Oil News In Brief Duchesne test well gearing up near Duchesne
Duchesne structure near the large Cline Anticline faces imminent drilling as Ute Petroleum Co prepares site facilities and roadwork. Geologist Justius H. Cline and Robert W. Gibson supervise drilling between Indian and Skitzy canyons six miles southwest of Duchesne. Delays from daily cloudbursts affect supply routes and camp access. Carter Oil seeks a half second foot of San Rafael river water for drilling and cooking needs.
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Duchesne
Ute Petroleum Company
Justius H. Cline
Royal Dutch Shell Co
Rocky Mountain
Ofl and Gan
Royal Dutch Sheil
Ute
Ate Nuw
Robert W. Gibson
Skitzy
Peery
Castlegate Toay
Carter Ol Company
Denver
San Rafael
August gasoline prices report across nine cities
The August report from the U S Bureau notes Salt Lake City had the highest gasoline price at 25 cents per gallon among nine cities. New York paid 24 cents, Denver 23.5 cents, and St Louis 17.4 cents as the lowest. Internal retail gasoline averaged 38 cents per gallon.
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U. S. Bureau of Mined States
Salt Lake City
New York
Denver
St. Louis
Wonders of America records giant Anaconda stack
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company at Anaconda Montana completes a world scale smokestack. Concrete base used 118 cars of crushed rock 50 cars of sand and 20890 sacks of cement. Exterior diameter 80 feet base top 60 feet top. Height 585 feet 124 inches. Brick work weighs about 23810 tons. Scraped of vegetation avoided by fumes. A Japanese no kissing rule quoted.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Sfontana
Women drive husbands to toil despite lack of skill
A fragment notes women influence husbands to work, even when they cannot drive themselves or nail. It hints at traditional gender roles and domestic labor expectations, with a dismissive tone about women's technical abilities in tasks like driving or carpentry.
Bond of Sympathy Between Doctors and Auditors
A concise remark contrasts doctors and auditors noting doctors avoid their own medicines while auditors rarely follow their own advice, hinting at professional irony and shared human weakness.
The Story of Our States Louisiana's early explorers and statehood
The account traces Louisiana from Alvarez de Pineda and De Soto in the early sixteenth century through La Salle's claim in 1682, New Orleans's 1718 foundation, Law's Company schemes, and shifts between Spain and France before the United States purchase in 1803 and statehood in 1812. It notes the Pelican State nickname from the coat of arms as a cultural tag.
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Louisiana
Alvarez de Pineda
de Soto
Mississippi
la Salle
Louis XIV
New Orleans
Company of the West
John Law
France
Ingland
Spain
United States
Orleana
Osien
Louisiane
McCture
Wonders of America and the distant battle against pests
The article describes a large fumigation facility on the Texas border run by the United States Department of Agriculture. Freight cars from Old Mexico carry live pink bollworm larvae threatening cotton crops. Cars are admitted to a brick shed where gas kills the pests, then released after about an hour. Smaller plants operate at several coastal ports.
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Ramdla
Larttle
United States Department of Agriculture
Old Mexico
Potata
Unclear Moral Reflections On Policy And Reputation
A fragmentary reflection discusses policy, greed, and human behavior. It critiques self interested efficiency and the idea that overreaching can backfire, noting how actions toward others can be judged by outcomes and reputation. The writing uses metaphorical examples about painting and performance.
Fragmentary note on fringe fashion and hair styles
A garbled passage notes that some people are continuously doing something to their back hair, mentioning a manese and medgile phrases, leaving the meaning unclear. The fragment appears observational with no clear event or names to anchor a fuller report.
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Mien
Windsor
Batiste
Lavender
Delft
Uteh
Utah Agricultural College
Logan, Utah
Byrd
Byron Alder
Guimpie
Matador
Wne
Uintah State Bank
Wonders OF America
T.T. Maxey
Western Newspaper Union
Czar OF
Smokestack World
Japan
Jonathan Brace XVIII
Jack Tar
Uncle Sam
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