Man of one idea coins first oil well in Pennsylvania
In 1857 a determined New Haven man Edward L Drake pursued drilling at Oil Creek Pennsylvania. After failed funding and setbacks he devised a cast iron piping method and struck oil in a Pennsylvania well proving the start of a petroleum industry.
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Pennsylvania
New Haven
Conn
Ofl Creek
Nally
Oil Creek
Munchausen
Edward L. Drake
Woodlawn
Titusville
Tom
Fits of Pure Anger and Making a Lily Pond
A historic guide mixes child discipline advice with DIY water garden tips. It warns mothers to curb fits of anger in toddlers without harsh spanking and suggests diverting attention to prevent outbursts. It then explains creating a lily pond with clay lining and boxed water lilies for small or large ponds.
How to Make a Yoke Fit Right
A guide to adjusting a dress yoke for better fit using a fitted wheel, waist buttons, or a belt harness. Includes options with tape tabs and safety pins, plus quick fixes without tearing the yoke.
Blood Serum, relic of ancient marine life, argues
The text explains that blood serum, the colorless fluid surrounding red blood cells, originated from the primeval sea. It suggests early marine organisms bathed by saline fluid and that as they moved to land their cells retained this saline environment, carried into modern humans as blood serum.
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M. Quintan
London
Germany
France
Tolland
Arabia
Lord Salisbury
Africa
Sahara
Westminster Gazette
German Dialect and Iron Age Notes in Wisconsin and Beyond
A collage of curiosities and excerpts on language, metalwork origins, old English etiquette, Bolivia’s wealth, and humorous vignettes. It cites German brogue in Erin Wisconsin, iron smelting origins across Europe and Africa, 17th century English fines, Bolivian gold, plus jokes and quips from London and Kansas City papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Brettschneider
Seinrich
Erin
Charles*d. Stewart
Atlantic
Mar
Bolivia
la Paz
Point of View and Odd Anecdotes Across a City Scene
An urban vignette recalls a weary street wanderer seeking a clerk and the noon bustle marked by factory whistles. It shares a testimonial about electric bitters improving health, and a note on Rosa Bonheur using animal mnemonics to describe people, illustrating eclectic social observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durky
Mjoh
New York Globe
Rosa Bonheur
New Discovery Promised to Cure Coughs and Lung Ailments
An advertisement extols a remedy called New Discovery, claiming to kill germs and cure coughs, bronchial inflammation, and grippe with trials offered free and a guaranteed satisfaction. It cites testimonials and prices 50c and 1.00, mentioning Dr Geo Mocro of Black Jack NC.
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Tiny
King
Geo
Mocro
Black Jack
N.C
N. F. Clayton
Notice To Taxpayers Cranbury Middlesex 1909
Notice to taxed inhabitants Cranbury Township Middlesex County that taxes are due and payable. Collector will attend Brown Gibbon store Cranbury station on December 4 from 3 to 6 pm Whites Plains borough December 9 from 1 to 5 pm Army ham Cranbury Tuesdays Fridays Saturdays in November and December 6 to p m all day Monday December 7 for payment. Delinquents after December 8 face action. Appeals due to Middlesex County Board of Taxation by December 9 1909.
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Cranbury
Middlesex
Brown & Gibon
Atore
Cranbury Station
Dee
J. E
Plainsboro
Dee, Weh
A Spencer
Smith
Porth Amboy
N.d
F. Pennine
Nat
Pudile Yandue
New Brunawick
New Jerse
Monroe
Mudfexes
Mudfexes, and A Taty of New Sky
James Buckslow
Peter Perrine
Thapee
Joseph Davison
Thones
Chatnh
Trent
Davison
Corneling O. Porring
Willan Ho
Samuel Chasan
Samual Daudtery
Reuben Blazer
Middlesex County
Clark
oMea
Deuda
Frank Walstnaheind
Ida Zavathla
Idan Ullmen
Lowla
Notley
William H. Quackendoss
Sheriff's Sale In Chancery Of New Jersey Proceedings
In chancery court Herman lager and Hache Stoeger sue Frank Wes mith et al for mortgage promissory notes dated August. The case covers a sheriff sale action with complainants and defendants named in the mortgaged loan dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Herman Lager
Hache Stoeger
Frank Wesmith
Sas
Auhuss
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the Cranbury Press
Cranbury, NJ
Geo. W. Burroughs
Man
B. Winthrop Jones
American Press Association
Dr. King
J. A. Harmon
Sizemore
W. Va
N. F. Clayton's
House of Lords
Frank Dinberry
Kelliher
Mina
Bucktow
N. F. Clayton’s
Ridgeway
Europe
Noricum
Austria
Bavaria
Egypt
Libya
China
Uganda
Bilkins
Owen Flannagan
Begorra
London Mail
Kansas City Journal
Atchison Globe
Peppler
Columbia Farm Wagons
Thomas Peppler
Hightstown, N. J
A. A. Chisholm
Sheriff's
Peter F, Daly
Holman Jordan
Middlesex Creamery
C. C. Blauvelt
Hightstown, N
E. State ST
Trenton, N. J
Frank A. Brown
Tolverpool & London & Globe
Ins. Co. of
North America
North British & Mercantile, Niagara
Caledonian, Commercial Union, Standard
Pittsburg
Mercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Oranbury,n. J
Boards OF Registry and
County of
O'neil’s
Loooz
Jamies O’neil
Cranbury, N. d
Board of Registry and Election
Court of Common Pleas
Board of Chosen Freeholders
Rotary
Vetera
The
Middlesex County Board of Elections
H. H. Brown
John E. Elmendorp
the International Tailoring Co
American Ladies Tailoring Co
T. Mason & Son’s
Main Street
Gaston
C. F. Danser
Butler
Chas. F. Danser
Cranbury, New Jersey
Sun Optical Mfg. Co
F. G. Leaming
Inep
Applegate Optical Rooms
State and
Warren Streets
A.B. Anderson
New York City
A. B. Anderson
Studebaker and
Owego Farm
Charles Wicoff
Higutstown, N. Js
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