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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
3
Bellean announces Boileau's Quaker Girls Company as an opening act for the Chautauqua program. The troupe, selected from across the United States, drew high audience votes on two circuits and is praised as versatile and original. Performances are scheduled for opening week day and night.
Classified notices advertise 100 acres of black land for 130 dollars, 110 acres of sandy land with improvements for 100 dollars, and 65 acres near Bonham with orchard for 3500 dollars. Also farm listings near pike and a four room house trade option. J N Chaffin of Windom seeks forty to fifty acres. Also insect control products for poultry and stock.
Yesterday Troop H Texas Cavalry was mustered into service with ninety three members. Officers and men listed include A S Broadfoot and Avis M Hendricks as lieutenants, a long roster of sergeants corporals cooks and privates. Casualty and order of sale notices follow, with names, dates, and dates of court actions.
Not a bad tomato weighs a pound and three ounces as Rev RB L Keene files a light hearted note in Favorite office. Keene says his tomato could win a belt if rival Bro McKinney’s in South Bonham doesn’t exceed it.
Tom Dempsey died yesterday morning at 1 o clock at his father T. W. Dempsey's Oakland home. The funeral was held yesterday. He was thirty four years old and unmarried.
The text expresses that the work of the Chest remains important for the war effort and gains opportunities for service. It urges continued support and national unity, hoping the American people stay committed and avoid weakening resolve.
A fragmented verse hints at Vader riding a doomed train with a dancer. Ceautanqua appears as a mysterious ministrant figure amid epcertainty, but the lines remain cryptic about outcome or setting.
An old advertisement touts Zemo as a cure for eczema and other skin conditions claiming it soothes pimples ringworm and makes skin clear and healthy with a small per use price. The ad from E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio promises dependable results and includes a distant farm sale pitch from Dr J A Lanius offering 91 acres near a church and school with July 1 sale deadline and easy terms.
The opening day program at the Chestauqua spotlights a travesty of Pagliacci with over six tableaux. The lively act promises comic reinterpretations and staged farce as part of the theatrical lineup.
J. P. Steel of Bonham Texas advertises prime residential lots with two corner lots at 100x283 feet plus a center lot 100x283 feet on East 9th Street for 1800 and 1700 each, or smaller lots at 100x140 feet on East 9th for 1500 and 1400, plus 100x120 feet lots on 10th Street from 400 to 500 each with easy terms. Phone 48.
A terse listing notes seven men on West 4th Street evaluating modern improvements and a large colored sheet, signaling a bold bargain in progress amid ambiguous street activity.
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