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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1923
Page
5
Lease advertisement offering 888 acres of pasture land in Sections 29 and 37, Block 34, south of Pyote. The tract is unfenced and available through I. B. McFar land, Box 1815, Houston, Texas. Contact for terms.
Reeves County Commissioners Court in regular session February 12 1923 will receive sealed bids from banks corporations or individuals in Reeves County to serve as county depository. Bids must state interest rate for term until next regular term and be accompanied by a certified check of at least one half of one percent of 1922 county revenue. Right reserved to reject all bids. January 15 1923.
A Pecos Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star hosted a Tuesday evening reception at Mrs. W L Ross home in honor of Ethel Reynolds assistant district deputy grand matron and chapter officers. The event featured a musical program, a poem by Mrs. Ashe, old fashioned games, and cake and brick ice cream with the chapter emblem.
A terse scene shows a speaker stating I will take two dollars now while Mrs. Ashe stands nearby. The moment conveys a simple bargaining gesture without further details or context.
On Thursday January 18 the Senior class hosted the Junior class with a theater party starting at Rev L L Thurston’s home at eight. The group moved to the Rialto Theater where juniors received a sack of peanuts as a surprise. The film The Miracle Man followed with refreshments served later at Virginia Runnels home. The house was decorated in green and white and both classes attended.
On Monday morning January 22 the student body met to start the new term. The senior class faces final months before graduation and many aim to raise grades. New courses like Trigonometry Civics Economics Physiology are being taken.
Verse reflects on continuity amid national prohibition with lines about sailors ports farmers rye cotton gin seacoast bar and a bier wherever one is. It presents a dry mood and cultural note on drink and identity.
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