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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
3
A wartime rallying message proclaims mercy and liberty through faith, urging national sacrifice. It frames the nation as at war not by choice but by defending democracy, urging citizens to contribute or refuse the country’s call.
County clerk's office works through 4112 draft registration cards as volunteers serve without pay. Many excuses are read from men claiming dependents or obligations while names include George Washingtons Napoleons and even a Kaiser among others in a humorous catalog of applicants.
A five passenger Oakland car with electric lights and starter in good running order. Engine and casings are as good as new. Will sell or trade. Bargain opportunity. See Emmett Thompson at Steger Milling Co. 6.
FE B Wright formerly T and P agent at Honey Grove and depot chief at Denison has been moved to Denton to serve as passenger and freight agent.
An extra gang that had been in town fixing a heavy steel in the T and P yards left this morning for Fort Worth after completing their work. Jas Anderson is the secretary for the lodge, noting the last Saturday night monthly gathering.
The Bonham Motor Co on West Fourth Street states the business is closed on Sundays and will assist with gas oil and accessories on all other days.
Local notices list L. L. Peterson in Windom on business and A. S. Broadfoot, Walter Loftin, Bob Lightfoot, and L. H. Dillard visiting or traveling for work. Mrs. Josephine Daniels and daughter Virginia visit J. O. Heffner in Bonham while N. P. Ross of Dallas, with Texas Power and Light, is in town. Scrap iron buyers Bowling & Peterson offer top prices for fifteen days. A red and black sow pig is lost on Timber Creek. contact Isse B. Seals at Virge Steger’s residence of Ben Ben Chaffin, Box 267.
Miss Eliza Richards died suddenly this morning at 40 o clock at the home of her sister Mrs. Geo Richards on Car lite avenue. Funeral services will be held at 4 this afternoon at the home with burial in Willow Wild cemetery. She had lived in Borham many years and was a devout Christian and modest quiet woman beloved by neighbors.
The British government plans a 100 member Irish convention with commercial religious and political interests to be chosen by city chambers county councils bishops and moderators ex-officio delegates and a government appointed chairman if needed. Success hinges on whether delegates adopt a spirit of accommodation over home rule.
John Taylor, a drug dealer from Farmersville, is in the city visiting friends and relatives and making good. He is noted for his business success in Farmersville.
A garbled fragment mentions a hardworking man and a brief time spent on the road. Names and places are unreadable, but the tone resembles a local column fragment noting personal effort and daily life. The exact event or identity remains unclear due to text corruption.
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