Gas Well Boom In Kansas Town Sparks Quick Wealth and Fear
In Greeleyville, a string of well dressed visitors arrives claiming gas on Jim Bones farm. Property sales surge, stock sold cheaply, and a stock company forms to exploit the find. A dramatic gas display ends in an explosion scare, stirring townwide alarm and patient talk of future fortunes.
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Grocleyrillen
Greeleyville
Jim Bones
Jim
Pennyylvania
Uniontown
Ohio
Torre Mantes
Lorrie
Pau
Hall
Sind
Westers Kanes
Esstern Colorado
Kenyon
Atlice Tt
Thas Place
SKM
Tiny Niage
Sam Hadleston
Wat
Tan
Lum
Sam
Triukel
Thor
Denver Buneo
York Sun
St. Logs
Giabe-Demorras
Col. Globe Democrat
A Soldier Scout Recalls Sonora Mines and Chiricahua War
In El Paso William M Edwards veteran scout under Lt. Lawton recounts the 8,000 mile march and the Geronimo pursuit through Sonora revealing ruins of a 10,000 to 15,000 person city, Chiricahua raids, and desertion patterns. He notes Sonora as prime hiding ground with timbered valleys and sparse habitation.
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William M. Edwards
Lawton
Geronimo
Sonara
Mexico
Americas
Suara
Miles
Edwards
Sonora
Nacori An
Ares
Nacord
Wso
Paso del Norte lobe-Damourat
Hardy Solomon & Sons Wichita Real Estate and Information Office
Hardy Solomon & Sons invites strangers to register at 331 E Douglas Avenue and receive free city welfare material by mail. Non residents may obtain Wichita information and daily papers, while the firm buys and sells real estate for non residents and can refer buyers nationwide.
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Wichita
Hardy Solomon & Sons
Douglas Avenue
For Sale City Property and Farmland Tracts
Property listings describe improved and unimproved city lots on main streets and near streetcar lines, Maple Grove suburban lots, business blocks at special bargains, subdividing tracts, improved farms and grass lands across counties, and ranches nearby. Call to examine the list before buying elsewhere.
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