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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1901
Page
5
With four wells pumping, at least 280 barrels per day are produced. After pumping costs of 5 cents per barrel, net is 70 cents per barrel. At 280 barrels, daily net is $196, annual net about $71,740. This supports 18 percent on face value of existing stock. The stock, sold at 30 cents, nets 60 percent on a $540 yearly investment for 3,000 shares or a $900 stake. This implies $45 monthly income.
Correspondent visits Westminster Abbey before King Edward's coronation and notes a new sermon by Canon Henson. He praises Henson's call for inclusion of Free Churches, criticizes ecclesiastical exclusivism, and envisions nonconformist voices in the ancient pulpit. The piece contrasts historic reverence with modern reform and mentions the upcoming royal ceremony.
A Friday night arrival Henry VIII the rooster stirs chaos as seventeen young guinea hens attack. In the lane old Andy the horse bolts, Ben Bolt the colt and Sophy and Josephine the cows join the chase through forest and field. The farmer gathers help to subdue the stampede and lead Andy toward town.
Hon John W Bookwalter of Onto says a threefold rise in corn since four years ago signals a looming food crisis and urban rural clash. He indicts government free lands and tariffs for farmer hardship, predicts high food prices and urban overpopulation, and notes he will not sell any corn as rent on Western land.
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