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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
2
The piece argues prosperity stems from high wages and productive work, contrasts American and French car ownership, reflects on radio tech and distant communication, cites Debs on ideas and punishment, critiques taxes on cultural goods, and mentions the Crown Prince seeking winter trips amid German fears about winter food supplies.
Porter A. Whaley argues a city benefits from a powerful commercial organization. It should unite all community elements, promote cooperation, and urge sane development. It must engage government, schools, women’s auxiliaries, and citizens to uplift sanitation beauty and civic pride.
Former Lieutenant Governor Davidson declares for the Democratic primary, outlining aims of reduced taxes, streamlined government, stronger educational funding, penitentiary reform, rural highway expansion, and strict enforcement of all laws. He opposes the Ku Klux Klan and endorses American Legion and AFL resolutions, stressing a cash-based state economy and broad public service.
The piece argues Bonar Law lies in Westminster Abbey alongside Pitt and Chatham, praising his memory while noting public sentiment and the implied vanity of grand memorials. It mocks desecration of other historic figures and ends by suggesting government tax policy is involved.
A humorous exchange features a city man boasting that one vest pocket could hold enough fertilizer for an acre, with the farmer replying that the crop would fit in the other pocket. The excerpt highlights rural wit and agricultural cleverness.
Humorous snippet shows a learner driver asking about knocking cylinders while a companion explains the sound comes from his knees. Also notes 50 cent meals at the Orient.
J A Townsend of Voth Texas says he and his wife over sixty years old felt run down with poor appetites before taking Dr Thatcher's Liver and Blood Syrup. They improved quickly and continued using several bottles, noting better condition than in five years. Sold by City Pharmacy Pecos Texas with refund if not satisfied.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chilli Tonic as a blood purifier and vitalizer that restores energy and color to the cheeks and improves appetite. It claims the tonic is iron and quinine suspended in syrup.
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