Pond Freshet Oil Flow Described At Oil Creek
The Oil City Register explains a Pond Freshet as a temporary dam-driven rise that releases seven to seventeen dams to flood the creek and send seven thousand to thirty thousand barrels of oil in boats to the river. Shippers prep boats days ahead while crews cope with jams near McClintock Bridge and Forge Dam as boats ride currents to Pittsburg.
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Oil City
Oil Creek
A. S. Dobbs
McClintock
Pittsburg
Oil City Register
WRECKS OF HUMANITY And General Rosecrans On Discipline
A reflective piece condemns the pursuit of wealth as draining health and cites Doctor Holtoway remedies as astonishing cures for debility. A satirical tale follows a mud lark's perilous draft and a surgeon's report, then Nashville notes on Gen Rosecrans holding officers accountable for soldier discipline and knapsack issues.
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Holtoway
Try the Unruly Boy Again in Sunday School Tale
A Sunday school story shows a ten year old unruly pupil who terrifies the class until a devoted teacher prays with him after school. The boy is moved, reforms into a Christian man, and forgives his teacher, illustrating the power of persistence and faith. The piece urges teachers to try again with difficult students.
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Edward A. Wilson
Williamsburgh
Tle
Jesus
Christ
Satan
S. S
The Mighty Thumb and the Many Uses of the Hand
The article discusses the human hand's anatomy and the thumb's special role, explaining how finger length, nail function, and fleshy thumbs enable precise grips. It notes how thumb strength powers hand function, with examples from typing, piano, and skilled handiwork. It then shifts to a local anecdote about Abraham Hershley's heirs finding over $50,000 in gold and silver hidden in odd places after his death, deposited in the Lancaster County Bank, and reflects on bank safety and public caution.
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Brewch
Charles Bell
Polfex
Accora Ely
France
Cavil
Abraham Hershley
West Hempfield
Landisville
Lancaster County Bank
Lancaster Express
Jesus
Anecdote on Colonel Dakin and a drillmaster’s test
A Louisiana Colonel in Taylor's Mexican campaign is recalled for a harsh drill test. His square held firm as his charging horse was killed, sparking the remark that both horse and square did their duty and the colonel prepared the men for the lancers. A temperance anecdote from Rushville ends with a lesson on future owners of property and the fate of drinkers.
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Dakin
Louisiana
Palo Alto
Resaca de la Palma
Taylor
Ri Joe
Wroth
Tie
Billy Ross
Rushville
Illinois
Billy
Harper's Monthly
Striking Strasburg Experiment Joins Two Albino Rats
In Strasburg researchers joined two albino rats by skin grafts on opposite sides. Wounds closed by day six and the pair walked side by side, bound by a fleshy band. A poisoned oral dose failed while an injectable toxin reached the animal through the jugular vein.
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Strasburg
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