Outlook for Reeves County Sees 1923 Prosperity Rise
Reeves county and Many city areas anticipate a strong new year with Bell well promising a Trex gusher soon. Additional tests near Bell and Toyah Bell, plus paying oil at the Tatum Lease Syndicate, signal a budding oil boom with increasing gas and a lower pool possibility. The Red Bluff reservoir and new gin and cottonseed mill add economic uplift, while grapefruit promotion and healthier living temper optimism for a prosperous 1923 nationwide.
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Reeves County
Bell
Toyah- Bell Wells
Tatum Lease Syndicate
Lawney
Pecos
Willoughby
Red Bluff
America's Scientific Trade Haltars
Editorial laments the persistent use of imported goods among Americans, urging a home-made movement to restore confidence in U.S. manufacturing. It argues American producers can match or exceed foreign quality if supported, calling for national loyalty and tariff measures to boost domestic industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amreican
Dresden
Lincolnshire
Sheffield
Nottingham
Belfast
America
Grapefruit At Morn Makes Doctors Forlorn
A playful column questions the adage about apples and doctors, noting grapefruit as a lighter health rhyme. The piece muses on how a morning grapefruit might affect well being and daily habits.
Texas Oil Output Reaches Vast 1922 Level
Texas crude production for the quarter ending September 30 totaled 113 683 608 barrels valued at 177 076 517 dollars. The state collected about 831 868 dollars in gross oil taxes from this output, including 619 235 dollars from the 1 1/2 percent tax.
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Lone Star
State Comptroller’s Office
Texas
California
Oklahoma
Texas Oil Journal
Flowers for the Living Letter from Texas Comptroller
Hon Lon A Smith writes Mrs M A Piercy Pecos Texas praising her loyalty to the Confederacy and veterans. He thanks her for the Major Thomas H Bomar commission and Bomar photograph in a letter that honors old soldiers and the cause as a lost war but not lost in principle.
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Lon A. Smith
M. A. Piercy
Confederacy
Marguerite Piercy
Pecos
Texas
Bomar
Izzy Inquisitive: Quick History Quiz Queries
A playful reader asks about the Spanish American War participants and duration of the seven years war. Queries cover George Washington’s first name Methuselah’s age at his hundredth birthday the price of a 10 cent sandwich New York Bay location and a home quiz variant.
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George Washington
Methusela
New York Bay
It s Only Fair Scene Sparks Tense Exchange
A playful confrontation unfolds as a character objects to a kiss and tells the other to move from her lap, prompting a sharp response about respecting boundaries. The dialogue hints at romantic tension and humor within a domestic setting.
Frances Well Prophecy Drives Oil Venture From Omaha
In Texas southwest, two Omaha men Rodebaugh and OConnell back a Frances oil claim. They own fifty thousand acres in Culberson Jeff Davis and Reeves counties and drilled a paying find near a domed survey. The piece lauds their honesty and forecasts ten thousand barrels daily, urging locals to aid the venture.
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Texas
Frances
Omaha
Rodebaugh
O’connell
Toyah
Jeff Davis
Culberson
Reeves
Banner Counties
O'Connell
O’connel
Zephyrs
Omara
T. E. Fogerty
Neb
Report of Alien Ownership in Texas Lands
All aliens owning land in Texas must file under oath a formal Report of Alien Owership by January 1, 1923. Reports require personal details, residence, residency length, citizenship, and land descriptions. Purchasers within six months also must file. Failure risks forfeiture of land to the state. reports may be filed by a guardian if the alien is a minor or insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic aids worm recovery in children
An advertisement claims Neo Worms in a healthy child cause dull color and stomach issues. Regular doses of Grove's Tasteless chill tonic for two to three weeks will enrich the blood improve digestion and act as a general strengthening tonic to the body. Nature will then dispel the worms and the child will be in perfect health. Pleasant to take. One dollar per bottle.
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Grove
Record of Alien Owned Lands Filing Duty
The clerk of the county court must file and record reports in a separate volume titled Record of Alien Owned Lands. The record shall be alphabetically indexed and alien owners pay the recording fees. Acts 1921 37th Leg Ch 134 Par 1 adding Art 21d to Rev Civ St 1911.
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Pecon Valley News
Pecos Weekly
Simon
Reeves County Record
Enterprise
Pecos Times
John Hibdon
Pesos
American Press Association
Clemenceau
France
Florida
Scientific Trade Harlkars
Mother Eve
Izzy
Frances OS Well
Southwest
Culberson County
Roverty
Pelf
RB. W. Grove
Sic
Take Ice
Tor
Pecos Light & Ice Company
American
John Wrigley
Wrigley
Broadway
New
King
Ee A
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