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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
4
Train No 32 east bound arrived four hours late and 50 oclock due to washouts. Direct track to Fort Worth is cut. Train No 31 west bound will meet No 32 at Whitesboro to transfer passengers to Texarkana. West bound freight traffic is tied up.
West bound arrivals and departures listed for No. 35 and No. 34 trains with times 9:40 a.m. 12:25 p.m. 9:15 p.m. and 8:50 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 5:10 p.m. along with corresponding departures and notes.
The readable lines show trains North Bound No 257 and No 723 leaving, No 258 arriving, and No 724 arriving at 6 10 p m and 9 10 a m with 9 15 a m and 12 35 p m times. The brief OCR reads like a timetable fragment lacking full context.
In Cornwall a 1867 Penzance court revealed a defendant called a complainant a red haired Dane, a provocation linked to Cornish dislike of Danes. The item shifts to scattered notes on personal visits, travel, and local Society mentions from Honey Grove to Paris, with brief community updates and a Bonham Honey Grove score recap.
Bonham justice court met today with many colored residents present, witnesses and defendants facing charges from assault to vagrancy and gaming. Notable convictions included Ike Stull on three vagrancy cases and Oma and Will McCullough on gaming, with others like Harry Jenkins fined for gaming and Johnny Wilson known as Black Jack convicted of vagrancy. A vagrancy charge against H A Garrett was dismissed. The day filled the county road gang with needed help for weeks. Bargain notices from Thompson and Cleveland accompany the report.
Natts Sanders dies after seven months illness at Allen Memorial Hospital at age 54. Funeral at West 8th Street home with burial at Willow Wild cemetery. Also reports primary results for Democratic delegates with Bailey leading Johnson by about 22,994 votes, pending two counties. Delegates tallies show Bailey 127,422. Johnson 104,429. and other nominees listed. Also a short note on summer wear from Thompson & Cleveland.
An English farm man seeks cow advertisement via parish vicar. The vicar agrees if the farmer attends church, which he promises. A deaf farmer misreads a church banns notice and blurts out a wedding quip about the cow.
Jim Searcy advertises household goods for sale and a rental home on West 7th Street. Contact at residence for details.
Bonham House Furnishing Co. advertises Willies Choice art squares priced at 517.50 while stocks last. The offer highlights a discount on decorative floor coverings available for a limited time.
A heavy weekend rainfall damaged crops especially on bottom lands and flooded streams. City sewer ditches were disrupted with water four feet deep on EK. 4th Street and ditch banks washed out several feet. An unrelated ad promotes Conkey's Lice powder and a poultry book offered by J. W. Peeler.
Virgil King five year old son of John Kin z died this morning at the home of Dr Short after a brief illness. The body was interred this afternoon at New Prospect graveyard.
Carlton College schedules a week of ceremonies from May 23 to 26. Activities include piano recitals, choir numbers, a baccalaureate sermon by J Rosecrans, music recitals, student readings, a violin recital, and an address by G A Fa Oatas of Texas. Medals, scholarships, and certificates will be awarded.
Washouts on the Denton Fort Worth joint track halted freight and passenger service on the T P. Train 82 failed to arrive by 1 15 and reached at 5 after detours via Dallas and the H T C. The pay car under Jap Thorne stayed until 9 this morning after being unable to pass Whitesboro yesterday. A washout between Sherman and Whitesboro was reported late last night. Good opportunities for electrical undertakings in Spain.
A reader discusses the famed Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women's ailments. Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri credits the tonic with restoring health after years of suffering and futile medical help.
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