Catlin plant chief speaks on shale oil progress in Nevada
At the Progressive Club luncheon in Biko Nevada on October 29 R M Catlin owner of the Catlin shale plant said no secret process exists and that while experiments continue the company hopes to eventually put shale oil on a paying basis. He stressed the work is experimental and profits will flow only when a viable method is found. More than 40 businessmen attended the meeting.
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Biko
Nevada
R. M. Catlin
Kiko
Progressive Club
Catlin
Hans
Mach
Missing Mail Policy Expanded With Sack Inspections
Postmaster General Hays orders immediate inspection and storage of nearly 2,000,000 sacks and 400,000 pouches sent to depositories in Boston New York Atlanta Cincinnati Chicago St Louis St Paul and San Francisco to locate missing mail. Special delivery letters bear postmarks. uncancelled first class mail is often found in sacks after collection. Postmasters are held strictly responsible to inspect and account for every sack and pouch.
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Washington
Hays
Boston
New York
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
San Francisco
Borax Shipments Begin From New Las Vegas Mines
Borax Smith has started crude borax shipments from new mines near Las Vegas. The initial 40 tons head to the company refinery in San Bernardino County California, with plans to ship 140 tons weekly thereafter. The piece ends with an unrelated moral aside about self reform.
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Las Vegas
Borax Smith
San Bernardino County
California
Meat Imports and Protection Demands Rise in Senate
The article notes heavy foreign meat imports including New Zealand lamb and Canadian beef, contrasts 1914 and 1918 trends, and argues for stronger U S protection to shield home producers from overseas competition. It cites import origins, inspection rules, and the need to prevent bankrupting domestic flocks and herds.
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Zeland
England
United States
Australia
New Zeland
Utah
Intermountain
Pacific Slope
Uruguay
Argentina
Canada
France
Italy
Denmark
Spain
Japan
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Bloc
Senate
No Necessity in Marriage Banter from Prohibition Era
Dialogues reveal social tension as Mrs Blackstone asks about gifts from husbands and Mrs Webster jokes prohibition keeps husbands at home. brief newspaper item captures domestic humor amid 1920s era constraints.
Taxes and Disarmament Urge Cuts in War Spending
Dr. Charles Medbury told a Town conference that in 1920 the average citizen paid 43.64 to the federal government. He noted 92 cents of every dollar funded war while only 4.8 cents went to civil services and 1.4 cents to public works. He urged immediate recess and gradual reduction of military expenditures to spare lives and preserve the nation’s soul.
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Charles Medbury
Umitation
Dolar
Washington
Austin Streets Yield Silver Paving Specimen
A specimen found in Austin by Colonel Bill Ellis yielded 1442 ounces of silver in a fire test. The article notes the high grade ore from historic mines washed onto dumps and spread on pavements, claiming Austin was literally paved with silver as envy and failure followed.
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Bill Ellis
Austin
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J. B. Rebaleati
Kelley & Rebaleati
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Bloe
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Gover
J. A. Sewell
A. B. Kimball
B. B. Ennor
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Reno
OLD Pioneer Banking House
B. Humphrey
F. M. Rowland
J. R. Vannagell
Stadtmuller
Q. H. Taylor
C. W. Mapes
Rudolph Herz
Commercial ‘Trust Investment Exchange Foreign Recrow Collection
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F.C. Richmond Machinery CO
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Nevada Railway
J. E. Sexton
Babbitt Metal
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