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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
2
The Baily Favorite published by The Favorite Printing Co. lists W. S. Spotts as manager and LulTor as president. It notes Bonham Texas as the mailing town and announces second class matter for the post office. Subscriptions show daily and six month rates with monthly advance options.
A Bonham editorial reflects on local strength with mills and markets, praising cotton seed oil, wholesale trade, grain, and farmers' services. It cites water, telephone reach, rural delivery, and a strong fire record, while noting a long established Carlton College and closed public schools. It urges local investment and growth.
A local column urges Bonham residents to stop knocking public projects and to support town advancement. It argues other towns improve with a paid Board of Trade, paving, parks, and home investment, warning that Bonham is sleeping on its lights while funds leave town.
The notice directs subscribers to check the date opposite their address on the paper margin to ascertain standing. It states payments should appear as a credit within one week and explains under new postal rules papers overdue by more than three months will be stopped.
A civic appeal asks Bonham and Fannin County residents to stop criticizing and start rebuilding. The piece urges sidewalk replacement, fence removal, lawn care, tree planting, drainage work, and funding a public park to give children a safe place during summer heat, stressing collective effort.
The Buffalo physician Dr. R V Pierce publishes a full list of ingredients for his remedies. He claims no alcohol narcotics or poisonous agents and notes use of native medicinal roots. His Favorite Prescription is described as aiding female health including menstrual regulation and nerve toning.
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills as reliable purifiers to relieve headaches biliousness and jaundice by clearing stagnation of liver and bowels. Mentions Saunders Drug Co price 250. Suggests moodiness indicates enemies to hunt.
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as perfect security from pneumonia and consumption, claiming it cures obstinate coughs and colds. States no known instance of a cold progressing to pneumonia after use, sold by Saunders Drug Co.
A compact saying notes that marrying trouble often invites further issues. The line frames marriage as a common source of complications and mischief in daily life.
Hermingeen Cigar Co. of Toledo Ohio seeks salesmen to sell retail and trade locally. Earn $66 per month plus expenses to start or on commission. No experience necessary.
A reader cites Foley's Kidney Remedy as curing kidney and bladder irregularities in women. Carrie Harden of Bowling Green Kentucky reports relief after one bottle and cures after a second. Saunders Drug Co. sells the remedy.
A saying contrasts eternal vigilance with the cost of silence, suggesting hush money as a troubling consequence.
Mr. C Farthing of Mill Creek Oklahoma recalls a near fatal period nine years ago when his strength failed. A druggist recommended Electric Bitters and a single bottle restored his health. The product is sold under guarantee at Saunders Drug Co's store.
A Detroit era ad features O. S. Woolever of LeRaynville New York praising Ducklen’s Arnica Salve for curing bleeding piles twenty years ago and cites Saunders Drug Co. as the purchase source. The item closes with a quip about a notorious liar conceding kindness.
Jesse P Morris of Skippers Virginia endured a severe pneumonia and cough that frightened friends into thinking consumption would kill him. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a quick recovery after two and a half bottles. Saunder Drug Co guarantees the remedy and offers a free bottle.
A Saunders Prue Co advertisement urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds. It claims the product cleanses the system, relieves racking coughing, and contains no harmful drugs. The copy emphasizes sole reliance on the remedy.
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