Armstrong No 29 Drill Sets Mesaba Range Record
Armstrong Manufacturing introduces the Armstrong No. 29 portable steel drill on crawler treads. It cuts a 255 foot six inch hole in one day at Mesaba Range Minnesota, retailing for 5600 dollars. Winston Bros Minneapolis ordered four for Cincinnati earth moving project.
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Armstrong Manufacturing Company
Chestnut Street
Mesaba Iron Radge
Minnesota
Armstrong No
Armstrong Driller
Tts
Winston Bros. Company
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Machine Shipped to Papua New Guinea Oil Field
An Armstrong drill machine, shipped to the territory of Papua New Guinea in the East Indies, was transferred to Vogel Petroleum Co. Ltd. Brisbane Australia. A special road was cut by natives through the jungle to move the equipment inland, overcoming the rainy season in a single day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papua
New, Guinea
East Indies
Vogel Petroleum Co.,Ltd
Brisbane
Australia
Winter Cold Snap Drops Temperature Across City
The city faced its first cold wave as temperatures plunged from around 80 degrees to the mid forties by nightfall. A half inch rain accompanied the change, and coal concerns resurfaced as households shivered through the sudden, several degree per hour drop.
Frances Shop Becomes Wilhelms A Women’s Store
John Wilhelm announces that the Frances shop at 115 Fourth Street East is renamed Wilhelms a Shop for Women. The individually owned store remains unchanged in policy and service under Mr and Mrs Wilhelm who have managed it for years.
Minnesota Fugitive Returns to State School
Harry, a resident of the Minnesota School for the Feebleminded at Faribault, escaped and rode to the city. He told a passerby at Union Station of his escape and was detained by police. He tearfully admitted he wanted to return to the school and home after the failed job search.
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Harry
Minnesota
Faribault
Spollée
Ed Douglass
Union Station
Waterlooan Arrested in Beloit for Stealing Officer’s Car
Beloit Wisconsin police reported last night that a Waterloo man was arrested after an automobile was stolen from Patrolman R. The investigation details and charges are pending further information.
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Waterlooan
Beloit
Wis
Auto theft suspect held amid Beloit probe
Police in Beloit hold Jack McCord, formerly of Waterloo, as they investigate the alleged theft of an automobile. The case notes a connection to a resident or location referred to as Southern Cellade, placed at a similar latitude to Thaly.
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A. Michaels
Beloit
Pa- Hee
Jack McCord
Waterloo
Cellade
Thaly
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Mesaba
Frances
Wilhelm
BOVEE
Boven
Black Hawk County
Rover
Bovee Furnace Works
West
Espe-ci Ad
Star Clothing Co
Wagner
Catlouses
Jake & Bill’s
Reseree
Anch
Strapa
Oxfords
Saly Ie
Jake
Bill
Fifth and Sycamore
Hearth Laboratories
Pittsburgh
Guarante
Pri
Faction 8
DR. Welp
Rven Theatre
4Th St
Schoble
Stetson
Homburg
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