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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1923
Page
8
Pecos residents and visitors fill pages with calls on kin and ranch work. Mrs. J L Moore and Mrs Martha Adams travel, while Jnc B Howard returns from Odessa court. Rochester, Fort Stockton, Saragosa folk appear at events and town gatherings.
The Christian Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. W. F. Howard’s east town home Tuesday afternoon. After the business session the social hour concluded with refreshments of fruit salad pound cake and hot chocolate.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Browning Jr entertained at their home with six tables of bridge players. A salad course followed the spirited games for Monroe Kerr, Ralph Williams, W. M. Collie, Chas Manahis, David Tudor, Ralph Sparks, H. B. Prickett, J. A. Crane, Walter Browning, Stella Levy, M. S. Hudson, O. J. Bryan and W. W. Dean.
Mrs Marion Snow Hudson hosted the Thursday Bridge Club with five tables of players. Decorations featured St Patrick emblems on score pads and tally cards. Club high score went to Mrs Walter Browning and guest high to Mrs Charles Manahan. a salad course followed.
The Town of Pecos City announces an election on the first Tuesday in April 1923 to elect two aldermen for a two year term. Voting at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. qualified voters only. F P Richburg named presiding judge with C S McCarver as assistant judge and T F Slack and J W Wadley as clerks. The results go to the town council as required by law.
In Pecos Texas on March 8 1923 W W Dean acknowledges receipt of 3806.97 in full payment for a fire loss on a building at lot 21 block 15 Pecos. The note thanks Royal Insurance Co for a prompt settlement eight days after adjustment papers were signed. Signed by O J Bryan J F Wingate and W W Dean.
A humorous ad style item jokes about income tax schedules with a quip on Eve and Adam. It promotes Spark’s Battery Station offering skilled work and reliable advice on all automotive batteries starters and generators. Call Slack's Battery Station for quick service.
An advertisement for Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic asserts that worms in children cause pale color and stomach upset. It promises the tonic will enrich the blood improve digestion and act as a general tonic to help Nature dispel worms with a pleasant taste and 60c per bottle.
A longtime American manufacturer advertises a small, low-risk investment opportunity for a few investors in this district. The plan requires between $100 and $500 each and promises steady profitability with conservative safeguards.
A moral guide urges men to be helpful to women and the elderly. It offers a scene where a gentleman at his future mother in law’s table coughs and pounds her back with his fist to stop the cough, an act framed as respectful.
Blue Hog Breeding Co advertises pedigree blue hogs. Mr Eugene F Kehoe will be at the Adolphus Hotel Dallas Texas during March for sales. Contact Wilmington MA firm for literature and inquiries.
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