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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
3
The November figures from the Silk Association show heavy raw silk consumption and imports, with New York stocks reaching their largest end-month level on record. Mills used 2,939 bales in November while imports totaled 44,057 bales, suggesting robust demand and a likely uptick in future activity.
The Producer says the humor is too coarse while the Scenario Writer insists jokes will be screened before airing. The exchange highlights tensions over content standards and editorial controls in the production process.
Texas State School Superintendent S. M. N. Marrs urges the Legislature to make the superintendent's post appointive rather than elected. He proposes nonpartisan boards appoint the state and county superintendents, aligning with Texas Educational Survey recommendations. The report was submitted to the Governor.
A sheriff admits bootlegging thrives while revealing his real job runs the downtown undertaker business. He says he cannot interfere with big business, exposing corruption and ties between law enforcement and illicit trade.
Balmorhea reports a cheerful holiday period with family dinners at the Splitgarber and Kingston homes, sheriff Sproul visiting from Ft Davis, and regional social events. Town notes include Balmorhea High School reopening, mine shaft excursion, caliche road work, Pecos auto tax trips, new car purchases, travel mishaps near Barstow, a bird shot eye injury, and medical efforts in El Paso.
David Sarnoff of RCA urges public service in advancing high power radio. He says stations 25 to 50 miles from cities won’t interfere with locals and envisions parallel growth of wire line networks, radio relays, and super broadcasting to speed equipment and methods for general use. He emphasizes performance over opinion in guiding radio progress.
A twenty three acre irrigated tract in the lower Rio Grande Valley will be donated to an Agricultural College of Texas class of 1925 graduate by H. B. Seay. The land, chosen from American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company holdings, aims to set a development standard for local settlers.
Pecos readers debate health wisdom with a wry twist as Abe Martin quips that a doctor visit is cheaper than apples. The exchange riffs on the old adage about daily fruit and medical costs.
A radio wave from England sparked a powder flash and camera shot in New York, capturing several prominent individuals photographed by an unseen operator stationed at Carnarvon Wales across the Atlantic Ocean.
A playful exchange features Poor Gal He complimenting a woman as beautiful as a white lily. She counters with a wry line about a dead lily, reflecting the era’s humor and social banter in a neighborhood tableau.
The piece notes small clover and dew can affect animals like horses and cows, then shifts to cautionary comments about rising careless driving and funeral home activity. It closes with a proverb about an ill wind blowing nobody any good.
A motivational piece urging parents and youths to pursue business education. It argues wealth and success come from training, not luck, and notes the law of supply and demand favors the prepared. It challenges readers to seize opportunity or risk becoming the “poor things.”
A coupon from Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas invites readers to receive a free 208 page booklet Achieving Success in Business by mailing the coupon. The ad asserts no branch schools and requests name and address, with a note to see The Enterprise editor for a scholarship.
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