Bowers well hailed as real producer by Power Oil official
J F McDonald of the Power Oil Co testifies that the Bowers well is a genuine producer with strong Northwest Extension prospects. He observed a noon swab Sunday, rapid refill by 1 20, thirty five minutes of steady flow, and a head with a potential of 500 barrels daily, as work begins on a Towell Oil Co rig nearby.
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J. FE. McDonald
Power Oi Company
Bowers
Northwest Extension
McDonald
Towell Oil Co
Town Park
Powell
Burk-Cameron Wells
Bowers and
Dickens as Social Reformer
Dickens as a social reformer is praised as perhaps the greatest modern literary figure. The speaker argues the era’s inheritors arose from the appalling working-class conditions seen in London and across the country, citing Viscount Burnham.
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
London
Viscount Burnham
Parlous Times Highbrows Discuss Bacon and Shakespeare
A concise social note contrasts elites debating literary figures with common folk debating breakfast fare. The item uses sharp wit to highlight class tastes and cultural distance.
Oil firm rep in Vernon seeks Vernon-area acreage
Irving D. Winitz of New York is in Vernon for a few days as a representative of an oil corporation. He is interested in acreage south of Vernon.
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Irving D. Winitz
New York
Vernon
Girls Show Farming Skill at Oklaunion
Federal instructor W. M. Gourley praises Alma Starnes and Eva Nettles for outstanding farm projects. Starnes grows the best acre of potatoes in the area while Nettles concentrates on tomatoes with larger plants than neighbors. Insects troubled tomatoes, but preventive measures and insecticides proved effective.
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Oklaunion
Alma Starnes
Eva Nettles
Miss Starnes
Mr. Gourier
Miss Nettles
Arbor Day Origin and Early Observance Details
Arbor Day began in Nebraska with Sterling Morton on January 4, 1877. The first Missouri observance came in 1850 when a law fixed the first Friday after the first Tuesday in April for tree planting. Schools nationwide began observing the day in various years.
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Ling Morten
Nebraska
Missouri
Isso
Fractured Offer Sparks Promise of Rooms and Marriage
A garbled 19th century note shows a speaker offering two rooms for ten shillings weekly, then asserts a fiancé has promised marriage for the rooms, indicating social bargaining and romantic leverage amid the fragment.
Misfortune at the lam wer and a lesson learned
A humorous note recounts an accident with a knife and a thumb. Mr Hinges and Mr Bings discuss misfortune, with friend Tangs remarking on gratitude. Cyrus Barcus, son of Revo Tinreus, heads to stammer school at Canyon a Monday. White Produce Co. advertises top prices for chickens and eggs at a new North Main Street location near rail lines.
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Hinges
Mr. Bings
Tangs
Cyrus Barcus
Revo E.R. Tinreus
Canyon
State Normal
White Produce Co
North Main Street
Frisco
Denver
Dobbs the Drummer Driven From Village Band
The Village band sees its popular drummer Dobbs decline in tempo and stamina until tears mark his exit as he confesses he can no longer hit the drum in the middle. The scene ends with the conductor accepting his resignation amid emotion. For sale: second hand cotton flour bags at Kell Milling Co.
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Kell Milling Co
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Parlous Times
Ward
Orange Crush Co
Chicago
Ratory
Los Angeles
Orrantes Cri
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Lady Dana Cooper
Duke of Rutland
Londons
West End
Lady Dana
W. M. Gourley
Federal
Arbor Day
4. Ster
Phat
Dobbs
Stout
Ness
Isoo
Parlem Om
Holland
Sauibb’s
Vernon Drug Store
Frisco and
Andrew J. Britton
Wilbarger County
First Guaranty Bank Bldg
Wylie Bennett, A. 8
Davis, L. G. Hawkins
R. B. Sherrill
Swartwood W Company
Ima
Maxwell
North Main St
Vernon, Texas
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