Oil Well Confirmation in Glasscock County Texas
A telegram from the General Manager confirms the McDowell well on the McDowell ranch in Glasscock County struck a 1,000-foot oil sand at 2,600 feet. The well tested before a 2,000-person gathering and showed about 2,000 barrels. The General Oil Company also drills another well in Glasscock County and three wells in Howard County and nearby reaches.
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General Oil Company
McDowell Ranch
Grevera! Oi
S. McDowell
Gleescock County
Jolson
Gerseal
McDaowell
Texas
Mens & Many
McDowell
General Oi Company
Grasscock
Honard
Johnson and Roberts
Supreme Court Rules Property Owners Pay For Street Improvements
The Supreme Court holds that the legislature may empower towns to charge abutting property owners for street improvements and that married women are not exempt from such assessments. The Dallas and San Antonio cases are linked as companion rulings with no separate opinion. The decisions affirm the city’s right to recover costs via certificates of assessment against benefited properties.
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Austin
Tesalit
Texas
Warness
Ss Thernef Uct
the & Ing
Preme Court
Hau Antonio
Dallas
Kodote Tustin A. Greenwood
Ears
Wits
Esn Antonin
Pss
Ban Auton street dispute ends in appellate reversal
Spears and his wife fought a civil action over access to a homestead and a street paving conflict. The district court ruled for the city, but an appeal to the Court of Appeals reversed, granting the city a personal judgment against Mrs. Shears as property owner. The case concerned a certificated paving amount and foreclosure avoidance.
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Tain
Ban Auton
Spos Ows
Spears
Cam Cave
Kuwith
Anorals
Mré
Shears
Storm damages city structures after dawn storm
A storm damaged a Magnolia Hetrotonne Co station at South Alamo and South Presa failing roof and causing scattered debris. A large plate glass window at the Majestic Cafe on Main Avenue was shattered. Wires fell near North Main and West Congress. Repairs began promptly and a report of a tree toppling near West Houston and Trin Streets was filed.
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Magnolia Hetrotonne Company
South Alamo
South Presa
Peorll
Majestic Cafe
Main Avenue
Bounberg
West
Courmave
Itrerr
Main Plaza
Witee Eis
West Houston
Trin Streets
Boy Seeks Home for Orphan Believed to Be Bright Behavior
Fred Mavison of the Sun An ime Society appeals for a family to adopt a boy found on a Belgium battlefield by returning American soldiers. The child, named Tess by a survivor, lost both parents in war and is described as manly, bright, and eager to attend school and become a good teacher. Druggists endorse Col. FL 4. Chapa for Legislature. San Antonio Drug Association endorses his bid and pledges support at the Gunter Hotel meeting.
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Fred Mavison
Sun Anime Society
Teving
Relsiad
Mr. Davison Weems Das
Tess
Belgium
Tre Pay
Snather
Sass
Chapa
Col
Antonio Drag
Gunter Fotel
Colonel Chas
Weeling
Dallas
Dimlogist
Hau Autoule
Weather Outlook Shows No Change Until Thursday
Indications point to no change in weather until after Thursday. A storm brought strong winds and a thunder shower Tuesday night, with speeds up to 50 miles per hour and rain, dropping temps from 75 to 20 degrees after midnight. Snow showers and cool air followed, with widespread rainfall in eastern centers and heaviest precipitation in the Paris cotton region at 3.04 inches.
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Allen Ruell
Iavern
San Antonio
Magor Buell
Torus
Mejor Buell
Song
Esas
Paris
Hunt Point
Huntsville
Llaca
Nour
Department of Agriadlice
Obsolete Cannon to Be Given to Cities and Patriotic Bodies
Obsolete cannon to be transferred to cities and patriotic groups for decoration, per government ordnance officials. Condemned as obsolete by the Beathorn Department of serdnance, with several city programs underway to receive the pieces.
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Camiaus
Cal
Sinny Finand
Beathorn Department Serdnance
Ustag
Mae
Army ordnance transfer rules outlined to aid soldiers
The document cites Colonel Casad noting distributed stores at San Abtouiu arsenal 3.2 inch guns and six inch howitzers at Fort Hill Oklo with other pieces scattered. It directs authorized dispositions by the secretary of war and navy and requires applications to the chief of ordnance for donations to soldiers' organizations and municipal bodies, subject to transport cost.
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Casad
San Abtouiu
Fort Hill
Oklo
Theek Mand
Senate
Congress
Navy
Arduauer
Crick Depachamt
Washington, D.C
Wet fight over platform at convention continues
Reports from the convention indicate mounting tensions as factions seek to back a platform or a nominee. Key figures including Bryne and Williams Gi of Nebraska contend with shifting alliances, while a two thirds bloc remains a central obstacle to any decisive outcome.
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Chapiman Cumoungs
Todas
Thes
Sinong
Dark Horne
Tisir
Williams Gi
Moe
Nom
McAdno
Wilson Asks Labor Board Action Amid Walkout Jeopardy
The article reports Wilson urging the Labor Board to act as a broad walkout unfolds at Pottsville and other sites. It details union leaders rallying members, wage disputes, and planned demonstrations across multiple towns, with officials noting interference by authorities and calls for decisive action.
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Wilson
Labor Board
Union firemen face hearings Saturday in city trial
Fifteen firemen charged with violations for union affiliation were served notices by Chief Goetz and will appear before the city commission to answer charges. Trials were scheduled for Saturday with possible additional service on Thursday or Friday. The move follows an injunction tying to a five department union ban and the city’s effort to fill vacancies with typists.
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San Antonio
Eal
Gentevivion
Bourth Court of Civil
Fisowou
Eamassionee
Ean- Hoetfun
Uietsesiie Atettsbors
Fie Fire Department
Sevleo Breanae
Wool Off Market as U S Hold Presses Sheep Growers Urged
San Angelo Texas reports the wool market tightens as three quarters of U S produced wool remains unsold. Officials including assistant secretary of agriculture and the Sheep and Goat Haisers Association call for increased wool production and possible federal reserve support.
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U. S
San Angelo
Tex
United States
Keller
Assiatnul
Fla
Webley
Goat Haisers' Association of
Texae
Federal Reserve
Market words and wool demand spark price speculation
An analyst comments on market quotations and the reserve system. He notes that producers must align output with demand, warns of temporary pressure from protected finished goods, and explains the lack of a wool market due to shifting demand for raw materials and finished products.
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Sune O. G
Walsh
Sho
Oriental show at Beethoven Hall draws crowd to strange spectacle
A promoter announces an exotic exhibition titled The Oriental, to be staged at Beethoven Hall on May 2. Staff, including Gillis and Dagget, will present tables of figures and a controversial act described as a new elyborong. The event, tied to a nonprofit society, aims to feature competing participants for prizes while promising a broader moral message.
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Mauilit
Wiener
San Antonio
Tabies
Josh
Beethoven Hall
Lasaya Street
Gillis
SM. Dagget
Otjova ii
Will Aso Jnelude
Elybroong
Galveston Accepts 12500 for Rat Eradication Campaign
Galveston voters approve a 12500 appropriation to fund a rat eradication effort. The measure directs funds to support Dr. Wubonin Pacue and public health officials in the battle against rats, with no new disease cases reported. Passports and Mexican entry rules are unchanged per a State Department telegram.
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Galveston
Galeston
Genes
Bn Rao
Board of Wity Commissioners
TW Smith Jr
Public Health Service
Jfew
Galvester
Mexico
State Department
Washington
United State District
Wedaowlas
de Fontan Republic
Beltranales
Mosien City
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Glasscock
Supreme Court
Noah Spears
Helgian
War Department
Cockrell
Georgette D-R-E
Maers
Yomada Eos
Bryne
Great Falls
Mont
Due
William
Fan Frayelsea
Bryny Leaven
Thutte
Neogation Rock
Vaaltas
Tow
Bon Freneien Lite
Alent
von Wibbs MrAoo
Grose Fens
Pottsville
Uaven
Cort
Ivey
Liortive
Tsodurlil
Lunesafer
Angie
Palen
Mattel
Bmw
Legion
Russia
Shelley Undertaking Co
Selle
Joe
Coe Comer
Mala Avendo
Travis
Palm Beach
Huy
Palm Beach Coth
Goodall Worsted CO
A. Robaut
Fourth Avenua
New York
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