Inventor Frasch Transforms Standard Oil fortunes
A historical profile credits Herman Frasch with revolutionizing refinery methods for Ohio oil, enabling Standard Oil to sustain high dividends. It details early Ohio oil challenges, Frasch’s cheap large scale process, Lima refinery shutdowns, and subsequent global expansion as 60,000 barrels daily were refined, cementing Standard’s vast dominance. The piece notes Frasch’s German origins, Heidelberg education, and his notable contributions to petrochemical refining.
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Frasch
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania and
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Herman Prasch
Nseless
Lima
Standard
Herman Frosch
London
Canada
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Garret
Wurptemberg
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Johann Prasch
Herman
Heidelberg
Wucceuif
Thanksgiving Turkey Advice From The Home Companion
Practical holiday guidance on selecting a young gobbler, avoiding yellow fat and rough legs, and dressings like oyster or chestnut. Details cover size, seasoning, stuffing limits, pan cover, and long slow roasting with frequent basting for a juicy, dark brown turkey ready to slice.
Mome Made Stockings and Home Crafts Enter New Year
A period piece notes homemade stockings as stylish for golf and cycling, knitted from the top to the ankle with a sturdy heel and toe. It praises grandmothers for teaching the craft, warns about snagging threads, and hints at rising domestic duties for housewives. Also included are brief health and household tips on crying benefits, home toilet water, and the proper steeping of tea for digestion.
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The Woman in Gray Mystery and the Art Lover
A long textured tale follows a woman in gray who haunts art galleries in search of a vanished artist. An old man recounts a love triangle with jealousy, rumor, and a fatal estrangement in St Louis and an eastern city. The stranger’s sad arc ends with the pursed mystery ever unresolved.
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Miystt Mach Mke
Four Courts
Owell
St Louis
Thea
Tim
St Taouls
Ther of
Hioed
Faroines
Winpale
Arden Artiet
Artien
Artiet
Se Lrge
Hse
Fie
Shu
Vor Ion
Pane
Vernon
Gray
War
Fatuhtet
St_ Louie
American Newspaper Directory Described as Ad Authority
The American Newspaper Directory is a recognized authority among advertisers. It compares to Duns and Bradstreet ratings for mercantile credibility, entering its twenty ninth year of publication.
State Journal Claims Nation Leading Circulation in Kansas
The Topeka State Journal is credited with the largest circulation of any daily in Topeka Shawnee County and the First District. The editor cites signed detailed statements from Kansas dailies, noting heavy carrier and express delivery with no postage paid on much of the edition. The American Newspaper Directory will publish the figures September 1 1897.
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State Journal
Topeka
Kansas
Topexa State Journal
Medius
Topeth
Shawnee County
W. Stansfield
Notich
Kanes
Anaia
Wallace
American Newspaper Directory
Express
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Copeland
Chicago
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T. E Bowman & Co
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East Tenth
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Cub Bans
M. Burkett
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Ane Biaeneena Cabinet Co
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Bowman
Rapes Vissi Co
Salumblan Huilding
Topela
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Easy Tern
Dart
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Longran Hill
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Rrlling CO
Fuel and Feed
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Topeka, Kan
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Rowley & Snow's
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Sheldon
Ryder
Gorton St
Central Ave
North Topeka
Brinkerhom
MSSEX
Orgaca
Ewing
N. B. Campbell
Gilwansas
M. Forbes
6Th Ave
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Norton
Sixth Ave
Brick & Paving Co
Great Western Steam
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Topeka &T. Scott
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