MISS PEACH A tale of wildcat oil towns and a clever broker
In Warren County a dazzling oil boom at Garfield brings wild speculation and a famed beauty called Miss Peach. Broker Sands savors fortune as two mystery wells split the market, while rival Culp falters. The tale follows pumps, parties, and a perilous day of bursting profits and sudden ruin.
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Garfield
Sands
Warren
Culp
Mies Peach
Pesci’s
Mr. Sands
Send
Sands and Gallop Agree to a Sale in Oil Market Mystery
In a tense scene Sand and Gallop wagered high sums on a speculative exchange amid a mysterious oil prospect. Sands later flees the scene with a note from a German hotel, while the narrator recalls the rise and fall of a town once thriving on oil and the waning fortunes of its players. Sands plans to go abroad as business calls.
Spring remedies and tonics touted in old notices
An old time medical advertisement highlights Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier spring medicine with testimonials. It promotes Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for liver complaints and Ayer's Sarsaparilla and Pectoral for fatigue cough and sleep. It notes prices and mail-order offers from Lowell Mass. for various tonics.
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Hlood
Hood & Co. Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
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Br. Kennedy
Priev Su
Lsuggists
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Miss Peach
Warren County
Cherry Grove
Pithole
Pennsylvania
California
Colorado
Capital
Jim Fisk
Jamestown House
Mary Anderson
Gallop
Pet
Beggard
Clarendon
Susan Praeg
D. Shears
W. A. Hills
Oakland Valley
Iowa
Piso
First National Bank
Warren, Penna
L.D Wetmore
M. Beecher, Cashie
England
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
Citizens’ National Bank Warren
PENNA
Myron Wathers
Francis Henry
G. N. Parmles
M. Pardes
DI Myron Waters Francis Renty
H. A. Samtievon
V. Davie
Johnson
Hebnzel
W.d. Brown
G. N. Paemlee
Bcmyield
United States
John Rowland
Hickory Shett
Psa
Fire and Life Companies
Scofield Beck
Olney Ot
Ely
Eee
A. LE
Newman Groling
Druggiat -Oweze
H. J. Danforth
C. P. Henry & Co
Penn’a
Beech St
Dunkirk
Billa
Hemlock
Neamé Nimon
Ledger
WARREN & _SOULH
Clarendon & Eee Cotren Wesee -Underwaoi
S. McCalmone
Wood's Mill Branch
da Ettintal
Ou City
Titusville
Gar
Rainan
S& ER
Tulgway
Erie
Vandern Ril
Garfielt
Dunhu
LROAD
Sue
Knapp & Caste
J. A. Mitchell & Co
Warren, PA
Beaty Bick
A. A. Davia’ Store
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