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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Mayor Mitchell: Do Not Buy "Oil Land" Sept. 19, 1924

Warns People Not to Buy “Oil Land”

Kinston, Sept. 18—Wayne Mitchell, mayor of this town, today warned residents not to invest in “oil lands.” He said a competent geologist had told him chances for a “strike” in the section east of here were remote. Mitchell said a current story of Standard Oil purchase of land related to acquisition purchases of land related to acquisition of timber rights for a cooperate plant, many years ago.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Sept. 19, 1924

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