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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
6
In Pari, Joe Wun-eh, a tailor by trade and guest of a relative, measures band members for uniforms cut from Bonham Cotton Mill duck cloth. The plan ties to prior mob activity and aims to present the band in updated dress, with details amid a crowded, cluttered report.
A fragment listing names and titles of local officials and clerks across multiple roles. Included are positions such as Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Justice of the Peace, Public Weigher, and Commissioners with names like J L Dobbs W C Finley J T Kinkade Sam Miller and others, indicating a municipal slate or notice.
The Texas Report records April 1916 births at 3763 total with 1978 white males and 17.16 percent female, plus 292 black births and 135 stillborns. Deaths in April total 4452 with white and Black breakdowns, ages, and causes including tuberculosis and pneumonia. An elderly Franklin County negro woman died at 104. Monthly totals show ongoing births about 10,135 per month and an estimated population of 343,710.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to mention headache and neuralgia with garbled phrases and names, offering no clear event or context. The readable bits do not identify people, places, organizations, dates, or outcomes to summarize into a coherent news item.
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a natural extract from herbs and bark that cleanses blood of countless sufferers. It claims to treat rheumatism catarrh scrofula contagious blood disease and other blood troubles by reaching the source and purifying the blood. Free advice and medical consultation are offered, with address in Atlanta Georgia.
A Dort Motor Company display at a convention shows the Hoo-Hoos bannered on a car. Julius Siede, supreme Hoo-Hoo of America, sits at the wheel with notable members including Ben Variegerent, Harry Kendall, Charles Sorg Jr, C. H. Moore, C. C. Bradendbaugh, Frank Yoakum, A. R. Cotton, W. H. ONeill, Bolling A. J yho, and M. A. Leach among others.
A column extols builders who rise from humble roles to top leadership, citing T E Wilson of Sulzberger & Sons and Theodore N Vail of AT&T as examples. It warns against demagogues who seek to tear down institutions and praises industrious youth ready to seize opportunity.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria preventative and blood builder. Claims the formula is clear on the label with quinine and iron in a tasteless form. Priced at 0 cents.
Messy Knight and Neld purchased the Model Steam Bakery on South Main Street and plan a full overhaul with new machinery to modernize the plant and raise bread production in Bonham.
The text is garbled and unreadable. No clear people places or actions can be identified for a reliable card.
A vintage advert warns against calomel’s dangers causing sickness, salivation, and bone damage. It promotes Dadsom's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetarian remedy with a money back guarantee. The copy targets general readers and promises morning wellness after use.
A jumble of personals notes lists sheriff travel, arrivals and departures in towns like Dodd City Ravenna and Sherman with names such as Mi G Wo Winter J F Anthony and Charles Landex. A testimonial cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough and a medicinal advertisement promotes Jad Salts as an inexpensive kidney cleanser warning of kidney trouble from uric acid.
Unclear fragment reads like a garbled pigment of phrases. No identifiable people organizations or events present. Summary cannot determine a coherent news item from the imperfect OCR segment.
Local ad urges buyers to inspect Herrick Bonham House Furnishing Co items before purchasing a refrigerator. Notes disinfectants and lime products as essential for sanitation. Mentions Gray Lumber Co and a shipment of hydrated lime as trusted supplies.
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