Poll tax drive and Red Bluff bonds urged for Pecos
The Pecos Enterprise promotes poll tax payment ahead of city and county elections. It urges a strong vote on the $2,600,000 Red Bluff bonds to show Washington the need for work relief funds and notes the contribution of Mrs. F W Johnson to West Texas. It also announces a Roosevelt Birthday Ball hosted by the Pecos Rotary Club to support infantile paralysis research and treatment at Warm Springs Foundation.
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Pecos
United States
Couny
Framse
Red Bluff
Ward
Loving
Reeves
Washington
U OF West Texas
F. W. Johnson
Johnson
Reeves County
West Texas
Franklin D Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Foundation For the
Lost 20 Lbs In Four Weeks With Kruschen Salts
Mrs Mae West of St Louis Missouri reports dropping from 170 to 150 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts. She says she has more energy and never feels hungry, taking a half teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast. The product sells for 85 cents.
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Mae West
St. Louis
Kruschen Sale At Sanders Drug Co
A bottle lasts about four weeks and is available at Sanders Drug Co or any drug store in America. If not joyfully satisfied after the first bottle, money back.
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Kruschen
Sanders Drug Co
America
Butterfly plant orchid from Trinidad blooms likened to butterflies
An orchid from Trinidad is described as the butterfly plant for its large yellow and red blossoms perched on slender stalks, resembling butterflies in flight.
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Trinidad
School and community gatherings fill Thurston area social calendar
Sth and 9th graders enjoyed Spanish dinner at the Thomason home with guests including Nancy Winn Beckie Seay Winnie Woodly and Miss Bryn. A Friday Bunco party followed with sandwiches cookies and cocoa served to a long list of attendees. Local residents and visitors from Dallas Aleda Ft. Stockton Big Spring Toyah and Longview joined social and church activities amid officer installations and ranch visits.
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P. A. Thomason
Nancy
Gene Winn
Beckie Seay
Winnie Woodly
Louise Cleveland
Frances Powell
Ralph McCleskey
Davis Thomason
Junior Davis
Clark Henderson
Irvin McLaughlin
Cecil Williams
Billy Jack Humphreys
Grady Butler
Bennie Cleveland
Melvin Wise
Miss Bryn
Dorothy Humphreys
Bunco
Frank and
Frances Burehard
Sammy Winn
June Patton
Elizabeth Taylor
Winnie Malloing
George Hayden Bruce
Anna V. Woodly
Lucille McLaughlin
Leroy Matthews
Harold Wise
Billy J
Barbara Humphreys
Zelpha Hawthorne
Jack Wooly
Governor Ferguson Proclaims Lee Birth Anniversary Observance
Gov Miriam A Ferguson calls for a general display of the Flag of the Confederacy on January 19 to honor Gen Robert E Lee and others who gave all for the Confederacy in a issued proclamation.
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Gen
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Shafter Mines Reopen With 150 Men Stockpiled at Work
The Shafter Silver Mine, idle since July 1930 and owned by American Metals, reopened January 1 under supervisor Brinkman. About 150 workers began initial operations as repairs and cleaning proceed, with full mill operation aimed for month end and swing into full production within sixty days. The move follows Roosevelt policy on silver purchases at 64.14 cents.
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Shafter
American Metals Company
Sentinel
United States
Roosevelt
Brinkman
Thirty-Six Gallons of Corn Whiskey Seized Near Mona Hans
Thirty six gallons of corn whiskey were seized on a Wink highway four miles north of Mona hans. Highway Patrolman Joe Fletcher and J N Avary confiscated the liquor in half gallon fruit jars. A L Cope of Midland was arrested with the shipment and jailed in Reeves county awaiting Ward County grand jury action.
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Midland County
Joe Fletcher
J. N. Avary
Wink Highway
Monahans
A. L. Cope
Midland
Reeves County
Ward County
Tudor Visits Over Past Weekend In Dallas
Auditor D. K. Tudor of the 9. K. Theater chain travels to Dallas for a weekend visit while formerly based in Pecos and noted for his Pecos connections.
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D. K. Tudor
ID. K. Tudor
9. K
Dallas
Pecos
C. W. Tudor
H.I. Johnson
The
Grand
Jimmy Dezendorf
Marfa
Mr. Molison
O. K
Alpine
Recalled Days of Horse Drawn Fire Cart Chief
In Pecos the Star Telegram notes Charles F. Manahan’s 17th term as Pecos fire chief brings memories of horse drawn fire carts. M Anthony of Palestine recalls Manahan as former chief pilot of a horse drawn vehicle while visiting Pecos.
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Pecos
Star- Telegram
Charles F. Manahan
M. Anthony
Palestine
Texas
Anthony
H. F. Anthony
Mr. Manahan
Briefly Told Fortune at the Smiling Gate
A compact note records a fortune telling event at a place described as the smiling gate, indicating a scene of local intrigue or curiosity about luck and outcomes. The brief mentions a performer or figure associated with fortune readings and a gate as a symbolic entry point.
Cattlemen Question Meat Prices After New York Report
Eastern readers react to a Brookyn Daily Eagle piece headlined 7 Much Spread. It notes beef paid $4 a pound in the Far West and $0.45 in New York, while small steak costs $1.25. The letter laments the price gap between producers and consumers and criticizes restaurant pricing.
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Wesz
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
New York City
Accidental Deaths in the United States in 1932
The 1932 U S accidental deaths totaled 89 009 with about 29 000 occurring in the home.
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United States
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Hubbs Printing Company
Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
Enterprise and Gusher
Jack Hawkins
Barney Hubbs
Ibroadway
Posi
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Fellowship of Friends
J. W. Bradley
San Angelo
Lake Norsworthy
TOY
Longview
Newberry
John Brashner
Adilia Gunter
Aleda
John Brashaers
M. E. Sibley
Laura W. Ferguson
W. O. W. Circle
Ft. Stockton
May
Agnes
Beatrice Heath
Joanie Brasshears
Ira Harrison
Toyah
Baptist Church
Miriam A. Ferguson
Chas. Daniel and Son
E. B. Daniel Sr
Myrtle Miller
Marilyn
Big Spring
A. A. McCleskey
Lovington
N. M
W. T. Butrum
el Paso
Mrs. Woolfolk
Toyah P. T. A
Miss McGinnis
P T. A
Ann
Mr. Dug Neal
Burchard
Lamesa
W. W. Brown
Brackenridge
Alice Jackson
Bronte
E. A. Hillier
Wwe
New York
Wong Red
Ation
Penney’s
All Ladies
SOX
Coats
Suede Shoes
Percale
TAMS
Halsey & Joe's
Seiberling Tires
Dixie Gas
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