Big Road-Building Program Ahead Across United States
A federal aid highway plan aims to build 180000 miles of improved highways plus equal or more state and local roads over twenty years. The program, costing about 3 billion dollars, targets national system cohesion and local needs, with Bureau of Public Roads guidance and education outreach to schools.
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United States
Highway Education Board
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Towa
Eae
Laxative Bromo Quinine Remedy Ad for Cold Cure
Advertising copy promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets as a quick cure for cold symptoms including headache. The box bears E W GROVE'S signature and the message claims it works in one day. The tone matches early 20th century patent medicine promotions.
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E.W. Grove
The Mirage of Big Men in a Small Town
W D Trotter laments a community’s lack of notable figures while recounting local big-name outsiders. He recalls Dr Small, Ed Pearce, Calvin Jackson, and Tom Price as examples of media hype. The piece argues “big men” are distant and elusive, urging readers to seek real growth locally.
Will Texas Provide Adequate Support for Public Schools
Dr. H. T. Musselman argues Texas needs an educational statesman like Jim Hogg to secure adequate school funding. He contrasts California's nine month terms, higher teacher training, and county libraries with Texas’ six month terms, rural illiteracy, and scarce books. He urges enlightened leadership and prayer for a just education system.
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Texas
H. T. Musselman
Neff
California
Suport
Jim Hogg
It Pays to Advertise In The Pecos Enterprise
Rates listed for advertising in The Pecos Enterprise set at 40 cents per inch or 10 cents per line for readers.
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Pecos
Worms in a Healthy Child Alert
Advice on treating children with worms recommends Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic for two or three weeks to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the whole system. The tonic is said to help expel worms and restore health and is priced 60 cents per bottle.
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Grove
Fiddle Refuses Degree in Theologian Tale
A playful local note recalls a young theologian named Fiddle who refused to accept his degree. The quip suggests the answer is no riddle as he balked at becoming Fiddle D. D.
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Fiddle
Fiddle D. D
The Value of Education in Earning Power
The article urges youths to become efficient and invest in education to increase lifetime earnings. It compares $30,000 for the average educated man over forty years with $36,000 for a day laborer, noting a $44,000 gap and claiming five months of study at Tyler Commercial College can unlock this value.
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Tyler Commercial College
Tyler. Commercial
Preparation and Training for a Better Life
College is worth $293 to you with out considering the satisfaction and pleasure of living a much more suc cessful life. Life insurance companies have compiled the following astounding figures on one-hundred average men at the age of sixty-five, which is as follows: Thirty-five are dead, one rich, four wealthy, six are self supporting, but compelled to work for a living, fifty-four or over half the number, are dependent on chil dren, relatives or charity. If you could sit down and talk to any one of those fifty-four you would get earnest advice to "prepare and train." What is the secret of suc cess? Preparation and Training for business. You don't expect to die young and surely you don't want to be in the class who are dependent in old age. Avoid it by getting the proper business training in youth. Fill in and mail for free catalogue. Get out of the poor pay class. TYLER COMMERCIAL COL LEGE, Tyler, Texas, Name Address Name of Paper
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Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
The Youth's Companion 1923 subscription appeal
Publisher appeals to readers to subscribe to The Youth's Companion and McCall's for 1923 and 1922 issues, promising uplifting reading and homely virtues. Details include prices 2.50 for 52 issues and 3.00 for both publications, with mailing address in Boston.
Pecos Oil Field Year Reading Offer
A Pecos oil field feature is offered in The Enterprise for a full year at a price of 2 dollars. The ad invites readers to share the reading by sending it to a friend.
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Pecos
Enterprise
Wise schoolboy ponders resources and conservation
A schoolboy blends arithmetic and geography into questions about shingles, coal, and land use. He imagines future heating from the sun, growing food on ever-diminishing soil, and a world saved by thoughtful citizens who conserve and innovate for mankind.
Music for the mob and the soul in modern times
The piece argues for music that serves the people over elitist tastes. It condemns critics who mock popular tunes and praises music’s power to elevate and mobilize, asserting a thousand souls matter more than one. Classical music is defined as music that is not popular.
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Syndiate Europin
J. A. Drane
Ofvice
Pecos Valley
Jr” I. Biggs
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Murray
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THOS
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Dr. Small
Chicago
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New York
Calvin Jackson
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Tom Price
Toledo
W. D. Trotter
Eluden
Red Cross
Smyrna
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Reeves County
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Cad Applie
Eugene Fledge
Aterney
Ae Austin
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