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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
7
A colored boy Calvin liams was jailed on a watch theft charge and bailed. The report notes a crackdown on theft with a boastful line about catching them all. First Christian Church conducts 7 45 service tonight with invitation. MecMillen's Bonham offers violin bows and instruments. J L Medearis of Ely visited the city today.
A massive Democratic convention in Fort Worth attracts 10 256 attendees from every Texas region to honor the junior senator from Texas. Delegates include Joseph W Bailey M M Brooks James L Storey A J Baker and presidential electors H A O Neal Hampson Gary. The article lauds patriotism and civic duty across the state.
Bunyon Whitt, about 21, died at the hospital last night at 11 o clock from injuries suffered in a fall Saturday morning. A resident of the Ar ledge Ridge area, he had recently joined the telephone company.
In Telluride Colorado former Adjutant General Bulkeley Wells survives a powerful blast that tore apart a bed and sent fragments of wood flying through the room. The incident left his residence damaged but he escaped unharmed.
The convention drew a large Texas audience with estimates ranging from 12 000 to 25 000. Credentials reported 8256 attendees though early miscounts suggest at least 2000 did not present credentials. The gathering united diverse workers and professionals under a common banner.
The sheriff’s department raided the frosty joint run by Jim Maples this morning. Maples was arrested as officers seized twelve full barrels of frosty two pieces of barrel frosty and ten quarts and fifteen pints of whisky.
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