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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
3
A fragment discusses a remedy affecting the throat and lungs. It mentions bottles and cures for coughs and lung conditions, with a testimonial tone. References to doctors, a Saunders Drug Co and wartime names appear in a claimed promotional context.
A period health feature argues marriage and motherhood weaken women through pelvic drains and neglect. It promotes Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic to restore freshness and vigor, claiming it strengthens, invigorates, and suits nursing or expectant mothers. Dr. Pierce in Buffalo is cited for consultation by letter.
A personal account details three apparitions guiding a brother in a legal decision. The narrator recalls childhood spectral encounters at a cemetery in Connecticut, a boarding school vision of a friend who died that night, and a civil engineer’s midnight scene during a lawyer meeting in Boston. The notes show family hauntings spanning youth to adulthood. In the same notice, the wedding of Margaret Sweeney and H L Kelley is announced for Monday evening.
Roy James and Miss Delia McClain wed last night at the bride’s residence in South Bonham. Also notes on new cake shipment, summer excursions by street car at 6 cents round trip, and weather forecasts of partly cloudy conditions tonight and Sunday.
Representative No 2 S S Bruce is shown alongside candidates for county Judge H A Cunninghamhame County Clerk W A Thomas Sheriff and Assessor J L Starpley John B Smith W C Willie Finley County Attorney J Walter Donaldson Hous Lee Constable Precinct 7 S P Keene Constable Precinct 1 O B Fincher Jesse G Briley
A Bonham Baptist church meeting drew many for after service consultation and prayer. The sermon urged teachableness and obedience, warning that disobedience leads to hardship and spiritual backwardness. Services continue tonight with 11 am and 8 pm offerings and a cordial welcome to all.
Street Car Excursions will inaugurate its regular summer excursions with a five cent rate teaser. The note hints at affordable getaways and seasonal service offerings beginning soon.
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee reports he used Foley's Urino Laxative for chronic constipation and found it a thorough practical remedy. He offers his conscientious reference in this sold by Sauners Drug Co. notice.
McDuff Vance, a dispensary system agent in McAlester Oklahoma, received his first liquor shipment yesterday. Last night burglars broke into his office and carried away fourteen cases of whiskey and alcohol along with his registry and records. Only literature defending the dispensary system remained unused.
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