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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
1
A Pennsylvania passenger train derailed near Marshall Illinois due to a faulty switch. Three men were killed and four seriously injured as two engines and six cars were overturned. investigators attributed the disaster to the switch error.
Hollywood witnesses the remarriage of Traffiad Pras and Bert Lytell in Juarez Mexico by a local magistrate. The couple left immediately in a special car arranged for a return to Mexico City with assistance from the Mexican government.
Former Oklahoma Governor Jack C. Walton, impeached executive, is freed of all criminal charges after the county attorney dismissed an appeal to a judgment upholding Walton’s demurrer to charges alleging diversion of state funds.
Sir H. Rider Haggard, 69, distinguished British novelist, died at his London home this morning after several months illness. He underwent an operation weeks ago and left a lasting imprint with works such as King Solomon’s Mines She Allan Quatermain Cleopatra. His fiction found wide popularity in the United States.
Richara Barthelmess, the movie star, and his wife Mary Hay, have separated by mutual agreement and will live apart perhaps permanently. No divorce is contemplated, according to Miss Hay, and an arrangement was reached while both pursue individual careers.
Washington May 14 Oppos tion to the plans negotiated by Chairman O Conner of the Shipping Board to sell four hundred idle government merchant ships to Henry Ford for their junk value is expressed here. Though uninformed of the terms proposed in the Ford O Conner deal the members of the board are doubtful whether the move would be approved.
W I Newton mayor of Bonham urges Fannin County to host a summer Chautauqua. He credits Will H Evans with county musical talent and asks local groups to assist in arranging a three to five day event this summer, aiming to form a permanent organization.
A line from a domestic scene shows a husband admitting he once tried to stop his wife from having her own way, illustrating tension over autonomy within marriage.
United Press reports a conversation during the Davis trial where Dick Smith of the Kansas City Journal-Post discussed pardons with former Governor Jonathan Davis. The charge involves soliciting a bribe for a pardon connected to Fred Tollman and the room meeting with Russell Davis in a hotel.
In Shreveport Louisiana on May 14 five men pleaded guilty to assault and battery and conspiracy in a Cedar Grove suburb flogging incident. Seven-month sentences were given to five Baptist Tabernacle deacons including W Conrad and W A Boatright in connection with the assault on John Barker over his daughter riding a bicycle.
Two local colored men fought in Honey Grove on a Wednesday morning after prior threats. The older man was shot through the torso and later died while the younger demonstrated marksmanship. surgeons removed thirty seven pellets from the elder’s body. The survivor claimed he fired only after fleeing. The incident was described with demeaning racial language typical of the period.
Clifton May 14 R M Smith is held on murder charge in the slaying of Dr D O Carpenter who was shot seven times with an army automatic and died instantly Smith surrendered and the motive is listed as not stated
Sheriff reports Joe Davis, a local Black man, wounded twice by steel-jacketed bullets during a Tuesday clash between here and Dodd City. Fincher, a white man in charge of the watch on the gan line, fired three more shots as Davis fled. the injuries are serious but improving, and Davis will be jailed on a charge of assault to murder when able to travel.
County Clerk Darling lists about 125 notaries public appointed by Gov Ferguon and confirmed by the senate. The clerk says all notaries must qualify with a bond of 1000 dollars by June 1, with filings ongoing this morning.
A teacher quizzes the class on multiplication. Johnnie confidently replies three times eight is twenty four. The teacher praises him, but Johnnie humorously corrects with a playful exclamation, mixing praise and slang.
A fragment from The Coolidge Way quotes a speaker urging thrift by turning yesterday's beef into soup using the bone. The exchange notes canned beef and suggests building the can to satisfy needs.
A local advertisement promotes a meat business offering both meat and related goods. It urges customers to try their products and prices for one month, promising satisfaction in price and quality.
French forces bombard Rift tribesmen in the Vrach zone near Tetuán Morocco. Allied troops push back raiders after they mount sporadic attacks on outposts, suffering heavy losses in the engagements reported by United Press.
Two people die and several are wounded in a clash between rival syndicates during a general strike in oil fields near Tampico. Wires were seized by strikers on company property, details incomplete.
French troops using artillery and aircraft struck at the Rif in the Bribane region this morning. The offensive pushed Rif rioters back toward hill fortifications, with heavy casualties reported.
In Rome on May 14 police searched for Communists and raided two clandestine meetings. They seized documents and made twelve arrests as plans of communist organizations were uncovered. Trade uv. Bonham and be satisfied.
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