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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
7
The text argues that state highways should be funded by road users and that roads serving a local purpose require light upkeep charged to adjacent property. It contends improvements should be proved by economic returns, as public benefit measures the value of road enhancements.
The Southwestern Division of the American Red Cross has launched a mobile nutrition program. Itinerant workers visit chapters in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico to teach schoolchildren and mothers about proper diets, prenatal care, and growth, with home visits and teacher training.
McPherson County Kansas allocates 1600 dollars for Red Cross work for the year. Executive Secretary to serve as Poor Commissioner Truant Officer and Probation Officer with no pay. Lyon County Kansas chapter organizes a county unit with full time health nurse and support from McPherson officials.
Mothers who never before attended the West Texas Fair in Abilene were cared for by the Red Cross in a day nursery at the fair. 65 babies were under nurse supervision during races while mothers enjoyed the event. Mary Kennedy led the Red Cross advisory team in Texas and Abilene chapter volunteers managed the tent and first aid station.
Twelve hundred sixty children near Chickasha Oklahoma benefited from Red Cross nutrition classes last year. Hot lunches in 17 schools, guidance on eating habits, fruit and vegetables, milk, and elimination of coffee and tea improved health and personal hygiene. A health rule contest promoted outdoor exercise and proper living conditions.
The New Mexico stretch of the National Old Trails Road is described as the continent's oldest road, stretching from Socorro to Santa Fe. Don Juan de Onate reportedly established the route in colonial times, later named Camino Real, the King’s Highway, running along the Rio Grande to Santa Fe.
Public auction notices record two real estate seizures in Reeves County. The first, tied to W. J. H. Mc Beath v Rierson and McAlister, covers 320 acres in Section 23, requiring $976.36 and costs, with sale set December 4, 1923. The second involves Julian Assad, Lot 9, Block 5 in Pecos Original Townsite, valued at $345, with sale scheduled after publication in the Pecos Enterprise.
A bundled cold remedy offers Hayes Healing Honey to stop a cough and Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat relief for children with colds or croup. The two products are in one carton priced at 35 cents and sold by druggists.
Sheriff I E B Kiser executes a levy on a land parcel in Reeves County to satisfy a $3398.90 judgment against multiple defendants in 1923. The property lies 8 1/2 miles east from Pecos on Survey No. 13 Block 6, Houston and Grand Northern Railroad Company. Sale date December 4, 1923, at 10 AM to 4 PM at the courthouse. Cash only.
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