29 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1939
Page
1
Real estate notices advertise multiple dwellings with six rooms and three bedrooms, sleeping porch, garages, gas water and lights, plus a farm loans offer at 5 percent. Owner leaving city prompts rapid sale on well located properties.
Almost a third of an inch of rain fell since yesterday noon, bringing four day total to 2.33 inches. Heavy showers and cloudbursts hit the region with floods reported near Detruz Texas, affecting rail traffic as the Red Rover line and Bonham schedules were disrupted.
Mr and Mrs Pred McDowell and Kitteen of Kort Worth hosted relatives from Blue Ridge at a funeral for Mrs McDowell’s mother. Attendees included W B Ball and Ed Ball. Mrs Ida Ware visits from Dallas. Doris Anh returned to Kenly after a stay with John Jones family. Lee Selly hosted the Puy Anne Club with 19 members. next meeting at Carios Keys on April 17.
Dr Moore, Shaw Botanical Garden director, announced the Tropical Station at Barbez Canal will close due to lack of funds. The orchid collection may be moved to the Canal Zone government as a park, with some plants likely unlikely to survive climate changes. The station, established in 1926, drew thousands and housed labs and expeditions. annual income has declined from 21,000 dollars to an estimated 15,000 with further decreases expected.
Ida March 28 Mary Joyce, famed for driving a dog team 10900 miles from Taku to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1935, now guides huskies on short treks near Sun Valley Lodge with her team of Alaskan huskies and male mutts. She trained with Borgo in Wisconsin and worked as a nurse before settling into mountain treks.
The room exudes spring with colorful rubber tile flooring in red tan and green. A central octagonal motif with a carved fan background and marble effect contrasts white woodwork. Deep red border complements the curtains and china display enhances the space.
An unnamed explorer travels alone across unmapped Arctic terrain north of Alaska in extreme cold. The journey faces safe passage challenges with a 40 below cold and unreliable supplies as she crosses treacherous wastelands.
Providence R I UP reports Prof Otto Neusebauer of Brown University analyzed deciphered tablets from the University of Copenhagen. The piece notes his effort to study undeciphered scripts and their mathematical content.
Egypt Babylonian and Arabic mathematical symbols are being translated by a renowned historian. Neugebaur has already examined 26060 Babylonian tablets at Yale and at New York collections and will tour major museums including the Penn Museum to survey Babylonian astronomy.
E L Daniels of Courk vide held Tuesday by the Lamar County Sheriff in connection with the fatal injury of Mrs Doris Smith of Paris following a Monday night auto wreck near Huckley on Highway 24. Smith died at about 2 and a half hours later at Jacob Hospital. Funeral services for W M Wooleridge were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 at Path, conducted by Rev P E F Herndon.
A reader gratefully notes renewed paper delivery and comfort during illness. The message mentions recent rainfall delaying field work but promises prompt renewal of payment and a handshake with a receipt and pencil in hand.
Frank Adams, a World War II aviator and current grocer in Kington, completed a unique residence crafted from 190.90 multicolored rocks sourced from 13 foreign countries and 20 states after a decade long quest to collect the stones.
World famous male ballet company led by Ted Shawn will appear at Ferguson Auditorium ETSTC Commerce Texas Monday night March 27 beginning at 8 o'clock. Within the next week East Texas State Teachers College tennis squad will meet Abilene Christian College Paris Junior College and Texas A M.
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