Finis for Guffey as Tidewater takes control of oil firm
New York reports Tidewater Oil, a Standard Oil subsidiary, gaining control of the Guffey Gillespie Oil company after a failed stock-peg battle. Joe Guffey of Pittsburgh, president of multiple companies and involved in Colombian and Mexican oil interests, led a costly bid, borrowing heavily to defend the stock. banks then called loans and Tidewater moved to oust the old directors and appoint a receiver.
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New York
Tidewater Oil Company
Standard Oil
Guffey-Gilespie Oil Company
Wall Street
Finis
Joe Guffey
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburgh
Guffey-Gillespie Oil Company
Mid-Continent
Texas
Atlantic Gulf Oil Corporation
Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines
Tampico
Colombia Syndicate
Guffey-Gillespie
Magdalena River
South America
Reliance Life Insurance Company
Democratic National
Pennsylvania
A. Mitchel Palmer
Guffey
James M. Guffey
United States
Guffey & Gillespie
Colombia
Agwi
Atlantic Gulf Oil Company
Bears
Gillespie
Tidewater
Dutch Scientist Claims Vast Celestial Dust Cloud
London reports Dr. A Pannekeck, a Dutch scientist, asserts existence of an enormous celestial gas or dust cloud in Taurus. He estimates its mass at 20,000,000,000 times that of the sun, potentially larger than the universe’s combined mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pannekeck
Constellation of
Taurus
Stevenson's Prayer for Morning Hope and Labor
A brief excerpt extends a blessing for waking with smiles and working cheerfully. The verse emphasizes sunlight spreading warmth and kindness illuminating the home, attributed to Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Elixir of Youth Found in Chicago
A 67 year old man named John Shebee claimed a miraculous elixir. Detectives Bierndt and Janaczak chased him across Western Avenue and Madison Street as he hopped a street car and outran a police flivver. He was caught after zigzagging through a crowded district and found with twenty one dollar bills and five dollars in coins.
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Chicago
John Shebec
Shebee
Bierndt
Janaczak
Western Avenue
Madison Street
Shebec
Indianapolis
Profiteers Anger Travelers as Paris Seeks Cure in Publicity
Paris reports rising tourist grievances over extortion by American visitors amid high living costs. Undersecretary Paisant proposes public protest and hotel rate publication to curb abuses at lodging and amusements, while furnished apartments fetch 300 to 1000 percent higher rents than prewar levels.
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Paris
France
Paisant
Western wool clip projection for Canada 5 million pounds
The wool clip for western Canada this year is expected near five million pounds. Alberta's wool crop is estimated at about 2.2 million pounds, roughly unchanged from last year. Manitoba Saskatchewan and British Columbia together may add around 3 million pounds.
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West
Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Cambridge
Hemingford
Wistar Institute to Erect $30,000 Home for White Rats
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy will build a $30,000 facility in New York to house thousands of white rats used in its biological research. The building will be dedicated entirely to rodent housing and related studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wistar Institute of Anatomy
Lawyer Seeks Court Relief to Free Lions From Debt Claim
Felix O. Rustand former circus trainer asks Judge John Booth to classify his lions as perishable and free him from keeping the animals after detaching them from Bridgeport to Short Beach to satisfy a claim against Mme. Irene Castello. Rustand says keeping the lions costs more than losing the claim. Judge Booth reserved decision.
Postmaster Hays Humanizing Office Saves Woman
In Nebraska a dying woman avoided death as floods blocked bridges until a North Platte doctor used a post office inspired rule to secure air transport with Army help. The physician asked for authority first, but courier access allowed rapid air crossing enabling life saving medical care. The tale credits Postmaster General Hays’s policy.
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Dr. Selby
C. A. Slader
North Platte
Sluder
Washington
Nebraska
Hays
Cornhusker items and community notes cross Nebraska
Nebraska items report farm finance shifts. Mitchell S D Paustian speaks on rural leaders, camp facilities in York and Blair church calls Rev Winther, Eriksen and other locals. Fremont flour deal to Glasgow, Aurora welding blast injuries, and county fairs with Johnson day and Nemaha day feature in town calendars.
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Nebraska
Chicago
Kk. C. Paustian
Mitchell
S. D
Wesleyan
York
Fremont Milling Company
Glasgow
Scotland
Acutelene
Sims
Aurora Brew Up
Gus Stahl
Otho Anderson
Nebraska City
Auburn
Tecumseh
Johnson County Fair
Johnson
Mayor Green
Fire Department
Fremont
Ord
New York Art Gallery
John W. Johnson
Harvard
Hastings
Allie Burke
Geneva
Department of Vocational Training
United States
Washington, D. C
Congregational Church
Kieth
Perkins
Blair
Emerson
Stethoscope To Locate Trouble In Machinery
A simple portable stethoscope can locate knocks in engines at small cost. A four by four inch chamber holds a shim steel rod and copper diaphragm, with rubber tubes to the ears. Placed on the noise source it transmits vibrations to warn of trouble and save repair bills, per Popular Science Monthly.
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Ernest Schwartz
Popular Science Monthly
Don’t Try To Beat A Train At Crossing
Public safety note explains a train at 50 mph covers 750 feet in ten seconds and needs about 700 feet to stop after brakes are applied. It warns that trains often travel at 50 mph on open tracks and urges spectators to stand 100 feet from crossings to watch safely.
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR AILING CARBURETOR
A historical note explains that water in gasoline sinks to the bottom and can be drawn into the carburetor, causing troubles. It advises keeping gas strainers clean, checking the float valve and seat, straightening bent parts, clearing the feed pipe, and ensuring the butterfly valve, supply valve, and intake pipe fit correctly to avoid flooding or lean mixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Stewart Jr
Stewart Automobile School
Automobile facts from around the world and regions
A compilation notes English garage work for women in England, Ontario as Canada’s auto hub, Spain with 26 000 000 population hosting about 20 000 cars, U S states owning 30 000 motor vehicles, Holland with 10 000 cars (one per 700 people), solid tires on English trucks, Holland’s annual production under 200 cars, young drivers in Kansas and West Virginia at fourteen, Denmark speed limit set at 50 kilometers per hour.
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Denmark
New Oil Can Feeds Under Pressure By Lever Action
An oil can new to the automotive field feeds under pressure via a lever that actuates a piston at the bottom of the nozzle, forcing oil out with enough force to feed in a vertical position. Pre ignition may result from a spark plug extending too far into a cylinder. In Pennsylvania tractors were virtually unknown on farms prior to 1917. The present number jg 6,823. An $8,000 passenger auto to be provided for the United States government will have its bodies turned over to firms specializing in body construction rather than produced in house.
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Pawnee
State Railway Commission
Princeton
Lancaster County
Ulysses Flour Mills
Scotland
Ruby Smith
Belvidere
Gering
James Ferguson
Julius C. Wintermeyer
Elizabeth
Colo
United States Grain Growers, Inc
Nebraska
Frontier County Farm Bureau
George Marsh
District Court
Code Department
J. L. Jacobs
Chicago
Marsh
Jacobs
McKelvie
Wells-Abbott-Neiman Company
Schuyler
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Crete
Guy Fasley
D. Brunsen
Friend
United States Land Office
Alliance
Cherry County
Community Club of
Geneva
Third Ward
Board of Education
M. BE. Barbee
Hebron
Frank Babka
Lowell Schefferdecker
Thayer County
Cheyenne County
Lorenzo
Bloomfield
Prescott & Son Furniture
K. C. Christensen
Blair
James H. Hewett
Nebr
Jules Haumont
Register of the Land Office
Broken Bow
Columbus
Omaha
84Th Division
American Expeditionary Forces
Nelson
Weather Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Methodist
Fremont
Sutherland
Pennsylvania
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Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Donau River
Extergon
Trainer
Court
New Haven, Conn
Felix O. Rustand
Coney Island
MR. Hays
Postoffice
Shakespeare
England
Ontario
Canada
Spain
Union
Holland
Kansas
West Virginia
Boy
Harry
Cincinnati
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