Seminole oil field profits fall short of dreams in Texas
The Seminole oil field, once praised for riches, has produced about 122.5 million barrels by December 1, yielding just under 126 million dollars while costs reach 149 million. Drilling costs average 58 000 dollars per well with 7 525 for the rig and 14 874 for casing. Poor roads taxes and water troubles reduced income, leaving many operators effectively broke despite high production.
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United States
Seminole
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Paying the Jumps: Fort Worth Rejects Revolving Fund Plan
Fort Worth voters rejected a bond idea to create a revolving fund to advance paving costs for fronting properties and recoup later from owners. Critics warned it could raise homestead jump payments and deter paving. Some urged constitutional amendment to Homestead provisions. Local interest noted revolving funds in other cities.
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Fort Worth
Amarillo
Texas
Loans and Diplomacy in American Credit Policy
The article explains U.S. policy to limit loans by American bankers to foreign nations despite protests by leaders like Senator Carter Glass. It notes France evading this by borrowing through the Swedish Match company and details the involvement of the International Match Company and American investors. It warns that other countries may copy the tactic and critiques domestic attempts to keep dollars at home, mentioning a failed Kansas bank guaranty law and a Texas experiment.
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Carter Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Law
State Department
France
United States
America
Great Britain
Germany
Swedish Match Company
International Match Company
Prison Terms Give Convict Mental Twist
New York dispatch notes hardened criminals with ten years in prison develop a mental twist from confinement. Police say long-term inmates are more dangerous to catch, recognize prison signals, and form clandestine networks. Telepathic contact across steel walls helps alert to breaks and recruit others to crime.
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D. C. McIntyre
New York
Underworld
Sing Sing
Chicago
Welcome Omission of a Dressed Stenographer in a Summer Dinner Plot
A prosperous broker admires his sharp stenographer and invites her to dine while his wife is away. Readers glimpse the entangled romance as she hesitates about propriety and a later dinner scene unfolds with a flashy, daring transformation. The tale hints at Mrs. Carstairs’s concerns and a looming marriage proposal amid debts and social tension.
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Washington
Uormer
Newport
Bar Harbor
Seaon
Lin
Stephanie Usd
Mrs. Carstairs
Rita Cartairs
Stephanie
Rita Carstairs
Julian Hammond
Fine Fettle
Fairfields
Norman Platt
Platt
Tony
Hammond
Virginia
Rita
Speckles the Starling Faces Trial in Old Orchard
In 1928 tale, Speckles the Starling is put on trial after a quarrel with Sammy Jay. The trial is organized by Blacky the Crow with all birds expected to testify, while Tommy Tit the Chickadee advocates fair play.
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Speckles the Starling
Mrs. Speckles
Tommy Tit
Chickadee
Tommy
Speckles
Sammy Jay
Blacky the Crow
Sammy
Sammy Day
Thief
T- W. Burgess
Flashes of Life from Various U S Cities
A collection of brief notes: Edison distrusts new flight tech for a Florida trip. Robert T Jones Jr joins Atlanta Trust Co board. G S Slaughter nabbed for whisky in plant displays. Philadelphia auctions offer five cent autos. Annie Peck eyes Annie's Peak in Peru. Columbians proposed for western Hemisphere residents. Adoniram Bradley credits barefoot living. UK candy earnings blamed on changes in social gifting.
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Amarillo Globe
Tne Daily News
Globe-News Publishing Co
Oth and
Fillmore
Gene Howe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Associated Press
News and Business
Circulation
WAIL
Ihcere
New Mexico
J. Norman Lynd
Mildred Barbour
Mr. Platt
Carstairs
Jack Pearl
Louis Mann
Sam Bernard
Joe Weber
Lew Fields
Fuss
Park Avenue
Carlotta
Hes
Starling
West Orange
N. J
Florida
Henry Fo
Thomas A. Edison
Fort Myers
Terra Firma
Atlanta
Robert T. Jones, Jr
Bobby
Atlanta Trust Company
Robert Tt. Jones
Caneton
Georgia
G. 5. Slaughter
Atlanta Floral Company
Philadelphia
Annie
Peck
St. Louis
Mount Huascaran
Peru
Annie’s Peak
Madrid
Springfield
Mass
Adoniram Bradley
Manchester
Eng
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Chamber of Commerce
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