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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
5
Proclamations are prepared in the governorship for pardons to as many as thirty negro convicts in the State penitentiary. Former Governor Ferguson recommends pardons to take effect June 19 Emancipation Day.
United Press reports renewed riot activity in the Halifax Cape Breton colliery districts as miners strike. Four company stores looted and burned, with a store fired by strikers and police unable to intervene. Thousands of dollars in goods stolen.
AUSTIN June 15 Practically all Texas rangers are stationed along the border and ordered to be alert to repel any Mexican bandit incursions following notes between the American and Mexican state departments. The move reflects heightened tensions in the Southern republic.
Reports note many livestock deaths from potato poisoning while human fatalities are rare. Recently two members of a Vandelia Illinois family died after eating greens potatoes. Madame Tussard's Waxworks in London, famed for antiquity, was destroyed by fire with priceless relics lost.
Los Angeles June 15 United Press reports state plans to seek the death penalty for Dr Thomas Young the millionaire husband who confessed to killing his wife described as a socialite. The district attorney moves to prevent an insanity defense and push for a swift trial and execution.
A Sofia message to Central News Agency says Pantscho Nichailoff, leader of the Macedonian agronomists, was assassinated on the street last night. The slayer escaped. Trade in Bonham and be satisfied.
Appeals for protection for 600 foreigners, mostly missionaries and women and children, have been received from Kuling. They fear their supply lines could be severed after last week's fighting and anti-foreign rioting.
Washington reports the Kellogg disagreements will be answered with a formal diplomatic note to Mexico. The note aims to shift the dispute from open diplomacy to normal diplomatic channels and avoid further press statements from the White House.
Cleveland June 15 Funeral services were held for Warren Stone head of the locomotive engineers brotherhood who died Friday. A strange note about a debt and a lantern ritual in a Chinese New Year tale appears among garbled lines, while a South Africa locust plague mention and a remark on shipboard fodder trend close the brief.
Saturday night a break in at the Cities Service Station 15 in the Steger old building led to access to the safe. About 20 dollars was taken from the safe by unknown parties, according to those at the scene.
Mexico rejects Secretary Kellogg's Mexico relations remarks as a threat to sovereignty. Calles counters Kellogg's description of Mexican conditions, denouncing the statements in a rare semi diplomatic exchange in Washington on June 15.
Forecast calls for continued hot weather in Texas for the next two days with only scattered showers. Highs near 100 degrees are projected for Monday and Tuesday as heat remains a concern across major cities including Dallas Amarillo and San Antonio with light overnight showers reported in San Antonio and Houston.
Two airplanes fly over polar wastes to locate traces of the Amundsen-Elsworth flier. They report flights satisfactory and await clear weather to begin. A tremor from a dynamite blast near Pasadena informs future earth tremor studies. A private ruler from Homalayaun, feted in England, remarks quote Three grass.
In hot weather this ad promotes roast and steak cuts plus a full selection of fresh vegetables and groceries. It emphasizes consistent quality and urges readers to place orders for meals today.
A legendary ghostly figure, linked to an ancient galley and treasure sunk about two millennia ago off Tunis, is discussed as a historic marine mystery. Separately, global wool usage in 1924 exceeded production by about 200 million pounds.
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