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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1939
Page
7
Bonham Daily Favorite lists business manager Kathryn Pate and assistant Foler Wed Fe Reid exiting the post office in Bonham Texas as second class mail matter under the newspaper schedule.
Forester Bill Brown at Long Valley station laments elk will not be deterred by a scarecrow. He notes elk raid the garden despite efforts to plant a fence, as the animal repeatedly tramples the harvest, undermining the ranger’s work.
The Bonham Laundry Employees pledge to share about half of all cash from laundry and dry cleaning work with the business and promise top quality service. They affirm long standing Bonham citizenship and state wages are spent locally to boost the town’s economy and illustrate their commitment to the community.
Sheriff Henry Chaney announces a property auction in Bonham Texas for the estate of A D Mosley and Lillie Mosley by Home Owners Loan Corporation. The sale targets Lot 7 in Block 24 Fairview Addition Rotham at the Gear t House door on the first Tuesday in July 1949 to satisfy a $614.16 judgment plus costs and interest. Deputy Elliott Whittle assists as the bidding is conducted in cash.
Mobert Opperman, Australia’s top endurance rider, established a new 1000 mile world record in Canberra with a time of 62 hours 37.5 minutes, surpassing the previous mark by 7 hours 21.5 minutes. He finished in strong fashion, breaking the long-standing record.
NANCE Bus Lines schedules three round trips on Thursday from Bonham to Durant Oklahoma. Departures are 7:90 am, 11:15 am, and 3:45 pm via Karma Yubia and Achille. Fares are 75 cents one way and 1.35 round trip. Contact the Ticket Agent at 555.
Long list of property transfers including Raymond Lacy to Carlos Key for 50 dollars part of Mock 1 of Semple Additor in Bonham and numerous other conveyances in Bonham Honey Grove Leonard and surrounding areas. Names include B H Atkinson W Rowton F Fing Aggressively list of grantees and parcels detailing acres and surveys. The notices include public park land and various farm tracts with prices ranging from 1 to 4 thousand dollars and other valuable considerations. The document documents transfers across several towns including Bonham Dodd City Leonard Honey Grove and Ivanhoe.
Bonham area readers are highlighted for long term service and subscriptions. W E Blassingame, living five miles southeast of Bonham, settled here in 1896 and built a family. Emmett Blassingame, once known in Mitchell county, died in Colorado City. Mrs. E Blassingame and Mrs. Andersen are among relatives. A E Brent has lived seventy years in the county, with land holdings near Dodd City and Prairie Point, and children in Port Worth and East Texas. Mrs. M C Underwood, 79, subscribes for her son in Ravenna route 2, praising pioneer women. Other readers from Mulberry, Bonham and Ravenna are thanked for continued subscriptions.
A roster of residents and routes includes Mrs Verra L Chance Charles Lester Pickford Bonham Miss Tia Mae Hestand Bonham R FLD Orville Dopron Bonham Miss Cleo Victory Bonham HJ Whited Telephone Route 1 Miss Irene Skidmore Ivan hoe Route 1 and Renshaw Bonham Route 1 and Katherine Cox Dodd City Marcus W McEwen Telephone Miss Helen Whisenhunt Telephone Otto Blount Benham Lucile Monroe Benham Jim Brown col Laconia Johnnie Mae Griffis Laconia William Morgan col Honey Grove Labrador Allen Honey Grove.
A long catalog of individual names including Brent, Deborde, Dorough, Mrs Fletcher, H L Gatlin, Louise Hickman, Mrs Hogue, W McClain, Mawrey, Father Russell, Rev C R Sampson, Homer Thompson, Will Thomas, Thelma Vincent, W E Whittle, Jno Anderson, Mrs Boling, Sallie Jo Carlton, Mrs Richards, Herschel Shelton, Brant Smith, J C Shuer, Ray Summers, Sam Vassar, J Porter Wilhite, Hart, Mrs Lovelace Tilbert Finley, Theodore Rhea, Willie Herd, Chester Putteet, B K Johnson, D L Harkins, Walter Kin, Clyde Monds, R Phillips, Rayburn Sparks, Bud Smith, W W Smith, Marion Gouge, C R Anderson, Chas Lee, Pete Shea.
Pittsfield Massachusetts report cites weight studies by Dr Harry F Miller showing the mosquitos sting is produced by a stinger weighing fractions of a gram as scales measure tiny forces. Punctuation noted as lightweight in comparison to natural insect weight.
Dr Miller describes minute weights for ancient measures and the sugar problem’s arithmetic. A 0000001 ounce weight is contrasted with a comma and exclamation mark as heavier. An eyelash is noted at 00000017 ounce. The 4 inch dust proof celuloid case keeps scales accurate against moisture and dust from forceps handling.
Two miles west of Bonham a 49 acre farm with five room house barn deep well priced with 750 down. 38 acres on Ravenna Pike six miles out with small down payment. 60 acres north of Bonham with minor improvements at 1500. 99 acres seven miles south of Sherman near Howe with 35 at terms. 47 acres mixed land 42 miles north of Southmayd for 2009. We buy and sell lands with no charge unless a sale is made.
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