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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1928
Page
6
Poorly legible OCR fragment mentions scattered words about materials, ships, and speculative phrases. No clear person, place, date, event, or concrete detail is readable to summarize into a proper news item.
The first New York delegation contingent reached Houston and passed through streets as trains unload visitors for the Democratic National Convention. Delegations from Georgia Florida and South Carolina also arrived along with the Virginia delegation amid campaign debates. Mayo Walker Mrs Wr Smith and John W Davis were due to arrive as the convention nears. Moody backs a firm dry plank supporting enforcement against repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment.
Waxahachie June 25 Lizzie a colored woman reputedly the oldest resident of the area died at about 107 years old The death certificate states she was born in North Carolina on May 5 1821 to a couple named Tery She was believed to have lived in slavery until emancipation.
Donkeys loaned by Bryan Roach to a parade delegation vanished after an hour gap. Two boys were found riding two of the animals toward the south part of town. Four donkeys remain unaccounted for as an orderly search proceeds.
United Press reports plans this week to begin systematic colonization of the Irrigated Wichita Valley. Charley Weeks of Los Angeles, famed colonizer and farming promoter, will tour Wichita Falls and nearby land. California visitors say Wichita Valley equals and may surpass California's irrigated area.
In Houston on June 25 Senator Reed joins Governor Moody in a last hour bid to halt Al Smith’s push to victory. The outcome hinges on developments in the next forty eight hours as anti Smith forces gain momentum led by George Fort Milton and Daniel Roper, former McAdoo lieutenants.
Corpus Christi could soon host a regular air taxi stop between Houston and Brownsville. C Doney vice president and general manager of Southwest Air Forces visited the city and, after reviewing mileage and operations, called Corpus Christi the logical intermediate location.
The article argues that a bank should not be a cold mass of brick and mortar but a living part of the community. It states the bank's purpose is to align with human interests and support the welfare and progress of every patron.
In San Felipe Creek near Del Rio tests by the Texas Fish Game and Oyster Department used 380 to 440 volt shocks to study effects on fish. Predatory species were killed. others recovered after submerging. Turtles sank, snakes surfaced with fish. Bass, perch, and suckers showed varying sensitivity with no fatalities.
Six Topeka residents were killed when a train struck the automobile in which they were hiding. The collision occurred yesterday near Topeka Kansas, leaving no survivors.
Telephonic advice from Kamakuri states the body of D. E. Swinhart, American advisor to the late Chang Tso Lin, has been found in the water near the fishing village. He had been missing since June 238 and death is reported as drowning.
Cornel Larson, 38, manager of Strandburgh McReevy Brokerage Co., was shot and seriously wounded while at his desk in a Wichita bank building. Clarence Foy, 55, was arrested on the scene and held for questioning. Witnesses say Foy tried to sell Larson stock and Larson dipped his pen to ink the stock before the shooting.
At Virgo Bay on June 25 radio reports say Lieutenant Lunborg's plane was badly damaged on its second landing attempt at General Nobile's camp. Lunborg is uninjured but may need rescue. Nobile, injured, fears for his companions as ice resumes breaking and urges a swift rescue.
A Missouri Pacific train derailed on a bridge near Durant Kansas when a broken rail caused two sleepers and a chair car to plunge fifteen feet into a creek bed. Thirty injured, three said fatally, with seventeen taken to a local hospital and others to Chanute and Neodesha. Engineer Abe White claims engine baggage and mail cars cleared the rail.
Texas will send its largest delegation to the South-wide Cotton Council meeting in New Orleans on July 6. The formation basis includes farm and marketing groups, state bankers, colleges, and regional chambers with weighted votes for cotton production and marketing. Also reported deaths and conference notes from El Paso and Fort Worth events.
Nine seized autos to be sold on July 5 at the post office steps in Fort Worth. Assistant United States District Attorney Davis reports the sale will involve eight Ford trucks and a Chevrolet touring car. Deputy U S Marshall Culberson will oversee the auction.
East Texas forecast calls for fair conditions in the north with possible showers in the south and warmer temps by Tuesday. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in the south and a fair to warmer Tuesday.
A merger forming the Southwest Dairy Product Company unites Dixie Ice Cream, Martin Ice, Pol ar, and several others with a capitalized value of 1.5 million dollars. The new firm will have district offices in Shreveport Dallas Little Rock and Texarkana and plans a large expansion this week to support dairy growth in Texas Arkansas and Louisiana.
Scotland Yard reports mail bags from a large ship were involved in a five‑name robbery. The notes indicate the crime occurred at sea and reference authorities handling the case with ongoing inquiries.
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