Growth of Coal Regions Expands Toward Pittsburg Trade
Camden-on-Gauley West Virginia emerges as a lumber and coal hub with a 609‑employee mill capable of 66 million feet annually. Plans extend toward Uniontown and Washington as Pocahontas coal and iron ore fields, though wild country and scarce crops mark the frontier. Major coal measures exceed 1,000 feet each with vast untapped potential and gas from coal surpassing natural gas yields.
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Caamden-On-Gatler
W. Va
Dee
Pittsburg
Camden-on-Ganley
Erste
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Camden-on-Gatley
Gauley River
Williams River
Cherry Creek
Camden-on-Gauley
Baltimore and Ohio
Morradown
Uniontown
Pocahontas
Connellsville
Chicago
Bessemer
Hotchkiss
West Virginia
West
Charleston
Ohio River
Kanawha
Relics of Big Value from the Mound Builders Collection
Thomas Harper of Allegheny samples a vast relics collection from mound burials for Carnegie Library display. The 2,000 specimens include obsidian daggers, spear points, battle axes, ceremonial objects, moon phase relics, pipes, pottery, wampum, and copper implements from Michigan to Central America.
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United States
Central America
Alaska
New World
America
McKee’s
Mexico
Humboldt
Carnegie Library
Stevenson
Harper
Carnegie
Flint Ridge
Ohio
Europe
Russia
Smithsonian
Mr. Harper
Camden on Gauley Growth Promises Central West Virginia Boom
Camden on Gauley and surrounding counties boast vast coal and coke resources. Major Hotchkiss highlights a 90 mile long coking coal field and a million acres, with Pittsburg positioned as key regional trade hub.
Holiday Excursions on Pennsylvania Lines Offer Low Round Trip Rates
Excursion tickets at reduced round trip prices valid from stations on Pennsylvania lines west of Weer er to points across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Kentucky and West Virginia are offered for December 1998 and January 1 2 1603 with return coupons valid until January 3.
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Hth
Pennsylveania
Own
Weerer
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illipois
Kentucky
Wee Virginia
Six Miles on a Cowcatcher Terrible Ride of a Man
Charles Griggs a drug clerk was struck by the Milwaukee limited on the Northwestern Lailroad traveling 45 miles an hour and carried six miles into Evanston on the locomotive pilot He survived with bruises and a nervous shock but no bones broken He jumped to escape and was unseen by trainmen fearing a fatal outcome
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Chicago
Charles Griggs
Keokuk
Milwaukee Limited
Evanston
Gas Turned On At Parkersburg Promises Lower Rates
Gas begins service in Parkersburg as residents hope for price cuts. Initial charge is 20 cents per 1000 feet with a promise of reductions. 200 applications already filed and local plumbers scarce to handle connections. The supplier controls gas fields across Wirt Pleasant Tyler Doddridge Ritchie and Wood counties with abundant supply.
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Hotchkiss
Pocahontas
Prince of Coal
Nuttalburg
Parkenspure
W. VA
Parkersburg
Wirt, Pleasant
Tyler
Doddridge
Ritchie
Wood Counties
Workingmen and Police at Barstow Demonstration
A large gathering of gasworkers and dockmen in Barstow, Excitanp, December 24, proceeded mostly peacefully despite fears of disturbance. Authorities brought in troops from Aldershot. a few scuffles with police occurred and a military detachment cleared the streets late at night. A few casualties were reported.
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Barstow
Aldershot
Christmas Bargain Stampede In Pittsburg Store Scene
A reporter describes the holiday shopping rush at a Pittsburg mercantile house. Crowds surge through departments for cheap books and gifts, with pushy bargain seekers, crowded toy and infant sections, and stressed sales staff as Christmas nears.
Christmas shopping in Pittsburgh stores and markets
The article notes men and women shopping in different stores for Christmas, from lace handkerchiefs to suspenders, with prices and garish displays. It describes crowded streets, 300,000 letters and packages at the post office, rising express traffic, and a lively market scene with birds, turkeys, and greens, ending with a tree market by Sixth Street Bridge in Allegheny.
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Dryroods
Music House
Smithfield Street
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Duquesne
Citizens
Pleasant Valley
Manchester
Central
Wood Street
Express
Sixth Street
Federal Street
Diamond Square
Maine
Carnegie Library
City Building
Modest Jim Seward Refuses to Allow Picture in Papers
Mansfield dispatch reports James P. Seward long prominent Richland county Democrat and Ohio elector aspirant. The article traces his career, influence in county politics, past deals, and notes his famed modesty in refusing to have his photograph published.
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Seward
Serard
Cou
Knox County
Bosna Seward
Balloon Journey by M Mallet Reaches Long Duration
French aeronaut M Mallet undertook a balloon voyage starting October 23 from Villette at 6 P M. He landed in Alsace next morning to clear snow, resumed after 24 minutes, then landed near Coblenz at 3 P M. An hour and a half later he touched down in a Taona Mountains valley and finally at Walhen on October 25 at 6 A M.
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M. Mallet
Villette
Alsace
Coblenz
Taona Mountains
Walhen
Diet and hair growth: influence of foods on alopecia
A Washington Star summary notes a paper linking diet to hair growth and shedding linked to influenza. It cites hair composition and minerals such as iron and silicon, argues milk alone is insufficient, and mentions oatmeal and beef solutions as parts of dietary influence on hair and circulation.
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Washington Star
Clemente
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Colonel Brice
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Cleveland
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Hichland
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