East Texas Oil Boom Faces Hard Reality Amid Proration
East Texas exploration has produced a boom with Gladewater Kilgore Longview Henderson and Joinerville swelling populations. Unlike earlier booms towns are pursuing expensive permanent structures as prices dip and proration remains a two month trial.
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Longview
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Texas
East Texas
Texas Railroad
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Joinerville
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West Texas
Snake Causes Alarm Aboard Australian Airliner
A Queensland airliner faced disruption when a deadly Australian black snake emerged from a crevice aboard the flight. A passenger reacted by tearing off his clothing in fright as officials moved to contain the dangerous reptile.
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Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Maud Worth More Than Old Gray Mare
In Louisiana an ear flapping mule is valued at 28 dollars more than the old gray mare. The state holds 171000 mules at 73 dollars each, while 22000 horses average 43 dollars. In 1920 mule numbers reached 185000 with value 168 dollars per head. horses were 2100 with 108 dollars each.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Flight cabin stowaway snake shot by pilot 40 miles out
A pilot kept a nonhuman intruder from entering the cabin by striking at a snake with a shoe until the plane reached a field about 40 miles away where the creature was dispatched with a revolver.
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