A CURIOUS PETITIOS.
The pres: n shortage of benzine and kerosene recalls tbb fact that when oil wells werlre firs . worked in,America it caused uneasiness in th's minds of the devout. The r')si£t was that a petiti'n was presented to Congress in • lft early days wdiich is ißust-ative of the tr: nd of thought at that time. The following is an cftract from this interesting petition: "That various persons in drawing peirjCienm from th bowels of the earth are ch'-oking the designs of tlv Almighty, who had stored it • heiv --dcubtedly with a. view to -the last day, when til's world shall be destroyed. ' '
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3555, 18 August 1920, Page 3
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104A CURIOUS PETITIOS. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3555, 18 August 1920, Page 3
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