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Oil Wells and Vivid Reports Across Ohio in 1887
The North Bal timore well yields 6000 barrels daily while Wood county’s largest strike nears 6000 barrels per day. Ohio stories include a near fatal river find for Thomas Lynch, a spectral rise in gas at Lancaster, and a mass rat tail tally at Hilliard. Multiple public affairs span Washington County, judges and governors, and a Cincinnati labor convention hinting at party shifts.
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North Baltimore
Brush Creek Hills
Highland County
Senator Sherman
Washington
K Street
Gilbert Smith
Shumaker
North Robinson
Crestline
Stookey
Lebanon
Mansfield
Ohio Club
Cincinnati
George Hoadly
Edgar Johnson
New York
Lancaster
Thomases
National Labor Convention
George
Wood County
Fulton
Fred Hills
Johnsonville
Morrow County
Hattie Lohr
Akron
Hilliard
Franklin County
Thomas Lynch
Columbus
Scioto River
Benjamin F. Taylor
Ll.d
Cleveland
New York State
American Wire Works
Henry Adams
Lima
Foraker
General Assembly
Portsmouth
Benj. J. Ricking
Washington County
Ohio
Elba
Wm. Wencell