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...Texon, Tex., the Group One Oil Corp., had drilled an oil well to 8,525 feet when I left that vicinity last fall. The well came in on low production but, to the amazement of oil men, volume both of gas and oil began to mount soon after, increasing markedly each 24-hour period. Oil was of such high gravity it was said to be fit for use for fuel for automobiles without refining...
Italy. Mountainous Atlantic seas crashing against the Spanish coast and the Bay of Biscay sent subterranean jolts across Europe, down the backbone of Italy to waggle seismograph needles in the Catholic Observatory in Florence. In Sicily, Mount Etna sputtered in mild eruption...
...true solar year are 365 days, 5 hr. 48 min., 46 sec. This is 26 seconds less than in the calendar year.* In 3,323 years the accumulated error will mount to a full day, thereby vastly confuse astronomical and historical records...
Died. William Walton Griest, 70. Pennsylvania Representative since 1909; at Mount Clemens, Mich.; of arthritis and pneumonia. Chairman of the House Committee on Post Offices & Post Roads, he advocated lower second-class mail rates 1? postcard rate, increased pay for postal employes...
...estimable elder of the Vagabond whose residence is most generally reported in the neighborhood of Mount Auburn Street took occasion the other day during the course of his annual homily on the Yale game to deprecate the excellent opportunity afforded earnest scholars by the pre-Christmas lull which is about to set in. Fully remembering the ring of this scoffing laugh, the Vagabond nevertheless clears his throat moderately and points to the lecture offerings...