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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1939
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows a Bonham Texas publication with notices about corrections and public notices. It mentions United Press news dispatches and a call to correct erroneous reflectuans, with references to publication dates and year.
The Bonham laundry highlights its community role with employees listed including H Roberts Walter King and Emma Monroe. It pledges first class work and notes about fifty percent of cash receipts go to partners, emphasizing local support and longevity of service by Bonham residents and professionals.
A vivid account from Mansfield reports a crowded courthouse area where a young Black man is on trial for chicken theft. Bystanders mix questions and speculation as police and locals react, noting jokes and tensions, while other snippets touch on local concerns like road work, onion farming, and a $1,500,000 Mansfield fire. The item preserves colorful local voices and scenes without graphic detail.
RC Perry of Ravenna praises four Daily Favorite subscriptions for family members. G Jackson and others renew, with a summer rate offer of 50¢ until October 1. New subscriber T Beets of Rowe 2 recalls county roots and a grand Father’s Day gift. Readers like Haleeli Motor Co and local firms, with notes on community ties and hospital trips.
Jones-Jboyd buyers boosted bids sixteen to twenty five cents amid larger gains over Fridays. Packers topped at 6.35, hogs ranged to 6.45, cattle and calves sold unevenly with heavy sows 5.50 to 8.25, stocker calves up to 10, lighter hogs 5.75 to 6.25, lambs and yearlings traded weakly and New Orleans, Dallas and Galveston cotton markets noted dull to steady quotes.
Mrs Kate Currin visits Amarillo daughter Mrs Earnest Wise. Miss Hilda Clark of Hobbs New Mexico visits aunt Mrs Louise Scurgeon. Mrs Pannie Arnexi and son Pratik of Waxahachie visit Fay Shephard and relatives. Leona Atnip and children from Sherman weekend here. S R Atnip and children with father in Maud, Texas. Kenneth Arnold of Waxahachie visits here and Leonard. Alice Newman and baby of McKinney visit parents. Charles Hayes weekend in Maud. Hayes' niece Delores Ann Fomby returns home. Jet Puckett of Dallas and John Weekett of Missouri visit relatives. Ruth Hawkins of Saha la returns home after a visit with Carlos Keys. Bill Powell and children of Los Angeles, California are...
Miss Wanda Hendrix, formerly wed, visits her grandparents in Dallas while Johnny Shephard accompanies. The fragment notes travel between Bonham and Dallas and mentions a prior marriage.
NANCE Bus Lines operates three daily round trips from Bonham to Durant Oklahoma on Thursday April 27. Depart Bonham at 7 00 am 12 15 pm and 3 45 pm via Karma Yuba and Achille. Fare is 71 5 cents one way 1 35 round trip. Phone The Ticket Agent 556.
Fragmented ad copy offers multiple parcels for sale including 49 acre farm with a five room house and barn west of Botham at Ravenna Pike, 60 acre tract north of Bonham, and 47 acre mixed land near Southmayd. Prices range from around 750 to 2000 dollars with small down payments.
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