Oil Prices Fell as Winter Trade Roared and Ghostly Tales Emerged
A veteran operator recalls early oil history in Pittsburgh and Oil City with drastic price swings from 3,000 barrels daily to 90 cents a barrel after a thaw. He narrates a 1500s era well that briefly produced water then oil, a legal dispute over shifting yields, and a bizarre manor scene about a beer barrel ghost and a mysterious tenant from Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfore Petroluum
Jesse Eydrick
Allegheney
Oil City
Heydrick
Pittsburg
Jease
Imra
Schatar
Oxford
Why Widow Briggs Left Michigan for Indiana
A widow named Briggs travels southwest from Michigan with a wagon, four ponies, and three children. She explains she fled harsh weather and losses, rejecting several suitors, and plans to remarry for steadiness while seeking a new life in Indiana or beyond. She jokes she does not want more marriage offers, and warns potential suitors about her headachy future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treckon
Sam
Briggs
Indiana
Susan
George
Joye
A Ghost in a Barrel and a Haunted Dartmoor Parsonage
A Dartmoor clergyman enlarges his home after taking possession but eerie sounds and a ghostly predeceasing occupant unsettle his family and staff. A seven-person council sits with a candle as fear grips the vicar and his church warren vows to exorcise the specter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmoor
Ile
Agricultural Capabilities of Alaska
The article notes Alaska’s southeastern terrain is rugged with limited level land suitable for farming. Rainy climate, long harsh winters and short growing seasons hinder crops though some vegetables grow in Sitka and Fort Wrangle. Grazing possible if herds protected. few sheep experiments failed to endure winters. Correspondence San Francisco Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Bartlett's Bay
Sitka
Fort Wrangle
San Francisco
Messrs. Falkner
Bell & Co
San Francisco Bulletin
Courtship and Matrimony: The Dangers of Delayed Union
A dated discussion on long courtships, urging decisive action toward marriage. It warns that lingering affection can fade and that a hesitant man is often slow in life matters. Women should press for a clear plan or end the relationship to avoid wasted time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miliers
Pontheca
AKER
Tours
Emists
N.Y
Speer
Princepal Hospitals and Board of Newlih
An. Speer
Desi Speer
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Evening Observer
Ap Gil
Newspap
Agricultural Capabilities of
Pow
Bytraei
Pond
Phtsmvill
Caxtion
Phetine
Atte Inturs
St. New
Cathe UE
Gough
Lyon Bro
Wad Light & Harper
M. van Develde
Agt
Momeyrefchdes
Forasnic
Ellis
Ehls
Perry
Boston
Eitiy
Styups
Aiminen
New York City
Tentindenals
Ellis's Spaven Cure CO
Sudterry Street
Miss
Fourth Avenue
New York
Indlers
Lybers
Guceliger
Clue
Neurz
Parker
Saore Rine
Tolleston
the City Drug Store
H. P. Monroe
Speers
P. J. Sherry
Speer's
P. J. Brandy
Famer and Observer Publishing Company
Buffalo
Thei
Masonic
ODD Fellows
K. of P. Good Templars Firemen's
K. of
L. G. AL R
Lyon Bros
Wieere
Schumacher & Ettlinger
Babhive
STE
Warries Efot
Eggseston Truss Co
Manks Or
E. K. Thompson
Titusville
Drugeiate
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