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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
4
Rev Wakefield and Rev McCraw lead preaching at a Baptist meeting begun Wednesday night. Everyone is invited to attend as the event continues with talks and a plan for a large educational picnic on July 4 featuring all-day and evening speaking. A stray note mentions a damaged wagon wheel incident and Dr Owens improving.
The commissioners' court appointed J. A. Meek F. P. Smith J. S. Colling Sam Moore and D. H. Cabeen to the county board of education under the new school law. The board will classify schools as primary intermediate and high and cooperate with the county superintendent to set a uniform course of study per state education requirements.
Mrs. L. J. Majors of Bonham Texas testifies that after two years of back and hip pain with no kidney symptoms she used Doan’s Kidney Pills from Saunders Drug Co. and was completely cured. She recommends them as an excellent kidney remedy. For sale by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
Bonham City Council adopts an ordinance prohibiting occupying streets alleys sidewalks or the public square with any vehicle stand or device to sell beverages foods or operate games between 7:00 a m and 5:00 p m with a fine of five to one hundred dollars. The measure is effective upon passage and publication. it exempts vegetables and fruits grown by the seller. The ordinance was passed and approved June 12, 1911 by Mayor T W Ragsdale.
The quickest way to fix a sewing machine is to call the Singer Sewing Machine Co's agent who attends promptly. All work guaranteed. Singer Sewing Machine Co., S. D. Nelson, Ag't, Bonham, Tex.
A profile notes that a woman may seem younger than she truly is, yet she is more striking in pictures than in person. The piece highlights public fascination with her image and career.
An advertisement touts ROOT JUICE as a tonic that tones and heals mucous linings of stomach bowels and bladder and invigorates liver and kidneys. It claims benefit for debility nervous weakness stomach troubles and rheumatism with rapid positive results and notes exclusive sale by J. W. Peeler.
Bonham Creamery and Lindsay Dairy offer home delivery with cold packing to prevent melting. Largo orders a specialty service provided by R. H. Bennsons Res., Lindsey and Benson proprietors, serving the city with fresh ice cream at the door.
Conductor J R Kraemer of the Katy begins a month off to visit his mother in Pennsylvania for her 89th birthday. He will visit relatives in several cast sections and return later with Mrs Kraemer. A quip on married life follows the travel note.
The Retail Merchants' Association bans all advertising in Gainesville except newspaper ads. A heavy fine will be imposed on any merchant who breaks the rule, ending support for other schemes and requiring church programs and event tickets to be printed without local merchant aid.
Advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills promising quick relief from constipation and indigestion with improved appetite and energy. Claims to regulate stomach liver and bowels and to impart new strength. Sells for 25 cents at J W Poper’s drug store.
The item reports 176 residents in Fannin County own cars and that since June 1 four teen new autos have been registered, averaging nearly one per day.
A roundup of recent Texas business launches includes Bryan a $60 000 hardware company Cleburne a cotton gin Dallas several firms totaling 7 500 10 000 and 10 000 in various sectors Electra a 25 000 bank Paso a 16 000 lumber company Galveston a 60 000 transport company Houston 60 000 lumber 20 000 chemical 20 000 oil Meorkle a 60 000 bank Mount Vernon sawmill Reagan cotton gin Scaly 35 000 cotton goods oil mill Shepherd 3 000 gin and milling Sherman 310 000 cotton gin Sunset 10 000 bank Tyler 50 000 bank plus miscellaneous notices and minor classifieds from the Bonham Tex for sale a pair of fine grey mare six years old 2900 pounds one bred to Missouri horse Box 64 Bonham Tex
An antique advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a prompt treatment for knife wounds gunshot wounds tin can injuries rusty nails burns boils sores eczema and chapped hands. It claims rapid healing and offers the product for 26 cents at J. W. Peeler’s.
L. C. White, young John Nunn, and his sister have phoned the Favor ite to register their names on the city park honor rail. The invitation remains open and readers are urged to register.
A breezy reflection on how financial strain from modest earnings can blunt romantic plans. The line notes that even joyful beginnings like marriage are challenged by money limits, suggesting practical worries outweigh dreams.
An advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and offers $100 for any deafness case from catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes order to send for free circulars and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A reflective line notes that honesty is sometimes revealed only when individuals acknowledge it, suggesting truthfulness emerges through admission.
Newark man James B. Mershon recounts a life saving recovery after eight months of illness from lung hemorrhages. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for his revival and urges others with weak lungs to try the remedy, offering a trial bottle free and claiming strong results.
A promotional note claims women gain health, beauty, and friends from Electric Bitters. It states they regulate the stomach liver and kidneys purify the blood improve nerves eyes breath complexion and overall health. Sold for 50 cents at J W Peeler's.
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