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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
3
A letter questions whether Bonham has a poundmaster and outlines duties and penalties for stock running at large. It laments the absence of a poundmaster in the northwest part of town where cows and horses trespass nightly and urges appointing a poundmaster.
Beach Hargis uses inheritance to fund a court fight. Firealarm Foraker vows a new party if kept out of the old one. Question raised about George Washington’s lineage versus public esteem. Kentucky tobacco war losses reach five million dollars, borne by the producers.
A brief exhortation argues denunciation of men has not reformed them and urges many ministers to learn this to better deliver the gospel to a lost world.
The National Feeders and Breeders Show will run March 11 to 17 in Fort Worth and promises to be the Souths most extensive stock show yet. The event is expected to bring significant benefits to Texas and is urged for all stock interests to attend with special entertainment planned.
Paul E Williams of the Paris Peanut Factory spoke to a large crowd of growers on Saturday and took a 400 bushel seed peanut order. The seed sell for 95 cents a bushel with carload rates and freight between 5 and a small number of cents per bushel. The order was to be held briefly to allow others to join car load purchases. Will H Evans urged immediate orders to avoid middleman profits.
The column mixes farm notes from Feb 24 with joke and moral tale about a scandal monger. It contrasts community farming, sickness lists, and visits with a long parable about rumor harming a frail mother and her children, ending with a harsh judgment on gossip and the idea that scandal mongers feast on the living.
Quick money crop oats offered by Rogera Woodward and Roberta Co. with no green bugs and good prices at harvest. Seed oats advertised as lowest prices with headquarters claim.
The article outlines Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, noting its alcohol-free preparation using glycerine and Golden Seal root. It cites endorsements from medical books, explains sought cures for weak stomach, indigestion, biliousness, and catarrhal throat ailments, and warns it won’t cure advanced consumption.
W T Spencer of Ravenna Fannin County Texas petitions for discharge from all debts provable against his estate under bankruptcy acts after being adjudged bankrupt on January 22 last. A hearing is set for March 9 1908 in Sherman before Referee F B Dillard with notice to known creditors by publication in the Bonham Favorite.
A reflective line on chance and luck suggesting that fate may favor others when golden opportunities appear like a gift on a silver platter.
Special attention given to diseases of women and children at the office of Graham Crawford & Co. Contact via phone 235 or visit residence on West Seventh Street for care and consultation.
Crown and Bridge services offered by a local practitioner located in World Building SE corner square Room 5. Contact numbers list office 156 and residence 200 for appointments and inquiries.
Doctor D P Boyd practices medicine from an office over Peeler’s Drug Store with a phone line for office and residence use.
Readable items show West Bound No. 85 arrivals and departures with several times and fares like 81, and East Bound No. 84 times in morning and afternoon slots with incomplete entries and question marks. Entities include train numbers and multiple daily times.
The note lists North Bound No. 267 leaving at 9 15 a m and No. 723 departing at 12 35 p m. South Bound No. 268 arrives at 5 40 p m and No. 724 arrives at 9 10 a m.
A local buyer identified as W R White announces turkey purchases at 9 cents per pound. He states he pays the highest price and invites bringers to bring their stock for sale.
Voter guidance listing TOM J. COX for Tax Collector and J. A. AGNEW for Commissioner Precinct No. 1 appears on the ballot card. The wording reflects candidate names and office positions in a concise election notice.
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