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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
1
United Press reports the Ohio State Senate considered a resolution to purge red professors from universities. Stormy scenes were anticipated before the vote as the measure faced heated debate.
A severe drought has reached an alarming point in the area with crops suffering and stock water growing scarce. The Texas & Pacific returned to its pool locally, suggesting trains again draw from the city lake, while ground remains cracked and parched, underscoring the urgent need for rain.
March 26. W. L. Wright, a veteran state ranger wearing a tan cap, stationed at Laredo for many years, has resigned. He is the oldest man in service with the organization and offered no reason for quitting.
Four post office bandits robbed a Glen Robin post office and fled toward Brettle coal mine near Mingo. They were wounded Natives? No, Joseph Boom, a dry agent, engaged them and was wounded in a gun battle as posses laid siege to the Brettle mine.
A rural lifestyle challenge is keeping girls on farms rather than moving to cities. The piece argues for improving home life and rural recreation under supervision, plus church and fraternal support to meet social needs of youth and reduce farm girl migration.
In Chicago on March 26 William D Shepherd labeled a cold blooded murderer by prosecutors is sent to permanent jail confinement pending his typhoid murder trial. He is accused of infecting his foster son Billy McClintock to inherit millions and will remain jailed after four days of defense arguments.
Washington official Eugene Meyer, managing director of a war finance corporation, told a Kansas City press audience that global grain shortages and continued absorption of surplus will keep Western farmers prosperous for another year. He also forecast a banner year for cattle raisers.
Col E F White returns from a business trip to New York where he pursued a factory deal. A playful anecdote describes a partner delaying business for a golf tournament and a humorous exchange about golf. This is White’s second New York trip this year.
A display promises plenty of fresh vegetables and a complete line of Pratlow canned fruits for shoppers seeking assorted produce and preserved fruit products.
The Bonham Rotary Club held its last Wednesday gathering with good attendance. President H. A. Cunningham chaired a lively session as members shared wishes for a new auditorium, a bridge over Red River, land reclamation, livestock events, and a paid secretary for the Board of Trade while toasting community improvements.
The 1924 crop yielded 76 597 bales ginned in Fannin County versus 65 928 in 1923, per figures supplied to the Favorite by Harry Gray, U S Government special agent.
The Collier jury in Wichita Falls had not reached a verdict by 10 o'clock this morning after ten hours of deliberation. Jurors began consideration at 4:30 Wednesday and court officials could not predict when a decision would come, with the jury room reportedly tense and no idle moments observed.
Tulsa report says Howard Love, 16, was arrested at his stepfather's home in the deputy sheriff Jo A. Sewell murder case. Sewell was found dead near Chickasha after escorting Love and Robert Hughes, 20, to the penitentiary. Love said he sat in the car and was frightened as Hughes fired.
President Splawn of the University said he would hold Texas newspapers responsible for Saturday night's baby party accounts. He noted the costume dance, long held with proper chaperones, ended with a water fight after ads in a downtown cafe. Attorney General Dan Moody is involved in the inquiry.
In San Francisco on March 26 physicians examined 16 year old Dorothy Ellington, accused of matricide. She collapsed for the fourth time in three days during yesterday's session, raising questions about her ability to continue the proceedings.
Sweetwater Texas March 26 urgent calls for assistance reached officers seeking Juan Morales a Mexican suspected in a shooting near Merkel. The appeal said he might be found in the mountains between Oval and Guion in Taylor County near Abiere. The posse lost track of him Wednesday.
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