The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1918 Page: 5 of 8
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If you wish to buy or sell oil leases, royalties or
production in Shackelford, Throckmorton, Ste-
phens, Eastland, Callah in, Burkburnett, Wichit i
and other North Texas territory, please write or
telephone or telegraph me.
LISTON A. CASEY
7 .q Ohio \\w, Wichita Falls, Texas,
or Albany, Texas.
Oil News
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C'i« r<m|u««t i it* r«mmlerr* to rnnilor phorm in th« mm/timm nmi i lu< «m of r« ifitiiu:« of
my vliiilorH aw warly in th«-weok hii poniiibli' If you know of olhiir Immunol* kimlly
hi in *Imo with th« nnmfl of the communicant. Thin will nr«otl iy The N«?wh in k"«p
inff in triorh with local h*pi «ninirii nfl will h#* h itchJy *pprecision!. Editor. 1
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The town has been alive this
week with pipe line layers, they
are getting out of town and the
rush from that source will soon
be over. Material still pours in-
to town. Some of it goes one
way and some another. The
fourth deep test for Moran will
be made by the Cosden Co. 5
miles east of town, the derrick
is being constructed and some of
lhi' casing is already here. This
will will be f> or 7 miles north of
the I'rairie Oil and (las Co. li
miles north of Cisco.
The Willis well is still fishing.
Another string of tools have
been lost in this well. They
have been fishing for HO days ^
and the hole is not as deep as it
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C'JS Boy<>t t is a new subscriber
to the Albany News.
Say, if you want ;i nice grave
monument see Frank Wyatt.
Herman Bupp came in home
the past week to spend Xmas.
New cr >p cane sy rup at
rows Grocery Co.
Bur-
W. II. Cook made a business
trio to Ranger this week.
C. A. Howsle.v and family are
now domiciled at the old hem•
stead. All are convalescent, but
still feel the effect of the scourge
of flu.
Don't worry about your < 'hrist-
mas .cake. "Magic Cake Flour"
and -O-Lite Marsh mallow
Creme filler will do the work.
Burrows (Irocery.
was in August. But when it is
cleared, if will be a matter of a .
llSjlt'-
short, time to drill n i d"Wn to
where oil is expected to be found.
The Webb No. 7 n moving
W. I>. Reynolds was here from .|()W|; . Xhe.v fish about half 1 {
tort Worth this week. j ihe time. This well must be
near i feet deep.
11 is rep Tted that a location
has been made on the t'oiri lexter
.i;ich nortn of Moran and that
I art of the machinery is expect-
ed on the ground this coming
week.
There is a growing interest in
Moran among oil men. They
| feel that her t' rritory has a bet-
ter formation than any ("rritory
iti this big field. Moran has a
production of oil at present,
A Safety Deposit Box
In the lire proof vault of the Al-
bany National Bank, is the place
to keep your Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Stamps. We have
only a few left.
Albany National Bank
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Santa Clause
Mrs. r'rink Bupp has been
tief sick with the !lu this week.
A •! lb. can of coll'ee and cut
gii.ss tumbler for $1.00 at
Burrows (Irocery Co.
Mood;, Freeman, one of Cncle
Sam's -ai'or boys, is home from
the Pacific Slope to spend the
holidays.
This jolly, this nu-ri .. this fat
little man.
i .in you guess who. Oh. surely
you can.
I'll try to tell you the way he
looks
He carries a greaf big red bag
of books,
but A satchel of dollies.
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Listen'
The lim of our organization is to ^ive
our patrons the very best service pos-
sible and full value for every dollar they
spend with us. There never was any
other basis upon which a permanent
business could be built.
Fran!' and Cregg Whitn<\\
came in from Culver, Ind. Tues-
day to spend the holidays at the
old homestead.
Miss L. McKelvy and
daughter. Miss Dorothy, were in
the city week. Read Miss Dor-
othy'* letter to Santa Clause in
this issue of the News.
Frank and Sain Dillet
Mr. and Mrs. (Jus Boyett left home from Terrell. Yes.
for (Irandbury Wednesday morn- ar,. home to break bread.
ing to spend the holidays with turkey and • it sure enough pies
homefolks down at the old home- that mo'i < r bakes.
stead
Johnny What makes that
Special holiday rates, world- new baby at your house cry so
famous courses, high-salaried much'.'
faculty, modern equipment, and Tommv If your teeth was out,
it is not r>n rallv known how And all sorts of jollies.
much. Tii- !• i ■ a shallow oil A big bag of candy,
here but salt water has been And a pony named dandy.
turned loose or. it ai.u ili:as been Now <!ont you think he's merry
driven away. These pockets can as old I nele Jerry
be found and when the <1 r; 11 has He's polite too,
are made the test, in our humble But my, he's to do!
they judgment, will prose a great Merry ( hristmas to all,
carve — ~
ROCKWELL BROS. & GO.
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Mules For Sale
sitions guaranteed at Drau.
Business College, ' The l i/
uol," Abilene, Te\as. ('ato-
* free.
mem-
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J. L. CASTLEBERRY
LICENSED EMBALMER
ALBANY, - TEXAS
. ad voi r hair otf, and your legs
sii i couldn't stand on
th' in I -s you'd feel like cry-
ing 1 .oiidon Tit-Bits.
Notice i" herein given that the
Annual meeting of the share-
holders of the First National
Bank of Albany. Texas, will be
held at the of'ice of said bank,
Tuesday, January 1 1th, I'Jl'.t, for
election of directors and the
transaction of other
proper to come before said meet-
ing.
The
Company
Notice
Notice is hereby given that
he the annual meeting of share- One span of m-i'e* four years
— holders of the Albany National old, broke. 15 hands and one
■■ Bank. Albany, Texas, for the inch high—J. N. Davis. Albany.
Albany • Abstract
J. M Wood. Manager
Oil Leases and Oil Lands a Specialty
Complete set of Abstract 3ooks to Shackelford County
Not a speculator, but handle everything
on strictly a commission basis.
OFFICE IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
ALBANY, TEXAS
purpose of electing Directors for
the year and the transac-
tion of any other business proper
to come before the meeting, will
he held on Tuesday, January 14,
191'J, at two o'clock.
W. tj. Webb, Cashier.
The surest way to live with
honor in the world is to be in
R. I.
Notice
if you are sick with any kind
of Chronic troubles, write Prof.
J. II. Surles. Putnam, Texas. 4t
Houston Stock exchange of
Houston, Texas, is a new mem-
reality what we would appear to kwr th,J Albany News houae-
be. Socrates. i hold.
Joe 1>. Matthews, Cashier
source of profitable production says when he leaves
It was thought at first that These words he exclaims on ail
loo feet would catch a good pay- Christmas eves.
ing sand, but it is now believed The stockings by the fire-piace
that this sand can only be found hang
in certain localities. There is a As he sang the song he always
business better productive sand between sang.
TlMi and !*)•• feet. Dot of the chimney place he'll go
At present there is more work And out into the fields of snow,
than there are hands. Team With his lines and a long whip
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Keep it in Mind
—That our stock of Staple and
Fancy Groceries is always com-
plete. At our store yon will timl
a splendid assortment of
Everything to Eat
—In fact, it is onr business to
cater to the wants of the people.
—Come in and see us. Courteous treatment,
and your trade will be appreciat \i.
R. S. Murrie
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work is especially in demand.
Moran New .
The Age of Reason Jimmy
giggled when the teacher read
the story of the Roman who
swam across the Tiber three
times before break fa I.
"You do not doubt that a train-
ed swimmer could do that, do
you, Jimmy '" the teacher de-
manded.
"No, ma'am," answered Jim-
my. "But I wondered why he
didn't make it four times and
gel back to the side hi- clothes
were on.
Coal! Coal!
I am now handling coal,
till orders on ^iiort notice I!
Tomme.
can
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Keep it in mind that I am in
the tombstone business and I
can suit you in this line.
frank vVyatt.
He'll make ins reindeers get up
and hold his grip.
The mist falls on his red hat
But he smiles and savs "what
matter that "
When he goes, he almost flys.
And the pale moon looks out oi
the skies.
1'iie -now falls on his face
But Ik- smiles and says "Lets
make 'em a race.
The moon [so far for this little
man cries
But he onlv laughs and replvs,
"Don't worry about me, to this
sled I'll hold"
"I'll try not to get wet for I'm
most too ild."
Now this must be difficult for
you to guess because
Oh! no. it won't. I already know
it's Santa ''lause.
Dorothy McKelvy.
Magic Cake Flour" and Hip-
O-Lite cake liller at Burrows
^iioc> r Co.
To Them Paid War Savings Stamp Pledges
Mean Food, Clothes and Tickets Home.
Pay That W.S.S. Pledge Today
If you are worthy of the boys
who gladly gave their all, then
lend all you can.
W.S.S. Pledges Must be Met1
31st, 1918.
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This advertisem*
contributed to the
Treasury Departmer
T. A.
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1918, newspaper, December 20, 1918; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393834/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.