans-Canada Limited resuming service May 12 between Montreal Toronto and Vancouver completing an 88 hours 45 minutes cross country run and 84 hours 30 minutes from Toronto. Ten Trans-Canadas are in service with luxurious equipment valued over 10 million dollars. The line features vita glass solarium cars new sleeping and dining cars ladies showers smoking rooms and other comforts. Travelers to Banff and Lake Louise will find accommodations like home living rooms.
In Louisville on June 13, two officers Roy Miller and Clarence Gossett faced a federal retrial bid after being convicted and each sentenced to two years for killing a citizen during a prohibition raid. The case marked a first transfer from state to U S court for such a homicide conviction.
Bill Walker, an employee at the municipal water plant pump station, was injured when about 200 feet of pipe slipped into a well during maintenance. The pipe weight crushed his leg and split the bone, and he received medical attention in town.
A local ad promotes renovating worn shoes to extend service life rather than buying new pairs. It insists the process is affordable, preserves the old footwear’s fit, and offers notable savings.
Protests by nineteen ministers allege Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the Methodist Church holds modernist views. They prompt his removal as keynote speaker for the Northern Baptist convention in Denver. Dr Avery Shaw of Dennison University chosen to replace him. McConnell resides in Brooklyn, New York.
The yo yo craze in Texas spurs two Gainesville youths to compose a new song "Me and My Yo-Yo." Martin Wade, Majestic Theatre manager, wrote the lyrics while Morris Thompson, assistant theatre organist, wrote the music.
Grove Hill Lodge No. 373 A F and A M Leonard elected Delta B Ewing worshipful master T D D McAlpine senior warden G S Williams junior warden Bob Johnson treasurer J Z Stuart secretary J W Rogers tiler T H Guthrie senior deacon J J Powell junior deacon Glenn Bailey senior steward G H Simpson guard Rev C C Hines chaplain at a recent meeting.
An inspirational line asserts personal sovereignty over sorrow and suffering, declaring resilience as one’s own domain with a key to one’s own fate. The quotation emphasizes inner strength and self mastery amid adversity.
Yale law dean Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, soon to be president of a large university, critical of fixed mindsets, urges Chicago graduates to think for themselves. He says university education should unsettle minds, widen horizons, and foster independent thinking rather than just teaching facts or reforming students. He condemns parental indulgence that weakens self reliance.
Fire at Sherman on June 13 destroyed the two story apartment house of Mrs. A. P. Finley beside Kidd-Key College. Firemen saved the college but adjacent houses suffered damage. Loss estimated at $12,000 or more.
New Orleans June 13 Dr Albert Rhomas city alienist died Monday from the effects of a collar button he swallowed when eleven. He suffered a coughing affliction for years until an operation last week failed to save him. The button was located near the bronchial passage to the lungs in tissue adjacent to the airway.
Breckenridge reports Joe Glick man aged 15 claimed a yo-yo spin record with 19,263 revolutions in 5 hours 25 minutes and 15 seconds on Tuesday. The event highlighted persistent effort and youth achievement in a local competition.
Dallas Postmaster John W. Philp says four new air mail routes with Dallas and Fort Worth as western terminals are under interdepartmental review in Washington. Cities along the routes push for immediate establishment while data supports need. Routes include Louisville Nashville Memphis Texarkana to Dallas Fort Worth and Atlanta Birmingham Shreveport and St Louis along with a southern alleghany bypass. The fourth line would swing east of the Alleghenies toward a southern route, using Dallas Fort Worth as its western terminal.
In Miami a gold rush grips a vacant lot where excavators uncover rusted fragments and gold flakes while prospectors chase a legend of 170 million dollars. Sponsor G B Mobley cites a Spaniard who allegedly saw a chart in Mexico guiding the dig toward seven massive chests of gold.
Shakespeare’s line about greatness notes that some are born to it, some achieve it, and some have it thrust upon them, reflecting on varied paths to remarkable achievement.
In Portland on June 13 Captain Henry Frost a 51 year old director of the Seaman's Bethel and missionary to islanders Am ascopa married Miss Mary Augusta Frost 54 superintendent of the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind in Washington DC Their courtship began five years ago when Captain Frost aided the bride’s brother The Bethel Mission on Forest Street near the waterfront serves unemployed and unfortunates Mrs Frost will resign her Wallington post to assist her husband in his ailing sight duties and they will continue their longtime work together
Moscow reports that eight hundred delegates from across the Soviet Union attend the congress of the Society of the Godless. Maxim Gorky is among the attendees as Pravda quotes a vow to uproot religion and destroy its influence among the masses.
A note indicates Miss Taylor will assist buyers or renters of Typewriters, offering efficient service and courteous handling comparable to or better than prior assistance.
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