Oil News Hauls in Wells County Developments
Oil reports from Wells County describe Wolfe & Co on the A Schwaab farm in Jackson township yielding 30 barrels in 24 hours. Bluffton Oil Co reports a strong shallow well in Washington township with early spray. Other firms list multiple wells in Jackson, Nottingham, and Chester townships with varying outputs and depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard & Golden
J. B. Groves
Chester Township
A. E. Almond
Wm. Jones
Jackson Township
Craigville News Roundup From Oak land to Craigville
Local items note sickness and mild winter days. Protracted meeting at Oak land closed with twenty accessions to the church. Dr. W Abbott held meetings in Paulding County Ohio and starts a third. Multiple visits and family health updates including diphtheria illness and near death in Elgin Ohio. Minor accidents and community chatter round out a busy week.
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Oakland
W. Abbott
Paulding County
Ohio
Alex Fisher
Zanesville
Lucy Steman
Elida
Ethan John
Zanesville News Briefs Highlight Local Meetings And Changes
Health not so good. An interesting meeting at the U B church led by Rev Culbertson. Union township Democrats pleased with primary results though Bluffton and Jefferson townships dominated. Our ticket strong enough to outpace any opposition. New feed mill west of town a grand success and the touring mill undergoing overhaul costing 2000 to 2500 dollars. Butter and Cheese factory stockholders met amid losses from mismanagement but hope for improvement. Geo Weaver planning to attend sale of blooded horses at Lexington next month to buy a trotter. W Schoonover recovered from illness and out again. Mary Sheple married PD Clark near Zanesville. Loafer’s club to elect delegates to time killers’ convention at Paradise Hall Ossian Ind. Oil derricks may soon be visible from Zanesville main street. Michael Tinskill to be next township trustee despite caucuses. Mrs Wycliffe improving. Lennington news: a boy born. Mardi Gras excursion rates announced for Mobile, with special accommodations via Clover Leaf routes. Tickets January 30 to February 4 with liberal return limit. N B One fare excursions South Feb–Jun via Clover Leaf.
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U. B
Culbertson
Zanesville
Union Township
Bluffton
Jefferson Township
Chronicle
Cilderoy
Wells County
Geo. Weaver
Woodward and Shanklin
Lexington
W. Schoonover
Mary Sheple
PD. Clark
Loafer’s Club
L’aradise
Ossian
Ind
Michael Tinskill
Michaels & Hamilton
Wycliffe
Lennington
Tammany
Cultured goat tale and essays on authors handwriting
A Cleveland Leader excerpt recounts a joking anecdote about a New Jersey casket dealer and a goat that allegedly read a hat label. The passage shifts to remarks on Sir Walter Scott and other authors handwriting, noting quirks from Fenimore Cooper to Dickens. It ends with a brief ad for Warner's Heart Corrector and DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BR. Southard
Newark
N. J
Boston
Southard
Thompson
Escaloosa
New Mexico
Chew Thompson
Cleveland Leader
Walter Scott
Fenimore Cooper
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dickens
W. M. Thackeray
Chambers
Warner
All Right Expressed as Facet of Declining Spirit
A critique rails against the habit of saying all right to excuses from sellers, debtors, and others, accusing it of fostering laziness and imposition. The piece condemns the phrase as a symbol of weak will and societal decline, noting 1893 fire losses in the United States totaling 150 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cure for Headache with Electric Bitters
An advert promotes Electric Bitters as a universal headache remedy claiming a permanent cure. It touts relief for habitual headaches and constipation by restoring bowel tone, urging readers to buy large bottles for fifty cents at Deam's drug store. The passage notes the name Ptolemy was later used as a royal title in Egypt.
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Charles C. Deam
Ptolemy
Egypt
Hood's Sarsaparilla Dominates American Medicine
Hood's Sarsaparilla grew from a small drug store sale to a nationwide staple in the United States. The ad claims it leads all medicines and blood purifiers in sales and merit, urging sick readers to try it. The piece closes with a note on the Dutch title stadtholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hood's
Tar Syrup praised by reader in 19th century note
A letter from Rev. Br. Beavers of Perche Missouri compliments Dr Warner-Kind Sir's White Wine of Tar Syrup. The writer says it cannot be excelled for consumption coughs and colds and that nothing else relieved and benefited him as much. Sold by J. E. Sturgis at 115.
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OIL News
Nices
S. Schooley
Nottingham Township
Akron Oil Co
Stevens & Co
S. H. McGrew
Bluffton Oil Co
Dundee
Brotherton
Wolfe & Co
H. M. Byall
Pittsburgh Oil Co
Samuel Warren
Barnes & Co
R. A. Waldron
Nottingham
Jake
Swarts
Christman
John
Frank
Rob
Gertie Christ
Craigville
Rob Crosedale
Strohm
Corbett
Mitchell
Clell Pyle
Julian
Joe Hartman
John Miller
Myrtle
J. M. Pyle
John Kibler
H. M. Gilliland
Sandy
Ezra Beach
Foxy
Myrtle Robenold
Elgin
Hluffton
Y. Pls. C. BE
John Clouser
Grandma Rockwell
Curryville
McClellan Pyle
Doc. Davenport
Mat Crum
John Swarts
Snakeye
Mobile
New Orleans
Clover Leaf
St. L
C. Jenkins
Gen’'s Pass
Toledo
O N. B
Ashbauc
HER Bros
DeWitt
C. Deam
Ila Ancora
M.D
Sa. Orford St
Brooklyn
Cantos Mattrx
D. D
New York City
Hill
Lown F. Panvez
123Th Street
7Th Ave
Tam Cewrace Company
Muanar Sizzer
W. J .Jincoln Tea
Ridgeley Building
Bennett's Grocery
Welty &Mason’s Tailor Shop
Stadtholder
Benjamin Sawyer
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