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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
3
E. R. Waite serves as secretary of the Shawnee Oklahoma Board of Commerce, guiding local business development and public affairs.
The text extols persistent advertising as the key to attracting and retaining customers, building confidence, and ensuring profits. It argues well-advertised goods sell, unknown lines struggle, and steady advertising sustains old patrons while drawing new ones.
Fort Worth plans aim to have all West Texas cities represented at the World's Advertising Convention in Houston May 10 to 14. A. L. Shuman directs invitations to towns, with a special 10 car train planned from Fort Worth May 3. Delegates may sleep in Pullmans due to hotel crowding. West Texas Day featured talks by Homer Wade Porter Whaley and Col. R. Q. Lee.
The state commands publication in a Reeves County newspaper for ten days before the return day. Isaac Sayles estate seeks court approval to sell an oil and gas lease on 640 acres in Reeves County known as Texas & Pacific B y Company Survey 41 55. Hearing set March 2 1925 at Albany Court House.
A city plans a sizable delegation to attend the forthcoming gathering, aiming to press its agenda and engage with officials on key issues. The move signals strong local interest and coordinated participation.
In a terse exchange a man named Pennybrain declares he will stop advertising after a mob swarmed his shop last year and bought nearly all his stock. A friend questions the reasoning as Pennybrain explains the loss and rush to purchase.
The F Dodge Corporation totals for 36 Eastern states indicate U S building construction exceeded five billion dollars in 1924, up 12 percent from 1923. Residential work rose 12 percent and accounted for 46 percent of the total while industrial construction lagged slightly.
The total valuation of residential work reached 2 051 600 000 dollars with commercial and educational buildings up 15 percent and 18 and 8 percent of the total respectively. Public works and utilities at 16 percent were about ten percent higher than 1923 while 1925 activity remains uncertain though analysts expect only modest gains. Stability in material prices and labor over six months supports continued high construction volumes.
A saying notes that those who offer criticism are often better friends than flatterers. It frames honest feedback as a sign of genuine care and trust among peers.
The piece sketches a man who has done little for Pecos yet readily prescribes ideal ways to run public projects, offering a canny critique of local governance and public expectations.
A word puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and themes. It notes a solution will appear in the next issue and includes numerous wordplay prompts across chemistry, language, and general knowledge.
An elderly Pecos observer notes changes in daily life as families now commute children to school and communities invest in gymnasiums to provide adequate physical activity.
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