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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
5
The Fannin County Fair drew the largest crowds yet with 7000 paid admissions on Thursday and 1500 season tickets sold. Local officials and visitors including Congressmen Rayburn and editors from the Denison Herald and Greenville Zanner praised the exhibition as a grand show underscoring county pride and strong support for the fair's continued success.
Bonham citizens are urged to sign up for gas service as 703 of the 900 required subscribers have been reached. The drive faces delays due to weather and some residents delaying signing. Volunteers are sought to secure remaining deposits and contracts, with supporters including Dr. Davis Spangler and Dudley Galbreath pledging deposits and larger donations to fund the program.
Rear Admiral E H Campbell the judge advocate of the navy says the navy acted within its legal rights in sending the Shenandoah on its western voyage. He responds to a secretary Wilbur request amid Colonel Mitchcell claims the law limits air operations to sea duty with the fleet.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Yant of Honey Grove visited Bonham for the fair yesterday. Yant shared his corn samples, praised for quality despite a dry season. He has farmed in Fannin county for twenty one years, weathering droughts and wet years while always producing hay and corn for his own use.
The British Air Ministry proceeds with reconstructing the Zeppelin R-33 after April damage from a storm. Trial flights are planned in October. The crew regained control and landed safely despite the accident, echoing Shenandoah incidents in Ohio.
A young man laments the times when couples must show two licenses to wed. His friend asks for clarification, and the quip explains the need for both a marriage license and an automobile license in a humorous exchange.
Fragmentary report notes John Rodgers testifying about naval aviation and a proposed service reorganization. The piece references Seaplane pilots, the air corps plan, and opposition to splitting air and sea forces amid debates on wartime efficiency and command structure.
Eddie Stigson of Detroit aims to set a world record for sustained flight using aerial refueling but his attempt is postponed due to ongoing motor troubles on the all metal monoplane built at a Ford plant in Detroit.
Raleigh Abernathy leads a quiet push to recruit more names for the gas project as the Fannin County Fair attracts attention. An Honor Roll list grows with business and civic names from local firms and churches, reflecting broad community involvement.
A fragment notes a carnival joke about an old man a young man and a worm with a punchline about a character Mose Nuffin. The line reflects humorous patter in a rural or regional newspaper voice.
Chicago Oct 2 The jury deliberated on Colonel William Proctors suit to collect 50 000 from Colonel A A Sprague on an au note synod during the presidential term of Major Leonard Wood but were hopelessly deadlocked. The Proctor case went to the jury at 4 oclock Thursday.
United Press reports a European thief who followed pink pearls across the Atlantic is sought for stealing jewelry valued at about 500000 from Mrs. James Donahue, widow of Frank Woodsworth founder of the 5 and 10 cent store. Police agencies across New York are in pursuit of the loot.
In Beaumont Texas Peggy Coble 18 Arkinda Arkansas died from a fractured skull after she and Jackie Karr 19 DeQueen Arkansas were thrown from the running bed of a car while being driven toward Orange by three young men. Coble will be buried in Vernon Texas as her fiancé Tommy Benefield of Chillicothe Texas accompanies the party. The two girls had hiked for a year, pausing in towns to earn money for travel.
Edinburgh report notes a new hardship for upper class women during the hunting season. Haircuts proved difficult as barbers and hairdressers were scarce, forcing journeys of up to sixty miles to towns like Aberdeen Inverness and Perth or requiring arrival at remote highland castles and shooting boxes.
Engineers rushed the Greenville Caddo Malls road under fair weather with about 1400 feet remaining. They hoped to finish by Thursday or Friday and open the road to traffic in roughly twenty one days. Wolfe City Sun.
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