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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
3
Public school teacher Miss Francis learned of her mother's death at Howe at 2 30 this morning. She departed promptly for Howe, and the city extended sympathy as the news spread. The item notes a local shop, Kincaid Reedy Hughes, selling Mustard.
The notice lists West Bound trains No 35 and No 34 with scheduled times from 9:35 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and 8:50 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. for east bound, including intermediate times and durations 21m 32 86 33 12:45 1:35 5:15.
Rail timetable snippet shows northbound No. 257 leaving No. 723 at 9 15 a m and 12 35 p m and southbound No. 258 arriving No. 724 at 6 10 p m and 9 10 a m.
Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office over Graham Crawford & Co. Phone 235, Residence W. 7th street.
Shipment of attractive lawns arriving priced 10 to 15 cents per yard. Describes them as new and pretty with a prompt to view at Ware's.
A flurry of short notes and social items from Bonham to Denison details residents visiting relatives, travelling to Sherman Fort Worth and Durant, and returning home. Notables include Mrs S M Cobb, Rev M L Hamilton, Miss Blanche Baldwin, Dr J L Morrow, and M F Cowden. Also remarks on the Paris Tissue suit at Ware's and a Honey Grove Elks Minstrel review.
Bonham Chapter No 52 R A M calls a meeting tonight at 7 45 with work in Mark and Past Master degrees led by H L Rodgers H P C T Lane and Seo y. Also note Swiss applique in pink and white for warm weather at Ware s Bottled olives stuffed and whole at Kincaid Reedy Hughes. A humorous line reflects on men and wives.
Rev J J Clark re-enters ministry after a Paria district conference session in Paris. He assists in a revival with unusual success and likely joins the North Texas annual conference this fall. Clark once served as pastor here and was a popular minister. Also notes Swiss applique dress goods at Ware's.
A London note reports that no commoner can join the German imperial circle without royal nobility and that wives or daughters of wealthy families cannot be presented to the empress. It says Prussian nobility forms a caste apart and Berlin hosts several distinct social worlds that do not mingle.
A tale describes a shot incident where a master survives after being struck in the leg by a novice sportsman. The servant questions if the master is alive and the squire retorts. A later exchange features a joke about two friends and a young writer comparing them to a couple of critics.
Schedule shows concerts and recitals from May 23 to 27 including piano violin and choir performances, an 11 a.m Baccalaureate sermon by J H Rosecrans of Carlton College, and a Wednesday 10 a.m commencement program with address by G A Paris in Dallas Texas. Admission is 25 cents on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
The item highlights a 1908 social page with names like Mrs C G Nunn and Mrs B, noting parlour talks on Act V of a Verona lesson, and reads from Mrs C G Nunn. It mentions critics report and Kin Hughes chow-chow at a Kin Hughes event.
A brief classified notice advertises bulk sweet mixed pickles for sale by Kincaid Reedy & Hughes, a local wholesaler.
A 1:30 a.m. blaze gutted the tenant house owned by Jake Myers in South Bonham, occupied by Tom Adama. Adama’s uninsured household goods were partially destroyed. Loss estimated about 3650. The fire damaged the building and contents.
A fragment describes a man named Hal provoking Dixie Saunders about smallpox, being shooed away, and mentions a wealth officer and Hal’s varied life experiences.
Announcement notes Edna Nichols will marry Clarenes Har at a ceremony in Dodd City on Wednesday June 3. The bride is a well known figure in the community and has been a guest at the home of Milon on North Main.
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