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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1925
Page
1
The fair grounds bustle with workers grading grounds sorting exhibits and drawing lots for spaces. Livestock poultry and a large exhibition hall set to host the John Francis Shows arriving Sunday for a early opening next week amid rain and damp conditions.
Loyal citizens have worked to sign up households for gas service and attract manufacturing to Bonham. Landlords hinder tenant progress while some non residents show promise. The effort seeks about 150000 dollars in new money for Bonham workers, with signups urged at local banks and stores.
United Press reports in San Antonio on September 26 that Ada McCobb a 60 year old former New York Yonkers or New Jersey resident was killed in Santone. Her body lies unclaimed as jewelry valued at about 25000 is missing. A companion boarder was arrested for murder while Mabel Longworth Sheridan a 30 year old is held on a murder charge.
Clear skies forecast for the third Dixie series game between Atlanta and Fort Worth at 3 p m. Bert Nichol plans to start Jim Bagby against Paul Wachtel the Panthers pitcher in what promises to be a pitched battle in Fort Worth.
Washington dispatch reports the American and French debt talks paused until Monday. Finance Minister Calliaux informed Secretary Mellon that the French analysis of the counter proposal was handed in and will be reviewed when discussions resume. The American commission canceled a scheduled meeting awaiting French decisions.
Four bandits halted three Cudahy Packing Plant messengers in Kansas City and escaped with a $10,000 payroll. The incident occurred on September 26. Police launched a search for the robbers.
Frank Davis died at a Bonham sanatorium early Friday after weeks of illness. He was 72 and a longtime Leonard resident, having farmed southwest of Leonard, later moving to Corpus Christi for a climate change, then returning with his family to Leonard and buying the B I F Mead home. He had been treated in Bonham for several days prior to death.
A disaster on a Chicago construction site leaves three men dead after a hoisting apparatus collapses from the fourteenth and seventh floors of the Metropolitan building. A fourth worker is reported dying from injuries. Authorities investigate the cause amid a scene of scattered debris and bystanders.
A listing of numerous individuals and entities including F. M. Johnson Bonham House finishing Co R. A. Johnson C J Bent J D Rowan Lem Gouge Jas Carmichael Sr Ashley Evans and more appears as a roll call or directory. The compilation names residents businesses and civic entities such as Bonham Fre Department Texhoma Station Western Union Sel Co Adams & Baker Nu Grape Bottling Co Cit Hall and Patsy Boling.
London resident in town reports a bale of cotton weighing 508 pounds sold at 4 cents a pound, totaling 20 dollars held in a bank deposit. He notes cotton on the day’s visit sold for over six times the price of 1894. Other notes reference local cotton harvests and market chatter in Texas and Cleveland health commission remarks.
The U S submarine S-51 was rammed by the steamship City of Rome and sank off Block Island. Three crew members were rescued. the rest are missing but believed safe in undamaged compartments. The collision occurred at 10 24 last night. A destroyer has reached the scene.
In the Lesington Leader a brief noted remark praises how a married man feels useful when tidying his own ash tray, highlighting domestic virtue in everyday chores.
New London, Conn. reports the trapped on the submarine S-51 number 34 with most believed prisoner inside the U-boat 130 feet below the surface as Falcon salvage steamer and six submarines with lifting gear search the wreck. Texans Lieutenant T A Glasscock of San Antonio and Charles Thomas of El Paso are aboard.
The Red River, swollen by rains in western Oklahoma and West Texas, is reported to be receding after a major rise. No extensive damage is noted north of the area, though flooding damaged west Texas counties with potential losses near a million dollars. ferries remain in operation against sand.
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