29 Sep 1915
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1915
Page
1
A jumble of local items notes Bryan hoping to sell an onion farm as part of assorted prospects. The column mentions real estate activity, sports chatter, a dramatic rescue by tenor Imick, a vodka prohibition push, Ford car production forecasts, a Paris professor’s liquid air bomb, and French airmen reporting heightened destruction in the war.
A verse laments harsh early cold with hail and snow and rising coal bills. It pities Mother Nature’s prank and urges thanks for September Stars while noting Russia and Germany in a wartime aside.
Claude Callan’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram essay argues that many people avoid thinking to pursue immediate enjoyment. It contrasts thinkers who debate issues with nonthinkers who prefer simple pleasures and social ease. It suggests balance, noting thinking enriches life, but urges restraint in endless inquiry.
Unionville Missouri woman Martha Seavey reports severe female troubles left her weak unable to walk or sleep and with nervous spells. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered fully and urges others to seek the medicine. A company note invites letters to Lynn Massachusetts and promises confidential, woman‑handled responses.
A September sale offers sepia folder portraits for young ladies at three dollars per dozen and Babies folders titled the little Princess with carbon black finish priced at two dollars and ninety cents each.
Real estate notice offers 100 acres with improvements on Pike Road near town for 7500 dollars. Also 47 1/2 acres on Pike Road two miles out priced at 2500. A 60 acre parcel level with improvements one and a half miles out priced at 80 per acre. An additional 213 acres five miles out priced at 45 per acre with willingness to take town property.
A notice promises quick printing of bills and statements as the first of the month approaches. Call Ring Phone 78 to arrange a representative’s call.
Constantine Lodge No. 13 A F and A M Bonham welcomed about two hundred visitors from county lodges for a banquet after a successful degree conferral by local Masons led by D H Hamilton of Leonard. A hearty chicken supper followed, showcasing notable hospitality and a memorable gathering.
An advertisement touts Old Standard Grove s Tasteless chill Tonic as a General Tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system for 50 cents.
Mrs Char. Peck of Gates New York reports using Chamberlains Tablets for biliousness and constipation and being cured after about a year. The ad claims relief is easy and inexpensive and notes availability everywhere.
Final account filed by C W Butts as executor of Ora B Mason estate seeking discharge. Sheriff to publish for at least twenty days and notify interested parties to contest by October term 1915 in Bonham Court House. Includes social note on Lon Dyer visiting Bonham from Fort Worth.
A nice little farm located 2 1 2 miles north of town is offered for sale by W A Manor. The property sits on good roads and is described as a tidy, affordable rural parcel suitable for a homestead or small operation.
The Favorite office advertises a sale of a large stock of old papers. Prices are described as cheap, with a wide selection available for buyers seeking archival or curious items.
Advertisement notes the entire upstairs space over the Affleck and Moss old stand for rent from Sept 1. Phil Wise requests interested parties to see him at once.
Room rental listing for four rooms offered by Mrs. N A Lovelace on West Seventh Street. Contact details not provided in the fragment.
Miss Clara A. Diggs of Elba Alabama praises Chamberlain's Tablets as a quick relief for headaches dizziness and digestive disorder stating they are worth their weight in gold. The testimonial notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
Bonham resident Dick Johnson of 1005 N Star St testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his lumbago and kidney irregularities and that others in his home benefitted. He reiterates in 1915 that he still uses the remedy. Price is 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY markets the pills.
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