Sunday, September 06, 2026

Today -100: September 6, 1926: Drill, baby, drill


The Federal Oil Conservation Board finds that existing US oil reserves in the ground amount to only 6 years’ supply, so we’d better get cracking (not fracking) on finding more.

Spain declares martial law to enable the punishment of the “absolute indiscipline” in the Artillery Corps.

In his forthcoming message to Congress, Coolidge “will not recommend new legislation that might disturb business.”  Current anti-trust laws, he thinks, are perfectly adequate.

100 federal Prohibition agents surge into Charleston, South Carolina, arresting prohibition agents, sheriffs & constables, bribe-taking being the primary charge.

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