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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
3
Police and Fire Commissioner John Alderman announce vigorous steps to curb driving by children under 16 after a School Board panel investigates conditions. The board resolution cites immorality and lax parental oversight, urging cooperation to stop minors from using private cars to meet others unsupervised at school.
The article notes widespread price cuts across oil grades as production surges. U S output reached a weekly average of 1,942,150 barrels, an annualized 708.6 million, with 1920 and 1921 showing high historic totals. It argues for lowering current production to absorb surplus while demand lags.
R. E. Biddy, a star boarder at the county jail, holds the nickname cock o the walk. He entered destitute, borrowing fifteen cents from U. S. Deputy Marshal Doty to buy cigarettes, then cashed a five dollar check after a day inside. He has become the jail’s top gambler, rumored to be owed by fellow inmates and perceived as the big ace at present.
Isaiah Hale, Santa Fe railway safety superintendent, urged conference attendees at Hotel Paso del Norte that pleasant thoughts make the safest workers. He warned those with morbid ideas are a liability in railroading and urged safety education for youth.
An old clipping notes archeologists unearthing prehistoric bodies near Mexico and Missouri Ozarks as exploration grows. The piece imagines trade in formations with undertakers and predicts increased discoveries will accompany a rising oil business.
Two men posed as a narcotic agent and a ranger passed counterfeit checks across West Texas. J B Wilson was captured in El Paso and jailed on a federal impersonation charge with bond set at 500 dollars. The accomplice was held on a state charge and reportedly fled the country. Wilson faces federal and likely state trial.
A Fort Worth Star Telegram column argues Texans forget the centennials tied to San Jacinto. It recalls Moses Austin and Stephen Austin and the 100th anniversary of their explorations and colony founding, urging public observance alongside Sam Houston and the San Jacinto fighters.
A Black inmate used his head as a battering ram to break from Denison city jail last Saturday. He squeezed through a scuttle hole, then forced his head through the tin roof and fled to a one story section before leaping to the ground. He was the sole prisoner when discovered missing and officers pursued toward the Red River into Oklahoma.
A pretty girl testified before a St. Louis jury claiming a Buick caused her knee injury. The foreman, calm, quipped that perhaps it was true but noted they were from Missouri.
In a terse cartoon dialogue, Sam questions Bill about a fish weight from last Tuesday. Bill replies with a wry joke, insisting the weight is neither small nor shrunk, reflecting a comic exchange between two unnamed figures.
A Dallas News column argues that 1923's non stop dancing will define future history more than leaders or events, comparing the fad to Nero’s fiddle while Rome burned. It reflects on memory, folly, and the lasting image of restless pursuit in culture.
A Honey Grove citizen denounces bootleggers while praising honest citizens and condemning illicit trade. The writer labels both patrons and violators as criminals, urging moral courage and civil responsibility in defense of law and order.
In Dallas Texas on April 27 the Texa Public Service Information Bureau notes advertising in newspapers costs about 650 million dollars annually for American business and industry. Public publications show about 150 million for cosmetics and overall U.S. production value near 40 billion dollars per year. Advertising equals roughly two percent of total goods produced and remains a key factor in distribution.
Ed Hoch of the Marion Record claims wives are the hardest workers with no hours or wage scale and never strike. He says there are more of them than any other class of workers and they belong to the best union in the world, the old sweethearts of men.
In the Western District of Texas the creditors of William Oran Green and Ollin Jefferson Green are notified of a petition for a discharge in bankruptcy. A hearing before Referee Ben Randall is set for 10:00 a.m. on June 7, 1923 at his Pecos office. Creditors may appear and show cause why discharge should not be granted. Clerk H. Hart, by W. W. Dean, April 17, 1923.
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