Pecos Enterprise Faces Sharp Downgrade in New Year
The Pecos Enterprise outlines six months of severe business decline in Reeves county and plans to downsize the plant to a four page operation to cut expenses. The writer asserts the paper must shrink to survive while pledging continued boosting efforts and newspaper service to the community.
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Pecos Enterprise
Esay
Las
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Pecos
Texas
Xor
Reeves County
Pecos Times
Consolidated
Why Home Industries Should Be Patronized
A community plea urges residents to support local merchants and printers to promote prosperity. It argues mail order houses drain money and hinder town growth, noting prices and printing costs are lower locally if patronized, and that profits sustain local jobs and services.
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Peces
Pecos
Home patronage and industry boost local commerce
The article reflects on supporting home merchants and manufacturers to keep money in the community, warning that buying from outside firms drains local circulation and weakens the economy. It argues merchants owe reciprocal support and champions the Golden Rule in building local trade.
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Colorado Editorial Association
Dry Climate Ink and Rouser Co
Edivor Byrnes
Ju Ity
Umaati
Squeers
Sawbuck & Co
Chiyork
Manne
Consolidation of Railways Across the Nation
Commissioner Walter Splawn outlines the push for railroad consolidation under the Esch Cummins law. He explains federal aims, cabinet views, and state interests as the Interstate Commerce Commission drafts a plan to unite rails into a few systems. The series continues in this issue.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Hoover
Senator Cummins
Law
Walter Sp
Quote by Mr. J. M. Frank on Imitations in Life
Local columnist records the remark by Mr. J. M. Frank noting that not all imitations are in vaudeville and that many appear in ordinary life. The comment highlights perceptions of mimicry in everyday behavior.
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J. M. Frank
Suit Is Filed to Break Pires Will
A partition suit in the Fourteenth District Court targets the will of Col. L A Pires. Plaintiffs challenge generous bequests to Masonic bodies and declare the state law bars such formations. Beneficiaries include E C Pires Mrs Laura Marques Eleanor Freitas Inez Pires and others plus charities like Southern Methodist University and Buckner Orphans Home.
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Fourteenth District Court
E. Pires
Imura Marques
J.D. Marques
Eleanor Freitas
J. D. Freitas
Inez Pires
Nerces
Col. L. A. Pires
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Royal Arch Masons
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Dallas Geof Perfection
Lone Star
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Knights of Kadosh
Dallas Consistory
Eva O'Neal
Susie Rose Lloyd
E. N. Pires
Rosaline Pires
Dallas News
Mystery of Kid Skins and Shoes From a Goat Breeder
A goat breeder notes a buyer paid 15.75 for a pair of kid shoes and says 115 kid skins could yield one pair. He sold hides at 0.15 each and asks where the remaining skins went before becoming footwear, remarking on rough supply chains from raw material to consumer.
Holloway De Racy Tie In Pecos Marriage
Herbert Holloway and Miss Callie De Racy wed Tuesday evening August 14 at the home of Mr and Mrs J De Rey J M Garner pastor of the First Baptist Church officiated. The couple plan a two week motor trip visiting his Weatherford parents before settling in Pecos where Holloway works at Pecos Mercantile Company. Mrs Holloway is a Pecos High School graduate and Teatherford alumna.
Peercantile Co. Manager Hinkle Returns From Eastern Markets
Harry Hinkle of the Peercantile Co. 4 dry goods department says his trip to Eastern markets was delightful despite hot weather. He purchased winter supplies for the store and kept busy wiping perspiration from his brow. Miss Gussie Richburg accepts an office position at Pecos Mer cantile Company to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Stu Williams who left for Austin to join her mother.
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Texas Commercial News
Harry Hinkle
Peercantile Co
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Pecos Mercantile Company
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Austin
Lamp age quipped as smoke joke from mother and son
In a playful exchange, Little Willie asks about a lamp’s age. The mother replies three years. Willie warns to turn it down as it’s too young to smoke.
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Reeves County Record
Entersee
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PIRES
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Hiram F. Lively
A. V. Lane
W. J. Stovall
H. B. Robertson
J. N. Lister
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George M. Field
Fred N. Johnson
F. H. Blankenship
S. H. Chiles
W. D. Kennedy
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Barstow
Pecos City
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I. E. Smith
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Pecos Power & Ice Co
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Mines and Shipping Office
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Leader Grocery Co
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