April Fool’s Day Surprise Sparks Electra Oil Boom
Eleven years ago Electra Texans woke to an oil gusher at Claco No. 3, flooding the town with wealth and rapid growth. Overnight trades boomed, leases climbed, and the community rebuilt with brick streets and water works as the oil boom reshaped Electra’s fortunes.
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Electra
Claco
Hlectra
Diana of the
West
WANTED Advertisements Run In Local Shop Window
Various want ads list needs from hemstitching at Woolworths to rooms for rent and farm inquiries. Vendors seek bargains on a shack, a servant’s house, roomers, a salesman, and owner contact details for a farm sale.
For Sale Two Houses and Lots at a Bargain
A brief classified notice offers two houses and lots for sale through First Guaranty State Bank. Potential buyers are instructed to contact the bank for details and terms.
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First Guaranty State Bank
Denver Northbound Schedule Fragment
Schedule snippet shows northbound train times at 5:35 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. The source provides only partial timing data without context or destination details.
Snyder for Okla City 8 40 a m No 618 for Oklahoma City
Fragmentary transit note lists Snyder for Oklahoma City at 8 40 a m and No 618 for Oklahoma City at 8 40 p m. Readable text is limited. entities include Snyder and Oklahoma City with times.
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Snyder
Okla
City
Oklahoma City
Enid
Moving Office Notice and Aircraft Trial Report
We are moving our office from the Denny Building to M Ladd Cement Building on East Pease Street opposite the Library. Buattenderf Battendorf Chiropra... An airplane with ruggeders instead of wheels completed a test flight from Cochrane Ontario to Moose Factory and back, landing three times in open water.
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Denny
M. Ladd Cement Bldg
East Pease St
East Pease
Buattenderf & Battendorf, Chiropractorf
Cochrane
Ontario
Moose Factory
Hudsonshay
For Rent Listings with Neighborhood Options
Brick building 35 by 110 feet at 408 North Main Street contact T H Shive. Large house near square available for one or two families via Mrs H K Hockersmith 879. Three room furnished with garage inquire Kramer Studio. Two to four furnished rooms for light housekeeping near square contact L I. Five room house with toilet and water at Swartwoods & Co W A Lane.
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North Main Street
T. H. Shive
H. K. Hockersmith
Kramer
W. A. Lane
Swartwoods & Co
Ownership Statement for Vernon Record April 1 1912 Edition
The Vernon Record prints ownership and management details for the April 1 1912 issue. It lists publisher Vernon Record Inc of Vernon Texas editor BE C Christian managing editor Eric G Schroeder business manager KB C Christian and notes owners including A D D Sheppard Mrs Mary Landrum L Sanders Lula May Lynn W Landrum W Hayne J G Law kine J A Dison Cy Long and J P.
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Vernon Record
Vernon
Texas
State of Texas
Wilburger
E. C. Christian
Towit
Vernon Record Inc
BE. C. Christian
Vernon, Texas
Eric G. Schroeder
KB. C. Christian
A. DD. Sheppard
Dallas
Mary
Landrum
Dpallax
L Sanders
Chicago
Lula May
Vernon Texas
Lynn W. Landrum
W. Hayne
Almarillo
Bondholders and Security Holders Listed in Vernon Notice
An 1922 Vernon Texas notice lists Barnhart Bros. and Spindler of Dallas as holding over 1 percent of securities. The document includes fiduciary details about stockholders and trustees, sworn by EB Cc Christian on March 2, 1922, before PRED A Newtel. It also commands publication of the notice in Wilbarger County to settle Mary BE McElroy estate with Basham as administrator, hearing set for April 1 in Vernon County Court.
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Barnhart Bros. and
Spindler
Dallas
Texas
State OF Texas
Wilbarver
Walbarger County
Mary BE. McElroy
Basham
Wilbarger County
Verson
Vernon
SOTICK SHERIFFES SALE NOTICE TEMPLATE
The text indicates a sheriff sale notice from Texas Wilbarger County issued under an alias execution. It records the legal action to sell property to satisfy a judgment as part of a court process. Details like case number, debtor, and property are unreadable in the fragment.
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State of Texas
Wilbarger
Stallion for service on A Allison's Vernon farm
Notice advertising a stallion for service at A Allison's Vernon farm seven miles northeast of Vernon. The horse stands 17 hands high weighs 1600 pounds and is English Hackney and Percheron breed. Cash price eight dollars in return mares third service if needed without further charge. A J Baker owner Vernon Route A224 Tuesday.
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Notich
A. Allison
Vernon
A. J. Baker
Vernon Route A
Sheriff Sale Notice in Wilbarger County Texas
On the first Tuesday in April 1922 the court will sell for cash the undivided one eighth oil, gas and mineral rights in land in Wilbarger County Texas described as Lots one three four six nine and twelve of the A B Dean subdivision, to satisfy a judgment of $5200.22 in favor of A K Dean against Penn Barkburnett Oil Company. The sale is at the courthouse door in Vernon, Wilbarger County.
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District Court
Witbarger County
Wilbacger County
Vernon
Wilburger County
Texas
A. B. Dean
A. KB
Dean
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