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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1929
Page
5
Lem Titts worth in Bonham announces new furniture including bed room living room and breakfast room suites Axminster rugs and gas heater sale. Also offers second hand Detroit Gas cook stove oil and wood cook stoves second hand cabinets dining tables and Davenportettes with a special offering for newlyweds.
For sale a three screened porch house with hardwood floors throughout. Contact Mrs. D. J. Ivans at 503 166 11 for details.
An old ad from Produce Co 167-26 and Junior Chamber of Commerce notes a meeting on Thursday January 17 and urges customers to place coal orders ahead of colder weather.
Clean bright heavy seed oats offered by Silo farm owner ED D. STEGER at 75 cents per bushel. Contact via phone 4] for details.
Marion Davies headlines in Cardboard Lover at the American Theatre with a capable cast. The plot follows a young man in love with a woman who makes him miserable and then falls for him. Davies as Sally leads in clever scenes while Pathe features and trained animals provide comic relief. audience reactions are positive.
Anahuac publisher Gay L Tufts, longtime head of a weekly paper in Chambers County, has sold his plant and home and plans to emigrate to Australia due to ill health. Beecher notes mirror the town’s sentiment on change as the sale proceeds.
A quotation from Dr. Henry P. Eames highlighting that fine arts are constant channels of communication between nations that foster understanding friendship and love.
The exclusive Optometrist location in Fannin County is Dr. Chas F. Feris. He operates at the Benton House on 219 West with a Bonham address and can be reached by phone at 502.
Flu season is less severe than 1918 but health officials urge early cold treatment to prevent bronchitis or pneumonia. Vicks VapoRub continues a nationwide surge with 375,000 jars produced daily, driven by its use as a preventive and the public response to warnings.
The Daily Favorite highlights the Risser & Co. advertisement inviting readers to review the store’s display of merchandise. The firm moved from Ballinger to the city and has roots in Calvert and Ballinger with a long history of high quality goods. Eugene now manages, continuing the family standard.
The County Auditor of Fannin County invites sealed bids for one road maintainer to be used by Com. Prec. No. 1. Bids due February 11, 1929 at 10 am. Commissioners' Court may reject any or all bids. Signed by S Lipscomb, County Auditor. (Jan 17 24 33 Feb 7)
At a stockholders meeting the Bonham Building and Loan Association re-elected officers and directors. Officers: Charles Hassell president. R F E Risser and Dick Saunders VPs. Neil Williams treasurer. J M Lowrey secretary. Hf A Cunningham attorney. Directors: I K Crawford R T Lipscomb M A Taylor. Dividend set at 7.2 percent for 490 stockholders.
Henry R. Scates, M D offers glasses correctly fitted with office hours from 8 30 a m to 12 noon and 12 30 p m to ? p m at the office on the north side square. Telephone numbers 198 and residence 643 listed.
Dr Clyde Nevill reported that a spare tire was taken from his car while it sat in the garage Tuesday night. The family had left home briefly and returned to find the tire missing.
W L Hammock was struck as he stepped from his residence after two men, who had parked nearby, called him out. He died not, but suffered a head wound and was left unconscious in the street. Hammock could not identify his attackers or offer a motive. A separate accident left a farmer south of Cleburne with a broken arm and a severe facial cut when a mule team stumbled on the highway.
A short editorial urges parents to give children a strong start in the formative years. It warns against trifling with development and suggests providing a typewriter to foster early writing and literacy skills.
The city hall is described as heavily refurbished with rubber runners guiding tax payers to the window for paying taxes. A second rubber path leads back to the councilors' area where they discuss city government issues. Also mention of old papers for sale at the office and a Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday Jan 17.
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