Wields Big Stick in Booming Oil District
El Dorado Arkansas rallies to oil boom with 31 wells drilled in 1937 first half, boosting daily output to 27 239 barrels and total six month production to 4 930 523 barrels. Seismograph work expands into eastern Arkansas western Tennessee and northern Mississippi as drilling spreads from Rodessa field. South Arkansas sits on the north Louisiana uplift, a major oil region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Arkansas Petroleum Industries Committee
Shuler
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cross County
Mississippi River
West
Reelfoot Lake
South Arkansas
Oil
Rodessa
North
Louisiana
South
Hay Cutting a Campaign Issue in 1840s Michigan
The article recalls Governor John S. Barry facing Whig attacks for denying private hay cutting at the Statehouse grounds. Barry insisted the hay be cut by the state and sold to fund the state treasury, angering those who benefited from free hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
John S. Barry
Statehouse
Be Yourself A Plea for Originality
Leonard A. Barrett argues that modern society favors ease over effort, yielding intellectual laziness. He critiques reliance on reviews, radio, and automated devices, warning that convenience breeds imitation and dulls personal thought. The piece calls for individual originality.
Call for Originality in Design and Thought
The piece laments mass imitation in fashion, advertising, and culture, urging individuals to be original and self possessed. It cites fashion trends, cosmetic fads, and automobile styling as examples while praising innovators whose original ideas created home comforts and advances.
Curtains and beds for a snug home layout
The author offers practical styling tips on preventing curtains from fluttering by using tie backs rings or weighted hems and discusses twin versus double beds in small rooms. It urges measuring floor space, comparing costs, and considering guest needs while noting space saver two beds with a single headboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Wells
Corn Carryover Smallest in Years Across Nebraska
Nebraska farmers end Oct with 812000 bushels of corn in storage, the lowest carryover in decades. Crop statistician A E Anderson says the 1937 harvest should supply feed and seed, with grain huskings not expected to exceed 40 million bushels. Wheat and oats on farms show higher stocks than 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Cliff Crooks
Yessir
Chamber of Commerce
Crooks
Nebraska Farmer
W. E. Rigg
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Dare to Be Original in Life and Art
A Western Newspaper Union piece urges individuals to embrace originality over imitation. It praises personal soul, character, and sincerity on streets and in art, warning against artificiality and urging people to reveal their true selves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiife
Geneva
Home Heating Hints on Keeping Dust From Ashpit Cracks
Readers ask how to stop dust sifting through ashpit door cracks when shaking furnace grates. The remedy uses a small pipe spray connected to the cold water system installed in the ashpit.
Dust control spray for ash pits cuts dust in cellar
Instructions describe a simple dust suppression method using a spray fed through a short pipe with holes. When activated just before shaking grates, it dampens ashes dropping through grate openings, preventing dust from rising and settling in the cellar. The setup is inexpensive and reduces cleaning effort.
Wise and Otherwise: Quick Quips About Love and Luck
A humorous column of social quips notes that women seek different futures with age and that a gold prospector loses sleep over his mine. It jokes about domestic echo games, health via wrestling, and a cautionary tale of an old maid who talked too much.
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el Dorado
Ark
Pistol Hill
Suicide Valley
Telegraph Company
Ladislaus Czettel
Hollywood Couturier
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Arn
Gearright
Dail Cyntionte
WNU Service
Leonard A. Barrett
Joe McCluskey
New York Athletic Club
Travers Island
Tpougohold
Finis
Ward
State
Robert T. Malone
Malone
Dvision
Washington
A. M. Loomis
National Dairy Union
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Western Newspaper Union
Black Canyon
Payette
Boise Federal Reclamation Project
Eric
Bowals
Avial Gar Ak
Adilegeika
Dlerika
Ty Adlerike
Joubert
Marriee
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Lydia E
Pinkham
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