Farmers face drive to keep cash at home with ads
A Bonham News letter urges lively local advertising as a sign of town prosperity and warns that meager ads push shoppers to mail order houses. The note contends July 25 voting on 200069 in good roads bonds for Milamcom Sorghum Flat precinct. It mixes personal notices about rain, farming, and community events with observations on agricultural yields and European methods contrasted with American practices.
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Smail
Bonham News
Milamcom
Dr King’s New Life Pills Adopt Gentle Bowel Help
A vintage style ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle remedy for bowel congestion. The copy contrasts harsh policing with a mild, effective treatment and notes a 25 cent price at druggists.
Fifty Four Cars of Cattle Shipped from Cleburne
Fifty four cars of cattle have been shipped from Cleburne to northern markets so far this season, reflecting steady livestock movement. The report notes ongoing demand as cattle prices hold.
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Cleburne
Nort’ern
Land Titles Guaranteed by Local Abstracter
J W Akin of Graham is an approved abstracter for Western Casualty Title Guaranty Department. We guarantee titles and the correctness of abstracts, offering safety and value when acquiring titles. Angelita watermelon growers ship ten cars daily across Texas. about 2000 acres allocated to melons with yields over 200 cars this season.
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Angelita
Texas
Land for Trade Near Palo 160 Acres Bargain Sale
Land sale notice from E. C. Stovall offering the south half of survey 318 comprising 160 acres near Palo. 158 acres tillable and smooth in a good community. Will sell cheap or trade for stock or vendor's lien notes. See him at once.
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Palo
E. C. Stovall
The Little Things in Life and Time's Quiet March
A reflective meditation on small moments defining life from birth to old age. It likens tiny acts and details to growth and happiness, urging care for children’s minds and the gentle power of everyday events shaping the soul and fate.
Custom versus progress in civic duty
The passage contrasts Plato's remark on custom with modern voting behavior. It warns that citizens follow political habit rather than policy or candidate ability, risking loss of identity and national progress when noble impulses are chained by routine.
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Lato
Plato
Plato Reprehending His Pupil
A call to break custom and liberate thought to advance progress. The text urges Texad to enlist great men and honor scrap heaps as a powerful civilization factor.
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Plato
Texad
Kansas City Southern plans Texarkana passenger depot
The Kansas City Southern Railway will construct a new passenger depot in Texarkana at an estimated cost of about 125000 dollars. Oil has been struck at a depth of 500 feet on the Beef Ben Prairie seven miles from Normattgee, according to the report.
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Kansas City Southern Railway
Texarkana
Beef Ben Prairie
Normattgee
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