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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1940
Page
2
A mix of want ads for repair and sales items including mowers fans and insurance offers. The notice also lists Democratic primary candidates for various Texas offices in Fannin County with names such as Sam Rayburn Talmadge Moore and others for Congress sheriff clerk and commissioners with names like J E Whitley Paul Arledge Raleigh Abernathy and more.
In Tyler Texas radium valued at about five thousand dollars was found in a sewer pipe after a search led by Richard Cupp son of Dr Cupp head of the local hospital. The radium had disappeared during treatments earlier this year and was recovered after a long, careful hunt using a special detector.
Mrs L Bradford and the R L Nunnerees head to Boulder for a visit and ask the Favorite to keep them posted on local Bonham happenings. The column lists many new and renewing subscribers from Bonham, Dodd City, Ravenna, Goose Creek, Shamrock and beyond, with routes and addresses.
The city tested an experimental subway line in the 1860s. Passengers paid a quarterly fare of a quarter to ride the line.
Funeral services for Lanius L Kincaid 48 a former Fannin county resident were held Sunday at 2 30 PM at the First Baptist church in Whitewright conducted by Rev E P Wooten and Rev Ben Bell. Burial followed at Willow Wild cemetery Bonham with Masonic Lodge handling services. He died Saturday morning after a heart attack and is survived by his wife three children his mother and one sister.
Court House News lists numerous real estate actions including FON Rigney and Tat Company to bank interests for 130.2 acres in Ladonia Bonham and Pecan Gap survey details. Transfers include multiple 60 to 160 acre tracts in Windom Farmersville Bonham and Vernon Ray Montgomery estates, involving Burton N Work and others plus oil and gas leases and mineral rights across Oklahoma and Texas. Goldfish mention ends paragraph with dormitory note at Western Reserve University.
Leonard Texas reports the state department of education granted Leonard High School six and one half affiliation credits last year, bringing total units to 35. New units include one and a half in homemaking, three in music, one in general mathematics, and one and a half in vocational agriculture earned over two years. Clyde Boren elected principal of Leonard Elementary School. he holds degrees from Denton and previously served as elementary principal at Itasca.
Tyler Texas officers stage raids with a jail on wheels to deter drunk driving. A convicts bus borrowed from a county farm is used to remove patrons from roadside honky tonks in a single raid. About 40 arrests reported as the bus serves as a quick raid tool.
Representatives of the American National Insurance Company with their wives and friends from Benham Sherman Denison Greenville Paris and Hugo gathered Saturday to toast the close of a company contest.
AUSTIN Marvin Hall state fire insurance commissioner urges a safe Fourth amid Europe fireworks. He notes 31 Texans were seriously injured last July 4 from fireworks and calls stricter local enforcement. Fire officials should ban stands in front of stores and enforce no smoking with extinguishers or water pails.
Local Bonham items from the Bonham Daily Favorite appear in this backward compilation. Readers may find snippets of past columns, community notes, and brief notices compiled from archival files.
The readable schedule lists dates from June 24 to August 27 featuring teams Elking Economy Pumpers Bailey Elkins and Econon. Game pairings show multiple matchups like Bailey vs Economy and Economy vs Elking with gaps and typos in team names.
Brief district event in Bonham ends weeks of turmoil as prizes are distributed. The first prize goes to D. assistant for $25.00. J. Barbee secures the award for best agent. Short talks from superintendents and W. S. Hodgkiss speak on district progress.
Texas game biologists document ongoing eagle building across habitats, noting frequent cross-area nesting and adaptation to varied landscapes. The report highlights widespread nesting activity and potential impacts on local ecosystems.
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