Pecos social notes include visits and births across Texas towns
Mrs. Posey owns a Star Coach five passengers. Mr and Mrs Kerr visited relatives in MMland while Ola Jester visited from Waco. Mrs Bell of Fort Stockton stayed with relatives in Pecos. Rev Garner and family visited El Paso. Ladies sell dainty gifts at Mrs Buchhoz’s home. Judge Ross visited Pecos from Toyahvale. Other entries note trips to La mesa Midland Mineral Wells Texarkana and ports of Pecos area. A baby boy seven pounds born to Mr and Mrs Fern Tatum in Pecos. Junior Boatright suffers eye wound from a school shooting with a spitball. Mrs Ross and Mrs Kyle plan a trip to Bryan for Mother's Day.
Great Pressure Under Sea Reveals Hidden Forces
The article explains extreme ocean depths generate immense pressures. At 1000 fathoms the water weighs about one ton per square inch, far exceeding air pressure. A test with a soda bottle shows stopper-induced glass failure from hydraulic pressure, illustrating how deep water crushes objects.
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de Carteret
Midocean
George Wig
American Magazine
mid-Atlantic
Ocean
T. E. L. Class Annual Picnic at Alamo Playgrounds
The T. E. L. Class held an all day picnic Saturday at the Alamo Playgrounds. A delicious noon lunch was served and attendees enjoyed swimming in the pool and various games. About twenty five to thirty people attended.
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Alamo
Pecos Enterprise Plays Free Auto Ad In Pecos
The Enterprise publishes a free advertisement for Pecos automobile merchants, promoting rides for the girls and the public to join in, alongside general travel and shopping encouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Merchants of
Pecos
Engagement Ring Delayed by Struggling Household Finances
A Washington Star piece tells of a modest family where a mother waited years for an engagement ring. After years of hard work and rising costs, the father surprises with a diamond ring intended for the mother, not the daughter, marking a personal milestone born of financial restraint.
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Washington Star
John
Queen of Watering Places Scarborough to Close After 200 Years
Scarborough's famed mineral springs, discovered in 1620 and long a fashionable resort, have closed after two centuries of service. The site, once a landmark of leisure with a building over the springs, endured an earthquake and periods of loss before becoming a renowned destination in the eighteenth century. In 1777, it hosted visitors including Lord Feppington to sample its famed gaiety.
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Scarborough
Great Britain
Sheridan
Lord Feppington
Highest life on Everest 22,000 feet spiders noted
The 1924 Mount Everest expedition observed the highest growing plant at 18,000 feet but found animals, including a minute black spider, living as high as 22,000 feet on rocky cliffs. The expedition notes there is nothing else alive in these altitudes but rock and ice.
Lands for Sale by W Rand Jones in Texas Panhandle
H and G N Ry Co lands offered for sale totaling 24 292.64 acres across Reeves Pecos counties and Pecos River Valley. Of this, 3820.27 acres front the Pecos River with water rights. Mineral rights including oil and gas pass with the sale. water rights pass with the 3820.27 acres. For price and terms contact H F Anthony Pecos or Judge Howell Bach Fort Stockton.
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W. Rand Jones
Reeves
Pecos Counties
Texas
Pecos River
H. F. Anthony
Pecos
Howell Bach
Fort Stockton
DOG AND PONY SHOW COMING TO PECOS
The Tom Atkinson Dog and Pony show returns to the United States after a three month Hawaii tour. It is billed as the largest motorized show in the west with a clean moral program. The act features Prince Elmer as clown and includes the Omaha Indians in an educational segment, plus band music. The tent rises noon today on the lots north of the court house with clergy invited as guests.
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Tom Atkinson
United States
Hawaian Islands
Prince Elmer
Jackie Deagan
Court House
Experience Speaks Youth Doctor Love Cure Joke
A boy asks a doctor for a cure for love sickness and the doctor replies that seeing her before breakfast is a remedy. The quip plays on quick wit about romance and morning encounters.
Actual Hold Up Smithson Exchange Sparks Curio
In a terse exchange Decker recalls a past hold up joke about taking two choir girls to dinner, reflecting a casual quip rather than a serious crime. The line shows a humorous memory rather than a documented event.
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Decker
Notice to swimmers at Alamo Swimming Pool
A public notice states the Alamo Swimming Pool will not be without water in the afternoon and will be emptied twice a week if used. The pool will be filled by the next day noon after overnight work. Signed 89. Jack L Woods.
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Alamo
Jack L. Woods
Auto industry consumes majority of rubber supply
The quote notes the auto sector uses more than 80 percent of rubber, with the remainder likely used for necks, implying high demand strain across applications.
Phone No. 5 Roast From Stock Fed Strictly for Market
A brief notice lists a phone number for a roast item tied to stock fed for a specific market. The item description emphasizes quality and market suitability. No additional details are provided.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Samuel Posey
Mrs. Monroe Kerr
Mmland
Ola Jester
Waco
A. P. Bell
Earl Ligon
J. M. Garner
Sid Kyle
el Paso
Oscar Buchhoz
James F. Ross
Toyahvale
Addison Wadley
Midland
B. H. Palmer
A. B. Bryant
R. W. Thompson
Mineral Wells
R. N. McCarthy
Noley Burton
Texarkana
Junior Boatright
Mary Boatright
Burney Ligon
Jessie Smith
Eat Ligon
Fern Tatum
Monahans
Morrison Sanitarium
Tatum
J.J. Wheat
Felix Scholz
Troy Woolly
Alice Son
Clarence
Toyah
Sin Pecos
Enterprise Office
W. L. Ross
Bryan
Geo. Ross
Mac Kyle
Texas A. & M. College
A. G. Taggart
Pecos Mercantile Company
L. W. Anderson
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Animal Life
Everest
Eugene Cartledge
Attoney
Experience
Smithson
John J.murray
Argonne
American Legion
Boston University
Pecos, Texas
Shioe
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