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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
1
Notice to the public requests corrections of any erroneous reflections on firms individuals or corporations. It also instructs readers about change of address procedures by giving old and new addresses to avoid delay.
Notices of entertainments dinners and other benefits with admission fees or monetary consideration are charged at one cent per word. Obituaries resolutions of respect cards of thanks and similar items are charged at the same rate. Cash must accompany orders.
The notice lists Payable In Advance subscription options by City Carrier and By Mail. Rates include 1 month 59 cents or 1 year 5 dollars for city carrier, and 1 month 40 cents or 66 months 1.75 dollars by mail, with the item entered as second class matter at the Bonham Texas post office.
The writer argues for strict, certain punishment to deter banditry and crime in Texas. He cites capital penalties for armed robbery, notes juries often suspend sentences, and warns that weak enforcement erodes public safety and trust in law. Strong societal resolve is needed to uphold existing statutes.
A American woman earned fourth place in the Emperor's annual Japanese poetry contest. The poem was written in Japanese and could win in an American magazine if understood. The author critiques modern magazine poetry, claiming it must lack sense rhythm and poetic fire.
A Chicago man who ran away with another man’s wife and returned with her faces arrest for stealing a hundred dollars from the wronged husband. He claims the husband gave him the money for a honeymoon trip, while the couple reconciles but the husband laments the loss.
A New York wife aged nineteen seeks and wins a divorce, receiving fifteen dollars weekly alimony after claiming her husband beat her. Her complaint about her father in law forcing her to eat with the dogs is judged not valid, with humorous remark that eating with dogs would be preferable to such company.
A Danville woman who fasted forty seven days to persuade her husband to join her church is now eating and expected to recover. Her husband plans to divorce once she is well, saying he will not live with her. He quips the fasting was a mistake to force submission. John H. Kirby of Texas, once a Democrat, urges Congress to tariff protect infant industries and raw material producers, notably timber and oil, proposing one dollar per barrel on fuel oil. He defended his break from the Democratic party.
A notice notes two pretty girls in last summer bathing suits plunging daily into Lake Michigan even through ice. The caption suggests the outfits are out of style and barely visible, but the claim warrants caution as it seems unlikely. A New York family faced hunger, drawing wide press attention, while Bird S Coler opposes foreign aid for the starving abroad. Fort Worth grocer E M Schenecker leads the North Texas Wholesale Grocers Association.
Vienna hospitals are crowded with nearly prewar patient numbers but perform far fewer operations. A Red Cross medical report cites ether and chloroform shortages, lack of surgical materials, and poor patient condition as causes. Post ether pneumonia fears and scarce X ray plates further limit procedures.
The Texas Industrial Congress offers one thousand dollars in loans to youths to buy pure bred pigs and poultry, drawn from the Henry Exall Loan Fund. Selections will be made by committees, with Sam P. Cochran as trustee, to promote modern farming methods and livestock raising across the state.
In Corsicana burglars robbed a drug store and escaped with 600 dollars in cash and eight pints of whiskey. Authorities note the cash on hand suggests four more bottles were likely sold from a dozen bottles total.
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