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Newspaper

Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1924

Page

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Pioneer Citizen Dug Coalson Dies in Toyah Home

S D Coalson longtime Toyah area resident dies Thursday evening at sister Mrs A J Hart home in Toyah after returning from California where he had been working. A hunter famed for bear kills, he preferred Toyah life among friends to any palace, and his passing is mourned across West Texas. Embalmed body to be laid to rest in Toyah cemetery as relatives arrive from California and elsewhere.

Coalson A. J. Hart California Toyah West Texas Enterprise

Texas Weekly Industrial News Highlights Regional Contracts

Seespetion of eleven miles of high wat in Precinct 4 Hall county awarded. Corpus Christi extends a $85,000 sea wall project. Dallas approves $20,993,776 in 1924 permits. Fort Worth plans a $1.9 million orphanage near TCU. Houston oil lines and port works progress. Denton Garza reservoir dam ground broken. Decatur sells municipal light plant to Texas Power & Light. Local visits note carpenters and hotel bids across towns.

Memphis Hall County Corpus Christi San Antonio Fredericksburg Leon Springs Mene Yet Cotton Co Dallas Big Lake Transcontinental Oil Gulf Ranger Hodge Station Houston—Grayburg Oil Company Lofield Fort Worth Texas Wells Parker County Houston—Southern Pacific County Austin Ictoria Kerrville American Legion Memorial Hospital Denton Garza Reservoir Grapevine Ennis Harlington Rio Grande Valley Sulphur Springs Cotton Belt Railway Decatur Texas Power & Light Company Beggs Main Street Nederland—New _ business Mercantile Concern Southern Pacific Co Ledbetter Carmine Texas and Pacific Railway Marshall Big Springs Gouldsboro Dethart Fanland

Dome Well Heads for Early Production in Pecos Field

The Dome Drilling Syndicate completed setting 8 inch casing and plans to drill with cable tools to reach the shallow sand beneath the top. The project anticipates a rapid follow up in the Bell lease as activity and offers for further drilling rise in the Pecos field.

Dome Drilling Syndicate Bell Segoe al Ich Pecos

Revival Ends at Christian Church After Two Weeks

The revival conducted by Evangelist Graham Mc Murray and song director H A Shaw at the Christian Church concluded Tuesday night. It lasted two weeks with eleven conversions and thirteen new members, plus two joinings by letter.

The Christian Church Graham McMurray H. A. Shaw

Civil Service Exam Set for Saragosa Postmaster Position

Federal authorities announce an examination for fourth class postmaster at Saragosa to be held November 8 1924 at Pecos. Applicants may obtain blanks and instructions at the vacancy site or from the commission. those unable to file in time may report and compete with later papers.

Saragosa Dan Bowie Pecos

Pecos Water Works Sale Backed At Mass Meeting

A crowded Pecos Rialto Theatre heard a push for selling the water works to Pecos Power and Ice Co. The session discussed costs in 1914 bonds, current deficits, and a plan to lower rates while expanding service for fire protection, with a straw vote showing strong support for the sale.

Rialto Theatre Pegos Pecos Harp Bozeman Chamber of Commerce Big Lake J. M. Garner B. A. Toliver Dollara Asa Power Co J. A. Crane Jing Pecos Power & Ice Co

Family visits and vacation plans noted in Toayah Bar stow Globe

Mrs L Harkness and daughter Esther visited Toyah to meet Dora Bell who teaches at Barstow and joined them home for a weekend. Mr and Mrs John Wadley and their mother Mrs J W Wadley plan a two week vacation visiting Mrs Wadley’s daughter Mrs S Tucker and family at Globe Arizona.

L. Harkness Esther Toyah Dora Bell Barstow John Wadley J.W. Wadley

Pate Sister of Ida Hines Passes Through Pecos

Mrs G L Pate sister of Mrs Ida Hines of Belmorhea travels through Pecos on Wednesday en route to Abernathy after a three weeks visit.

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S. D. Coalson Old Pouneer Hom A. J Hart Texas Weekly Industrial News George Bruce T. T. Downes Rankin Pontrons Dome Well W. H. Vanderpool Our City Epworth League O. F. Woods
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