Somerset executes Nicely brothers in historic jail scene
In Somerset on April 2, Joseph and David Nicely were hanged for murder after a drawn-out case marked by appeals and attempted escapes. The crowd, sheriff, and clergy witnessed the execution in the jail upper corridor as revelations and emotions unfolded.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Joseph
David Nicely
Sherif Good
Eaggh Sry
Dany Auxpgus
Talon
Geck
Mike
Butl er County oil boom fails to stay in Jeff erson Center
The April dispatch reports limited new activity across Butler County fields. Griffiths Forest No. 11 on Whitesell is 17 inches per hour. No. 5 at Smith farm yields 250 barrels daily. Finnegan & Downing No. 4 Wallace flows 175 bpd. Jefferson Center shows no lasting wells, with declining production, while Glenshaw reports gas and deeper drilling on the Hossinger well as other rigs continue at various depths.
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Butler County
Jefferson Center
Miarmony
Glenshaw
Mt. Nebo
Syhcial
Wispwoop
Griffiths and Forest Oil Company
Whitesell Farm
Smith Farm
Whitesell
Ringerson
Finnegan & Downing
Wallace Farm
Griffiths & Miller
Cole
Ringheisen
J. M. Guffey
Kretzer
Horst & Greenlee
Alston
Sunshine Oil Company
Hardy Farm
Wildwood Pool
Butler
Tutler County
Muddy Creek
Shanes Well
Inols
Shanes
Snyder
Innis
Harmony
Glenshaw—Wittmer & Co
Hossinger
Mt. X &No
Patterson
Forest Oil Company
Morrison
Calhoun & Co
Lowrie
Local Bargains and Schemes at City Stores
The People’s Store Fifth Ave advertises lace curtains damaged by water from the H B Claflin Company fire for lively sale plus muslins white goods and blankets. A Parker hats and bonnets event at 618 Penn Ave by Mrs E Barker invites ladies to view new novelties. Also notes about Dr OKeefe homeopathic remedies and a cream ale offered by Iron City Brewery.
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H. B. Claflin Company
Campnet. & Dick
Penn Avenue
E. Barker
C. A. Simpson
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Granger
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Sherif Gaikl
Dato Xicely
Me. Bool
Barron Sud Lackey
Mr. Lowry
Ligonier
Good Lay
Iimself
Geert Howse
Archideen
James
Winpatech
Greensburg
Nicely Boys
James Brothers
Nicely
James Caue
West
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Jesse James
Herman Umberger
Nicelys
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A. A. Nicely
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Jeffenson Center
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World's Museum Theater
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Rosenbaum & Co
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Pennsylvania
Reining & Wilds
New Goods
Wood Street
Iron City Brewery
T. Jacob's
OLL
JOS. Fleming & Son
Alabama
Marte City Land and Furnace Co
Carlsbad Springs
A. L. A. Toboldt
University of Pennsylvania
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Isner & Mendelson
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Max Klein
Federal St. Alleghany
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Pittsburg
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Fifth Avenue
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Nodelay
Grand Denver
Graff & CO
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W. J. Scanlan
Matines
Yon Yonson
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Matinee
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Wood St
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Urand Opera House
Sol Smith Russell
Comic Opera Co
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Fifth Avenue ‘Museum and Theater
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Smithfield St
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New York
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Masket Street
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Twenty-first Street
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S. S. CO
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Eider
Hitler
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London
Southampton Docks
Eld St
Corry Boilers
Washington
Corry
James M. Lambing
Corry, PA
Oi City Tube CO
W. S. Watson
Fourth Ave
Pittsburg, PA
Oil City, Pa
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Pitsburg
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