Oil boom tests Texas market as 20 gushers push output
Beaumont reports a widening fuel oil market hindered by transport shortages and storage limits. Heavy producers offer one to two year contracts while railroads and ships race to build storage and pipelines toward New Orleans and Houston. Even at 40 cents a barrel, daily output from 20 wells could yield $100,000 at ten cents per barrel, highlighting the gap between supply and distribution.
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South
Guffey Company
Kirby Company
Port Arthur
Germany
Eoen
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Houston
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Facilites
Is Howison a Sampson man
Boston August 7 rear admiral H L Howison retired named to the court of inquiry on Schley Sampson affair prompts comment from a naval officer The Howison choice surprises as he once backed Sampson and argued the victory credit was his He noted Schley earned less respect than Sampson and that Sampson was pivotal in the strategy and victory.
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Mass
H.L. Howison
United States Navy
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Santiago
Doster
Sampson
Howiger
Heten
Charleston Navy Yard
Cervera
Santiagoe Harbor
Hiowison
Commodore Howison
Naval Academy
Howison
Missouri Wins Intercollegiate Prohibition Contest
Mexico Missouri August 8 Missouri state prohibition headquarters in this city announced that Missouri won the intercollegiate contest held at Buffalo New York. The victor was M Hay of Wayne County with a $75 cash prize. Twelve states were represented in the contest. Hay is a graduate of Central College. Missouri won second place last year when W F Brentecke of Cape Girardeau was the contestant.
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Missouri
Buffalo
N.Y
M. Hay
Wayne Conney
Hay
Central College
W. F. Brentecke
Cape Girranteau
Shark attack cripples gunboat quartermaster
A shark bit off the leg of S. McKie, quartermaster third class, aboard the gunboat Annapolis near Loilo. He was swimming with permission. surgeons amputated near the hip. Navy officials debate whether the accident was in the line of duty and consider pension eligibility.
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Kempn
Quartermaster S. McKie
Annapolis
Navy Department
Loilo
Mekie
County Court Proceedings and Finances Report
The county court met in regular session with judges, clerk, and sheriff present. Various allowances were made for temporary support, jail and bridge work, and numerous small bills and warrants were approved, including dam shop licenses, bridge abutment work, and supplies for county officers. Adjourned.
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Mary L. Jiarkson
Alphonse Deltathe
Dan Crouch
G. B. Hickman
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Boyer
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A. Clifford
Dick Crigler
Weddle
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Leitz
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Jack Spicer
Iail
Nathan Pipes
P.J. Wiseman
J.P Reavis
J. P. Thurman
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K. J. Smith
Frank Smith & Son
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Hayden Bay
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Butler
DC Fuller
Story
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McCown
Bowden
Lone Oak
H.C. Mills
Achhaol
T Broaddus
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Sam West
Iy Doe T Smith
Great Drought Impacts Alaska Creeks and Trade
The steamship Islander arrived from Skhasaweway bringing 150.00 in Newso, amid a drought threatening creek outputs and reducing expected returns. The Bank of British America shipped 315,000 via St. Michael to San Francisco before departure.
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San Franciseo
Preacher Uses His Pistol in Alabama Church Shooting
In Clayton Eufaula Alabama Rev M G Maxwell pastor of the colored Baptist church shot and killed John Hendrick and wounded Rev Doe Walton and Dave Clark during a church conference. The shooting stemmed from opposition to renewing Maxwell as pastor for another year. Maxwell fled but was captured five miles away and jailed. One wounded man was shot in the back and may die. another was hit in the arm and not seriously hurt.
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Colored Baptist Church
Clayton
John Hendrick
Doe Walton
Dave Clark
Maxwell
Hendrick
Walton
Cox
Reflections of a Bachelor Excerpt
A humorous, dated reflection on relationships and flirting. The speaker notes double standards among married and single women, comparing how flirtation and engagements are perceived. The piece comments on social expectations and competing suitors with a wry tone.
Five Hundred Cars of Peaches in West Plains Trade
West Plains Missouri in August sees peach crops ripening and shipments ready. Fruit buyers from across the United States converge for the Memphis route rush to market. John G. McNair of St. Louis owns American Orchard Company at Koshkonong and has bought the entire crop there. Armour Refrigerator Line will haul the fruit.
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United States
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Mountain View
Pomona
Idea
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Koshkonong
Thayer
Mammoth Spring
John G. McNair
St. Louis
American Orchard Company
Armour Refrigerator Line
Killed Snake on a Lawn Near Price Hill Home
Otter Joseph Mathes and Mrs Mathes faced a three foot long, reddish brown pythonlike snake on their Price Hill lawn. Mrs Mathes screamed and fled. Mathes used a clothes pole to kill the reptile as it lunged from the grass. The incident caused a brief panic in the home.
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Winnemati
Otter Joseph Mathes
Price Hill
Mre
Proverb Like Sayings on Love and Society
A collection of humorous adages about relationships and social behavior. The quips compare courtship, family, and attraction with playful metaphors. Echoing old newspaper humor, the lines mix romance, kinship, and gender references in compact witticisms.
Battle With Insurgents in Batangas Province
August report from Manila describes Capt Brown of the First United States and troops clashing with insurgents commanded by Malabar in Batangas province. Two US cavalrymen were killed. insurgents fled. US forces, in force, dismounted to attack, drove the enemy from several positions, burned quarters, and believed the enemy suffered several losses though no dead were found.
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Brown
United States
21St Infantes
Batangas
Malabar
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