Sunday Well at Rouseville Left Oilmen in Wonder
The Sunday well in Rouseville on Oil Creek drew crowds as it flowed at high rates then stopped at midnight Saturday and began again Monday. It was tied to nearby pumping wells and misdirected surface water, with oil sold at $10 a barrel in January and later prices down to twenty five cents. The discovery sparked debate on Sabbath observance and led to later deeper drilling to 500 feet with no oil in the second and third sands.
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Oil Creek
Banan Farm
Rouseville
Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Aceaven RE
Sunda
Oil City
Lucretia
Lucretia Bor
Lucretia Borgia
Garmenti Agin
Ben
William H. Seward
Zacatecas Booms as Rail Link Marks First World Span
The article notes Zacatecas as the connecting hub for the first completed railway between two continents with the Cinco de Mayo ceremony to drive in the final spike. It details city improvements, patriotic prep, and a vision of broader growth, while describing the city’s architecture, people, and social contrasts.
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Zacatecas
Blies
Springfield
Pueblo
Iaeas
Arthur
Gonzales
Betsy
East
Egypt
Gulf
Bethlehem
New York
Fifth Avenue
Mexico
Alameda
Pueblo of Guadalupe
Haunting Ultimatum Sparks Tense Tea Time Scene
In a chilling exchange cited by the Boston Transcript, a man threatens to lyse his life if refused marriage, while the woman retorts that his haunting would be less distasteful than his current habits, requesting distance and noting her aversion to alcohol after tea.
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Boston Transcript
The making of a good lawyer and good man
This piece recalls the standard by which new Senators are judged and highlights Mr. Hackett of Portsmouth as an exemplar. It tells a tale of a young lawyer choosing duty over personal gain when faced with pursuing a debtor who begged mercy, illustrating integrity over profit.
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Senate
Hackett
Portsmouth
N. H
Coe
Mr. Coe
Pennsylvania Dutch family polishes silver mine dream in mountains
Sammy Bumgarten, a 40 year old Pennsylvania Dutch farmer from Middleburg Snyder County, leads his wife and children to a rocky ridge where a silver-like rock is found. They declare a plan to mine, buying the strip of mountain and writing a humorous letter to a Wall Street firm asking for “ridges in Wall Street” to bring silver.
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Sammy Bamgarten
Middleburg
Snyder County
Sammy
Shade Mountains
New York
Wall Street
A. D
Wm C Middlebaum
Sam Bumgarten
N. Y
Confidence Trick Preys on Bank Cashiers Nationwide
A Cleveland Leader Washington Special describes a con artist posing as a Treasury agent to audit counterfeit currency. Wearing a wax-sealed warrant he persuades bank cashiers to grant vault access, sometimes allowing him to purloin funds, with no accountability or return. The swindler remains at large.
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Banko
Alf
Treasury Department
Cleveland
Washington
Unusual Wedding Venues Across Time Narrated
The Brooklyn Eagle recounts how marriages have occurred in diverse settings from railroad cars to moonlit islands and waterfalls. It notes clerical quirks in marriage papers, occasional calendar slips, and odd mishaps such as confusing fathers and husbands on certificates.
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Niagara
Minnehaha Falls
Brooklyn
Health Board
Brooklyn Eagle
Various Donations and Educational Advancements Highlight 19th Century News
Charitable gifts include Mrs. Hood’s $10,000 for Franklin and Marshall College’s observatory and endowments at Morgan Park Seminary. Institutions expand with DePauw adding eight buildings. California kindergarten debate notes teachers’ challenges. A Presbyterian minister emphasizes universal flock inclusion while a field addition at College for the illustration project reshapes a plant display. Eleven thousand one men are cited as a peaceful societal claim in a Boston remark.
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Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
the Baptists
Theological Seminary
Morgan Park
Ill
Chicago Journal
Governor Watler
Connecticut
Artford Post
J. M. Hood
Frederick
Franklin and Marshall College
Baltimore Sun
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Law College
Medical
Theological Co
Indianapolis Journal
A. Griffiths
Norway
Neilsen
N. F. Trilune
Rankin
Y. Hera
United States
Coan
Boston
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Fellance County Express
Frank
Culley
Clinton
First Streets
Defiance
New Hampshire
Giobve
Thomas Warner
Pat Murphy
Pat
Thomas
New Street
Bridget
New York Tribune
Cunard
Florida
Saratoga
Henry
Stewart
Texas
House of Representatives
Tillman
South Carolina
Richelieu
Robinson
Ireland
New Jersey
John 8. Wise
Virginia
Brazil
Cannon
Illinois
New York City
Cour d'Alene
Chicago Herald
Pottsville (Pa
Pittsburgh Post
Lewiston
Choice Family
First Hands
Krorz & Morse
Clinton Street
H. Gherke
Warren
Grant
Loose’s Extract
Ploss
J. Lose & Co
Monroe
Williams & Co
Swift , James & Co
Henry James
Turgenieff
England
Miss Hamilton
Scotland
Theis
Holmesdale
Cornwallis
Lindsay
Lord Overstone
B. Coutts
Missouri
United States Patent Office
Patent Office
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kirkwood
George C. Hammond
Pitts 'E
John Foley
The
John Johnson
Johnson
Worcester
W | Phillips
Jamps Phillips
Hoop
Ae C. L Hoop & Co
Sanpory
Merrimack St
Lowell, Masa
Messrs. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Lowell Weekly Journal
Hood
Hood & CO
David Little
Sumner, Benner Co
Iowa
Epee
Athlophoros CO
Wall ST
Calvert
Ayer
Churchill
Vicksburg
Ayeu
J. W. Wurrcer
Dr.j.c. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
All Draggista
Haines
Golden
Golden Specific CO
Cincinnati
R. Brown
Baker and Confrctioneer
Fourth and
Clinton Ofs Defiance, Ohio
Lee
Cava
U States
Munn & CO
Canada
Germany
Mann & CO
Scientific American
Oglee
Broadway
DeGance
Ohio
Hoffman & Geiger
Wm. G. Hofman
Perry and
Jackson Streets
Christian L. Geiger
Wm G. Hoffman
Orm
Hoffman
tAu G. Hoffmans
Curistian L. Geicun
James Ross
Keystone Watch Case
Phlias Pa
Switzer
Kelfast
Spetial
Harrows
Clinton St
Switzer & Kehnast
Blackwell
DR. Ground
Eye & Ear Surgeon
Summit Street
Toledo
Omic
Basket Plug
Tobacico
Spence Bros. & CO
Ase Ncos
Michigan
Grand Rapids & Indiana &R.co
Bughart
Sisson
Sisson & Son’s
Fancy Steam Dye Works
Perry Street
F. Heitzwable
Practica Dyer & Cleaner
May &'Y
Paffery
Pengelly
Walnut Street
Ealarates
Mich
Oy Coluy &Scott Defiance
Aoe
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A. L. Schlientz
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