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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1926
Page
2
Mayes Cash Grocery pledges 24 hour rush orders and special attention with a commitment to customer satisfaction. If service falls short, customers are urged to notify Pecos Mercantile Co. Grocery Department, treated as a favor and addressed promptly.
Barron Strain White Leghorn chicks cost 9.50 per hundred Anconas 11 Rhode Island Reds and Barred Wyandottes 13 per hundred. Chicks are husky pure bred hatched from select eggs from our heaviest layers. We pay postage guarantee live delivery. Prompt shipments. Order now from James Hatchery Gainesville Texas. 3-14
Safety first should be your slogan. Your own protection is the protection of your neighbor. Insure with E. L. Collings and protect your family and loved ones. Fire Life or Accident.
A lengthy OCR snippet lists candidates and officials across numerous offices including Superintendent of Public Instruction S. M. N. Marrs, Commissioner of Agriculture Gko B. Terrell, General Land Office J. T. Robison, Railroad Commissioner Co V Terrell, Congress 16th District Claude B. Hudspeth, Judge F. L. Hawkins, Associate Justice A. M. Walthall, Representative 88th Henry Fe Webb, Justice of Peace W. E. Morto, Committeeman Jim Camd Reeves Burce Walk er, Governor Dan Moody, Attorney General Claude Pollard, State Treasurer W. Gregory Hatcher Barry Miller W. H. Holmes, Superintendent A. A. Lindsey Robert H. Coston, Socialist Party J. L. Scoggins, Comptroller Ss. H. Terrell, Associate Justice William Pierson, District Judge Chas. L. Klapproth, District Attorney Henry G. Russell, and various precinct committeemen and treasurers. The fragment also includes repeated lines and garbled entries for precincts and additional offices.
In Reeves County Texas during the 2nd day of November 1926 the sheriff will hold a public auction at the Reeves County courthouse for cash to sell the real property of J S Jarmon. The 200 acre tract lies on the north side of Section 263 in Broeck No 18 along the H and G N Railroad. The sale is by virtue of an execution issued from Bexar County Texas in favor of Joe Fohn against J S Jarmon.
The item lists two ballot measures: FOR an amendment to Section 58 Article 16 to abolish the Board of Prison Commissioner 8 and place prison supervision under legislative law. AGAINST an amendment to Section 6 Article 7 to tax school lands owned by counties.
A child answers Mother’s question about cookie theft by saying he gave them to a hungry poor boy named TI. Mother praises his heart of gold and asks for the boy’s identity. The exchange centers on generosity and recognition.
A brief humorous exchange between a sergeant and a young married recruit. The sergeant orders the recruit to button his coat and the recruit replies affirmatively, naming his wife as the listener. The compact vignette reflects military efficiency and domestic prudence in a wartime setting.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals notes a radio installed at the Toronto Zoo for the monkeys. Ad urges fresh meat buyers to consider their treatment of themselves, attributed to Pecos Mercantile Co. 84.
A terse exchange reveals one colleague questions vacation absence while the other defends need for rest. The brief moment captures workplace tensions over time off and personal well being.
A postal style gag lines a scene with a new maid and a purse hidden on a desk. The exchange ends with the maid’s honesty praised as a test. The ad hints groceries sold at a close margin and notes Pecos Mercantile Co with its grocery department.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised to purify and enrich the blood boosting energy and vitality. It claims to restore color to the cheeks improve appetite and demonstrate a strengthening tonic effect.
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