Drouth Here in Mexia Area Sets 20 Year Low Rainfall
Weather Bureau data show Mexia and Limestone County endure the driest year in 20 years with 1925 total rainfall at 5.82 inches, far below the 15 year average of 36 inches, following a dry fall of 1924 and a series of record drought months through June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Drouth
Mexia
Limestone County
Josephine Newman
Indies
TaMary
Repaeas
Brouth
American autos replace camels in Syrian deserts
Washington June 19 American automobiles are replacing camels as the main means of motion over Syrian deserts. Consul Grege Fuller in Teheran reports that along old routes once limited to camel caravans, motor vehicles now traverse the terrain, signaling a shift in transportation patterns in Persia and adjacent regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Grege Fuller
Teheran
Persia
Amer
Regular wartime travel figures in Middle East chaos
Fuller states kidnappings rise as motor cars resume trips from Aleppo to Bagdad and routes to Beirut and Damascus resume. Canada's population of 9,250,000 shows about 2,200,000 attending school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Motor Cars
Aleppo
Bagdad
Beirut
Damascus
Fuller
Canada
Colorado Oil Man Inspects San Juan Basin District
Clinton E. Bivens of Red Feather Oil Company leads a tour of San Juan Basin fields in New Mexico with oilmen and capitalists. Red Feather’s 5000 acres are heavily developed as the Red Feather well nears 400 feet, and investors seek $40,000 in leases while the region yields high value 60 degree Baume oil.
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Colorado Oil Man
San Juan Basin
Denver
Colo
Clinton EB. Bivens
Red Feather Oil Company
New Mexico
Red Feather
Sun Oil Company
Dean Winchester
Government Geological Survey
Clinton E. Bivens
Rocky Mountain
Texas Company
Mr. Bivens
Bivens
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Limestone
American Autos
Misa Ernestine Bean
Kansas City
Joseph M. Phillips
St Louis
Doge Int
Dave the
Si Steng
Rinne
Tran
Wea
Faip Ea
Alexander
Indianola
Iowa
U. S
Lamb’s
Ben B. Hunt
Texas
Harry A. Porter
D.C
Palmer
E. Commerce St
E. L. Hartley
Optometrist
A. M. Wesson Jeweler
Golden State
Welch
Fleischmann’s Yeast
Wilson’s and
Swift’s
Maxwell House
White Swan
Saniflush
Diana Howard
Heinz Vinegars Poultry Supplies
Purina Chows
Tidwells A Mexia Institution
Pat EF
Hopkins Wheel & Body Works
West Milam St
Studebaker
Stephens
Overland
Ford
Willys Knight
E. M. Strange
Overland and
Willys-Knight Automobiles
Hurdleston
Pat F. Hopkins
Wheel & Body Works
West Milam Street
Mexia Marble & Granite Works
C. P. McKenzie
Kemp Bldg
John R. Corley Company
East Commerce St
E. F. Hamm
Cox-Forrest D. Store
Brown Hospital, Inc
Ross Ave
RG. McDonnell
North McKinney
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