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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1925
Page
8
The Texas Highway Department announced that headlights must be tested now and again before next year’s vehicle registration. The plan aims to have lamps adjusted within thirty days of registration, with a first-year test effort unfolding to fit the year’s remaining months.
An advertisement details a modern bungalow on Allen Ave near the hospital area offered for 1700 dollars with small down payment and monthly installments. The seller is M Lowrey in Bonham, Texas.
Fragmentary notice reflects on youth, church outreach, and social events. It discusses one cow for sale, a bargain phone listing, and a critique of harsh strictures toward youth. It advocates friendly church involvement to guide unsaved youths and foster wholesome social contact.
A fragmentary timetable shows departure times from Dallas to Bonham with trips at 9:15, 11:45, 1:45, 4:15, 6:15 and 8:15 a.m. and pm slots and similar entries for Arv. Bonham. Contact numbers 700 Com and X6605 are given with fares 3.00 and 5.00 dollars.
Prof. E. W. Perks of Toronto told the British Association meeting in Southampton that United States Europe and South America will be buried under glaciers within a measurable number of years. He said a new civilization will arise in Arctic and Antarctic regions with a pleasant climate. He also argued earthquakes show the earth's crust lacks rigidity and will not cause earth annihilation when heat is released.
The Northern Texas Telephone Co of Bonham distributes a new directory to customers. The Favorite Printing Co prints and delivers the two color piece, a showcase of its commercial printing capability.
Los Angeles reports William Berthorum, 40, collapsed on release on a misdemeanor charge. Dr. Benjamin Blank signed a death certificate but injected adrenaline. pulse resumed, man revived and taken home, reported recovering.
Property listing describes a splendid 5 room bungalow with a good barn and abundant water, located 1 to 2 miles north of Dodd City. Seeks sale at $100 per acre with $1,000 down and $500 yearly payments at 7 percent. See it today.
A reward of five dollars is offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who damaged the light wire and globe at the Highway Garage in Tourist City, two miles west of Bonham, on Monday night August 24.
The text advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for catarrh linking a topical ointment and an internal tonic that affects the mucous surfaces and clears the system. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio sells the product, claiming over forty years of availability through druggists.
Mrs. George Critten and sons Gene and Ray of McKinney visit here along with the Ball and Hatley families. Several groups from McKinney Oakland and Fort Worth share weekends with Will McDowell and relatives. Will Sasser party returns from Plainview Post City Vernon and other towns reporting rain, crops good, grass green and garden produce thriving.
A grass fire in the rear yard of C. R. Inglish on East Ninth Street was reported Monday afternoon. The Bonham fire department acted quickly, preventing spread to the fence and attracting a crowd to the scene.
8 acres with four room house and barn located 7 miles north of Benham, near the pike. Good water and a crop of berries on hand. Priced at 1250 dollars. J M Lowrey Bonhiani Texas advertising the sale.
Smooth land two and a half miles out with no waste and good soil. Price is $100 per acre. $1000 will handle it with easy balance. J. M. Lowrey, Bonham Texas.
A Marion Ohio Presbyterian church posts a door placard asking what it profits a community to gain the world yet lose its youth. It notes youth calls to right paths, and recounts two girls seeking guidance from their pastor and church leaders.
An early 20th century ad copy touts Grave's Tasteless Citil Tonic as providing strengthening and invigoration. The text reads like a consumer brief promising rapid energy return and improved vigor, common in patent medicine advertising.
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