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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1901
Page
14
The Indiana Oil Company owns 1 040 acres of Califor nia oil lands with capital stock of 1 200 000 dollars. Shares are one dollar each, fully paid and nonassessable. Shares totaling 500 000 dollars are offered to fund field development, with about one quarter sold in the last month.
The oil sands on our land lie about 500 feet deep with over 500 wells within two miles. No well has failed and all produced oil. A nearby gusher yields 1,000 barrels daily and three wells within six rods produce about 900 barrels daily. Asphaltum is abundant on the surface. A conservative estimate suggests four wells could place stock on a dividend basis.
An experienced oil man asserts that the Kern field contains a unique formation where every drilled well yields paying oil with no observed failures. He stresses the belt's peculiar geology and claims universal profitability within its boundaries.
George Grantham Bain compares English and American railway travel describing privilege tickets, corridor trains, and sleeping cars on lines like the London and Northwestern. He notes guards seeking tips, the better steadiness and fewer stops on English night trains, and the relative simplicity of British dining cars versus American.
A London Telegraph Paris dispatch reports a glittering Bagatelle gymkhana with duchesses and noble spectators, won by Mme. De Yturbe’s monkey, amid other animal races and later notes a Vincennes wood assault claim involving an actress and her 16-year-old niece. The piece adds a Broadway style Yiddish staging of Uncle Tom’s Cabin with hybrid English and Yiddish dialogue.
Darmes on foot and on Horsepack patrols unit alongside the ordinary rangers. The report notes varied modes of movement and readiness in the field. No further contextual details are provided in the fragment.
The review notes the play created a tense atmosphere when Cusefe offered Tom evidenilg scenapos after his whipping but also remarks the overall performance was good despite this element.
A Philadelphia Record analysis questions the so called summer girl, arguing many society women deny any link to flirtatious seaside fashion. It muses on attire shaping behavior, cites uniforms and roles from volunteers to Knight Templar, and traces phrases like catching a Tartar and brick to historical origins.
New York Sun recounts how common idioms arose from playful past customs. It cites Hepzibah Merton’s apple pies labeled for days to explain “apple pie order” and notes origins like serving a cold shoulder in France and Turkish feather symbolism in Hungarian lore.
The Honolulu Bulletin notes that when Attorney General Dole requests a vacation after hard work, opposition dissipates as rumors of his upcoming marriage surface. The piece wishes him a safe journey and happiness, free from office tensions.
Mrs E Waite of Lake View Chicago Illinois describes six years of ovary trouble with pain and fatigue. After using two bottles of Favorite Prescription and one Golden Medical Discovery she reports improved sleep appetite and overall health. She urges others to give Dr Pierce’s medicines a fair trial.
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