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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
2
Practice listing for a physician and surgeon in Arlington with a focus on diseases of the wore and hydro, offering services at a street address and phone number, noting office over Cabam Crawford & Co. and a residence on street.
Bro. McConnell preached to an unusually large audience despite bad weather on Monday night. Bonham residents are urged to cooperate for a great work, with twenty three cottage prayer meetings daily at 9 30. A men s service occurred at 10 this morning and committees were formed for location soliciting and transportation. Tonight services resume at Y o clock. Music director Bro Outlaw calls all singers to join. White Blakeney Fuller advertises a silk gingham and clothing sale.
Twe commissioners visited the Caney bridge to assess damage after a pier washed away. The structure is not destroyed and a plan for repairs is under review, with Main Street listings and local businesses noted in the surrounding area.
The Thursday night entertainment by Knights and Lady Maccabees has been indefinitely postponed due to a Baptist revival meeting. A community sale at White Blakeney Fuller promises savings, while Denison baseball arrives to face Ek at the pavilion tonight.
Naomi Bingham aged about seventy nine died Friday night at the home of her son in law Mose Copeland six miles north of Bonham. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 6 30 by Wo LT Lair and burial in Brown Cemetery. Mrs. Bingham lived in the county for many years and was described as a good Christian woman.
A long list of residents and visitors movement centers on Abilene Paria Sherman Honey Grove and Durant with departures and arrivals. Names include Donald Cooper J W Baker Will York J P Atnip and many others amid business trips and homecomings. A regional shop advertises a special sale at M C Spivy Co North Main Street.
A six to eight foot corrugated iron storm house, resembling a water tank, was unloaded yesterday and drew crowds on the platform. M C Spivy & Co advertised $1 shirts at 65 cents for a week and wholesale silk discounts at White Blakeney Fullee. A rain cloak was found between Bonham and Gober and returned to J T Hale or Favorite office. An appeal urged attendance at the Red River Convention in Shreveport with a Denison delegation joining en route.
The Katy bridges over the Red River are out of service due to driftwood damage causing misalignment and settling. Authorities expect repairs in a few days and the T.&P. will lay track for Katy trains at 500 per mile during the closure.
Reports from Kansas City and Denison on June 15 describe the Red River rising two feet two inches since last night with an additional six inches per hour after 8:30 this morning. The river drift is blocking trestle work and causing engines and trains to be detoured. Crews remove drift with hoists and riprap to prevent serious damage as water threatens lines near Bells Paris Wister Junction and McAlester.
Black navy and tat styles new and different offered by M. C. Spivy & Co. on North Main Street in today’s express display.
A white man named C T Palmer was lodged in jail by Constable de Large on a charge of violating the local option law. Palmer, an old offender, had headquarters near the Kemp ferry on the river and fled after a recent shooting at that location in which Fred McCarty was killed.
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