Pecos to Get 370000 Plant and Expanded Power
Pecos will receive a new Texas Louisiana Power Company plant costing 370000 dollars. Construction has begun with 100 workers, adding a 1250 horsepower Nordberg high compression oil engine and boosting capacity to 2000 horsepower. Upgraded 11000 to 33000 volt line, new lots for yard and fuel storage, plus a district office and retail store in remodeled buildings.
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Pecos
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
Nordsberg
Barstow
Power Company
The Morning Star Denies Frank Brown Death Report
A pioneer editor once claimed infallibility in reporting. The paper announced the death of Frank Brown, later admitting the report was false and stating the correction the next day.
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Frank Brown
Morning Star
Petrified Wood Forest Found in Remote Texas Valley
A vast forest of petrified wood has been discovered in a secluded Texan valley, drawing attention from geologists and researchers who note the site holds significant paleobotanical value and may yield fossilized plant records.
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Texas
Farm price index Falls Slightly in November
The November report shows the general farm price index at 138 percent of the 1909-14 prewar level, down one point from October and up from 130 a year ago. Higher cotton, cotton seed, fruits, and vegetables partly offset declines in cotton, grain, and meat prices, with dairy and poultry rising seasonally.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
United States Department of Agriculture
Burea
Be suspicious when a horse-fly shows on steak
A humorous exchange has a diner questioning a waiter about beefsteak quality. The waiter asserts the meat is beefsteak while the patron jokes that a horse-fly would trigger suspicion. The joke relies on a play on words between fly types and trust in food.
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Buss
WEDDINGS IN 1930 SEEN BY ONE EDITOR
A humorous account of Opal Wallop and Jack Lucas marriage at the bride's mother's home. The piece notes costumes, a ring ceremony, saxophone music, attendants, and local family details with light satire on social scenes. It mentions the bride's education, the groom’s bowling hobby, and the couple moving in with the Wallops at the Traveler's Hotel.
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Emma _ Wallop
Opal Wallop
Jack Lucas
Justice of the Peace
M. Perrygate
Oscar Killdehill
Joe Oblong
Carrie Triangle
Shieks
Traveler’s
Fine diamond found in chicken folds in Texas
SAN ANGELO Mrs Mickey Rathbone bought a chicken for $1.05. Inside the bird she found a one third karat diamond hidden in the inner lining. The owners plan to keep the gem and decide its value.
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San Angelo
Mickey Rathbone
Local jeweler appraises stone found in fowl gizzard
A local jeweler identified a stone found during fowl cleaning as a genuine gem. Its value is estimated between 50 and 200 dollars, though its exact quality has not been determined.
Quite the Reverse
A prominent lawyer who once helped a very poor client pro bono later accepted a single guinea to avoid hurting the client. He explains to a fellow lawyer that taking less than two guineas is unprofessional, but the second lawyer notes he took all the man had.
Language Similarity Across Eski Tribes Spans Greenland to Siberia
The Eski language is so uniform that tribes separated by vast distances from Greenland to Siberia could understand one another with little effort.
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Greenland
Siberia
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