Flirtation and Farce in Harlem Mystery Court
A comical New York tale recounts Tony Cusco wooing Mrs. Rosa Weis enberger, a dispute at her building, and a magistrate ordering a six month ban on his “sweet voice.” Nearby, Rialto veteran Kelsey Allen sports tortoise shell glasses and a running gag about sight.
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The
Dispatch
New York
Tony” Cusco
Rosaweisenberser
Harlem
Amb Wiiler
Cusca
Antonio
Kelsey Allen
Try This to Banish All Rheumatic Pains
An advertisement touts Rheuma as a swift cure for rheumatism and sciatica, claiming relief in a few days. It offers a 50 cent bottle with money back guarantee if expectations aren’t met, via dealer R R Bellamy. The second note condemns submarines as secret killers, citing the St Louis Globe Democrat on stealthy attacks.
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R.R. Bellamy
Advt
St Louis Globe- Democrat
Notable Birth Anniversaries Across American Figures
On this day seven prominent figures celebrate birthdays and long careers. Henry Watterson, born in Washington D C, 7 years since. Ernest Haeckel, Potsdam, 83. Worthington C Ford, Brooklyn, 59. Rt. Rev. John J McCort, Philadelphia, 47. Edward E Browne, Waupaca, 49. George Kennan, Norwalk Ohio, 72.
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Henry Watterson
America
Washington
D. C
Ernest Haeckel
Potsdam
Prussia
Worthington C. Ford
Harvard University
American Historical Association
Brooklyn
John J. McCort
Philadelphia
Edward E. Browne
Congress
Wisconsin
Waupaca
Wis
George Kennan
Norwalk
Ohio
Terrible Tales From North Carolina Prison Probes
Witnesses at the Raleigh inquiry recount brutal conditions in state prison camps including Badin and Whitney. Preachers Cr abtree and Little defend confidentiality while ex convict H Pace details abuse and Captain Rhem’s role amid reported cruelty by wardens Busbee and Laughinghouse.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Traywick
Messrs
Crabtree
Little
Preacher Little
Union
North Carolina
Mann
C. J. Rhemn
Beasley
Captain Rhem
Rhem
Witnhes
Whitney
Badin
Mr. Little
Sam J. Busbee
Mr. Busbee
Daisy Denson
Board of Charities and Corrections
Mexico
Laughinghouse
Kitchin
Craig
Christian
Joe
Joe Caldwell
Mr. Mann
Simmons
Miss Denson
H. Pace
Warden Busbee
Naturalization records reveal campaign hyphen cleanup
Naturalization records indicate the U-host sufficed to smash most hyphens remaining from the last campaign as noted by the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
From Starvation To a Fortune in Three Months
A Muskogee Oklahoma clipping narrates how Oil was found on an 80 acre farm owned by widow Lot tie Hammock and its five producing wells. Her family of seven fatherless children faced starvation three months ago but now holds a $200,000,000 bank account.
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Muskogee
Okla
Lottie Hammock
Two Big Wells Reported in Humble Field
In Humble Texas the No 14 well in the eastern Humble field produced about three thousand barrels in the first five hours and is estimated to be in the ten thousand barrel class. The No 15 well brought in the previous Friday night was a five thousand barrel producer.
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Humble
New Gusher Strikes in Vinton Oil Field
In Lake Charles Louisiana a 7000 barrel gusher was struck early today by Wilson Tucker on the Hooks fortyth in the Vinton oil field.
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Lake Charles
Wilson & Tucker
Vinton
Oil gushers strike in Edmonson county fields
In Edmonson county Kentucky fresh oil gushers have been struck after years of low yields. A well on ten acres yields about 500 barrels daily and the landowner has refused a ten thousand dollar offer then raised to one hundred thousand dollars.
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Louisville
Edmonson County
Another 5000 Barrels Gusher At Sour Lake Oil Field
News from Houston reports the Merchants and Jackson tract in Sour Lake has brought in another deep oil well gusher. The new well is located in block 15 and extends 2200 feet in depth marking another milestone in the oil field renaissance.
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Sour Lake
Houston
Merchants and Jackson
Block 15
Made $100 a Month Now a Millionaire
T B Slick, once earning 100 dollars monthly for Shaffer, is now producing over 4000 barrels per day at the Cushing field. He has avoided excess spending and was not a millionaire before, earning acclaim as the genuine discoverer in Fuel Oil Journal.
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T. B. Slick
Fortune Wheel Man Ignites Fortune with Twenty Dollar Bet
Mr. J. A. Adkins invests his last twenty dollars in Gil Field and gains wealth. He polishes a lamp after a failed Altus venture and finds a lease at Healdton now producing a well yielding about 2,000 barrels daily.
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Gil Field
Ifea
J. A. Adkins
Altus
Healdton
Oil Find Creates Wealth For Young Oklahoma Girl
The Muskogee correspondent reports Sarah Rector, a 10 year old negro girl, now earns about 15000 dollars monthly from oil. She previously slept on a wallet on a shack floor with siblings. A plain frame house costing around 1000 dollars is planned as her new home, illustrating oil wealth’s sudden rise in her life.
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Sarah Rector
Muskogee
Okla
Kansas City Star
Sarah
Oil Wealth and Bold Investments Drive Investor Profits
The author promotes oil as the richest business and encourages small investors to take chances. It claims oil has created multitudes of millionaires from the poor, and asserts the Eastern Geo Company will offer a square deal to build a big company that brings profit and rich rewards to its stockholders.
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Eastern Geo Company
Oklahoma
Eastern Oil Co
Richmond
Eastern Oil Company
Oil Industry Investment Appeal Urges Marty Ousts of Oil
Capital notes oil as world demand driver and profits far above other ventures. Authors claim oil fortunes dominate, urge readers to learn, then travel at company expense to oil fields for personal investigation and invest, citing their own stake to prove faith.
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Tolc
Literaure
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Christian Science Monitor
Bud” Fisher
Fox
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Woislav Petrovitch
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Greece
Toro
Probe
S.S.S. S
N. C
Rotary
Wilmington
Academy of Music
Rotary Club
Peterson & Rolf
Houston Telegram
Oil City News
Humble, Texas
Vinton Feild
the Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
Fuel Oil Journal
Fortune
Pickaninny
T. Benjamin Hunter
W. H. Kulp, Mer
the Eastern Oil Co
Richmond, Va
Church Street
Lynchburg, Va
T. Benj. Hunter
T. W. Wood
North Second Street
Wilmington, N. C
Kulp & Oden
Mers
the Eastern Oil Co., Inc
American Nat. Bank Bldg
J. H. Baugh
Texas Fields
Texas
the Eastern Oil Company, Inc
American National Bank
Richmond, Virginia
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