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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
2
Straw ballot results show Henry Ford leading with four votes, W. J. Bryan second with two, and Cox of Ohio trailing with one. New York City reports extremely light turnout amid the light overall participation.
Governor Al Smith faces a divided political climate as New York voters lean toward national candidates Ford Wilson Harding and Johnson, amidst local leadership tensions and city politics.
The Enterprise invites Reeves County readers to vote in a national style straw poll for the 1924-28 presidency. Early results favor Ford, with Smith leading in New York, and Amarillo reporting a single Cox vote. Ballots are collected at the Enterprise office through July 1.
Texon Oil and Land Co reports the Santa Rita well on the Ollie Parker ranch in Reagan county blew in at 6 am Monday, initially flowing oil, with a 20 minute 2:15 pm test and ongoing production by heads every 14 to 16 hours. Superintendent J. W. Grant notes high gravity oil, 3050 feet deep, well in fine condition, and potential for future production. The surprise blow occurred after a three day drilling pause awaiting six inch casing.
Texas Market News reports activity in onions potatoes tomatoes and other produce. Cantaloupes suffer blight but express shipping remains brisk with three to four cars daily. Potatoes move well with prices of 4.00 to 4.50 f o b and 6 to 6 1 4c wholesale per lb. Tomatoes bring 2.50 per four basket crates in Kansas City, Florida repacks at 7.00, while Texas retail pays 2.25 for four baskets of pinks. Small vegetables list prices for turnips cucumbers beans peas squash and others. eggs fowls and young chickens show modest gains and steady supplies.
A Chicago boy can talk by radio with peers in Iowa and Pennsylvania and soon with other nations, reshaping youth interest. Radio has shifted from a government niche to a household norm, becoming a civilizing global link and a topic elders now glimpse.
The 430 pound aircraft with pilot completed a nonstop crossing from France to England in one hour into a headwind and forty four minutes returning with the same wind. The 11 horsepower machine, inexpensive to build, could be affordable to many car owners though pilot licensing standards may keep the public safe.
A fragment notes danger near a car as a downward crashing air flivver could strike anyone in front of an automobile. The line matches a Birmingham Age-Herald item.
A husband jokes after slipping on a banana peel and losing his balance. His wife quips about buying the newspaper to find out what happened, delivering a light household joke with a pun about needing the paper.
Dialogue snippet shows a flirtatious exchange where a suitor asks to be addressed by a first name and the respondent agrees if she may use his last name, reflecting social naming conventions.
Penannink comments on entrepreneurship: those afraid of being stung never earn honey. He argues bold action attracts results and urges readers to take risks to gain rewards.
In a late edition the Herald reports that due to space constraints and contest rush, several birth notices and obituaries will be postponed until the following week.
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