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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1923
Page
3
Newspaper dispatches nationwide show fuel oil and electricity replacing coal in homes, factories, and public buildings. The public tires of coal strikes and price shocks, urging utilities to switch to oil or own mines to benefit consumers.
The Orient Hotel offers family style meals at a half dollar each. Patrons can dine in a simple setting with shared dishes and casual service, catering to budget minded diners.
In a playful exchange Oscar notes that three thousand four hundred twenty six elephants were needed last year to make billiard balls while Ollie remarks on teaching such beasts to perform delicate work. Window glass reference appears to W A Hendricks.
All communications regarding radio matters should be directed to The Radio Editor at the Pecos Enterprise in Pecos Texas for official handling and publication.
WBAP Fort Worth Star Telegram lists daily 9 a m to 7 30 p m features with market quotes from New York New Orleans and Chicago U S weather forecast cotton region bulletin cattle and markets coverage horse and cattle reports and a nightly concert schedule all times Central Standard Tune to 476 meters.
The schedule lists events from 12:30 to 1 p m with a concert 2 to 2 55 p m a ladies hour concert 7 to 7 30 p m a children pro am 8 to 10 p m regular concerts on Tuesdays and Thursdays Sunday concerts 2 to 3 p m and religious services 8 to 10 p m.
Program listings show multiple concerts throughout the day including Chimes organ and sacred music. Events run from noon to 9:00 pm with 1:00 pm sacred and popular pieces and 7:15 pm church services.
The Head quarters Troop of the 112th Cavalry Texas National Guard at Camp Bowie gains a new broadcaster with call letters KFJZ. The tested station will operate on 254 meters and air concerts Wednesdays and Sundays at 8 15 p m audiences in Pecos and the Willard Battery station are asked to write to the editor.
A humorous exchange shows a sparring with a milkman over cream and full measure. The Lady complains no cream while the Milkman jokes that his bottles are so full there is no room for cream.
A New York candy maker markets a novel product named Snow Bananas. Customer asks for the new candy and the candy maker confirms availability, noting the novelty and market reception.
Fragmentary OCR note discusses a remedy for cold relief. The text mentions bromide and other unidentified ingredients but lacks coherent details or verifiable claims. Further readable context is required to form a complete summary.
United States Census Bureau data with the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce notes August output of passenger cars at 305,010, up 6,906 from July though still below March to June records. Truck production rose slightly to 30,251, but remained 29 percent below May peak. Eight month totals show a 74 percent rise in cars and 60 percent in trucks versus 1922.
The sentence uses quotation marks and a period within the quoted text. It repeats the question asked as separate lines and mixes dialogue tags with inner sentiment, creating redundancy and punctuation confusion.
A diner protests a restaurant dish, alleging hair in honey, a comb found, ice cream frozen with shaved ice, and apple sauce made from Baldwins, signaling a food quality complaint.
A stage hand boasts of knowing many actors and recalls one who could move audiences by reading a restaurant menu. A young comedian replies that the man merely read the prices to elicit tears, delivering a sharp punchline.
A fragment notes efforts to lower insurance rates and obtain refunds on premiums. It quotes E. L. Collings Insurance Co asking for more business and expressing a call for customer support.
Rastus laments illness and growing blindness and asks for help as Rufus suggests finding an optimist to cure the gloom.
A classroom exchange reveals Willie defining an engineer as a man who runs an engine and a pioneer as a man who tunes a piano. The phrase If its worth selling its worth advertising echoes in the message.
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