Coal Found At Depth Of Sixty Feet
A reader near LaGrange reports finding a coal seam at about sixty feet while digging a well. Christin Marquardt and helpers discovered coal at that depth and sent samples to the Agricultural College for analysis.
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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1923
Page
6
A reader near LaGrange reports finding a coal seam at about sixty feet while digging a well. Christin Marquardt and helpers discovered coal at that depth and sent samples to the Agricultural College for analysis.
The narrator recalls a village thirty five years past with Buck Dawson’s tracksmith shop a barking forge and a half mast bitching rack memory. He retells old disputes at a railroad meeting and a romance between Tom Douglass and Lucy Howard amid changed faces and lost local lore.
W G Stricklant urges taxpayers to vote against a $150000 bond for a new school building. He argues the present site should be kept, costs inflated, and recommends voting for trustees Boothe Datas and Hoye. He warns the tax burden would be excessive and repairs unaffordable.
Cuero Texas March 24 E Harwood a leading poultry fancier pays $100 for a thoroughbred White Leghorn cockrel to head his flock His flock is reputed to carry the best Leghorn blood and many local flocks obtain new stock through Harwood purchases For reliable watch work see J F Tey local watch inspector for Santa Bett
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