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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
3
Pecos Independent seeks a depository for its archive covering the period from September 4, 1925, to August 31, 1927, with a filing date set for August 25, 1925. Name cited is Jim Camp.
A reader questions claims of no night life in a remote area noting mosquitoes bedbugs and noisy roosters. The letter promotes W. E. Brack as a repair man for cheap second-hand items and seeks assistance.
El lis Co. black land farms near city, 777 acres, valued about 140000, clear with heavy loan value. Seeks exchange for a sheep ranch in Pecos country or cash up to 250000. Also offers farm and ranch loan service in West Texas at 6 percent interest plus 1 percent principal, semi annual payments, loan fully payable in 33 years with prepayment options.
A mother questions why Joe Brown wears a wide belt while the daughter notes it mirrors President Roosevelt's red white and blue suspenders. The editor adds a terse note.
A health card warns that children troubled with worms show poor color due to blood deficiency. Regular administration of a strengthening tonic is advised to enrich the blood and improve overall vitality.
Two quips contrast fuel efficiency with a startling crime tale. A motorist boasts twenty two miles per gallon while Kilroy retorts that Clem Glover traveled to the state penitentiary on a half pint of hootch.
An advertisement touts Herbine as a cure for liver stomach and bowel issues. It claims to improve digestion purify bowels and restore energy and cheerfulness. Price 60c. by True Co Pecos Texas.
The June royalty from Big Lake Oil Co. to the University of Texas totaled $105 053.19. Reegan County hosts many oil operators. Other notices report a Tri-State Field Trials meeting near Wheeler.
A classified notice offering multiple oil land parcels for sale in Loving County and surrounding areas. Details include section and block numbers, proximity to Wheat well and Bell well, total acreages from 78 to 686, and permits obtainable from the State with proof possible via a single drilling operation. Seller: J. E. Bowen, El Paso, Texas.
An Ohio State Journal excerpt urges parents to teach children to value beauty. It argues that a child who appreciates pictures, sunsets, roses, birds, stars, music, courtesy, generosity, and books is better educated than one who only masters arithmetic and Latin.
Local reader notes a striking slogan idea advocating safety first as a personal guiding principle for the community and businesses to adopt in daily operations and public messaging.
Mrs. B. F. Elliott and Mrs. Ray Sadler, traveling from El Paso to Pecos in a new Dodge Coupe, overturned 14 miles west of Toyah after a tire blew and brakes skidded. Both women escaped uninjured aside from minor scratches and bruises, treating the scare as a joke.
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