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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
3
An advertisement lists delivery or service times for Pecos Mercantile Co Grocery Department with options at 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 2:30 3:30 4:30 and 5:30. The note questions whether this constitutes service.
A brief exchange evokes a humorous travel joke. A man explains he was born in Dublin to be near his mother, highlighting family ties and regional choice in a quaint, old style dialogue.
A husband asks to meet for dinner and a friend’s wife agrees, suggesting they should get acquainted. The dialogue implies plans to set up a private meeting to improve familiarity between the spouses.
A college lad consumes fifty hard boiled eggs in forty nine minutes prompting remarks on education. The piece muses on future secret treaties and asks what may happen when women enter diplomacy.
In Ballinger 200000 pounds of wool will be sold June 15 with buyers from Boston Chicago and Philadelphia. Cisco to pay railroad fare for youths qualifying to attend the A and M College farmer short course. Childress to contract paving blocks. Snyder reports new Scurry County Chamber of Commerce membership drive. Littlefield completes a $10000 tourist park. Big Springs Chamber funds road work south east to oil fields and a pipeline to Coahoma. Lubbock will host Texas commercial secretaries convention July 22 24 with two speakers from Eastland and Cisco. Vernon to attend West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Amarillo July 21 24. Colorado Band to caravan to Amarillo for conventions with city concerts. Cisco president Lee completes Heart of Texas diversification tour. Wichita Falls forms Onte Amarillo committee and vies for 1927 convention. Decator hosts sheep distribution via local Chamber plan.
United States Marshal announces sale of Fred Leck and J. B. Leck cattle seized under a 1926 federal judgment. Described livestock totals 380 head including cows, heifers, steers, bulls and calves with various brands. Public auction to be held July 6 between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm at the Pecos County courthouse door.
The Carnegie Library Association met June 16 1925 at the Carnegie Library to elect officers with only five members present, delaying until June 21. Report covers year ending May 31 1926 with receipts balance 210.08 city 600.00 rents 53.60 total 863.68 disbursements librarian salary 318.00 books 32.40 cleaning 7.15 freight postage linoleum 10.75 total 733.65 balance on hand 130.08 Treasurer Mrs John Thos McClure attests records are correct.
The Pecos Carnegie Library reports a growth in circulation and stock for the year starting June 1 1926. Circulations reach 6 084 with 427 registrants and 54 new registrants. Accessions total 224 and 37 books donated.
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Pecos Division hears case involving War Finance Corporation of the United States of America and plaintiffs Fred Leck and J B Leck.
Total titles 3,580 as biography and autobiography items rise in popularity alongside new fiction. Highlights include Rita Childe Dorr’s A Woman of Fifty and Maude Howe Elliott Three Generations, with a Britannica encyclopedia and titles by Wiggin and Shaw. Mayor J. W. Moore and the City Council praised, urging ongoing community support for library expansion and reader growth.
A brief classified notice promises quick results for readers using The Enterprise. The ad emphasizes immediacy and effectiveness, urging buyers and sellers to act now to connect with local opportunities and listings.
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