Bonham Market Notes and Democratic Club Meeting
A collage of Bonham market prices for cotton seed oats hay and produce and a notice for a Bryan and Kern Democratic club meeting at the district courtroom at 7 30 Friday night inviting all members and Democrats with speakers Rosser Thomas and Sam T Rayburn on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan and Kern Democratic Club
District Court Room
Hons
Rosser Thomas
Sam T. Rayburn
W. A. Spangler
F. M. Gibson
CG. I. White
North Fannin County Teachers Institute Session Set
The North Fannin County Teachers Institute will hold its first session at Lamuasco on November 14. A program for trustees will be arranged and invited. teachers should secure White's Art of Teaching and Tompkin's Philosophy of Teaching as bases. The committee will mail the program to teachers and trustees and publish it in Bonham papers.
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Teal
Ndue
Ginger
Clio
Win
West
Ak J. W. Laycoue
North
White
Tompkin
Bonham
Fannin
Rudman Produce Co Seeks Chickens Eggs Turkeys and Cast Iron
Rudman Produce Co announces it will pay top prices for chickens eggs and turkeys and asks sellers to bring hides. The ad notes two or three carloads of stove plate and cast iron are desired and invites customers to visit before selling. Located just north of the fire hall.
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Fire Hall
Rudman Produce Co
Foley's Kidney Remedy Adventures Amid Misc Notices
A jumble of classified style lines mentions Foley's Kidney Remedy claims of restoring vitality, a visiting musical company possibly arriving at six, color stamps, and various notices about rentals, lost items, rewards, and weather. Local business names appear alongside personal notes and humorous quips.
Maiden and Johnny Jones by the brook enjoy a playful encounter
In a sequestered country glade a maiden sits by a babbling brook angling without a bite. Johnny Jones arrives and they share a humorous, flirtatious moment before he offers company as they chat and joke. A separate vignette features the man from Mars visiting Earth to critique society and claim royalties from comic magazines.
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Mars
Earth
Quiet Exchange Sparks Little Suspicion
A terse conversation reveals minimal action or confrontation as both sides claim nothing was done to or by either party. The exchange centers on a lack of events rather than accusations or responses.
Trial Order On Display of Randle Items at Stores
A court ruling discusses department stores that claim to sell Randle items. The opinion suggests displaying husbands in plain figures to allow shoppers to examine and choose, with the option to return if unsatisfactory. The language notes the display would facilitate comparison and refunds.
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Randle
Accomplished. "So your girl has gone away."
A quoted exchange shows a man noting a woman’s departure as “French leave” while another guesses she spoke only German, highlighting language assumptions and mistaken expectations in a small dialogue.
Five young mules and a gray mare held by city poundmaster
A stock notice lists five young mules four boys and one iron gray and one gray mare under C E Fletcher the poundmaster. The note ends with a wry remark about theories being better than idleness.
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City
C. E. Fletcher
Slow But Steady Wisdom From Old Riddle Verse
A reflective verse notes patience over loud words, claiming quiet deeds prove greatness. It contrasts a patient winner who says little with a sawyers’ craft, followed by abrupt, enigmatic lines including a question about a woman named Kittle and a rat in her hair.
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Kittle
No Cold Storage Mothers
A dialogue quotes a seller and buyer debating egg freshness. The seller asserts the hens’ output is strictly fresh, insisting no other eggs are produced. The exchange highlights insistence on natural, unaged eggs in a farm market setting.
Witty Exchange Reflects Water Themed Banter
A humorous exchange features a speaker noting the body’s two thirds water and another remarking he is doing his best to overcome it. The dialogue shows playful personal humor likely from a social gathering or column.
When a Girl Learns to Bake and Market at Home
A reflective piece on marriage prospects as girls start bread making and family shopping for the market. It notes that engagement, money, and social expectations influence proposed matches and hints at broader social fantasy and misread signals.
Artists Blunders and Amusing Monastic Processions
A survey of humorous slips in art history notes Turner’s rainbow behind the sun, Constant’s Garter ribbon miscoloring of Queen Victoria, and Adam and Eve viewing a procession of monks in Lisbon. It cites Antwerp old masters with jumbled ideas, heaven’s archangels armed, and Dutch figures miscast as burghers and policemen in a chaotic gallery scene.
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Adam
Turner
Constant
Queen Victoria
Order of the Garter
Garden of Eden
the Gesu
Lisbon
Antwer
Archangel
Holland
Cht Gren
Somnambulism and Sleepwalking Oddities Across Ages
A late 19th century recount of sleepwalkers including an archbishop of Bordeaux who wrote sermons in the night without sight and Negretti who carried a lighted canale then a bottle, and a sleeper who dressed and drew wine in darkness without spilling any.
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Bordeaux
Negretti
Johnny Webbs Visit Ends With Milk Mix Up
A boy from Up NH travels to Worcester Mass to visit his grandmother. He is sent for milk but finds spearmint tea instead, mistaking the beverage for the local milk. His grandmother corrects him as he explains he hoped it was the Hillbury milk from home.
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Johnny Webbs
New Hampshire
Worcester
Mass
Johnny
Hillbury
A Musical Spider in Concerts Across Europe
A brief note recalls the extraordinary musical sensitivity of spiders. Polisson’s spider console of the prisoner perished after listening to a violin. Gretry’s favorite spider descended on his piano wire. Rubinstein reportedly saw a spider emerge during recitals in Brussels, appearing at three concerts in the same hall.
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Polisson
Gretry
Wong
Brussels
Rubinstein
Farls
Sailing clubs and yachting history highlighted
The Cork Harbor Water Club, now the Royal Cork Yacht Club, traces to 1720 as the first sailing club. Yachting grew slowly through the 18th and early 19th centuries, then expanded rapidly after 1812 when the Cowes Yacht Club formed with about fifty five yachtsmen.
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Cork Harbor
Prosperous Young Actor Returns After Matinee and Evening Show
A fatigued but prosperous young actor signs off after performing two successful plays in a single day. He jokes about actors needing rest while his companion Grim Traze notes the crowd’s role in the tired scene.
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Trazedian
Tlife
Misread Morse Like Murky Dialogue From Odd Page
A distorted OCR snippet shows a mother asking a child why she cries. The text mocks a mule miss mispronouncing words, revealing garbled dialogue about waking a doll and blooming garments.
Potential Incentive in a Questioning Letter
A Philadelphia Record item notes a dialogue about love and aging, asking if Nell could love him if he were ted and Belle would try harder, highlighting themes of affection and effort in relationships.
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Nell
Ted
Belle
District Judge BEN SH. DENTON of Paris for District Clerk
A district court notice confirms BEN SH. DENTON of Paris appointed as District Clerk with EARL MALESTEL named in the filing.
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Ben SH. Denton
Paris
Ballot Listings for County Judge and County Officials
The record lists candidates including H. A. Cunningstham for County Judge and SID Rimbling for County Clerk and Treasurer, with J A Agnew as Commissioner for Proc No 1. The notice shows candidate names and official roles in an elections context.
Sheriff Sale Listing for Land in Fannin County Texas
Auction notice from Sheriff C. B. Brigges of Fannin County Texas describes a sale of land near Ladonia known as the Jd S Donaldson tract of 148 acres. It explains the execution issued by the Tarrant County Court in 1908 to satisfy a $300.30 judgment in favor of A J Hannon against A J Powell with W D Bell as principal and Powell and Lanham as sureties. The sale date is the first Tuesday in November 1908 and the property is described with survey references and measurements.
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State of Texas
Fannin
Tarrant County
A. L. Hannon
W. DD. Bell
A. J. Powell
J. M. Lanham
Edgar W. Cummins
Varas
Vilras
Ladonia
Paris
Viras
N.S
Roberson Survey
A. J. Hannon
C. B. Brigges
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Teacher’s Institute
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Fooley
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Philadelphia Record
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Earl Malestel
Por
Bob Lattimoris
Parla
H. A. Cunningstham
W. A. Thomas
Chas. B. Bridgis
W.c.willie
Finley
Forcounty
J. Walter Donaldson
Sid Rimdling
J.A. Agnew
A.J
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P. Keene
Jesse G. Briley
Sheriff’s Sale
Saunders Drug Company
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