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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
6
Local column mixes editor notes, subscription rates, and a tongue in cheek roundup. Topics include voter procrastination, shipping notices, President Ban Johnson, Jack Coombs running for Maine senate, interurban rail talk, Texas dog and cat counts, and jocular quips about politics and marriage.
The article outlines five proposed charter amendments. It covers appointing a recorder pro tem, allowing banks to bid for city treasurer, enabling the city to pay interest on owed funds, granting the right to issue bonds for a garbage crematory plant, and banning fishing and hunting at the city lake to protect water quality. It also proposes limiting city liability for certain damages to protect residents.
Dry spells linger in the county as some farmers finish cotton chopping while others still have work ahead. Crops show improvement and prospects look good. Community notes report Sunday schools at New Hope and Angel Flats, a Bettes schoolhouse literary society, and a neighborhood gathering for a dialogue practice. Brown Eyes signs off. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised.
Pony Contest tickets featured in a brief notice about seating and admission details for spectators.
The Honey Grove Signal celebrates Sam Rayburn as a young House member whose stock and bond bill, ranked highly, won presidental approval and passage in the House. They praise a self made man rising from farmer to speaker to national legislator and urge pride in his success.
Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, praised for handling Mexican waters crises at Vera Cruz and Tampico, is repeatedly cited as top candidate for Atlantic fleet command though he remained in Mexican service. Born 1865 in Oskaloosa Iowa, Fletcher advanced from midshipman to rear admiral, contributing innovations in ordnance and gun mounts.
Buy your Chautauqua tickets from Philip Wise at his south side square store and receive coupons for the automobile.
On West Fifth street a portion of the family will rent the south room to a lady or a couple without children while they take a summer vacation. Phone 17-2 for particulars.
The document lists West Bounds and East Bounds train times with arrival and departure figures for Nos 3 and 31 through 36, and North South directions, including unclear station marks and times. It ends with an advertisement offer for coupons in a Pony Contest.
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