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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
4
The State Department weighs pulling remaining American consuls from interior Mexican towns after they failed to return from a border conference. Notices in Chihuahua City and Juarez urge civilians to arm themselves.
Mary Pickford leads Famous Players film The Eternal Grind at the Queen theater Monday. She portrays a factory girl who fights to save her home and sisters Amy and Jane while a wealthy suitor menaces them, with a dramatic wedding scene and gun confrontation as the plot unfolds.
An old cafe ad asserts daily meals at meal times and between meals to satisfy hunger, offered by Cooper's Cafe.
United Press dispatch from El Paso reports General Bell stating he has no official knowledge of the Trevino threat. He says information reached him via mining men whom he declines to identify.
The program at 8 o clock features choirs from First and United Presbyterian churches. Includes organ voluntary, anthems such as Praise the Lord O my Soul and There is Rest, solos and duets by Mrs. M V Gray, Ben Rucker, Mrs. Richard Saunders, and others. Benediction by Mrs. C E Foster. public invited.
The First Methodist Missionary Society meets Monday afternoon June 19 with hostess Mrs Horace Woodward and leader Mrs O B Galbraith. Topic Institutions for Care of Dependent. Hymn 171. Bible lesson The Bible and Poverty. Leader leads. Prayer. Hymn 391 The Unemployed and Homeless. The Aged and Infirm led by Mrs Kate Howell. The Normal Dependent Child and Abnormal or Subserval Child led by Mrs Gen W Uria.
Washington reports say Trevino warned General Pershing that any advance by American troops beyond current lines would trigger hostilities. Government notes on Carranza withdrawal may be delayed, with a possible Monday reply. Funston reports no Trevino ultimatum. data shows thirty Americans killed and one hundred wounded since last August in border engagements from Brownsville to Naco.
Washington reports General Bell informed the War Department that Trevino telegraphed Pershing threatening attack if border crossings continue or punitive expedition forces move. Funston says Major Alonzo Gray crossed into Mexico at San Ignacio amid bandit activity. Mexican authorities offered cooperation until bandits broken up. Embassy calls Trevino message a fake though action possible. officials warn danger but no war unless overt act such as an attack by Carranza troops. Americans steadily leave Mexico. thousands remain in Mexico City. eighteen hundred at Tampico.
Report from San Antonio on June 17 says a detachment under Colonel Bullard was fired on by Mexicans eight miles east of San Benito. No bodies confirmed as they scattered. Bullard to pursue if trail found. Del Rio travelers report 200 Mexicans crossed near there. American troops build pontoons at Del Rio. Funston awaiting Pershing word on Trevino ultimatum.
St. Louis suffragists note Governor Ferguson and Walsh gave opposite statements on Wilson's stance toward the suffrage plank and plan to wire President Wilson for his interpretation.
General Wood, a close Roosevelt ally, has conferred with Hughes in Washington on June 17. Observers believe the discussions aim to place the Colonel and Hughes in a united leadership role.
Two men and two women were drowned in a flood in the Canisteo river valley near Cornell. The tragedy occurred during rising waters transforming a routine day into a fatal sequence for four residents. Local authorities investigated the incident as a river flood disaster.
Copenhagen reports two large German steamers sunk in the Baltic Sea after passing Oxeleesund Sweden. Fishermen heard cannonading and noted explosions as impact was reported from the area.
Paris reports German flyers bombarded Dunkirk Pont a Mousson and Barleduc yesterday and last night killing four and wounding fifteen. A French squadron retaliated by bombarding Longuyon Montmedy and Audun.
The admiralty reports the destroyer Eden was sunk in the English Channel last night after a collision. Of the seventy crew members, thirty-one were saved.
Oakland dispatch reports Louis Morley a lumber handler was shot and killed by guard Jack Hampton during the strike riot at Sunset lumber yards. Hampton and five others were arrested.
Lost gold hunting case watch with leather fob. inside lid engraved Sam Donoho. Finder asked to leave it at Favorite Office, 72-2.
A section near Petty Texas reports a heavy rain wind and hail last night. The hail nearly destroyed some crops while excessive rains over the past week delayed oat harvests and caused overripening and lodging.
Our idea of preparedness is to have the goods you want when you want them. Re cleaned cane seed to plant, cotton seed meat and hulls, oats to feed, binder twine, hay ties and oat bags for the harvest. Phone No. 5. 716 We invite you to inspect the Hotel Commercial from the office to the kitchen. It will bear it.
The Sunday school session invites all to join despite weather with Miss Bernice Carleton playing a violin solo. The Young Married Women and Young Men classes compete in earnest. Opening time is 9:30 sharp and on time tickets must be secured early. First Christian S. S. Will H. Evans, Supt.
W Y Thom as announces a new shop in the Ewing store on East Side Square offering lawn mower sharpening upholstering and furniture repair. He guarantees every job and invites customers to patronize the business.
Instructions mix one part barium carbonate with four parts flour or meal or one part with eight parts oat meal to form a stiff dough with water. The powder may be sprinkled on fish, toasted bread, or molstened bread and butter.
Property listing noting available two rooms for light rent associated with Miss Julia Ricketts. The fragment indicates a small housing notice likely from a local classifieds page. No further details on location or terms are readable.
The Church of Christ on 3rd Street announces preaching at 1 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. Members are urged to attend and visitors will be welcomed.
The First Presbyterian Church invites the public to Sunday morning worship at the First Christian Church with a song service at an unspecified o clock. Westminster League meets at 7 op. Pastor Edgar W. Williams urges members to attend all services.
At morning service the sermon topics are Human Option vs Divine Authority and The Over coming Life for evening service. Sunday school at 6 30 a m led by superintendent J B Moor. B Y PLU at 7 p m with Webb as Section A president and Miss Helen Wemple Section B president. Samuel A Cowan is pastor.
Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m with worship at 10 46 a m Junior Society Epworth League at 7 p m with meeting at 8 p m Woman’s ties meet Monday at 3 p m and Wednesday prayer service announced in church notices.
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