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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1923
Page
8
Local Pecos column lists Mrs J W Wadley visiting in El Paso and many residents returning from trips to El Paso Menard Waco Los Angeles Artesia and Cloudcroft. Mentions Rev L L Thurston highway engineer D E H Manigault and Roger Sullivan with assorted family movements and a call for local real estate ads.
An ad or notice seeks a student for violin lessons with special attention paid to Mrs Jimmie Craw. The readable text suggests a personal guidance offer and a contact request from a local source.
A finder is urged to return a Bandar memo book stamped with the name Charles Hudson. The owner, Charles Hudson, says the item is valuable and requests its return. The ad notes low prices and best goods at Cash Mercantile Company and provides a phone number for prompt contact.
The Church of Christ holds services every Sunday at eleven o'clock in Barstow Texas. Members gather for worship and community fellowship each Lord's Day.
The pastor J. M. Garner urges churchgoers to use their talents for Christ as churches in town perform a great work. Regular services are held Sunday at the Baptist church and all are invited to attend.
The note asks to obtain prices and compare them to identify a savings of a dime. It mentions Cash Mercantile Company and implies a shopping or bargaining objective. There are no specific products, dates, or entities beyond the company name.
A city column lists residents and relatives traveling or visiting from Toyah and nearby towns. Entries note confinement of F A Bessire, visits to Colorado Texas and Houston Galveston Bryan Lampasas and Roanoke West Virginia, and returns from Colorado Springs. Also mentions church events and a birthday celebration at Cowan tank.
Local notice from Cash Mercantile Company promises a growing stock and a complete line arriving soon. Readers are urged to try the store this month to save on grocery bills.
Dave Gotchacca leaves Pecos for a fifteen day vacation but does not return. He takes a higher paying job as bass boy in a Los Angeles cafeteria after eight years with Western Union. Mrs. Ima Wilson recalls his diligence and fluency in English shaping his telegraph career.
The Midland District Christian Endeavor Council meets Friday July 20 in Big Spring with all council members urged to attend. A following conference with Big Spring Endeavorers on the September Fall Convention is planned, with Coahoma folks joining. A social at the court house lawn precedes a union meeting at the Methodist church.
Albert Cooksey sponsors a two day rodeo in Pecos on July 27 and 28 with top ropers and riders invited from across the country. Telegrams to Cooksey mention a strong turnout from Reeves and nearby counties to prove Pecos remains vibrant.
Acting Governor Davidson honored a requisition extradition of John J. Riall wanted in Bradford County Pennsylvania for swindling in oil stock transactions. Riall is under bond at Fort Worth awaiting action. extradition was resisted but he agreed to honor it. Sheriff Seager of Bradford County will return him to Pennsylvania. Riall had visited Pecos during the oil boom and held interests there.
Sheriff Kiser recovered a near new Ford sedan stolen from El Paso by deserters from the army. Abandoned on the Pecos river banks, the car was found unoccupied and identified by the El Paso owner. Deserters, believed to be five in the vehicle, have fled. partial descriptions exist and further arrests may follow.
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