16 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1921
Page
1
A professor and a blunt narrator exchange barbed comments on tobacco use sideburns and tea, debating virtue and hypocrisy. The speaker mocks social pretensions and urges honesty while recounting Aunt Julia’s tea obsessions and Doolittle’s falsehoods.
The Bonham Board of Trade invites attendance at its Friday night meeting to share ideas on Dollar Day and other Bonham upbuilding topics. Attendees are urged to participate and hear about additional matters on the agenda. A secretary notes the event aims to gather citizen input and council.
Legislative Sidelights reviews Texas moves with Governor Neff pushing consolidation and law enforcement reforms. Turkey's triumph column discusses London treaty revisions shrinking neutral zones, returning Smyrna to Turkish sovereignty, and financial gains for Turkey at Greece's expense.
The article notes sugar as the dominant 1919 Virgin Islands agriculture with about ten thousand tons exported. It says the government opened the Porto Rican market to Virgin Islands cattle, exporting roughly $30 in cattle value, and anticipates cattle raising becoming important. Previously cattle exports to Porto Rico were banned due to tick concerns.
A tale from Albany recounts Col Theodore Roosevelt teased by a young matron about leaving the army for politics. He replies that politics is more exciting, noting you can be killed many times in politics while in war you are killed only once.
Rain slows farm work with corn planting uneven across the community. Miss May Roberts visits with her grandmother Mrs. W. E. Cooper amid ill health, while Mrs. Ralph Shipley and Mrs. T. Duncan attend to sickness. The local farmers union counts 31 members and meets weekly, with residents hopeful despite hard times and the impact of king cotton. A backache remedy promotion for Lydia E. Pinkham’s is also noted.
County clerk’s office saw heavy activity as Mortgage Day drew near, with many property records and filings taking place throughout the day. The scene reflected the usual end of month demand for mortgage related documentation and transfers.
A partial line hints at eighty five mortgages and hopes for a strong year ahead. It references wages and long-standing struggles but provides no concrete details or names.
Zar W. Davith of Giber and Miss Tennie Neil of this city wed at the home of Rev. Geo. Ball. The ceremony occurred in Grayson County and the couple will reside in Gober after the marriage.
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