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Newspaper

Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1922

Page

2

Rip Van Winkle Is Set for Rialto Theatre

Pecos patrons will see Rip Van Winkle on Friday and Saturday December 29 and 30 at the Rialto Theatre. The Washington Irving tale stars Thomas Jefferson as Rip and blends humor and drama with scenes in a Catskills village. Pecos public school children will be admitted free Friday night through church sponsorship.

Pecos Rip van Winkle Washington Irvin Rialto Theatre Rip Washington Irving Catskills Thomas Jefferson Joe Jefferson Churches of Pecos

It Pays to Advertise Pecos Enterprise Rates

The Pecos Enterprise promotes advertising with rates listed as 40 cents per inch or 10 cents per line for readers, indicating the cost structure for classified広告 and notices.

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County and State Finances Get Auditor’s Positive Note

The state auditors report on Pecos county books shows the state accounts in very satisfactory condition. Comptroller Lon A. Smith credits E B Kiser and Mid dleton for cooperation with auditors during their visit, praising civic collaboration and extending season’s wishes for a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.

Treasurer’s Department Lon A. Smith E. B. Kiser Pecos Texas Austin Midleton Conner Harkins Middleton

Murder Probe Blows Open Liquor Ring Beyond Sweetwater

Sweetwater reports a burned and buried Mexican man found near Seminole exposes a whisky running gang tied to El Paso and Texas oil fields. The car and whisky were traced to Roscoe and Snyder, with 1500 dollars found on the victim and 432 quarts of liquor en route to cash in cattle deals. Police say frame up may have sparked the killing as investigators press higher suspects.

Sweetwater Seminole Cleve Cobb Gaines County Roscoe Artesia N. M el Paso Texas Cap Rock Snyder Nolan County New Mexico West Texas

Habitual Constipation Cure Promoted by LAX FOS Syrup

An advertisement touts LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN as a specially prepared syrup laxative for habitual constipation. It claims relief promptly and regularly within 14 to 21 days, stimulating bowel action and being very pleasant to take.

Christmas Eve Santa Visit at Baptist Church

The Baptist church invites all to a Christmas program with Santa Claus entering via an old fashioned chimney and fireplace on Saturday evening. Gifts are provided for every Sunday School and church member, and the event runs from 7:30 p.m. until presents are handed out. Regular services occur Sunday as well.

Santa Claus Baptist Church Christ J. M. Garner

Priest Ellers Holiday Services List Pecos Toyah

Rev F A Eller presents the Enter prise program of services for Pecos and Toyah during the holiday season with evening services in Pecos on December 28 at 7 30 p m holy communion in Pecos December 29 at 9 a m an evening service in Toyah December 29 at 7 30 p m and holy communion in Toyah December 30 at 7 30 a m

F. A. Eller Enterprise Pecos Toyah G. A. Blount

Christmas Plans and Sermon Notes From Pecos Church

A Pecos Methodist pastor reports a split Sunday with preaching at Texico and Clovis New Mexico. He announces a Saturday Christmas tree event and a full Sunday schedule including 9:45 School, 11:00 sermon, 6:45 Leagues, and a Christmas program with choral and solo performances.

Texico N. M Pecos F. B. Faust Clovis Eira B. Wilson C. S. Briggs David Tudor Cooper-Kenedy Misses Loucille Majorie Thurston Holy City Sam Johnston Mesdames Butler Jordan Messrs Taggart and Lusk Offenbach Joel Hedgepeth

Books Received at the Carnegie Library

A list of recent acquisitions includes Emerson Hugh The Covered Wagon Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton The Breaking Point Mary Roberts Rinehart Abbe Pierre J W Hudson Robin by F H Burnett Carnac s Folly Bilbert Parker Viola Glynn Geo Barr McCutcheon The Three God Fathers Peter B Kyne The Ladies E Barrington A Minister of Grace Widder more Billy Whiskers Out For Fun Montgomery Babbitt Sinclair Lewis Foursquare Grace Richmond The Van Roon K C Snaith This Freedom Hutchinson The Further Adventures of Lad Albert Terhune Rough Hewn Dorothy Canfield Cappy Ricks Retires Peter B Kyne The Shorn Lamb Sampson Flaming Jewel Robin Chambers Flowing Gold Rex Beach On Tiptoe S E White Charles Rix Ethel M Bell The Turner Twins Barbour Bobby of Cloverfield Farm Helen F Orton The Country Beyond James Oliver Curwood Skinny Harrison Adventurer Walter S Story Joseph Greer and His Daughter H K Webster Judith of the Godless Valley H Willsie Maria Chapdelane Louis Hemon Alice Adams Tarkington Glengary School Days Ralph The Certain Pem rtain People of Importance K Norris The Trail of Conflict Emilie complete works of Mark Twain Suda a ee een Twain

Carneige Emerson Hugh Edith Wharton Mary Roberts Rinnehart Abbe Pierre J. W. Hudson Robin F. H. Burnett Bilbert Parker Viola Glynn Geo. Barr McCutcheon Three God Fathers Peter B. Kyne E. Barrington Grace—Widdemore Billy Whiskers Fan— Montgomery Ethel M. Bell Turner Barbour Bobby Cloverfield Farm Helen F. Orton James Oliver Curwood Skinny Harrison Walter S. Story Joseph Greer H. K. Webster Judith Godless Valley H. Willsie Maria Chapdelane Louis Hemon Alice Adams Tarkington Glengary Ralph K. Norris Emilie Mark Tw Suda A Ee Een Twain

Sunday El Paso Herald promotes value and wide color comics

The El Paso Herald offers an eight page Sunday section with six color pages, Herald Junior sections for youth, two pages of magazine features, and 24 pages of news and reading material for mail subscribers at 2.50 per year. It urges ranchmen and households in the Pecos Valley to subscribe, claiming it as the greatest newspaper value in the southwest.

el Paso Herald Herald Pecos Valley Southwest

California Fig Syrup Ad Targeting Mothers

An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to sick children. It promises quick relief from feverish, bilious, constipated stomachs and bowels, claiming a teaspoonful cleanses sour food and bile and returns a playful child. The ad warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with proper directions on the bottle.

California

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Uncle Johns Josh H N. Lusk, M. D City Pharmacy Palmer Hubbs & Palmer Pecos, Texas F. Slack First National Bank Building J E. Starley Grrice Pecos Valley State L Biggs Syndicate G. Murray COS Mercantile Company Hos. H. Bomar Maple Streets Dn F. Grogan P. O Episcopal Church Thos. H. Bomar A. Smith Abilene Draughon Business College Abilene Texas Guesse L.lasky Cecil B. Demilles Pictur Rialto’ Theatre Merry Christmas Marshall H. Pior Cecil B. DeMille London Islands Bablon Gloria Swanson Theodora Roberts Bebe Daniels Lila Lee Wesley Barry Universal von Stroheim Joe” Jefferson Churches OF Eral, Oil and Ranch Lands Joseph A. Daniel Louisville &81
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