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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1934
Page
1
The Bonham Daily presents advertising rates per line and public notice guidelines. Notices for entertainments with admission fees incur charges, with obituary and tribute items billed by order. erroneous rejections may be corrected upon notification to the publishers.
Change of Address information requested with both old and new addresses. Entry filed at the Bonham Texas post office as second class mail matter.
The piece argues voters must focus on electing capable county commissioners and legislators who control taxes and spending. It stresses county and city officials matter most for fiscal welfare, more than governors or sheriffs, and urges informed selections to achieve cheaper, better government.
The Clarksville Times endorses reform or repeal of the suspended sentence statute, arguing it has become a license for crime in Red River County and elsewhere. It urges juries to decide guilt while leaving penalty to judges, contending mercy without safeguards undermines public safety and inflates crime rates.
The piece reports ice sold at a nickel per fifty pounds or a dime per hundred across Dallas Fort Worth Waco and San Antonio. Losses to manufacturers and retailers total thousands daily. The article questions NRA price rules and notes wage shifts shorter shifts and potential monopolistic moves. It also mentions a stolen wall from John Neely Bryan's Dallas cabin and a Clyde Barrow reward.
The text calls for strict enforcement of suspended sentence rules with compulsory register reporting to an overseeing authority. It notes violations in multiple counties and urges reform to prevent repeat offenses. It warns that current leniency benefits lawyers and erodes law effectiveness.
A collage of short, humorous, and editorial lines from Texas papers. Items touch Clyde Barrow pursuit, a dry cleaning joke about France, nudist references, a quip about nudity, a progress jab at civilization, a job ad burlesque, and a pun on sinking funds.
An assortment of snippets notes corporate reorganizations and assorted oddities from several papers. Items include finance shifts in Indianapolis and Omaha reflections on social trends, a fire wardrobe pivot for a singer, a fake gold bar incident in Washington, and tax talk from New York and Boston amid broader professional scrutiny.
A jumble of quotes and brief news items from April 10 includes notable lines from poets and thinkers, plus local notices. Reports mention multiple labor complaints in Austin, Aimee Semple McPherson’s San Antonio stop, Gen John J Pershing’s illness, a murder charge in Wichita Falls, and lawn mowers advertised by Wells & Humphrey.
A short poetic fragment describes morning birdsong near Bayhembury and a lively smithy as the speaker questions why dew drops dissolve with the sound. The piece reflects a celebration of Earth and daybreak, attributed to J A R Stevenson.
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