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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
7
The piece discusses fall skirt lengths with Paris designers favoring five to six inch hems on slim figures, plus options like uneven hems and overskirts. It also extols continuous advertising, noting it builds sales and public service, then shifts to local ads for furniture repair and a divorce suit over a towel incident with contact details.
A New England railroad with 230 crossings had 990 gates demolished by autos crashing into them as trains approached in 1923. In other news a New York suburb florist gave his wife a lawn mower for her birthday and a husband presented his wife with a new axe for their wedding.
Fifty thousand former students span the globe as Tyler Commercial College touts annual enrollments over four thousand. The school markets business and specialized courses including Cotton Classing Telegraphy Radio Railroad Station work and Civil Service with departments run by qualified instructors. A free booklet Achieving Success in Business chronicles student success and guides enrollment for January 1926.
A gospel tent meeting will be held in Pecos from October 10 to November 1. All who love the Savior are urged to pray for God’s blessing, salvation of souls, and for Christians to be made holy and built up in Christ.
W. E. Brack, plumber, announces installation of a new lavatory, toilet, and hot water system for the entire house. Phone 73 G.
A note highlights many fathers funding and guiding their sons through college, reflecting a common practice of parental involvement and financial support in higher education.
Druggists report PAZO OINTMENT cures piles in six to fourteen days. If it fails to relieve bleeding or protruding piles, it promises relief from itching and allows going about activities after the first application. Price six cents.
Luke Hollcomb boasts about winning a prize and jokingly admits a wink at a girl in the dark. The lighthearted item highlights his bashful rep and playful claim.
SICKLY, PEEVISH CHILDREN are described as suffering from intestinal worms with dark rings under eyes bad breath and loss of appetite. The ad claims relief and states price 85c for Pecos Drug Co. Pecos Texas.
A columnist questions if motherhood blocks a woman's career and notes a newspaper report of a woman with a baby in her arms robbing a store, highlighting social attitudes and alleged crime.
An advertising blurb promotes Hayes Healing Honey and Grove Penetrating Salve as a throat and skin remedy combo priced at 36 cents. The package claims quick cough relief by soothing the throat and permeating the skin, urging readers to ask their druggist for Hayes Healing Honey.
An advertisement asserts that worms cause unhealthy color and stomach issues in children. It promotes GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC as a two to three week remedy to enrich blood improve digestion and act as a general tonic so the child will dispel worms and regain health.
A tonic claims to restore energy and vitality by purifying and enriching the blood. It asserts a strengthening invigorating effect with improved color and mood, noting that the tonic is iron and quinine suspended in syrup and used to destroy malarial and grip germs.
An advertises a Syruphonic laxative for habitual constipation named LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN. It claims prompt relief and regular action after 14 to 21 days of daily use. The product is described as pleasant to take and sold in packs of six per bottle.
An ad touts Calotabs as a overnight cure for colds flu and throat infections. One or two tablets at bedtime with water cleanse the system without salts or nausea and restore appetite by morning. The offer includes full directions and a family supply for five cents.
The tonic and laxative effects of Laxa tive Bromo Quinine are claimed to be superior to ordinary Quinine and said not to cause head ringing or eee. The advertisement notes a signature by EB W Grove and urges use of the full name.
A suggested liver tonic promises thorough cleansing of bile and impurities and a splendid feeling of exhilaration and buoyancy of spirits. Price 60c for a solid balm.
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