Two Pecos families travel as oil crew works to clear Toyah Bell well
J A Crane and Walter Browning left for Ft Davis for a weekend with families after a month in the Davis mountains. The Bell well crew drill out a cement plug and resume removing casing to clear the Toyah Bell well. Ralph Williams and family return from Hot Springs New Mexico. Marshall Pier returns from El Paso Elephant Butte and Hot Springs. Mrs C F Manahan heads to California to join the rest of the family already there. Pecos residents report a very great Baptist meeting at Paioso.
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J. A. Crane
Walter Browning
Ft. Davis
Davis Mountains
Bell Well
Toyah Bell
Ralph Williams
Hot Springs
N. M
Marshall Pier
el Paso
Elephant Butte
C. F. Manahan
California
Pecos
Paisano
West Texas Farmers Receive Final $50 000 Refunding Aid
Reeves and Ward county farmers collect more than 2000 each in the state refund of expenses for sterilizing and fumigating cotton from 1929 through 1932. Pecos hosts first general rally with Pat M. Neff, San Solomon Springs park plans outlined, and Red Bluff Water Power 2050 bonds signed and deposited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves and
Ward County
West Texas
Reeves County
Pat M. Neff
Pecos
Parks Board
State Park Board
San Solomon Springs
Balmorhea
CCC
D. E. Colp
San Antonio
Red Bluff
J. H. Miller
Trust Bank
el Paso
el Paso National Bank
Pecos News Briefs Touch Politics Alfalfa Crop and Local Events
Pecos businessmen meet with Attorney General McCraw in breakfast talk while alfalfa seed prospects promise riches for Reeves and Ward county farmers. Sam Prewit breaks a leg in a ditch fall. City tax valuations spark Pecos protests. Miss Nancy Camp and Bob Dean wed at Camp home. Reeves County braces for the Democratic primary amid rising election talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Brandon
McCraw
Texas
Reeves and
Ward County
Sam Prewit
Nancy Camp
Jim Camp
Bob Dean
W. W. Dean
Oliver W. Harrison
Reeves County
Toothbrush use estimated across millions in U S
Experts estimate 18 to 20 million Americans use toothbrushes and the average person uses about two per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Belfast Libraries Report NI Reading Increases
Belfast library authorities report a rise in reader numbers across Northern Ireland with more residents borrowing books and using services. The figures indicate growing engagement in public libraries during the period.
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Libraries of
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Open House a Success for Local Merchants Co Hosts
The Sisk Dry Goods Co. Brownlee Hardware Co. and Fitzgerald Grocery Market hosted a joint open house for Trans-Pecos patrons last Friday night. About 1 000 people attended between 8 30 and 10 30. Owners Albert Sisk Floyd Brownlee and Charles Fitzgerald called the event a success. Visitors toured the three stores in the Pecos Mercantile Building. Orchestra music and floral favors complemented punch and cake served from a large ice cake punch bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisk Dry Goods Co
Brownlee Hardware Co
Fitzgerald Grocery & Market
Trans-Pecos
Albert Sisk
Floyd Brownlee
Charles Fitzgerald
Brownlee and Fitzgerald
Sisk
Pecos Mercantile
Uruguay Ships 79,000 Tons of Refrigerated Meat Abroad
Uruguay sent just over 79 thousand tons of refrigerated meat to foreign markets in 1938, reflecting strong export activity for the year and highlighting the country's meat production capacity and trade links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uruguay
First Fairy Tales edition by Hans Christian Andersen published
The initial 1853 edition of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales marked a milestone in children's literature, introducing his enduring narratives to readers with a new collection format and binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Christian Andersen
New Books: Air-Conditioned Pecos Library Draws Readers
The Pecos Carnegie Library now cooler for summer with new books across non fiction and fiction. Notable titles include Reaching for The Stars by Nora Waln, Ben Franklin by Carl Van Daven, Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Three Sisters by Cornelia Spencer, and What’s A Heaven For by Percy Marks among others.
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Pecos
Carnegie Library
Nora Waln
Henry Morrow
Henry C. Link
Emmett Fox
Benjamin Franklin
Carl van Daven
Martha Dodd
William Lyon Phelps
Erika and
Klaus Mann
Negley Farson
Susan
God
Racheal Carothers
Cornelia Spencer
Dorothy Canfield
Lonesome Road
Patricia Wentworth
Pearl Buck
Louise Redfield Peattie
Kathleen Norris
Capt
Horatio Hornblower
C. S. Forrester
Percy Marks
Winifred Halstead
Elizabeth Page
Slow Town Remarks Spark Service Station Boost Claim
A Maine tourist told a hotel clerk how slow his town was and joked about a greyhound chasing a rabbit while walking. The speaker asserts a service station can grow by offering service that disrupts competition, calling speed its long suit.
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Maine
Quiz Program Held at Lions Club Luncheon
Miss Josephine Bryan conducted a quiz at the Lions Club luncheon on Wednesday. Prepared questions challenged club members and those who erred were fined. Dr. L. A. Zink led the program with Rev. Oliver W. Harrison serving as club vice-president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Bryan
Lions Club
L. A. Zink
Oliver W. Harrison
Texas Employment For June Increases
Non agricultural employment in Texas rose 9.6 percent from May and 2.9 percent from June of last year. Weekly payrolls climbed 0.5 percent from May and 1.9 percent from June 1938. Manufacturing employment increased 0.4 percent from May and 3.4 percent from last year, with payrolls up 1 percent and 1.4 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
President Presides in Absence After Convention Trip
The president takes the chair in the absence of R. Henry Blackwell who has not returned from attending the Lion's International convention in Pittsburgh and the New York World's Fair.
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R. Henry Blackwell
Pittsburgh
New York
Gold value and radio license fees reported
The article notes a total United States gold value of 15 258 246 947 dollars for March. It also mentions an annual government license of 2 50 dollars on radios in Canada.
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United States
Marc
Radios Nada
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Pab Weert
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Mas Plaetty
Waia i RN Ze
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Jeanette MacDonald
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Buck Jones
Sat
SUN
MON
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Charlie Fung
Chinatown
Fitzgerald
Brownlee
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Dean
Sonia Daughtery
Ezekial
Elvira Garner
Trudie
Hansel
Arenil Demuth
Lions
Chevrolet
FORD
Williams-Kerr
Chevrolet Co
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FORN
Dessa Beverage Mig.o
Bob Baker
Paul Muni Geo. Raft
W'Mn
Wes
Ann Dvorak
Isgood Perkins
Karen Morley
Ginger Rogers
Wm. Powel
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