Texas Awakening: Harness Water and Invest for Growth
The editorial urges Texans to mobilize home capital and cooperative effort to unlock water resources for power and irrigation, predicting rapid growth and population gains within a decade. It criticizes wasteful practices, notes reliance on Northern mills, and calls for wide, straight roads and domestic manufacturing of cotton, wool, and furniture. It also highlights Turkey production in Brown County and Turkey price concerns.
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Texas
United States
North Carolina
West Texas
Brownwood Bulletin
Brown County
Webb County gas line work nears completion to San Antonio
After extensive ditching and laying 87 miles of pipe from Cole Field to Calliham, three large machines finish tying in 25 miles of laterals and gathering lines. Natural gas from Webb County fields is slated to serve San Antonio consumers starting New Year’s Day.
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Laredo
Southern Natural Gas Company
Cole Field
Calliham
Webb County
San Antonio
Gulf Leases 20,000 Acre Victoria Refugio Ranch
Gulf Production Company has leased Mrs. D M O Connor’s 20 000 acre ranch in Victoria and Refugio Counties and will start drilling by January 1 1926. The property lies in 16 surveys with 4700 acres in Victoria County and 15 300 acres in Refugio County. Several wells are planned but the location of the first test remains undetermined between the two counties.
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Victoria
Tex
Gulf Production Company
D. M. O'Connor
Refugio Counties
Victoria County
Refugio County
Humble Oil Well No. 20 Tops Vernon Pool Output
Humble Oil and Refining Co completed its No 20 well on the Castleberry land in section 88 South Vernon pool Wilbarger County Texas. The gusher flowed about 2000 barrels daily and produced 2160 barrels in the first 24 hours, the best result from the prolific field since its inception two years ago.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Castleberry Land
South Vernon Pool
Wilbarger County
Pipeline test set for Koether farm near Weimar
Duke Phillips of Texpata Pipe Line Co. arranges a der rick on Frank Koether farm Ammansville north of Weimar. Mex Steinmann leased about 4000 acres in the area where the test will be drilled.
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Weimar
Duke Phillips
Texpata Pipe Line Co
Laredo
Frank Koether
Ammansville
Mex Steinmann
Maverick Wildcat Shows Oil From Eagle Ford Shale
Rycade Oil Company reports its No 1 Chittim well in Maverick County Texas, 12 miles east of Eagle Pass, depth 2467 feet, has flowed several barrels from the Eagle Ford shale at the top of the Buda limestone. This marks the first wildcat test on the 173000 acre ranch.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rycade Oil Company
Maverick County
Bagle Pass
Rycade
Derrick Erected in Able Springs Under Humble Oil Supervision
A derrick has been erected on a farm in the Able Springs community of Van Zandt County Texas and most drilling machinery is being installed. Humble Oil Company directs operations in the effort.
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Troup
Tex
Able Springs
van Zandt
Humble Oil Company
Humble Oil Leases 200000 Acres Along Neches River
Humble Oil and Refining Company of Houston filed oil leases covering over 200000 acres along the Neches River in Cherokee and Anderson Counties, Texas. The land lies on both sides of the river.
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Troup
Tex
Humble Oil and Refining Company of
Houston
Neches River
Cherokee
Anderson Counties
Neches
Batson Wells Sale to H J Luther Stark
Austin Texas sale closes on 38 percent interest in Capitol Oil Company's three Batson field wells. Basic price set at $250,000 for the entire interest, seller unnamed. Stark of Orange completes purchase.
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Austin, Tex
Capitol Oil Company
Batson Field
H. J. Luther Stark
Orange
Operations In Duval County Oil Drilling Progress
Associated Oil Company reports drilling in Section 186 G B and C N G Sutherland ranch, Duval County San Diego Tex. At 2460 feet a productive oil send was found in two cores. Casing is being set and cementing completed as bailing is expected to begin this week.
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San Diego
Tex
Associated Oil Company
Sutherland Ranch
Cuero Wildcat Well Strikes Pay at 2587 Feet
The Cuero Oil and Gas Company struck pay on their wildcat well in the Brooks league six to seven miles from Cuero Texas. The band was reached at 2587 feet on the August Holzatfel survey.
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Cuero
Tex
Cuero ,Oil and Gas Company
Leasing in Crane County Oil Areas Defined
San Angelo Texas reports Crane County has definite locations for two oil drilling tests and a tentative spot for a third, based on statements from S F Johnson of Philadelphia.
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Crane County
San Angelo
Tex
S. F. Johnson
Philadelphian
Yoro Drilling Under Way Near Edgar Texas
Yoro Oil Company’s test near Edgar, Yoakum area, halted 10 days for water shortage, resumes operations. Strong entities include Yoro Oil Company and Edgar. location Yoakum Texas.
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Yoakum
Tex
Yoro Oil Company
Edgar
Texas Medical Association Convention Moves to Houston
The 1926 Texas Medical Association convention will be held in Houston from May 24 to 26, with sessions hosted at Houston facilities. Doctors from across Texas are expected to attend, focusing on medical policy, research updates, and professional standards.
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Dallas
Tex
The
Texas Medical Association
Houston
Historian John Fiske and his name change in 1855
Historian John Fiske born Edmund Fiske Green had his name legally changed in 1855 to honor one of his great grandfathers. He died in 1901, marking the end of a prolific career in American history writing.
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John Fiske
Edmund Fiske Green
Fiske
Good Mind Invaluable He that procures
A fragmentary quotation from Locke discusses prudence and the superior value of a prudent purchase. The text contrasts a cautious approach with splurging on new property, implying that thrift yields better gains than enlarging an existing estate without planning.
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Locke
Italians Agree To Debt Payment Plan
Washington reports that Italian and American debt commissioners reached a framework for Italy’s war debt to the United States. The base sum is 1.648 billion dollars with accrued interest, to be repaid over sixty-two years, with no interest for five years and varied interest thereafter, plus scheduled annual payments rising through the term.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Penitentiary Population Declines in Texas System
Texas prison system shows a September population drop from 3491 to 8443 on October 1. The report notes 10 prisoner deaths and 47 escapes, with 17 recaptured, 7 pardoned, 7 paroled, and 12 furloughed. Convicts received numbered 97, with 108 discharged and 4 returned to sheriffs. Distribution lists Huntsville 320, Blue Ridge 349, Clemens 288, and others across multiple facilities plus farm leases.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Huntsville Penitentiary
Insane Asylum
Blue Ridge Farm
Clemens
Harrington
Eastham
Ferguson
Goree
Harlem
Imperial
Neff Honor Farm
Ramsey
Retrieve
Shaw
Wynne
Blakely
National Banks Resources Near Twenty-Five Billions
Washington reports combined resources of the national banks nearing 250 billion dollars as of September 28. The 8085 banks held total resources of 24.5605 billion, with deposits at 19.9301 billion. Loans and discounts stood at 13.1345 billion, and government securities declined by about 25 million since June. Miscellaneous bonds and securities rose to 3.2426 billion, up 4.943 million from June.
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Washington
United States
McIntoch
Jury Discharges Dr Blazer Trial Delayed
The jury in the Dr Harold Elmer Blazer murder case against him for killing his daughter Hazel was discharged by Judge Samuel Johnson on Thursday. Prosecutor Joel E Stone said it is unlikely he will pursue action again. Defense chief Lewis Mowry noted division of opinion suggesting mercy tempered the cold facts of law.
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Littleton
Cole
Harold Elmer Blazer
Hazel
Samuel Johnson
Joel E. Stone
Blazer
Lewis Mowry
Washington corn crop tops major league production
Gold Deposits Bound reports a corn crop of 3,028,000 bushels valued at 90,000 and approaching a one billion bushel national mark. The Department of Agriculture notes a fifth larger crop than last year and a sixth in the nation. Washington leads with an indicated production of 477,386,000 bushels, exceeding prior records.
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Washington
Department ‘of Culture
quarantine lifted in louisiana amid foot and mouth outbreak
quarantine ended in louisiana after a run by the state health official who managed the quarantine in lake charles, reversing earlier restrictions against texas amid concerns over foot and mouth disease being lifted on thursday.
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Lake Charles
Texas
Jerry
Thie Charles
Louisiana
Mayflower Women and the Pilgrim Maid at Plymouth Rock
John Dickinson Sherman II notes visitors to Plymouth Rock showed keen interest in the Mayflower memorial to the Women of the Mayflower erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The piece links the Pilgrim Mothers to Thanksgiving fare, focuses on The Pilgrim Maid statue, the role of flappers, witchcraft episodes, and the origin of pumpkin pie tied to Mayflower women and early colonial life.
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John Dickinson Sherman II
Plymouth Rock
Daughters of the
Plimoth Plantation
Priscilla Mullins
John Alden
Miles Standish
John
Flapper
Julia O'Grady
Sir Hubert
Pilgrim Fathers
Hines
Miles
Standish
Duxb
Captain Standish
Priscilla
Providence
United States of America
Earth
Seiem
Boston
Plymouth
Colony
Dinah Sylvester
Mrs. Holmes
Mayflower
Muayfflower
Cape Cod
Worgan
Interlarded Proposal Report From an English Luncheon
A fragmented English note describes a luncheon scene where a proposal was made though the text is garbled. The readable bits indicate a seating table and a failed or interrupted oath or statement during the moment of proposing. The context remains unclear due to damaged wording.
Wise Mashed Plea In A Vivid Restaurant Scene
A diner entreats Prisley with a playful line about mashed potatoes and asks for Vienna rolls. The moment conveys lighthearted flirtation and domestic whimsy in a casual dining setting.
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Prisley
Obliging Mackerel The Most Accommodating In History
In the waters around South Portland Maine the mackerel are described as unusually obliging and accommodating to fishermen. The report notes the fish are abundant and near the surface, with fishing vessels affected by the high yields and easy catches, threatening to change local fishing patterns.
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South
Portland
Maine
Mackerel School Flees Breakwater to Canning Wharf
A school of mackerel swam through open space in the breakwater and drifted directly to the canning factory wharf. Fishermen netted the fish easily, but by the time they returned with a small catch the fish had already been salted down in barrels.
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Q Canning Ustii
Canning Factory
Barrela
South African Apple Uses Microphone to Hear Worms
A South African apple researcher attached a tiny microphone to an apple to detect worms inside. The setup aims to improve pest detection and fruit quality by identifying internal infestations noninvasively.
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Will H. Mayes
Department of Journalism
University of Texas
Florida
Calfornia
California
George
Texas Water
Turkey
East Texas
Gulf Leases Ranch
Vernon Pool
Maverick Wildcat
van Zandt County
Duval County
Dr. Blazer
Louisi
Peay Ik Ladarwood
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