29 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
1
Sunday program at First Presbyterian includes Foreign Missions Africa and Bible lessons. Demands from Evans & Co advertise potato prices and a rental office. Caldwell and Mitchell are mentioned with lessons on Christian influence and Africa work. Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea remedy promoted by J W Peeler. Sale notice for Caldwell's home in with vans and Co.
Guthrie June 27 The Oklahoma City conference heard that Tulsa would refuse to nominate a ticket and oppose the Constitution. Other leaders in touch with the National Administration fear a convention battle could disrupt the party. Charles Filson served notice a Republican State ticket would be nominated and Gov Frantz backed a full ticket for the campaign as he left for the Second District opening. The convention will decide the Constitution stance.
Special To Favorite reports the Waters Pierce Oil case referring Receiver Eckhardt to Judge Bryant for such relief as may be necessary. The terse note indicates a procedural step in handling a corporate matter.
In Austin Texas June 28 1907 a judge ordered the state and federal receiverships in the Waters Pierce Oil Company case to seek protective relief from Judge Bryant of the Sherman Federal Court. In a related sensational development Ed Dooley and Edgar Smart white men from Telephone Fannin County were jailed after a midnight chase for counterfeiting and passing counterfeit silver dollars. Deputies Barrett Duer Poff and police Harve Wisdom Bud East pursued them.
A persuasive ad urges shoppers to compare suit quality and price across Clothier stores. It highlights $10, $12.50, and $15 as the names for Spring wear, inviting customers to “Match us, if you can” after showing what they get for each price. The message frames smart buying as based on value rather than vanity.
The item notes counterfeiters in Fannin County and illicit whiskey operations, plus a Denison incident where Dooley and Smart attempted a home visit and fled after a counterfeit dollar was exposed. Police responded, a chase followed, and a search was begun.
After a nearly half hour search Smart was found hidden under a bridge on Chestnut street while Dooley was pulled from a sewer near the old candy factory. Authorities recovered eleven counterfeit dollars and signs point to molds near Telephone as the source. Dooley confessed to receiving the bills in exchange for whiskey from Fannin County men. Deputies announced warrants and the matter may be tried by the state rather than the Federal government.
A sales pitch touts a $30 suit as longer lasting than two $2 ready made garments. It invites readers to try the product and save on their clothes account.
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