Two Greatest Oil Wells Near City Attract Throngs
Long account details the Christie and Phillips gushers near the city and a history of early major strikes in Oil Creek region. It notes 15,000 visitors in a week, daily outputs from Christie near 6,000 barrels and Phillips about 4,590, compares with historic wells like Hamilton McClintock and Dom Pedro, and recalls vast fortunes and waste amid booming 1860s oil boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Phillips
Pennsylvania
Hamilton McClintock
Oil City
Cornplanter Oil Company
Clapp farm
Venango county
Oil Creek
Tarr
Empire
Oil
Allegheny river
Franklin
Noble and Delamater
Farrett
Caldwell
Dela wneters
Maple Shade
Pithule
McPaughlin
Modoc
Hunter and Cummings
St. Joe
lady Hunter
Cherry Grove
One wry miscellany of jokes and oddities from Detroit
A collage of quips about social pretensions, fashion, and language. It notes European manners, jokes about marriage, telegraphs, and oysters, with comparisons of water as a force and a jab at presidential campaigns. It mentions St John campaign talk, zodiac hints, and a whiskey of puns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
magazine
New Jersey
South America
St. John
Richard Grant White
Jones
Detroit Free Press
St. John party
Yokohama
Berlin
Castle Garden
London
Austria
Writing Mood and the Author’s Prevalent Mood
The elder Hawthorne spoke of guilt in writing from a mood. Trollope’s and Sheridan’s cases show writers often begin in a mood, yet produce works judged by literary quality. Managers and authors share blame for procrastination, not the final art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
Anthony Trollope
Sheridan
School for Scandal
Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment touted as cure
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment cures chronic piles and related symptoms with instant relief. It cites US testimonial from J F Coffinsberry of Cleveland and lists Osburn Ishue Naker Reno as sellers, also promoting Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy and a plaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Willams
ohore
William
J. F. Coffinsberry
Cleveland
Osburn & Ishuenaker
Reno
Nevada
Houghton Wholesale and Retail Book Goods and Stationery
C 8. Houghton offers wholesale and retail book and stationery, dealer in fancy goods at 5 J street. California Slifornia State Bank lists N D Hideout as President, F Cox as VP, A Abbott as Cashier. Langham Restaurant at 226 Aireet run by B Kennery. Autken & Fish Marble and Granite Works at 617 K street offer monuments, grave stones, mantles, and tablet tops in Italian or Vermont marble. Scotch granite monuments and marbleized slate mantles are also offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
goous
T. BH
Conk & Co
bth
T street
California
Slifornia State Bank
N. D. Hideout
Frederick Cox
A. Abbott
J street
doess
Gattmany & Wilson
P. O
Langhaw
Langham
Aireet
B. Kennery
Aystera
Autken & Fish
Pioneer
K street
San Francisco Gallery and furniture firm ads at Market Streets
San Francisco listing shows Marse's Photograph Gallery at 826 Market Street offering copying and enlarging in crayon pastel India ink watercolor ivory types and sun pearls. Burnham Beck Co importers and dealers in furniture carpets cloths draperies at 618 Market and 16 17 Post Streets opposite Palace Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marse
Market Street
Poelan Stock
Burnham, Beck & Co
Post Streets
Palace Hotel
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gore
Iran
Wade
BROWN CHEM LL
HAMBURG
Emil Frese
pOSTEFIERS
PALACE RESTAURANT
COMMERCIAL ROW
NEV
PALACE & ARCADE
LEMERY & FONTAINE
THE
GAZETTE OFFICE
THOMAS PRICE
chemical Laboratory Assay
AACRAMENTO
SAN FRANCISCO
Termesenton application
apl&ly
NAPA VALLEY WINE CO
CHARLES KRUG
Athlena
Napa Co
Cal
W. Lruan
AL. TUBBS
etdwig
MAMMOTH OIL WELLS
Felo de se
Captain Kidd
Bridget
United States
Senate
SHILOH
Hodgkinson & Co
Shiloh's paeans
Hodgkinson &Co
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
SACRAMENTO
SIMMONDS
MR eRRUCU
G&G
A. Lindley & SOLE AGENTS
Washoe County
Lassen anid Modec counties
SOUTHWORTH
D. D.S
CARSON, NEV
Dental College
Philadelphia
Royal Colege of Dental Surgeons of Canada
Brewer
San_ francisco
J. J. MOORE
Dr. Waggoner
Depot Hotel
KIM
JOHN F. ALEXANDER
Court House
BOvIOU
T. K. HYMERS
TRUCKEE
T. B. RYMERS
A. DAWSON, M. D
Sunderland
West street
Second street
MO, A. LEWIS, M. D
Mil street
mayzit
B. CLARKE
CLARKE & KING
B.D
KING
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Sunderlands
Jebsit
Long
PACIFIC
GEO
LEADING HOTEL
DR. W. BERGMAN
FIME
Websters tlaw office
WPRUCKEE HOTEL
TRUCKEE, CAL
G.P.R. B
General Stage Ofica
STEWART MCKAY
Tahoe City
Hot Sprin
Sierraville
Loyalton
Jarabeona? City
Eureks Mills
San Tones
LACHMAN & CAHN
VIRGINA STREET
RENO, NEVADA
Painter & Cantrails
partien
Nevada Live Stock Association
E. W. CRUTCHER
D. BWEETLER
Winnemucga
BERR
Kerr
Mas
THEnrsa Youna
Maria Coon
Annie Caneo
Wm. Hodpett
California steam Navigation Co
Kear
J. W. Crawford
Folsom street
Redington and Co
BUEN & SHOLMAKER
Keno
sor
Reddington & Co
Agena
aps
SPINNEY NO
KEARNEY STREET
ancieco, Cal
TOUATSa ME
SPINNEY
gove
Dr.S
SPINNEY & CO
MACETERY
navil JOHN COURTNEY
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