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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
3
Amado Gonzalez Palacios is installed as mayor of Nuevo Laredo by Governor Emilio Portesil. Portesil left for Victoria with staff after hosting social engagements including a reception and banquet at Club Social Tranteriza on Friday night.
The governor said officials of Nuevo Laredo gave a banquet to him and that he spent a most delightful Christmas in the border city.
Prohibition officers seized control of five stills in San Antonio during weekend raids. More than 100 gallons of liquor were sold or seized and thousands of gallons of whiskey mash were destroyed in the operation.
Heavy damage to highways, crops, and livestock reported as floods cover Tennessee lowlands. Roads abandoned, water stood several feet deep in many sections while Chattanooga and Clarksville brace for rising Cumberland River waters. Kentucky towns on swollen streams report property damage but no deaths.
The piece laments past cruelty and religious persecution while criticizing modern idealism and public aviation ventures. It cites Christ’s crucifixion, mentions Jewish heritage, mocks planned long distance flights, and ends with Mr. Smith of Fort Wayne commissioning a red white and blue monument to be buried with him.
A major gas well in the Laredo district reached 90,906,000 cubic feet daily at 3,025 feet depth with 1,200 pounds per square inch pressure, described as the district’s largest and holiday sensation. Several oil wells in Jim Hogg and nearby fields reported varying depths and outputs, including 60 to 160 barrels per day, with multiple wells totaling activity across El Mandado and Las Animas grants. The Murchison & Pain oil lease in Webb County was purchased by The Mignolin Petroleum Co, expanding producing wells and drilling rights.
The McCree Petroleum Co extends lease on Survey No. 253 Webb County with several wells producing oil. Houston firms push pipe pipelines east of Brunt toward Carolina-Texas and O'Hern and Seacord Fields. Martex of Co drills Edgington Block 74 Aviator Field cored oil sand 3,766 to 3,760 feet and teams to bring in a producer in 1927. Charco Redondo Oil Co continues drilling in Za pata county old shallow pool with its 57th well as development accelerates after year start.
Bill Carrigan accepts the Boston Red Sox managerial post returning to his first love. Twenty years have passed since he began his major league career with the Sox after starring for Holy Cross college nine.
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