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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
6
The Bonham Golf Club held a distinctive Thursday tournament conceived by member Ames Halsell. Twenty three players competed in a cup event offered by Halsell, with each club around the area participating and bomber teams vying for the prize.
Ike Riley recalls his mother bringing him to church at six months old forty years earlier and asserts his lifelong nickname Deacon Riley. The new deacons of the third Christian arch attend their first meeting and are introduced.
A Century Magazine quote from Bertrand Russell argues that the ideal of a universal education is outdated. He contends that a diligent person may know history literature classics languages or basic science yet a broad all round education has been surpassed by rapid knowledge growth.
England grants patent for cardboard kitchen utensils shaped as kettles and saucepans. The utensils are waterproofed and acid resistant by dipping in a solution of asphalt resin shellac and spirit, then air dried slowly.
Senator J. 10. Parnell, a western independent, predicts a special legislative session will begin the third Monday of June. He argues Mrs. Ferguson will seek re election and that revenue measures could create a surplus by January 1926 or 1928, affecting claims of tax cuts and funding for higher education.
An ad claiming excessive female indulgence drains vitality, urging women's health via St Joseph's G. F. P. as a cure for catarrh of the generative organs and related symptoms like irritable mood headaches weight loss and fatigue. It tallies with a medical marketing pitch of the era.
The Current Literary Club met Tuesday afternoon for its annual entertainment devised by the delinquent group. Guests toured a make believe train through several homes with clowns, dancers, and a luncheon, ending with games and a contest awarding a book prize.
The Detroit News reports a colony of bees nesting in a baggage car between roof and ceiling on a Texas branch line. The bees enter when the whistle blows and depart at journey’s end, foraging honey as the train travels.
A provocative note in the Santa Rosa Preys-Democrat questions whether Gurgon Borglum made Stone Mountain famous or vice versa, highlighting a local cultural riddle about fame and landmark origins.
The piece recounts how George Bernard Shaw, an Irish writer, began in London writing a column and earned Wilde's amused yet wary notice. It notes Shaw's sharp, provocative style that would provoke both admiration and enemies among friends.
Washington reports the government has closed 40 of 84 land offices as part of winding down public land sales. Only about 182 million acres remain in the public domain excluding Alaska and forest reserves, most deemed worthless and signaling the fading era of frontier pioneering. Texas kept all its lands, with large state lofted tracts in arid regions.
A chaotic classroom scene shows a teacher and superintendent observing pupils recite Bible verses while offerings and improvised misreadings collide with playful mishearings. Amid jokes about money and a pop culture aside about film director Tod Browning, a student pleads poverty as he delays, prompting a humorous exchange across the room.
The Favorite reports a new supply of corps transfer sheets in size EEE. Officials say stock levels meet demand and shipments are being prioritized to retailers nationwide through the week.
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