Thorndale Well Reaches Nine Hundred Feet in Deep Test
The Shelby Phil lips place on Bremond Ranch resumed drilling Monday after recovering a 10 inch casing lost in a deep test. Weather and boulder rock slowed progress as driller Frank Bartlett steered the bit. the well sits about 900 feet down with no oil showing expected before 2000 feet, despite earlier shallower indications.
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Shelby Phillips
Bremond Ranch
Frank Bartlett
R. H. Babcock
Thorndale Champion
Milano News Learnings and Prayers in April Reflections
In Milano Texas on April 30 Chas Howes shares a humorous column recounting family news from Weldon including a grandniece named Mary Sue Oates. He describes leading a small Wednesday prayer meeting with just five church members but a lively crowd of local youth and offers reflections on education and luck in life. He notes bankers advising mentoring youth and recalls a romantic misadventure to Cameron, Texas in 1877.
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Weldon
Mary Sue Oates
Susan Jane
Milano
Cameron
Temple
Mr. Newton
George
Texas
Young Men and Young Women Urged to Enter Business Field
A nationwide employment survey shows 1888 of 2445 ads seek business training and 524 of the remainder lead to office positions. The average income for business people tops 3000 yearly, higher than lawyers or doctors, with many grads earning 20 000 to 25 000. Tyler Commercial College offers training in bookkeeping shorthand telegraphy typing and salesmanship with placement assistance.
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America
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
Cascarets Candy Promises Easy Sleep and Health
An early 20th century advertisement touts Cascarets as a pleasant laxative to keep the liver active and bowels moving by morning. It claims no griping and appeals to children with “candy cathartic” usage and low price boxes.
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Chas. Howes
W. T. Beasley
Charley
Dell Vanga
Dell
The
Baptist Church
the Prodigal Son
Berg
Castoria
Willard Battery Station
Ness
Milam County Battery Station
Willard Batteries
Cameron, Texas
Is. ‘Ameron
First National Bank
Ma Ost
Eis
Ster
Bell County
F. A. Green
Santa FE
Herzig & Schiller
J. F. Mathis
Fletcher
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