Word: gas
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Gas and coal charged to Sanders Theatre...
More evidence is accumulating against the parties arrested for the Phoenix Park tragedy, the sword blades which the informer, Kavanagh, testified to having seen thrown into the basin of the gas works having been found...
Another great flood is inundating the Ohio valley. Lawrenceburg, Ind., is entirely submerged, and the people are cut off from all communication with other places. Ten miles of the water front of Cincinnati is under water; the gas supply has been cut off, and the greatest consternation prevails...
...fear that they have but an ill appreciation of economy. While we cannot have our cup of coffee, since it would incur the enormous cost of seven cents per week, still some favored gentlemen have the privilege of a private room, which entails the extra expense of gas, keeping the room clean, etc. Since, by personal observation, there are five or six empty tables in the hall, why must we bear this expense? Should the luxuries of the majority be taken away to pay for the pleasures...
...with Uncle Josh, the "gallus," which burst, but it was a beam of sunshine "bursting" from so many fair faces. Whether the explosion hurt anyone or not, the News dosen't say. The temperature of the hall, the radiant faces of our fair sympathizers, the brilliancy of New Haven gas, the continuous maze impelled simply by the light music, and the bad words uttered when some unfortunate wight stumbled over a lady's train, - not one of these interesting and thrilling accompaniments of the ball go unmentioned...