Indiana Oil Field Early 1890s Gas and Oil Discoveries
Indiana's oil district developed after 1891 with gas wells in Delaware and Randolph counties and the first paying oil well near Keystone Wells. The field expanded across Wells, Jay, Blackford, Adams, Huntington, Madison, Miami, Marion, Wabash, and Delaware counties, with prospects stretching into Grant and Huntington. Early gas pressures in the Trenton formation spurred cautious production and the Alexandria district later showed a surge of excitement before settling into steady drilling and gas-oil mixtures.
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Bie Norte
Besstern
Indiana
Geneva
Trenton
Damien
Jay County
Alexandria
Marion
Hartford City
Eaton
Delaware County
Union City
Randolph County
P. C. Boyle
Wabash
Kokomo
Howard County
Jonesboro
Fairmount
Grant County
Portland
Redkey
Dunkirs
Elwood
Anderson
Marson County
Noblesville
Hamilton County
Greenfield
Hancock County
Muncie
Albany
Green
William Newton
James Penn
Benjamin F. Fulton
Gilbert Farm
Port
Montpelier
Blackford County
Bryant
Tt Queen
H. O. Patch
Northern Indiana Oil Company
D. A. Bryson
Chester Township
Wells County
Keystone
Col
Tim Spellacy
Smith Farm
Bryson
Smith Well
Colonel Spellacy
Cory Farm
Nottingham Township
E. J. Little
Toledo
Weil
Jay
Blackford
Adama
Huntington
Madison
Miami
Delaware
Grant
Rise and Fall of Indiana Oil Fields in the 1890s
The text recounts small township developments in Marion County Indiana, noting fewer than fifty producing wells as prospects for expansion grow. It highlights Peru district and People's Oil and Company strikes near Peru town, the rapid drilling surge in late 1897, and production peaks around November before inactivity set in. It lists annual oil output through 1901, total barrels valued at about $22.78 million, and counts wells drilled since 1891 with dry or abandoned wells. G. A. W.
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Indiana
Alexandria
Madison County
Lima Northern Oil Company
Nim- Tod Carver
Monroe Township
Ates County
Trenton
Cael
Asa Peta
Pena
Ieecaa
Ripple
Marion County
Peru
Erie
Miami
People’s Oil and Company
Trenton Rock
Lima
Rant County
DRAMATIZED ROMANCES RISE IN NEW YORK THEATERS
The Pioneer Press observes a surge in dramatized novels led by Monsieur Beaucaire Alice of Old Vincennes and The Helmet of Navarre with a noted shift from original plots to stage adaptations. Critics note both artistic potential and flaws from bungling playwrights while predicting a future balance between fiction and drama with renewed public interest in romantic storytelling.
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Monsieur Beaucaire
Alice
Vincennes
Helmet of Navarre
New York
Playfo Nce Sakcere
Mansfield
Joe Jefferson
Peace at the gate as the soul finds rest
Poem fragment reflects maternal lullaby imagery and a prayer for peaceful passage at life’s end. It recalls an elderly figure’s sleep, the poet’s journey, and faith that God grants rest and peace at the gate. Jean Mohr credits Era publication.
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Jean Mohr
The House with the Green Shutters review unit
New Scottish tale and Kipling contest notes dominate a mixed page. George Douglass or George D Brown, the Oxford man, draws praise and harsh critique for The House with the Green Shutters as a stark realism of a Scottish town. Kipling’s The Light that Failed manuscript tours a Fifth Avenue window amid a Christmas show. A Archer volume Poets of the Younger Generation is reviewed alongside social anecdotes and a Chicago trip mishap yarn.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Scotland
George Douglass
George D. Brown
Oxford
England
Douglass
Barrie
McLaren
Balzac
George Eliot
Carlyle
John Gourlays
Davie Balfours
Gourlay
Poe
House of Usher
Kennedy
John Gourlay
Sheighan
Main Street
Lichtnin
Mr. Brown
Glasgow University
Glasgow
London
Kipling
Fifth-avenue
Salt and Pepper Boxes and Silk-Lined Costumes Auction
Auction lists glass salt and pepper boxes with silver tops and silk-lined costumes. Items include costumes priced at 35 to 40 dollars and higher, with about 8155.00 remaining from prior sales of 20 to 25 dollars.
Not the Most Beautiful City but May Become So
Julian Ralph writes in the New York Mail and Express that Washington is not presently the nation’s most beautiful city but could become so. He praises the newly developed northwest section and a modern hotel, contrasting it with the shabby extremities and older Southern-style hospitality. The piece recalls figures like Webster and Van Buren and notes grand hotel life with electric lights and refined dining. The essay contrasts the capital’s current roughness with its potential imperial avenue.
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Julian Ralph
New York Mail and Express
Washington
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Chicago
North Side
Buffalo
New St. Louis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Green Tire
Acre
Ebster
Jenry van Vallandizham
Pig Not to Blame in Yuma Pioneer Tale
In a clipped Yuma California Pioneer snippet a rancher’s wife debates the fate of a fat pig. The fragment hints at long penalties and moral questions within a twenty five year marriage, casting doubt on any drastic action. The text reads as garbled OCR with unclear sequence and missing context.
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Yuma
Cal
Hubb
Yuma County
Tobine
Gude
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William Archer
Kim
Richard Hovey
Edmund Clarence Steadman
Robert Bryden
Herbert Brewster
German Fire Insurance of
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Delaware Street
Milwaukee Sentinel
Mrs. Blank
Ince
Lizzie
Bright
de Lyon
Germany
Sweden
Morocco
Osco
Waite
Challis
Ayres
Ward
Zoc
Alaska
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