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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
5
Advertisement quotes W H Drummond urging readers to bring hides and furs to the same stand for quick payment. The line promotes a local dealer offering cash for goods, dated 14 41.
Plan to plant another tree and raise fruit at home. The Ramsey Nursery offers catalogs for free in Austin Texas, encouraging homeowners to beautify and grow fruit for personal use or sale.
The revival shows strong results with ten new members, mostly by profession of faith, and solid cooperation from town pastors. Sunday School averages 209 for thirteen weeks, with a goal of 250, plus a big day planned in the Business Men's Bible class at the Theatre featuring a negro quartet. The Epworth League notes a December program led by Opal Biggs and others. Classified ads are mentioned as inexpensive calf letters.
A speaker invites attendees to a Pecos Methodist service next Sunday morning. He promises a welcoming crowd and urges others to attend, emphasizing outreach to outsiders rather than churchgoers already tied to their own denominations.
Miss Vera Parks Zelma Livingston and Willie Watson shared a turkey dinner at the ranch and argued over who had the most enjoyable time. The young ladies teach at Pecos Schools. The Whirlwind notes Hayes offers trees of all sizes and prices. orders by phone or in person.
A. O. Stanberry of Oliver Quil Gas Burner & Machine Co. extols inventions from flight to oil gas burners, noting Wrights and Curtises as turning points and highlighting the Oliver Oil Gas Burner as a major modern advance now widely produced in St. Louis. He touts savings and patents while offering details to potential buyers.
W B Storey, president of The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System, states the Interstate Commerce Commission has undervalued railroads but promises no watered stock will be found in Santa Fe stock once valuation is complete. He notes 1920 total railway valuation at 18.9 billion and net capitalization at 31.96 billion. asserts current prices would show a larger excess.
The piece extols advertisements as the key to savings and business success. It urges merchants to place ads, claiming advertising brings dividends and that readers frequently peruse ad pages to catch deals. It even asks merchants if their ad is in the paper.
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