27 Sep 1928
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
1
Change of address notices and notices of entertainments with admission fees will be charged at 7 cents per line. Obituaries resolutions of respect cards of thanks also incur the same rate. cash with order.
Notice to the public states errors regarding character or reputation will be corrected upon notification to publishers. Advertising rates available on application. Entered at the post office in Bonham Texas as second class mail matter.
The Favorite notes growing prize winners among boys and girls clubs in Sannin County. It urges continued effort across farms and towns, praising youth achievement as essential to national leadership and community progress. It references Ringling Circu, local advertising, and historical notes from the Galveston News dating fifty years prior.
A delegation of property owners asks the Tarrant County Commissioner's Court to choose a different street for a state highway upgrade. They argue the current route carries heavy traffic and diverts customers, hurting nearby businesses while suburban development shifts retail centers, stressing the need to preserve access for local merchants.
General Hancock downplays tariff as local. Democrats lean tariff. Roosevelt won Maine for Republicans. Circus folks care more about cotton than growers. Jokes about Smith in Pennsylvania spark laughter. Advice to invest in farms before prices rise. Encourage staying cool amid election antics.
Friday September 28 program lists dog show judging at 1:00 pm, home demonstration hours at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm featuring sewing and crafts. Sheep judging 1:00 pm, Braided Rugs and Wash Dresses at 2:00 pm. Shetland pony prize for a child. 4:00 pm Old Fiddlers and String Band, 8:00 pm Vernon midway events. Also Everybody's Day demonstrations in the home department with linens chairs and braided rugs entries.
Troubled by changing scholastic eligibility rules, many readers express cautious optimism that fair standards will endure. The message reflects concern about impact on students, sports, and school policies in uncertain times.
A fragmented report discusses John Jones the star halfback missing a game due to studies. Later he supposedly reappears with a special exam restoring eligibility amid wider Big Ten standards and concerns about professionalism and scholarship in college football.
A Lubboel night gathering featured preacher Port Spear and others opposing Governor Smiths party line. The event tied to the Smith Robinson ticket with figures like Senator Willian EF Jorah and Dr John Roach Stratort campaigning ahead of the New Years Papek fund event.
A blaze at Sherman Theatre injures multiple people including film operator Pudle yvo Lith and assistant Annette Andrews. Customers and staff fled through Woodhollow Street as flames trapped some near a balcony, with one woman Mrs Wiles Waite reported badly burned and others sustaining minor injuries. The explosion in the operator booth and resulting panic caused several to be carried away.
A family from Hollis cited weeks of healing claims after a boycharter girl aged 16 who had been bedridden and in a wheelchair for three years reportedly walked following an operation to remove a growth. J. B. Bush of Stamford led the faith healing attempt with the girl's mother and father present.
Waco dated November 27 reports threats against Professor J. W Deaner that baffled police for a week. James Whitley’s confession, after parolled from the Catesville Cartmantons, revealed a string of dangerous pranks in which a youth allegedly threatened the professor and others over trivial amusements.
A notably odd courtlike report from Wichita references a 25 year old man and an Anti-Proponents club with about 30 members meeting at Brannon's. A permanent chairman HW Dust of Donnell and officers were chosen, with Hauser named to influence Lynn County as a Republican stronghold. The text blends fragmented notes on a healing case and political aims.
Sam returns from vacation with a comically surreal jumble of farm imagery and self praised features. The narrator, James Edward I Wungerford, declares readiness for work and shares playful pride in his transformed appearance after travel.
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