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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
6
The Bonham Favorite lists subscription options with rates for City Carrier and Mail delivery. It includes foreign representatives in Chicago Dallas and New York and notes pricing for notices and obituaries. The notice warns of corrections for erroneous reflections and outlines rates for notices and address changes.
The piece covers allegations by Geo Dixon of Houston that East Texas prison farm inmates were beaten. Affidavits from a discharged prisoner name whip victims and dates, prompting calls for a full prison commission inquiry and punishment if guards are guilty.
A scrambled column reflects on Irish representation in Washington, Chicago Democrats nominating a black congressman, and a Texas tempering view on rainfall. It notes Mussolini promising cabinet reform while preserving the regime, amid cross-party musings about New York as a Democratic meeting site.
In Bonham a historical log courthouse is recalled as a symbol of swift justice and pioneer hardiness. The Honey Grove Signal muses that the old structure once housed fair trials and respected judges, contrasting it with modern red tape and technicalities.
The article recalls the old log courthouse once a court site, later moved and torn down. Citizens debate its final resting place, weighing the court lawn, jail yard, or a park honoring the first sheriff and chief justice, hoping it rests where memory endures.
For sale cord wood eight last winter cut and good for burning this winter. Price five fifty per cord delivered. Special pride in our pre scription department. Patrons receive prompt attention. Day phone 97 night phone 260 221 Palace Drug Store.
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