Vast oil field described in remote western territory
The report details a vast oil-bearing region spanning about 4 500 square miles with a main axis west of Blut and along the San Juan River. It notes highly fossiliferous limestone, sandstone layers, and anticlines from Cretaceous to Devonian ages, with Goodrich Basin centers hosting eightteen wells at depths 220 to 500 feet and a test well yielding 800 barrels per day. The formation promises great productivity and future expansion includes railways and pipelines to markets.
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Blut
Fandna
Laid River
San Juao
Thy
San Jian
Goodrich Hawt
Goodrich Basin
Eigttern Wella
Goodrich
Burrel
San Juan
Scomt
Navajo Ol Company
Goodrich Nein
Envil
Wanda Waderile Uda
Oil King Firm Promises Fast Stock Gain In Arizona Offer
An 1908 New York Journal interview touts Navajo Oil Com party shares as the best public investment, boasting land value, paid salaries, and profits from "hivi." It cites Rockefeller and Green as wealth exemplars and claims a $1 par value, 1,000 share Arizona incorporation with fully paid, non-assessable stock. The piece argues perpetual value growth due to oil demand and geological supply limits.
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John D. Rockafeller
New York Journal
Mont Glgantis
Rockefeller
Arizona
Korean Assassins Plot Major Tokyo Murders
Korean agents allegedly planned to murder Prince Yamagata Premier Katsura Foreign Minister Korasaki and General Hasenoe in Tokyo. Police, aided by a confession from a Seoul revolutionary, surround marked men as detectives trace operations. The government calls it a grand coup by the Korean revolutionary party amid tensions over Korea’s autonomy and annexation fears.
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Torio
Inn
Tokio
Yamagata
Katsura
Korasnra
Real Hone
I Wan
Revolutionary Party
Seoul
Korea
aMritaln
Japan
Ito Han
VESSEL CLEARED AFTER NAVAL THREAT AT CORINTO
A bloodless encounter near Corinto involved a Nicaraguan officer Captain Chaves and American Captain Nelson over vessel clearances. The American party faced removal risk until Captain Oliver of the Albany intervened, delaying and securing clearance papers after five minutes.
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San Francisco
United States
Pueble
San Juan
Corinto
Pari
Chaves
Cannon
Grace
Nelson
City of Pain
Corluto
Oliver
Albany
Nelon
giArance Vare
Paralyzed Motorman in Smeeze Incident at Altoona
Jacob Leldy, a motorman in Altoona Georgia, suffered a seizure while near his trolley car. Doctors attributed a reflex action in the spine causing a concussion and partial paralysis. Warm applications and stimulants were used as physicians consulted on his condition.
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Altoona. Ga
Jacob Leldy
Bulletin
Calhoun to Address Commercial Club Visit
Calhoun, a leading Chicago lawyer, is expected to pass through on the Mongolia en route to a new post in China. The ministerial appointment and timing stir interest as he contemplates a brief address to the Sommerwit Club during his Ohio route.
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Brows
China
Calhoun
Androme
Sommerwit Club
White
Chica
Mln
Lorsery
Afr
Hare
Washington
Chicago
Miniatar
Mongolia
Eczema Cure Praised by Toled o Farrier
Prominent residents and a Toledo farrier share letters extolling a wintergreen oil remedy called D T D Prescription for eczema. A Honolulu drug company and Sussman endorse the treatment, urging readers to request more information with stamped envelopes.
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Sunnan
Toledo
Dito
Passing of Gr W Kirkaldy Reported by Planters Association
A cablegram from the Planters Association notes the death of O W Kirkaldy of San Francisco after an operation. He was about 30 and born in Southand, once suffered a severe fox hunting accident. He married Mrs Annia Doweeit Henna four years ago. The notice includes no medical details.
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Planters’ Association
O. W. Kirkaldy
San Francisen
Kirkaldy
Inc
Jimb
San Francisco
Box
Southand
Annia Doweeit Henna
Miss Hownet
J. 1, Dawastt
Fort Shafter News: dancing club plans and parade prep
Fort Shafter residents discuss forming a semi monthly dancing club at the assembly hall on the second floor of the administration building. Preparations begin to enter a float in the Floral Parade. Baseball practice resumes with Fort Shafter players reported in fair condition. Electric light wiring works progress as poles and wires are installed. Sergeant Simons returns from thirty day Honolulu furlough. Sergeant Stine discharged recently and Private Dream granted a leave for San Francisco amid discharge plans.
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Fort Shafter
Fort Shatter
Hood
Bergeant Simons
Lou Infantey
Honolulu
Stine Wan
Dream
Goth Infantry
San Francisco
Fort McDowell
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U. 8 Geological Survey
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Cal
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Charles M. Walter
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Z. M
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Bank of Commerce
Walter A. Gomperts
Berkeley
Colonial Mortgage & Deposit Company
First National Bank
Colonial
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Robt, Suseman
Toledo, Ohio
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