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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
6
Miss Pansy Taylor presents a free 8:16 evening recital at the First Baptist Church with several musical friends aiding. Program includes Bach Prelude and Fugue, Chopin Polonaise, and pieces by Ravel Balakirev and Nevin. Steinway piano provided by Whitlie Music Cap. Dallas.
The Bonham area welcomes the 300 31 Bonham Ice Co outlet on Center Street opposite Bonham Creamery. C. M. Guess leads the operation offering prompt friendly service, opening early and staying open late for customers.
A Nebraska man obsessed with a crossword style craze collapses into sleep and raves about words while his wife alerts him with a prepared puzzle themed note. The narrative describes his fixation on one letter, two four letter pastes, and a six letter word linked to natives of America as he attempts to solve the puzzle.
In Chicago on a Sunday night a cat sat on a Chinese man’s head while police found two men, Daniel Huey and Laing Huey, in a submerged car on Sheridan Road. They claimed the cat was their mascot and blamed the lake for the car ending up in water. The men spoke little English and offered puns to explain the scene.
A Defiance, Ohio driver named Clyde Winterholder drove his car into a tree after a football style runaround. The vehicle struck a telephone pole snapped, crushed a four foot terrace, wrecked a rubber plant, and damaged a front porch before coming to rest. He was arraigned in police court on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
Dallas report states attorney C. H. Crane started a three day contempt sentence after refusal to stop speaking to the judge during a dispute with another attorney. A writ of habeas corpus was sought from a second judge but denied.
Rev G A Dunn of Dallas starts a revival meeting for the Church of Christ in a tent near Mexia City Hall on Thursday night Pastor W R Yo wel announces. Also an inquiry ad seeks a house and lot or small farm for trade or a grocery and meat business in Sherman Texas with contact Guy Ellis Bonham Texas.
A new law in Dallas aims to punish derelict husbands as felons, possibly freeing 112 men from prosecution. County Judge Noland G. Williams plans to dismiss these cases due to lack of county judge jurisdiction on existing dockets. The piece ends with a terse note to read the ads in this pauper.
Kansas City Missouri railroad engineer Peter Seeger describes relief from postmeal distress and gas after using Black-Draught. He reports years of indigestion and bloating, then months of improvement, and continued use to prevent constipation. Seeger urges others to obtain a package at one cent per dose.
William Dagvers Pruit, under a death sentence for murder, told Judge Pippen he would not seek advantage from the lost indictment. The original indictment, last read, was replaced with a second copy with Pruit’s consent for legal purposes.
A Tahoka Texas storm injured Wendell Medlin and two children and stunned Mr and Mrs C O Strong. Wind and hail damaged crops northwest of Tahoka with several small houses blown down and livestock killed. John W Philp was confirmed by the Senate as fourth assistant postmaster general.
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