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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
2
A reflection on widespread dissatisfaction among farmers merchants clergy and workers as discontent grows. The piece warns of rising unrest and laments failing civic and religious engagement while urging a shift toward optimism and shared harmony.
A quotation emphasizes living by the golden rule while asserting we pass through this world only once. It urges doing good deeds and showing kindness to any human being without delay, as there will be no chance to repeat this life.
The government undertook a vast project transforming 159 900 acres of desert in southwestern Colorado into productive land. A key feature is a tunnel bored through a six mile thick base of a mountain range to carry the Gunnison River across the range for irrigation. The Gunnison Gorge known as Black Canyon is steep and treacherous, with cataracts and vertical walls. Only four years ago did reconnaissance begin, and few believed anyone could traverse the gorge alive.
The first local presentation of Savage King by Clarence Bennett called The Holy City author. Set in and around Mexico during Maximilian's brief reign it features Montezuma heirs and conflict with Spanish civilization. Elaborate scenery includes City of Mexico and Popocatapel.
The Pittsburg contest drew about 35 000 fans, 30 247 paid admissions, and 3 000 from Pittsburg traveled to Chicago. Chicago's Brown and Kling beat Pittsburg's Camnitz Willis and Gibson. Final games remain for New York and Boston as race implications loom with possible tie scenarios and standings showing Detroit 589, Cleveland 088, Chicago 580.
The producer advertises paying top prices for chickens eggs and turkeys and asks sellers to bring hides. It urges customers to visit before selling and notes they seek two or three cars of stove phosphate and cash IOU. Located just north of the hall.
Ambiguous local notice advertising a business exchange seeks trade of a unique town hotel for Fannin county land. Names and details are garbled but indicate a proposal involving several individuals and a stamp pattern or color references.
Found QGard property described with ownership details and required payment terms. Notice outlines appraisal reference, location, and deadline for settlement. Purchasers advised to review title status and arrange funds by stated due date to secure transfer per notice provisions.
Diphtheria has appeared in Savoy prompting temporary school closures. Two cases are reported, both children of Messrs Large and Pritchett, and are not expected to survive, authorities say.
A large town crowd gathers on the first Monday, the biggest this year aside from show day, bringing many horses and mules. Merchants expect brisk trade and a few more such days would lift business spirits. A romantic note ends with a young man realizing the need to feed his flame with oysters of ice cream.
The map shows tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. No significant weather impacts are noted and conditions are generally mild.
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Charles H. Cochrane argues in Metropolitan Magazine that people should aim for a century of life. He links health and regular exercise to longevity, noting modern work specialization harms overall vitality and suggesting farming one’s own food could improve health and lifespan. He cites benefits seen in reading, law, music, and labor while warning against neglecting basic physical demands.
A playful Chicago Journal snippet quotes Slazel crediting a youthful Thompson with a good firm mouth and chin. Alice is used as a comparison, prompting a lighthearted exchange about kissing.
A playful excerpt shows flirtatious couplets praising a beloved by Stacy F. Baker in Puck. Lines promise poetic woes and ardor, urging insertion of a name, with notes on elixir and fame, framed as a staged romance in period voice.
The piece argues Americans know basic Washington facts but lack a personal sense of him. It contrasts the public hero with a humane, relatable man, noting widely shared myths versus a fully living figure who inspired devotion. It cites public facts and calls for a fuller, human portrait.
The crowd discovers an infinite supply of old wooden bedsteads in attics as stock runs out. A father asks why not reuse them, triggering a surge in prices against the paper trust, with widespread adoption of the idea.
A comical exchange unfolds about rising early for breakfast. The lady protests waiting hours, while Mr Uplate defends his health by delaying until daybreak to choose appropriate clothing. The dialogue captures a humorous morning routine dispute.
A humorous exchange unfolds as Unsuc Author asks for Jack’s autograph for a moneylender Isaacstein on the back of a promissory note. The successful author agrees, asking who it is. The banter highlights public fascination with fame and eccentric requests in a light tone.
The piece notes how Hindus and Muslims keep caste purity by water vendors using separate portholes for each religion so drinkers cannot see the seller’s caste. It argues this practice maintains caste boundaries in urban areas where communities live side by side.
A meditation on meaning notes the poet’s death without knowing his purpose, guessing starvation as a fate but insisting that almost nothing is created in vain. The speaker muses how future tastes would mock his fear as commerce turns his name into cheap entertainment.
A dark young woman testifies I will never speak to him again and recounts Lie calling her his queen and asking to kiss her hand before he kissed her on the lips without warning. The right young woman suggests he simply followed the line of least resistance.
A new boarder jokes over sour milk causing the landlady to ask what he means. He replies the milk has the blues, adding a light humorous note to a domestic scene.
A stranger asks if a person may sue for injuries from a coal hole. The lawyer questions vigilance and pavement checks, then jokes that the boy’s potential danger to the lawyer’s family makes him liable for trespass.
A quoted elderly owner defends letting agents rent buildings with window screens and resists prying into neighbors' lives. He says he wants sunshine and privacy, not interference, even if some tenants’ morals are questionable.
Young Mrs. Papley praises her baby while Miss Diggs comments on the child’s resemblance and cuteness in a Philadelphia Press item.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Del avoiding responsibility for breaking a dish while Mary denies fault, claiming she only dropped the loaf.
A sheriff sale is scheduled in Fannin County Texas on the first Tuesday of November 1908. The action arises from a court judgment in favor of A L Hannon against W D P Bell A J Powell and J M Lanham as sureties. The property includes a 148 acre tract tied to the Ladonia Paris road and land surveys, with details of metes and bounds. The sale is at the Courthouse door in Bonham and proceeds go toward the 300.30 debt plus costs with credits noted.
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