Real Estate Transfers in Local Properties and Surveys
Real estate transfers involve WD Jos B Threm et ux to Lorine Threm for Keefe L 123 out sec 29 B 33 H&TC Ry Co Sur QCD Day Monroe lists Moore NW 80 A SE 1-2 Sec 116 B 26 H&TC QCD Richard S Ritcher Henri h Furth Sec 27 W 1-2 Sec 292 B 34 H&TC Loving County WD U S Christopher et al to H Christopher Sec 38 B 53 T-2 Ty and P WD Wm R Tyler Mrs Bessie Ingram all E 1-2 Sec 46 B-56 TEP WD Maude E Stratton et vir Cecilia Bell Farm lots 12-14 of E L Stratton sub-div Sec 81 B-22 H&TC Ry Co Read the Advertisements
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Jos
B. Threm
Lorine Threm
Keefe
H&tc Ry. Co
P. WD
Wm. R. Tyler
Bessie Ingram
80 000 Acres Blocked for Oil Well in Culberson County
A block exceeding 80 000 acres in Culberson County is set for a deep oil test by Anderson Prichard Oil Corporation of Oklahoma City by October 25. Dr Emil Ott, a San Angelo geologist, organized the lease and will hold an interest. The site lies near Van Horn in the center of a public school land block and will target Pennsylvanian Ordovician formations with potential in the Ordovician and surrounding beds.
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Culberson County
Anderson-Prichary Oil Corporation
Oklahoma City
Emil Ott
San Angelo
Anderson-Prichard
Wildcat
M. W
Kansas City
van Horn
Big Lake
Reagan County
Texan Lion Trainer Puts Sultan on Century of Progress Spotlight
Miss Marjorie Kemp of Texas is pictured with Sultan the riding lion at the Chicago Century of Progress. Kemp runs a lion farm near San Antonio and spends winters there training her animals. The lion motor drome she drives around the bowl was named an outstanding Fair attraction.
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Sultan
Marjorie Kemp
Century of Progress
Chicago
Miss Kemp
San Antonio
Texas
Lion Motordrome
Ten Year Oil Leases on Public School Lands Near Borders Ranch
The Anderson Prichard area comprises public school lands in block 69 and surrounding blocks with about 20 owners. The largest holder is W. T. Johnson of San Antonio with 25,000 acres north of the Borders ranch. Leases run 10 years under A-188 producer contracts at 10 cents per acre annually starting Oct 26, 1954.
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Anderson-Prichard
T&p Ry. Co
W. T. Johnson
San Antonio
Borders Ranch
Albatross Eggs Rival Dinner Plates in Falkland Islands
Observation notes that eggs laid by the black browed albatross reach sizes comparable to dinner plates. The species inhabits the Falkland Islands region.
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The
Fragmented OCR Smear With Readable Names
A damaged OCR fragment provides partial readable facts about a local event. The legible elements point to a place and possible activity but the rest is garbled, leaving key details unclear.
Pecos Times Highlights 1916 Local Honors and Developments
Signaled honor for Mrs J W Moore during Hodgenville visit as part of a reception committee for Mrs Woodrow Wilson. Reeves County exposition fair parade planned for Sept 19 with Sally Vaughan as marshal. El Paso backs east west road Fort Worth to El Paso and Midland hosts road advocates meeting. Third shoot announced for the fair by Pecos Shotgun club. Reeves County commercial club discusses soft water piping to Pecos city.
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J. W. Moore
Pecos
Hodgenville
Woodrow Wilson
Reeves County Exposition
Sally Vaughan
Pacific Coast
Fort Worth
Midland
The
Pecos Shotgun Club
Reeves County Commercial Club
Pecos Hosts MGM Newsreel On Air Races Stop
The visiting Metro-Goldwyn-Moyer newsreel crew photographed the air racers during their Pecos stop. Local school attendance rose by 50 percent this year, with enrollment expected to hit 500 soon. The first section of Pecos paving was laid on Tuesday marking new city improvements.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pecos
Rats Cause 15 Million Loss In Texas Each Year
Austin Texas Health Officer Dr John W Brown says Texas loses about 15 million dollars yearly to rats, a figure he calls a low estimate based on a rough count of two rats per person and the large statewide population.
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Texas
State Dept
Pecos area leaders seek road paving and a federal building
A Pecos delegation visited Fort Stockton to urge improved Pecos Fort Stockton Sanderson road paving with Pecos Chamber of Commerce support. Rep Thomason urged a new Pecos federal building as a top goal. A ladder golf tournament began at Pecos Country Club. Typhus fever outbreak concerns Texas residents as rats, fleas spread disease. extermination and ratproofing suggested with state and federal help.
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Fort Stockton
Pecos
Sanderson
Bozeman
Chamber of Commerce
R. E. Thomason
Pecos Federal
Washington
Pecos Country Club
State Department of Health
UU. S. Department of Agriculture
Chevrolet Announces Wage Rise and Expanded 74 Hour Week
On August 1 this year Chevrolet announced a blanket wage increase along with a 74 hour five day week and the hiring of 12,000 more workers. The move follows earlier wage hikes, Chevrolet among the first to adopt such boosts in the past four months.
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Chevrolet
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Ritcher
Henry H. Furth
Loving County
U. S. Christopher Et al
H. Christopher
Maude E. Stratton Et Vir
L. Stratton
Pecos, Texas
Pecos Laundry
A Home-Owned Institution
Falkland Ishkinds
Reeves County
Reeves
Commissoners Court
Toyah Road
Eece Rn
Essen
Balmorhea
Saragosa
Commissioners Court of
el Paso
Austin
John W. Brown
State Health of
Mercie
Shorty” Rioz
Brill
Roosevelt
Chevrolet Motor Company
America
Detroit
Michigan
General Motors
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