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Newspaper

Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1926

Page

2

James Hatchery promotes baby chicks in Gainesville Texas

Rush orders on all hours for groceries and live chicks. Pecos City Co. Grocery Department advertises Barred Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Anconas at 9.50 to 13.00 per hundred with guaranteed live delivery and postage paid. Heavily bred from select eggs. prompt shipments. contact James Hatchery Gainesville Texas. ad dated 3-14.

Irge Rhode Island James Hatch Ary Gainesville Texas Plymouth Rocks

How Newspapers Help Distribute National Goods

A national view of a local medium explains that the US press forms a nationwide market through interconnected papers. Advertising fuels distribution, lowering costs and prices, while printed news becomes a vehicle for product messages as it spreads across communities.

America California Florida Detroit

Rialto Presents The Man Without a Country at Rialto

The Rialto Theatre features Edward Everett Hale's The Man without a Country in a new adaptation titled As No Man Has Loved for Monday and Tuesday, praised by the New York Mirror as stirring and patriotic. Wednesday and Thursday showcase Fox's The First Year about early married life, plus a short comedy welcomed by patrons.

Edward Everett Hale Rialto New York Mirror U.S. A Fox

Sul Ross Football Banquet Hosts Alpine Rotary Guests

Alpine Rotary Club hosted Sul Ross football players at a community luncheon. Mayor Gillett greeted the team and speakers included DD. N. Scott, Coach Shotwell, Assistant Coach Anthony, and captain W. D. Cowan. The team begins hard training for the season opener in Alpine on Sept 25 with a schedule through Nov 25 featuring games at Alpine, San Angelo, Silver City, Del Rio, El Paso, and El Paso Junior College.

Alpine Alpine Rotary Club Sul Ross H. W. Ferguson Rotarions Gillett DD. N. Scott Shotwell Anthony W. D. Cowan Wolves R. G. Kelly Lee Smith Wesley Townsend Fuqua Younger Marshall Bozarth Cedric Anthony Drury Wood Faye W. Terry Kermit Allen Paul Ford Clarence Cody W. C. Kountz Henry Lease Ross Fritter Arnold Denman Lyman Slayden Benton Starnes Clifford Kell Horace Morelock Frank Randolph John Adams Temple Brown Ray McNeill Buddy Withers Hoyt Crow I. W. Walters Pete Hanna M. T. Rayburn Bob Clark Randolph A.C. C San Angelo New Mexico A. & M New Mexico State Teachers’ College Silver City Schreiner Institute del Rio el Paseo School of Mines el Paso

Mrs. H. G. Russell Hosts Friday Bridge Party

Mrs. H. G Russell entertained a morning bridge gathering at her Barstow home last Friday. Four tables were played and a two course luncheon was served. High score went to Mrs. Lee Bilberry, with Mrs. Bobbie Yarbrough as consolation recipient. Attendees included Mesdames Briggs, Yarbrough, Moore, Dresser, Sewell, Buchanan, Carr, Miller, Bilberry, Dyer, Rogers, Starley, Brooks, Bell, Ira Bell, and Krauskopf.

H. G Russell Barstow Lee Bilberry Bobbie Yarbrough Mesdames Geo. Briggs T. F. Moore J. W. Dresser W. A. Sewell Harris Buchanan Ross Carr Ed Miller Irvy Dyer Rogers J. B. Starley J. W. Brooks Earl Bell Ira J. Bell Max Krauskopf

Probate of George D. Coon estate to be heard October 1926

Reeves County Texas broadside commands publication for ten days and posting in three public places to notify interested parties that Alice Coon filed for probate of the will of George D. Coon, deceased, with letters testamentary sought. The hearing is set for October 11, 1926, at the Reeves County Courthouse in Pecos.

Reeves County Texas State OF George D. Coon Alice Coon Pecos Seal Vannie Ingle

Doves Attacked by Pecos Sharpshooters

Local residents report doves being shot by Pecos Sharpshooters as hunters fill windmill tanks with empty shells feathers and blood. Housewives delay supper awaiting their husbands return from the hunt while some locals bring home birds as trophies. Fly Tox noted as the garbage disposal.

Pecos

R. R. Cox Returns From San Angelo Visit

R. R. Cox came back Monday from San Angelo after spending the past week there.

San Angelo

Boyd Announces Birth of Boy in Kent

Mr and Mrs E C Boyd of Kent announce the birth of a boy on Sunday September 19 weighing eight pounds. They name him Charles Edward. Mrs Boyd and the baby stay with Mrs H L Magee in Pecos and will soon return to Kent. Friends send congratulations and good wishes.

E. C. Boyd Kent Charles Edward

Not To Be Caught Brave Boy Refuses Baby Swap

A little boy faces tonsil and adenoid removal at the hospital. A visitor recounts the boy’s calm, brave reply to his mother, noting he won’t let doctors give him a baby as she had. He tells his mother he is not afraid and will follow instructions.

Fly-Tox marketed as premier home insect killer

Scientists at a leading research institute unveil Fly-Tox a powerful insect killer for homes targeting flies mosquitoes ants and more. Sold by retailers in blue labeled bottles and promoted through classifieds in the Enterprise to prompt quick orders.

Pecos Mercantile Co Grocery Dept Notice

A brief classified note from Pecos Mercantile Co Grocery Department hints at pricing concerns for items bought away from home. The message suggests close margins and potential irregularities in pricing or sourcing.

Safety First Slogan for Insurance Ad

A local insurance offer urges safety with the slogan Safety First. The ad emphasizes protecting your own life to safeguard neighbors and families through fire life or accident coverage with E L Collings.

E. L. Collings

Hayes Healing Honey Cough Remedy With Open-Trate Salve

To stop a cough quickly Hayes Healing Honey is sold with Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat application. The salve is rubbed on children’s chest and throat to ease cold or croup symptoms. The combined effect aims to soothe irritated throat tissues and halt coughing.

Hayes Grove Aoa

Domestic dispute humor as judge urges private settlement

A humorous court remark follows when Mr Brown suggests settling a domestic matter out of court. The judge notes that every settlement attempt is halted by police, as the exchange underscores the friction in a petty divorce case.

Mr. Brown Mrs. Brown Jessuh

Pecos Mercantile Co Grocery Dept Ad 38

Local ad urges shoppers to buy at home to know merchandise by Pecos Mercantile Company Grocery Department. Emphasizes keeping spending within the community and trusting local goods.

Pecos Mercantile Co

Drice Beauty by Miss Flo Methods for Scarce Skin Glow

An older guide explains a home facial treatment for greasy complexions with blackheads. It recommends a simple paste from Soft Green Soap glycerine alcohol and perfume, applied in a multi-step wash, then finished with an astringent toner and benzoin tincture rinse for cleansing and tightening the skin.

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Ant Serur Pecositile Co Vickers HO Maye’s Cash Grocery Emory Rexall Pecos Drug CO Manhattan Library of Popular Economics Bank of the Manhattan Company New York Bank of the Manhattan Co N. Y Rialto Theatre Maye Cash Grocery Maye's Cash Grocery H. G. Russell Mrs. E. C. Boyd United States Atlantic City Norma Smallwood Tulsa Okla Grocery Department J. F. Kirschvink Postoffice E W.grove Drice Beauty Miss Flo
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