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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
4
Notice from the Bonham Texas post office explains second class matter status and subscription rates. It notes payment timing and that issues will stop after three months if not renewed, with references to margins and address for standing on subscription records.
Ira D. Sankey, famed gospel hymn writer and longtime Moody collaborator, dies at his Brooklyn home after years of blindness and illness. He authored songs like The Ninety and Nine and When the Mists Have Rolled Away and recorded hymns worldwide. Survived by widow Fannie V. Sankey, two sons I Allen Sankey and Edward, and two grandchildren.
A moral quatrain urges each person to act rightly for personal health happiness and prosperity. It contrasts the rewards of virtue with the ill fate of wrongdoing, linking natural laws and divine order to moral conduct and law enforcement.
A Fort Worth man wrote to Candidate Taft about the Fort Worth post office but misaddressed the letter to Damsite in care of Colonel Cecil Lyon. The Dallas Times Herald comments he might have been closer to securing the job with proper addressing.
John O Keefe survived an attack by a large rooster Monday evening and, though still in pain, is up today and left this afternoon for Honey Grove. Min O Keefe remains on crutches from the surprise assault and will likely require several days of care and rest.
August notes from Edhube report dry conditions and dust along with late corn needing rain. Local visits include Emma and Grace George at O B Garner and Clemmie Cox at Leonard, with arrivals at Dr T B Stephens and Uncle Jesse Hammond. Several residents travel for homes and family visits. molasses from a steam evaporator is produced. others tour Young and Green counties.
R. W. Tarpley departed Monday for Ravenna to conduct a meeting. He will be assisted by Reverend W. E. F. Farmer of Danner, with the nickname Uncle Watt noted in the report.
In a tense moment James tells Polly-Wotever he fears her question and warns that a turn of the head will reveal his mother, implying a troubling presence or revelation. The dialogue hints at a chilling family dynamic and ominous discovery.
A woman asks a favor from a man with a promise of its granting. She hesitates to reveal it and requests he rise from a bench painted by her father this afternoon. The scene blends social tension with a hint of domestic humor as a rustic setting unfolds.
Saunders Drug Company offers a laxative syrup that does not gripe or nauseate. It claims to cure stomach and liver troubles and chronic constipation by restoring natural action of the stomach liver and bowels. Refuse substitutes. Price five cents.
In a discussion cited from Walter Deming, Hideyoshi advised assembling 3,000,000 koku of rice and using all transports to ship it to Busan. He suggested letting rice move unprotected, so Koreans would haul it for Japan, ensuring supplies for advancing troops as predicted. The Koreans reportedly captured some rice but the Japanese recaptured it.
An uptown club discussion features an old bachelor who jokes he has avoided marriage due to women’s confidences. He claims every intimate relation ends with a revealed secret, a “confidence game,” warning he will die single. The exchange frames cynicism about love and trust.
A family physician visits a couple to advise care for the wife who is run down but not ill. He urges the husband to act as a strict overseer and tell her she must follow his advice, then frees the moment with a joke about the word must in marriage.
A brief dialogue fragment shows a Boston girl claiming she feels humans have existed on earth in a remote period while a reckless man speculates about glaciers. The Louisville Courier-Journal is cited in the snippet.
A near-sighted old man asks for directions and a stranger responds with a brash greeting and offers to walk him, warning of rough characters along the way. The exchange suggests a tense street encounter and a lead-in to an ensuing journey.
A playful exchange features a maid and courtier debating a fly. The maid asserts a bold, humorous stance while the courtier scolds, and the father interjects with a quip about entomological distinctions.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a minister asking if following advice would reduce trouble and a Lector agreeing to meet people to settle their accounts. The exchange hints at accountability and financial obligations in a tense exchange.
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