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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1913
Page
5
Police in Paris arrest two American mail sorters and a known receiver after a decade of thefts totaling hundreds of thousands. A package was seen with one sorter, Roux and Dupont were seized with American checks and partly burned letters found in their rooms. Roux confessed to his role in the robberies.
A Chicago suburb resident, Mrs Albert A Butler, completed a modern bungalow for fifteen prize cats. The house features ten apartments named for flowers, with rooms supplied from Butler's private greenhouse. The spacious unit will house Champion Sir Friar the blue eyed white American champion.
A comparative meditation on courage in modern and historic warfare and the enduring image of the indenture phrase from legal papers. The author contrasts Civil War and Revolutionary battles with contemporary combat, noting shifts in tactics, training, and the social fabric of soldiers while preserving the curious origin of this indenture from parchment margins.
The speaker identifies four oil basins along the coast with Jefferson county the best and Aberdeen Clallam and Olympic regions as others. Railroads including the Great Northern push oil funding with two rigs active LaConner flats drilling to 1180 feet using light gear now upgrading to top casing. Oil exists locally with potential greater than California fields and Jefferson Oil Company holdings appear promising.
An Aberdeen World interview with oil expert John Harryman dated March 25 argues the Jefferson company region shows the strongest oil potential. He notes the land controlled by Jefferson is the least disturbed in the peninsula and believes it contains the cream of the district despite no personal stake.
Miss Clotilde Patton describes dipping from a seepage hole and delivering oil to The Washingtonian office. The piece notes three quarts found instead of a pint, with a burning test and planned analysis to verify claims amid local skepticism and knocker club chatter.
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