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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1923
Page
2
An old medical ad claims worms cause unhealthy color and stomach issues. It promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a two to three week tonic to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the system, aiding worm elimination and a return to health. The product is pitched as pleasant to take and 60 cents per bottle.
The Sunday edition lists 8 full pages of comics including 4 color pages, 2 pages of Herald Junior for youth, 2 pages of magazine features, plus 24 pages of news. Subscriptions cost $2.60 per year for mail delivery.
Senator George W Norris argues for direct presidential primaries as essential to democracy. He labels national conventions as controlled by machines and notes independent candidates cannot win due to the electoral college and ballot hurdles.
A home pest note advises mixing crude petroleum or kerosene in equal parts with water and sprinkling outhouses barns garbage piles and drains. Wipe window screens with kerosene and repeat two to three times weekly in summer. The method claims to destroy fly eggs and repel mosquitoes.
E. F. Fuqua of Pecos Texas advertises several tons of choice cotton seed priced at 2 cents a pound to reduce cow feed costs and increase milk yield. Phone 110.
A reflective piece argues that genuine merit comes from doing one’s part well whether in cinema or daily life. It contrasts the disciplined, self driven movie performer with the restless desire for applause and status. The essay lauds resilience, responsibility, and quiet competence as true sources of respect.
A writer riffs on income tax fairness as a parlor game metaphor. The piece imagines all players paying the same ante, arguing that shared sacrifice should apply to both the wealthy and the poor, with a playful nod to winners collecting the pot.
A quotation heavy piece extols advertising power and the4 value of reputation. Bari D. Babst’s Atlantic City speech is cited on how a name and good will sustain a business, with warning to buyers and manufacturers to protect quality and honesty in advertising.
London dramatic tale of a famous woman who in 1919 altered her will leaving the bulk of her fortune to Anthony de Rothschild, then in Paris a codicil switched the beneficiary to James de Rothschild. The shift rewritten the estate to the famed heirs amid art treasures and grand homes.
A tonic claims to energize and purify the blood by enriching it. It promises vitality through a strengthening, invigorating effect and invites readers to see the results.
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