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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
1
Berlin reports the auxiliary cruiser Wolf destroyed at least 35 enemy vessels totaling about 210000 gross tons. The fleet loss includes several English steamers loaded with troops and transports, with human casualties noted. British and Japanese officials dispute details of the Haruna and other ships.
Three thousand National Army soldiers will be sent to the University of Texas for specialized training in mechanical courses. President Robert E. Vinson announced that new barracks will be built to house the units as part of a War Department plan to train radio mechanics and related specialties across universities nationwide. The UT aviation ground school is noted as the largest in the country.
Bonham Texas proprietor Will H. Evans advertises a large rooming house in one square block with 195 feet frontage, sidewalk curb shade trees and sewerage. Potential buyers urged to inquire for a bargain.
South Bonham Methodist Church invites all members to choir practice tonight. Judge Roser Thomas will lecture on the Sunday school next Sunday at 11 o clock. Everyone is urged to attend. C F McKinney, Pastor.
United Press reports quote Sir John Foster Fraser saying Britain cannot field more than seven hundred fifty thousand additional troops. He doubts Britain can raise two million and forecasts the German West offensive will suffer heavy losses. Also notes Pskoff reportedly held by Germans per Petrograd dispatches. Classified ad seeks two or three furnished rooms for light housekeeping by retired couple with baby.
Petrograd reports the Russian revolutionary forces halted the German offensive. The Bolsheviks officially announce the stoppage due to strong resistance.
Ashley Evans Land Co markets sold Schoonover property but offers another site on North Main with possession for a good home. Company notes city plan to open North Main through the school property, promising it to become the street of the city.
Soviet commissaries from major Russian cities urge a holy war against German invaders and call for arming the population. They protest the German peace terms while smaller towns favor the peace pact.
Petrograd reports German forces pressing the Orsha front as a thousand Moscow workmen dig trenches east of Orsha. A battle is momentarily expected and civilians begin leaving the city as mobilization waves spread through the region.
Washington reports American Consul Tredwell and staff have left Petrograd for Vologda and turned the consulate’s effects over to the Norwegian consul general. No word on Ambassador Francis’s movements yet.
Zurich reports Austria-Hungary claims to intervene militarily in Ukraine at Kyiv’s request with operations said to have begun yesterday. Unrelated note mentions uncensored hats from the fashion front and a March 9 viewing event.
Former Texas Attorney General M. M. Crane commends Governor Hobby for calling the Legislature to enact a dry zone around cantonments. He frames it as a wartime duty rather than a prohibition clash and trusts the patriotic Legislature to unite and pass a statewide statute protecting existing and future cantonments.
Will H. Evans of Bonham Texas advertises 50 acres of improved black land for sale at 115 dollars per acre. The property is rented to a reliable tenant and offers good terms, located seven miles from Hon ham.
Classified fragment notes two 1917 Fords offered cheaply by Everybody a Garage and adds miscellaneous items. An inquiry seeks a competent stenographer and a purchase line lists White Wyandottes hens priced at 2 dollars per 15 and contact details for W E Tarpley of Bonham Texas.
The House receives the nearly seventy million dollar appropriation bill, about fourteen million more than last year, the largest combined legislative judicial and executive package in the nation’s history as reported by the appropriations committees.
British forces raided enemy positions north of the Ypres Station railway last night taking prisoners. Mutual cannonading was reported around Vacquerie and east of Ypres.
Will H. Evans of Bonham Texas offers a house and lot within two and a half blocks of the square. The graveled south front property features a fine garden spot and is priced at $1950 on easy terms, with a Ford car trading possibility.
Washington reports no decision reached on whether to pursue Japanese or joint allied action in Liberia. Cabinet to discuss as State Department deliberates. Officials warn Russians might align with Germany if Japan acts in Siberia, while Britain’s Lord Reading meets with Lansing.
Mrs. Homer Thompson advertises a March 9 event highlighting distinctions in classic hats and wartime economy purchases. The note stresses viewing before buying.
Compact notice offering a four or five room house in a close-in location. Contact by phone at 549 for details.
Olive Thomas praises Broadway life as tame compared to screen work and recalls a terrifying scene filming a four story fire escape chase with an intoxicated robber and detectives. The piece mentions 5 and 10 cents with a war tax of 1 cent.
120 acres of good sandy land near a school and church in a good neighborhood offered for sale by Ashley Evans Land Co. Land is mostly smooth and improved and currently rented for the year. the purchaser will receive the rents.
Washington reports the Food Administration sets a limit of seventy percent on grain and other materials used by near-beer makers for the year, shaping production and supply.
A 66 1 3 acre farm with fair improvements on the Bailey pike two miles north of Bailey is offered for 126 dollars per acre. The current tenant rents the place but the rent goes to the buyer. Advertised for the first time with easy terms. Will H. Evans Bonham Texas.
A classified line from Everybodys Garage advertises two 1917 Fords offered at a bargain price. The notice also requests a furnished cottage or housekeeping rooms for a refined young couple with a baby, with phone contact 282.
Between Sherman and Honey Grove a 23 jewel Hamilton gold watch with monogram W.F engraved on back. W. F. Graves, Honey Grove, Texas. FOR SALE A 1916 model Ford Bargain. See Oscar Hackley.
Bargain sale offers a Feed roadster a Ford five passenger a Chevrolet roadster and a Paige seven passenger. Owner offers to make a deal for immediate purchase.
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