West Texas Chamber of Commerce News Briefs
Reports from Amarillo Stamford and other West Texas towns outline new construction plans including an 8 story hotel and an 8 story office building. Mayors and chambers push street paving bonds while water sewage systems advance. Other items note a fire rebuilt Stamford Inn, a Canadian River bridge nearing completion, oil pipeline plans, large ginning totals, a $75 000 school bond, a May West Texas convention, and Brownwood road bond appeal with improved sentiment.
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Amarillo
Board of City Department
Earle Interests
Panhandle Improvement Co
Mundy
Davis
Stamford
Teachers Institute
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
A. C. Cooper
Stamford Inn
West Texas
Big Lake
Reagan County
Humble Oil Co
Pioneer
Sudan
Haskell County
Jones County
Matador
Brownwood
Brown County
Stuart Williams
Quanah
Minute to message across the world in tender verse
Poem expresses how a letter traveled across seas and lands to bring love and comfort, noting a swift, global gesture that bridged grief and happiness through written words. The piece links to a McClure Syndicate verse with sentimental imagery of correspondence.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
True-Too True Bleeker Suit Comment
The exchange features Ed being teased about his suit by a speaker asking if his wife helped pick it. Ed replies that she did not assist beyond choosing the garment together.
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Bleeker
Unlisted teens hired at Craughan's signals job odds
Beatrice Baker receives 160 dollars monthly starting pay while Edwin Coffey earns 100 Catherine Tibbets 119 Earl Winn 135 and W Stevens 175 Common yearly openings at Craughan's promise good salaries. Write for Steal Opportunity now Craughan's Abilene or Wichita Texas February 23
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Beatrice Baker
Edwin Coffey
Catherine Tibbets
Earl Winn
W. W. Stevens
Craughan
You Smile Batao Seeks Jobs in Hollywood Aid
Classified ad invites readers to seek employment with Batao in Hollywood suggesting placements for cooks maids seamstress nurses and related roles. The brief listing promises work opportunities and assistance from the employment bureau.
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Hollywood
Texas Agriculture Outlook From The Government Report
The government estimate places last year’s Texas cotton crop at 4,770,000 bales, a record since 1912, with all picked and most unsold. Wheat prospects are strong but planting remains, and rain is needed in parts. Freezing harmed fruits and vegetables, some livestock lost, foot and mouth disease under control with quarantine limited to infected subareas. Overall business conditions are healthy across the state as land changes hands to new settlers.
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Texas
South Plains
Galveston
Harris
Brazonia
Public notice of probate executor appointment Reeves County
The State of Texas commands publication of a notice in a Reeves County newspaper for ten days before the return day. It concerns the estate of Oeala V. Hann, deceased, with Hilary W. Hann seeking appointment as executor. The Reeves County Court will hear the application on January 12, 1925 at Pecos.
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Reeves County
State OF Texas
Oeala V. Hann
Hilary W. Hann
Pecos
Texas
A. D
Kate L. Vaughan
Vannite Ingle
Lamesa Newspaper Buys Modern Printing Press
J. D. Smith & Sons, owners of the Lamesa Reporter, install a new model printing press in their plant. The upgrade will allow the paper to expand to seven columns in size.
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J. D. Smith & Sons
Lamesa
Ed Purdy's Philos Quote on Humor at Marriage
Philosopher Ed Purdy notes that many men fool themselves about women lacking humor yet claims nine of ten women find a big joke at the altar when they marry. The remark frames a gendered view of matrimonial expectations.
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Ed Purdy
Philos
Marshals Sale In Pecos Texas Of Hereford Cattle
United States marshal sale directed by the Western District of Texas El Paso Division docket No 142 in Equity. On Saturday January 17 1925 at Pecos Reeves County Texas the marshal will sell 200 head high grade Hereford cows and 150 head high grade Hereford calves from the 1922 crop under an order of sale in the case L A Hughes Receiver of the Livestock and Agricultural Loan Company of New Mexico v Wayne Cowden.
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United States of America
Western District of Texas
United States District Court
el Paso
A. U
L. A. Hughes
Livestock and Agricultural Loan Company of New Mexico
Wayne Cowden
Pecos
Reeves County
Texas
Notice of temporary administration for Herman Heisterman estate
Public notice from Reeves County Texas requires publication for ten days in a general circulation newspaper. H C Zimmer was appointed temporary administrator of Herman Heisterman decedent’s estate on October 16 1924 with term set to start January 12 1925 at Pecos County Court. Interested parties must appear to contest the appointment, failing which it becomes permanent.
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Reeves County
Ezid
State OF Texas
County OF
Reeves
Herman Heistermar
H. C. Zimmer
Texas
Herman Heisterman
Pecos
A. D
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Winkler County
Jal P. O
New Mexico
D. A. Walker
United States Marshal
Western District of
B. G. Doty
Bat— Ao
State OF
Marshal’s Sale
Vannie Ingle
the Pecos Guaranty State Bank
Pecos, Texas
Banking House
Guaranty Fund
Clarence Bell
Mister Man
Thomason Bldg
Leader Grocery
Heid Bros. Incorporated
E. F. Fuqua
Fidence
Pecos Power & Ice Co
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