Pecos Valley News History and Publication Details
The Pecos Valley News and related papers profile with established dates 1887 1897 and 1910 and note a 1921 consolidation into The Enterprise and Basher 1925. Editorial guidance lists Jack Hawkins as editor and Barney Hubbs as manager with subscription rates and postal details.
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Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
The
Enterprise and Basher
Jack Hawkins
Barney Hubbs
Pecos Hub Sees Jobs and Growth After Refinery Opening
The Pecos area reports 85 workers on a highway project near Pecos, a Mentone refinery opening, and bids for a federal building. relief funds bolster circulation and local sales. Local stores from The Mercantile to Penney's show high activity with strong out-of-town trade as Pecos cements itself as a regional business hub. The column urges civic resolve, notes political mood shifts, and promotes good sportsmanship for the upcoming INK football game against Wink on November 18 in Pecos.
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Pecos
Mentone
Sisk’s
The
Leader
Penney’s
Safeway
United and Sherrod’s
Editorials of the Week at El Paso Times
The El Paso Times reviews John J. Raskob’s five point program urging repeal of the 18th amendment or loosening of Prohibition. It critically questions projected beer and wine tax revenues versus historical receipts and mocks optimistic federal budget claims.
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John J. Raskob
McCorkle Addresses West Texas Land Title Issue
Sam McCorkle former Mexia district attorney spoke to a large district court audience last Friday night alleging fraud in the August 20 primary and urging action on Senate Bill 310 to validate mineral land titles in West Texas. He accused Orville Bullington of pledging prompt legislative review and warned of constitutional challenges to SB 310.
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Sam McCorkle
Mexia
Texas
Orville Bullington
West Texas
Senate
New Books Highlight Southwestern Reading for Children
Olive K weeks reviews fresh titles including Nicodemus and His Little Sister by Inez Hogan from Ek P Dutton New York. The book features a small Negro boy and his sister with forty four illustrations and a note about Adobe Walls and Buffalo Wallow medal of honor facts. Another Texas history work from Dallas Southwest Press by Lewis W Newton and Herbert P Gambrel edited by Eugene Barker targets high school readers and traces Texas development to present day.
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Inez Hogan
Ek. P. Dutton and Company
New York
Nicodemus
Death of W. W. Collie’s Father in Louisville
The father of W. W. Collie of Pecos died in Louisville Kentucky on Tuesday after a lingering illness. He was a Methodist minister for over 50 years and served as pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in El Paso. Burial plans call for services in Fort Worth after the body is returned. He was well known across the Southwest and had preached in Pecos in earlier days.
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M. W. Collie
Pecos
Louisville
Collie
Texas Debate Over Highway Funds and Political Factions
A speaker argues highway funds belong in the general fund, warning it would cripple Texas roads and cost thousands of jobs. He cites tax relief for local citizens from gasoline tax revenues and accuses Ferguson supporters of mobilizing the Negro vote to bolster Ferguson’s rival Bullington.
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General Fund
Texas
Ferguson
Orville Bullington
James EK. Ferguson
Fort Stockton V Kanv Deciding District Lower Bracket
Pecos reports a Fort Stockton at Kanv game Friday likely decides the district lower bracket in the Inter scholastic league. The winner faces the northern half winner for the district title.
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Pecos
Fort Stockton
Ft. Stockton
Kanv
The Christmas Nightingale and Two Other Christmas Tales
A brief notice promotes The Christmas Nightingale with two other Christmas Stories by Eric SP. Retly, set in Poland’s mythic landscape, featuring a talking nightingale boy, showy children, and a small blind girl seeking a Christmas lamp. Legal notices follow detailing a Reeves County divorce petition filed by Nemo Naoma Swyers against Loyd Melvin Swyers, with custody sought for their child Melvin Maurice Swyers and court dates in Pecos, Texas, 1932.
The Shawl and The Silver Bells tale of two gypsy girls
The Macmillan Company publication centers on two young gypsy girls during Elizabethan times. One girl with blond curls is kidnapped and later returned to her home after a close encounter with the queen.
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Lished
MacMillian Company
New York
Attorney Henry Russell Addresses Mentone Crowd
Pecos lawyer Henry Russell spoke to a large Mentone crowd Friday night for the national democratic ticker campaign. He urged support for the party and outlined campaign goals in a lively appearance at the event.
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Henry Russell
Pecos
Mentone
Telegram blank for congratulatory election messages printed
Postal Telegraph Co plans a special blank for congratulatory election messages as flood of mail is anticipated. The note comes from a local source noting the readiness to receive greetings.
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Phe Postal Telegraph Co
Pecos Visit By John M. Green And Tom Wright
John M. Green and Tom Wright traveled to Pecos for business on Saturday afternoon, meeting local contacts and discussing potential opportunities. The visit highlighted active engagement between the parties and regional commerce interests.
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John M. Green
Tom Wright
Pecos
Publication notice in Reeves County suit 1932
Hall Olds sues Chemical Mercantile Sales Company for 148 dollars and 67 cents. The case is set for November 21, 1932, in Reeves County Justice Court Precinct No.1 Pecos City, after four weeks of publication.
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State OF Texas
Reeves County
Hall Olds
Chemical Mercantile Sales Company
Texas
Justice Court
Pecos City
Justice’s Court
Max Krauskopf
Justice of the Peace
Reeves County Sheriff Sale Notice and Court Citation
Public records reveal a Reeves County sheriff sale and multiple court citations in Pecos. The notices involve W A Outman and wife. the suit seeks payment of 1600 dollars plus costs, and references a 1932 case and cross-actions over title and possession of real estate in Loving County and related parcels in Reeves and Loving counties.
Public Sale Notice of Oatman Property in Pecos
Balmorhea Reeves County Texas and levied upon the property of W A Oatman and wife Mrs W A Oatman. On December 6 1932 at the Reeves County Courthouse Pecos Texas between 10 A M and 4 P M I will sell said real estate at public vendue for cash to the highest bidder as ordered by sale. Notice to be published once weekly for three consecutive weeks in Pecos Enterprise Reeves County. Witness November 1 1922. 13-31-e.
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Honorabic
Reeves County
Vannie Ingle
Said County
Wo AL Outman
W. A. Outman
FE. Venita Hudson
W. J. Hudson
W. A. Oat- Main
Reeves
Robert Taylor
District Court
Pecos
Texas
Florence MacCreadie
Sarah MacCreadie
William T. MacCreadie
Wilson Knipe
William Asting
Elizabeth Asting Hamilton
Herbert Hamilton
Emily Asting Taylor
Jessie Asting
Edmund Asting
Gertrude E. Clarkson
Gelinaacie
Loving County
Balmorhea
W. A. Oatman
Court House
Pecos Enterprise
Legal Notice of Land Title Suit in Pecos Texas
Public notice details a land title action against E Clarkson and others. The case cites parcels NW 1-2 and W 1-4 of section 75 and clouds title. Clerk ANN GLE notes issuance of writ dated October 20 1932 in Reeves County Texas.
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Sur
W&nw
Cog
Clarkson
Toan
Wy Eo Ve Hiek
Seal
Ann Gle
Conn
Reeves County
Texas
Government seeks sale or donation of Texas site for federal building
The Treasury Department invites proposals for sale or donation of a preferred site in Texas for a Federal building. The property should be about 27 004 square feet with approximately 60 by 100 feet frontages on two streets. Proposals due November 25 at 6 o clock in the Supervising Architect's Office in Washington.
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Treasury
Wwshington
D. C
Tate
Supervising
Tressurs
Washington
United Staes
Cen
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Tuionel and
Burlington
James ID. Ferguson
Kyle Biggs
Pecos Cleaners
Joetta Cowan
Charles F. Manahan
Pecos Valley Lodge
Af&am
W. E. Beckham
W. M. W. W. Rublen
Joe A. Worsham
H. F. Anthony
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Word “Classics
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Adobe Walls
Buffalo Wallow
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Lewis W. Newton
Herbert P. Gambretl
Eugene
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Katrinka Grows Up
Helen
Imperial Russian Ballet
Katrink
W. W. Collie
PD. J. Collie
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IRAAN
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Poland
Anetka
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Nemo Naoma Swyers
Melvin Maurice Sayers
Melvin Maurice Swyers
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