Suit Filed to Break Up Standard Oil Trust in St Louis
The United States petitions in St Louis federal court for dissolution of the Standard Oil trust under the Sherman act. It seeks injunctions preventing control by Rockefeller and allies, halting dividends to the Standard Oil New Jersey holding group, and stopping contracts to restrain petroleum trade. The filing details a three phase history from 1870 to the present and cites discriminatory railroad rates and pipeline practices as core monopolistic methods.
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St. Louis
United States
Standard Oil Trust
New York
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Crusade
Findlay
Ellis
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Union
John D. Rockefeller
Supreme Court of Ohio
Newark
Henry M. Flagler
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Benjamin Brewster
Henry H. Rogers
Wesley H. Tilford
O. B. Jennings
Rockefeller
Tidewater Pipe Company
Tidewater
Pennsylvania
Tidewater Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Western Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
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Illinois
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Colorado
California
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Whiting
Ind
Evansville
Standard Company
Grand Junction
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Delaware
Lackawanna and
Santa Fe
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Charles M. Pratt
Boston
Maine
Terre Haute
Long Island
Florida
Coast
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Lackawanna
Western
Missouri Pacific
William G. Rockefeller
H. Clay Pierce
Kansas City Southern
San Francisco
W. Harkness
F. T. Gates
Wisconsin Central
Standard Trust
Huge List of Standard Oil Allies and Independent Contingents
An itemized record lists numerous corporations and partnerships tied to Standard Oil of New Jersey. It details organization locations and capitalization, noting many would be compelled to resume as independent concerns if the United States wins its case.
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Natory
Standard Oil Company
United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Testing Butter and the Case for Print Butter
The piece urges testing butter quality by melting a small amount on hot hominy to detect fraud. It notes print butter often fetches higher prices than ordinary tub butter and adds a charge for manipulation and paraffin wrapping. It warns of alleged butter made from cooking birds.
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Newark Press
New Egypt Arising and Modern Irrigation
A Cairo progressive Arab sinks wells and installs irrigation pumps at the foot of Cheops and the Sphinx, turning sand wastes toward green fields. This shows the shift from old to new Egypt through numerous demonstrations.
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Egypt
Cairo
Pyramid of
Cheops
Choosing a Wife by the Friend We Would Choose as Man
A reflection that a spouse should be chosen with the same regard and standards one would apply to a trusted male friend. The saying implies equality of judgment, loyalty, and character in selecting a lifelong partner.
Different Then. Husband and Wife Quip Cited by Chicago Daily News
A humorous exchange contrasts marital organization with prior single life, noting the husband could find nothing about the house without his wife’s help. The quip reflects domestic roles in a lighthearted newspaper item from Chicago.
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Chicago Daily News
Man’s View on Doctors Shifts With First Baby Arrival
A man’s skepticism toward doctors fades after the first baby arrives, when he begins to regard medical professionals with awe and heightened trust.
Charges Placed Before Senate On Indian Territory Affairs
Webster Ballinger A J Lee and others accuse Commissioner Tams Bixby and W O Beall of blocks on 1000 to 2000 applicants in Choctaw and Chickasaw nations from switching to citizen status to gain 320 acre allotments. Witnesses are ex-employees now lawyers, a Beall review found no rule violations. school talks noted ongoing federal funding needs.
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Muskogee
United States
Indian Territory
Webster Ballinger
Washington, D. C
A. J. Lee
Ardmore
Tams Bixby
W. O. Beall
William O. Beall
Ballinger
Commission
Beal
Secretary of the Interior
Beall
Congress
Senator Teller Blasts Red Tape in Territory Affairs
In Muskogee six full blood Creek representatives urged Congress to remove land restrictions and seek Interior Department supervision, while Colonel R L Owen urged removing limits and criticized Washington delays. Senator Teller condemned the system as too tangled and unfair for Indian Territory administration.
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Teller
Muskogee
Creek Nation Council
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Porter
Owen
Washington
Indian Territory
Senator Teller
George and Edyth Learn Promised Duties After Marriage
The Chicago note imagines a vow where George would endure fire and water for his bride while Edyth foresees his care of the home furnace and wash tubs after marriage, reflecting affectionate domestic expectations.
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George
Edyth
Chicago
Perhaps Put to Better Use Bequest to Fund Wood for Heretics
A London church continues to receive a bequest intended to purchase wood for burning heretics, prompting questions about the proper use of the legacy and its ongoing fulfillment within the parish.
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London
Oklahoma Home Ownership Leads Nation in 1966
Among 86,908 Oklahoma families in 1966, 60,068 owned homes and 50,483 owned homes free of mortgage or encumbrance. Ownership percentage tops all states except three. debt-free home share exceeds every other state.
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Oklahoma
Union
Robbers Blow Open Safe at Lahoma Bank
Four masked men robbed the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Lahoma owned by Miller Bros of Crete Nebraska between 1 and 2 Friday morning. They bound two sleepers, exploded the safe twice with nitro or giant powder, destroyed furniture, and stole about $1,700 in currency plus roughly $15 in small silver.
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Lahoma
Miller Bros
Crete
Neb
Bank Safe Blown Open in Pawnee County Heist
Unknown suspects blew the safe at the State Bank in Meramac Pawnee County and fled with 820 dollars after deploying several nitroglycerine charges. Authorities search for the culprits.
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Meramac
Pawnee County
Fifty Thousand Bales Ginned in Shawnee Cotton Year
Cotton buyers estimate two thirds of the 1906 crop is ginned in Shawnee. Reports show over 49 000 bales ginned, with two gins not reporting for thirty days, lifting expected total to 50 000 bales. County yield may reach 70 000 bales, leaving about 20 000 unginned, the largest in county history. Last year produced 52 000 bales.
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Shawnee
Noted Woman Lawyer Arrives in Muskogee
Mrs Be TMs Lock wood of Washington DC arrives in Muskogee for two weeks to participate in Dawes commission citizenship cases and Indian claims. She is the first woman admitted to U S Supreme Court practice and has been involved in high profile Indian law matters including the Eastern Cherokee fee.
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Muskogee
Be ™S Lockwood
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Dawes Commission
Lockwood
Washington
Looks Like A Murder Baptist Minister Taken From Train
Shawnee Oklahoma reports the death of J A Johnson a Baptist preacher from Dale near here after arriving by train from El Reno He was in a dying condition and a message led his wife to meet the train with an ambulance There was a bullet wound in the mouth the bullet passing to the brain He carried a large sum of money not found on the body
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J. A. Johnson
Dale
Home Relief Association
Comanche
el Reno
Eli Reno
Johnson
Escaped Murderer Caught in Oklahoma City
United States Marshal John Abernathy arrested W. S. Ford here after Ford escaped from Fort Leavenworth where he was serving a Philippines killing sentence. Ford started for Fort Sill before a soldier recognized him and he traveled to Lawton and then Oklahoma City. He was taken to the federal jail at Guthrie for Kansas authorities. Governor Frantz issued a proclamation making Woodward a city of the first class.
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United States
Abernathy
Oklahoma City
John Abernathy
W. S. Ford
Fort Leavenworth
Ford
Philippines
Fort Sill
Lawton
Guthrie
Kansas
Two Killed in Buck No 6 Mine Explosion
In Buck, I T two shot firers C A Withers and Sam McKinney, both white and black respectively, were killed by a premature blast at Buck No 6 mine. The explosion wrecked the mine, blew out the shaft cages and ventilation gear, and started a fire destroying the timbering.
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South Mcalester
C. A. Withers
Sam McKinney
Buck No. 6
Buck
I. T
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Crescent Pipe Line Company
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Lawrence Natural Gas Company
Mahoning Gas Fuel Company
Manhattan Oil Company
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National Fuel Gas Company
National Transit Company
New York Transit Company
Northern Pipe Line
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Ohio Oil Company
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Iowa
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Deacaue
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
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Swan & Finch Company
Taylorstown Natural Gas Company
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Tide Water Oil Company
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Union Tank Line Company
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