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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1925
Page
4
A poetic reflection contrasts craving heavy scholarly works with popular novels. The speaker admits a preference for stories of disaster and action over preachy or highbrow books, yet notes occasional need for weighty truths from sages to relax and refresh the mind.
A 1918 report notes that Germans purchased 1 918 typewriters in the United States during the previous year, reflecting wartime economic activity and import patterns amid global tensions.
B W Kincaid of Ivanhoe on business at the Favorite office this morning. Emma Ford and Ranney Glanton visiting relatives in Bonham and Dodd City. Emma Thompson and Willie Wright and Hope Brent went to Dallas to visit friends. C Keeton and T F Lawrence of Ivanhoe were in Bonham on business. Joe Bennett Lowrey returned from Kerrville where he hunted and killed a big buck. P B Maddrey traveling for a book firm was in Bonham on business and visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs W A Thomas of Dallas visited at relatives homes before continuing to Florida. Nannie Wasson of Waco, here visiting sister and friends, returned home.
A mixed local page lists a for sale ad for a five room house with lighting and modern features, a regular meeting notice for Rufus K. Anderson Post of the American Legion, plus several church listings with Sunday School times, prayer meetings and pastors names. Other items include oyster ad from Russell Grocery Co, wanted second hand tires, and a rug cleaning week at McKelva Rug and Upholstering Co.
Local churches announce worship times for Sunday at First Christian Church Eble School with morning worship at 10 50 and Evening Worship at 7 00. Activities include Christian Endeavor, hymnody, scripture, prayers and pageants led by ministers Wagner and Carter with guest Mrs Bland Smith and Miss Sallie Joe Carlton. Also First Methodist Church lists sermons at 10 50 and 7 00 with Sunday School and Women’s Missionary Society meetings. pastor Walter W Armstrong invites public worship and weekly prayer meetings.
Advertisement and verses mix in a dated layout. Texhoma Filling Station promotes gas and alcohol pricing while a short poem by Edwin H. Stuart, Inc. paints a tale of timid love, candles and a kiss as spaces collapse.
Resolutions offered by the Bar Association on the death of FB I Pritchett were presented to the District Court this week and ordered spread on the court minutes by Judge Clackburn.
A carload of Missouri apples is being unloaded for sale at D. V. Wu located at 328-6. The price is listed as 1,809 dollars per bushel.
Peather Row hosts a shoe repair shop offering half sole and heel fixes while you wait. Advertising text credits T. Davis and Royal Shine Parlor with contact via phone number 146. John Pierce listed as 125 6t.
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