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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1928
Page
4
A ditching machine bores toward the Greenville road bridge, striking water in a clay layer and advancing past a muddy bottom. Crew blasts stumps, drawing comparisons to distant battles as the Texas & Pacific strengthens the Bois d Arc bridge for faster safe travel.
Robert Fay, an Austin city electrical worker, was killed last night when he fell across a high voltage wire while working on a pole. The accident occurred in Austin on June 20 as Fay performed duties for the city electrical department.
Toro dwellings rise on Denison Avenue Fairview with two new houses to be owned by Mr and Mrs Chester Poteet and by Tommie Jenkins. The Favorite notes these improvements with pleasure. Catfish today Newtons Ground Market.
Pink Stoddard visited this morning to show a cotton bloom from his forty acre field He reports no pests yet and notes rumors of weevils but none observed in his crop.
A band meeting is planned for Thursday night at the Court House inviting old and young with horns. Organizers seek interest from anyone wanting to form a Band for Bonham.
Miss Mary Spies reports arrival in New York City to join brothers John and Tom Spies. She notes their success, their plan to share a home, and describes stops at Niagara Falls and a Hudson River boat trip from Albany. A cake sale by the Missionary Society of the First Christian Church is planned for Saturday at 8:30 at E. M. Curlee's.
In Bonham a single family has purchased six typewriters as each member enters business they invest in a machine. The family members are all successful, illustrating rising adoption of typing devices in local commerce.
The Bonham Senior Chamber of Commerce discussed hiring a vocational teacher for the high school, urged support from Denison and local officials, and backed expanding a milk cooling plant via Meado lake Milk Products. Reports covered road improvements, housing for workers, and a singing convention funding. the group noted community uplift and cooperation with area committees.
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