Texas Tech group to study Yaqui River country in Mexico
Dr. W C Holden of Texas Tech leads a team probing Yaqui Indians and their homeland. The expedition penetrates 350 miles into Sonora with base near Guaymas, traveling through Van Horn, Tucson, Nogales, Hermosillo and Guaymas as it gathers detailed reports on culture and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Old Mexico
W .C. Holden
Texas Technological College
Guaymas
Sonora
van Horn
Texas
Tucson
Nogales
Arizona
Hermosillo
Mexico
H. N. Gould
Tulane University
Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
FOR SALE AND SERVICES LISTINGS FROM WISDOM ERA
Classified notices include a furnished 10 room house for sale via Mrs Weyer, Pecos Valley Lodge meeting details, a hanger value offer from Dick Chambers Dry Cleaners, baby chicks from Pecos Valley Hatchery, Barstow Texas, a four room furnished apartment for rent at Humphries' house, a lost bifocal glasses reward, piano bargains from Brook Mays & Co Dallas, and another furnished apartment rental by Mrs Lillie W Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphries
R. N. Couch
Brook Mays & Co
Reliable Piano House
Dallas
Tex
Texas Fruit Carloads Sparse in Dallas January
Of 402 carloads of fruit and vegetables unloaded in Dallas in January, only twenty three were from Texas points. Twenty of these were grapefruit and oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Post Office Eyes Seven Day Route To Marfa
The star route from Pecos to Marfa may receive seven day mail service under a post office department contract as Harllee Branch reports. Bids were previously sought for six day service and a bulletin is planned around March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Marfa
Post Office Department
Harllee Branch
Star Parasite Remover Promises Poultry Health Boost
Spring notice urges farmers to add Star Parasite Remover to drinking water for fowls and chicks to combat worms lice mites fleas and blue bugs. Claims improve health and egg production at low cost with money back guarantee.
San Benito student heads to Texas A and M and back
A San Benito anthropology student will serve as interpreter cook and truck driver on a traveling party with Dr Charles J Wagner of Lubbock and Charles A Guy editor of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal They plan to return April 15 Also ad copy promotes Get Up Nights remedy with Juniper oil and Buckets laxative promising relief within four days and money back if unresolved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent
Matador
San Benito
Charles J. Wagner
Lubbock
Charles A. Guy
The
Sanders Drug Co
Penney Employees Enjoy Fine Dinner at Meyer Home
J C Penney Co employees were hosted by manager and Mrs H G Meyer for a Mexican supper with chili enchiladas frijoles ice cream and cake. Norman Wisenwine won the high score in games from the sales contest and guests included Mr and Mrs Glenn Wood Mr and Mrs Luke J Wood Miss Margaret Holley Miss Inez Farr Miss Mary Ward Frank White John Booker B Simms and Mr and Mrs H G Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Co
H. G. Meyer
Norman Wisenwine
Glenn Wood
Luke J. Wood
Mararet Holley
Inez Farr
Mary Ward
Frank White
John Booker
B. Simms
Hl. G. Meyer
Select Play For District Event
Esther Galbraiths The Brink of Silence has been chosen by the high school for the Interscholastic League one act contest. District meet in Fort Stockton in late March will choose two casts from eight contenders for tryouts with four boys per cast. Pecos faces Marfa Fort Stockton Iraan and Monahans in the district competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Galbraith
Fort Stockton
M. A. Dardin
Leroy Payne
Earl Ligon
Marvin Cowan
Ralph Williams
Frank Mitchell
J. H. Stephens
William Hanson
Pecos
Marfa
Iraan
Monahans
Texas Charters Climb in January 1934 Above Prior Months
According to the University Bureau of Business Research charter activity in Texas rose 55 percent in January 1934 over December 1935 levels and 4 percent above January 1933 figures, indicating a rebound in business formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
University Bureau of Business Research
Capitol Deme and Law Oddities From Texas Legislature
Report from Austin covers peculiar state laws on personal property exemptions, including twenty head of sheep retained against creditors and turkeys and geese protected. It notes jokes about Rep Harold Hankamer’s height, a quip by Rep Parkhouse, and a remark by Rep Anderson about a flat county. Also mentions a Vice President Garner portrait display and a NRA ruling appeal before the Third Court of Civil Appeals following Judge Moore’s decision against Allred’s suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon K. Shearer Austin
Harlee Morrison
Terrell
John Garner
NRA
Texas
Capitol
Third
Court of Civil Appeals
J. D. Moore
James V. Allred
Easy Pleasant Way TO LOSE FAT
A vintage weight loss ad promotes Kruschen Salts claiming a 15 pound fat loss in a month and health gains. It urges readers to weigh themselves, buy an 85 cent four week bottle, and compare its value to “one hundred dollars.” The pitch targets readers through optimistic health and beauty promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Senders Drug Co
Red Bluff Dam Project Described in Detail
The article outlines Red Bluff’s dam plan with a cobblestone face, a siphonic spillway curved to pull water like a siphon, and 45 000 cubic yards of conduit. It explains a semi hydraulic earth fill core, gravel blanket, and riprap to secure a reservoir about 50 miles in circumference holding 300 000 acre feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reg Bluff
Sullivan
Red Bluff
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Texas Tech
R. A. Studhalter
Blos
Davis Mountains
Bennie McWilliams
Tech Stu
Atlantic
Atlantic Monthly
Arlington ,T
Boston
Buddy Reisenberg
W. W. Rubien,See’s
Pecos Valley
Af&am Sec
Dick Chambers Dry Cleaners
Pecos Valley Hatchery
Barstow
Iinterprise Office
P. M
Lillie W. Cole
Pecos Drug Co
Penney
Fireston
Sentinel
Gordon K. Shearer
United Press
Harold Hankamer
el Paso
Texas House of Representatives
George Parkhouse
Hankamer
Parkhouse
Coke Stevenson
P. L. Anderson
Bexar County
B. L. Logers
Fansworth
Anderson
Times
Ware
Service
Conoco
Oraeous
Frank Joplin
Mer
Automati Hot Water Service
Penfield
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