Beaumonts Oil Boom and Early Texas Prosperity Years
The piece surveys Texas oil growth centering on Beaumont with rapid initial export and large storage, notes 150 to 160 spouters, rail traffic to Houston, and shifts from coal to oil fuel. It chronicles US oil leadership, historic wells in Titusville and Oil Creek, and global fields from Russia to California, ending with a Carnegie quote on business leadership.
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Texas
Beaumont
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texan
Iis
Eavil
United States
China
Japan
Persia
Caucasus Mountains
Allegany County
Titusville
Allegany River
Mississippi River
West Virginia
Mentucky
Indiana
Chicago
Buffalo
Pacific Coast
Dsoo
Nustern
California
Ventura
Los Angeles
Wyoming
Colorado
Russia
Austria
Peru
Beaumont Oil Boom Touches The Gulf Coast
A chaotic hunt for oil in southwest Texas drives wild money bets as land prices skyrocket. Rumors swirl over Beaumont’s dream of vast wells after initial successes at Spindle Top and a dramatic bringing in of oil with a 22,000 barrel daily capacity hinted by the last gush of gas and oil.
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Slevins
Beaumont
Texas
Higgins
George W. Carrol
Carroll
Wiggins
Lucas
Pittsburg
Togusher
Bentumont
Berneath
Watch Wheel Revolutions Reveal Clockwork Scale
The main wheel turns 1 460 times per year while the central wheel completes 8 760 revolutions. The third wheel makes 70 080 turns, the fourth 525 600, and the scape wheel 4 731 860, illustrating the gear train of a timepiece.
Old Fashioned Protection Outlived Its Usefulness Says Poughkeepsie Eagle
The Poughkeepsie Eagle denounces the old Dingley era protectionist doctrine and endorses reciprocity and free trade without walls. It argues protection should adapt to include imports the country needs and promote exports, praising critics within Republican papers for broadening view while warning against burdensome duties.
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Poughkeepsie Eagle
American Protective Tariff League
American Protective Frariff League
Powehkeepsie
Americanree Trade League
Wien
Otras
Poughkeepsie Wagle
Republican Party
Sueli
American Economist
Peruna testimonials flood in from readers and doctors
Letters from D F Wilber in Oneo and C F Given in Sussex NB praise Peruna for catarrhal troubles and cold prevention. Edward Laws of Crown Point Indiana reports regained strength and voice after using Peruna. Julian Weisslitz of Buffalo credits Peruna with restoring his singing career after bronchial catarrh. Readers urged to write Dr Hartman for free advice.
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Penunaoa
C. F. Given
Sussex
N. B
Peruna
Edward Laws
Crown Point
Ind
Julian Weisslitz
Seneca Street
Buffalo
Sangerlust of
New York
Sangerlust
New York City
Tam
Julian Weisslita
Hartuiadah
Tir. Hartman
Trartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Senator McConnell of Idaho Returns Stirs Senate Recall
An unknown senator from Idaho named McConnell reappears in the Senate after years away. He delivered a brief speech, surprising Edmunds who quipped that he has seen few unfamiliar speakers in the chamber, prompting the veteran to withdraw to the cloak-room.
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United States
Idaho
Senate
McConnell
Ife
Edmunds
Senator McConnell
United States Senate
Mr. Edmunds
Ingenious German diving helmet patent described
A German patent reveals a diving helmet design with a face covering held by springs and connected to a haversack via tubes and valves. The haversack holds two oxygen reservoirs and an alkaline purifier that cleans inhaled air and returns oxygen to the reservoirs.
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Germany
Notable pianist fills crowded New York venues
Philadelphia Press notes that Yragordy-Larnstorm played to crowded houses in New York and Lowe Comerdy-Well recalls his work on a four street piano in a tenement district. The item highlights urban appeal and street performance memories.
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Hi Yragordy
Larnstorm
New York
Lowe Comerdy
Philadelphia
Printer orders Eagle Linen Paper for letters
A Louden jam making firm in California recently ordered twenty eight tons of apricot pulp. The directive insists the printer use Eagle Linen Paper for all letter paper, stating to take no other.
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California
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Beauimont
Houston
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Andrew Carnegie
Alan
New Orleans
Blaine, McKinley and Dingley
Maine
Congressman Wilber
Pe-ru-na Medicine Co
Columbus, C
Congress
D. F. Wilber
Oneo
The
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, CO
David F. Wilber
Duce
Ita, N
Dg & J Tire Company
Indianapolis, Ind
Ely
Catarag Druggists
BLY Bros
Warren St
N,y
Atfeecy
Meyer & Co
Broadway
Havana
Dar
Standard Navy
Fort Wayne
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