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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
4
The report notes railroad companies testing the use of Negro women workers amid a rough shortage. Other lines plan to follow, with June 21 as a target, and crews at yards near Baltimore and Louisville. The item mentions thirteen workers, roles, and rough conditions, plus quick sale of a car and scrap-iron buy offer in Bonham.
E H Pritchett left for Dallas on the morning train. Mrs Will Nevill and daughters Mil dred and Martha visit Paris. Massie Smith leaves for Boswell Oklahoma to visit relatives. Nina Miller leaves for Fayetteville Arkansas to make that city her home. Tillman McDaniel of Ravenna visits sister Finis Alexander. Claude Gremm and daughters depart for Texarkana for a few days. T R Moore and son Robert go to Denison to visit Moore's mother. Susan Warnell visits Denison to be with her son Joe. Ethel and Bertha Moss travel to Ada Oklahoma after visiting relatives. Mina Jones and Annie Belle with Mrs Ellen Deloach and Janie Deloach visit relatives in Denison. Moseley, from Ward Belmont College Nashville, Tennessee, goes to Honey Grove. Dr. Ross May of Whitewright assists in an operation at the hospital yesterday and returns home. Clara and Irene Harris return from Austin with mother Kate Harris. A W Foster and Mary Lena depart for West Point Texas after visiting J L Anderson. Ethel Anderson accompanies them.
Bonham closed businesses as the Red Cross parade rolled through the town led by grand marshal Chas Erwin. The procession included the Tex Cavalry Troop M, Confederate veterans, Red Cross nurses, Boy Scouts and local citizens, ending at Simpson Park for an address by Rev. Robert Shuler. Refreshments funded the Red Cross drive while organizers plan a final funds report next week. Second hand piano for sale. Phone 24-1 ring.
Miss Opal Crossland and Grover Crawford of Memphis were married at noon in the Carlton Apartments parlor with Rev. G E F Cuthrell officiating. Guests from Dallas Sherman Texarkana and San Antonio attended. The couple left for Memphis to establish a home.
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