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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
7
Local retailer advertises men’s straw hats priced at 3.50 and men’s nainsook union suits at 0.50. The brief listing highlights affordable summer apparel for gentlemen.
An old advertisement touts Black and White Ointment as the quickest way to cure eczema and itching with accompanying soap. It urges use in crowded places to avoid embarrassment and notes the 50c and 25c sizes with more for the larger size.
Market prices list eggs butter cattle hogs and hides with per pound figures. Ivanhoe Rebekah Lodge outlines officers for July and notes county Odd Fellow events in August. Also advertised are lease forms and a light verse on forebodings by Walt Mason.
Hogwallow News notes a talk about microbes by a Wild Onion schoolteacher at the school building on Thursday night with few attendees. Other items tell of a stranger at the local store, Raz Barlow spotting a remaining purse, Yam Sims’ distant mood at the blacksmith shop, and several lighthearted local vignettes about residents and antics.
A veteran druggist in his 58th year praises Sweet Dreams Spray as the most satisfactory insect killer. He claims flies ants bedbugs moths and fleas are killed by this solution and guarantees perfect satisfaction or money back. Sold by J W Peeler Palace Drug Store and dealers everywhere with half pint 40 cent cans and cheaper larger sizes.
The Dover area reports rainfall missed this period yet corn and cotton appear good. Local families note illnesses and a baby's death at Carson cemetery with funeral services held. Residents visited Bonham and Arledge Ridge while others attended church and shopped nearby.
A brief notice notes a 1-2 price sale at Myers Art Store with a concise hint to shoppers.
Absent residents return as threshing dominates daily life and work. The note mentions Mr Enry Atkins' mother visiting then returning home to Carson, T H Eller preparing to gin cotton, and neighbors gathering for a Sunday ice cream gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs W O Keene with friends.
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