Turbulent Years of 1907 Railroads and Reforms
The era saw wage cuts and threats of general strikes as railroads faced reduced traffic. Rates rose in July while many lines cut wages or laid off workers. A 10 percent fare increase followed for 1909. Harriman consolidated Georgia Central, and riots accompanied a Cleveland streetcar strike. Court battles targeted the oil trust, railroad trusts, and various rate laws as reform movements grew.
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Interstate Commerce Comission
Southwestern Association
Southern
E. H. Harriman
Georgia Central
Cleveland
Wilson
New York
Hoboken
Philadelphia
Market Street
Landis
Oil Trust
Aston
Grosscup
Court of Appeals
Chicago
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Gray
Harriman Railroad Trust
Powder Trust
Elkins
Minnesota
North Carolina
Alabama
Dreary
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Virginia Railroad Commission
Circuit Court of Appeals
Tobacco Trust
Danbury Hatters
Gompers
A. F. of S
California Supreme Court
Schmitz
Boss Ruef
Haas
Heney
Ruef
Charles W. Morse
Stern
Curtis
Bank of North America
Pittsburg
Henry Reiber
Teller
John Young
Farmers’ Deposit ‘National
Legacy of 1908 Conflicts and Inventions Overview
A sweeping year in review covers financial crimes with William Montgomery’s $1.35 million diversion and long prison term, ethnic riots in Springfield and Reelfoot Lake kidnappings, aviation breakthroughs by the Wright brothers and rivals, dire warnings from labor and church movements, Olympic exploits, notable deaths, medical cures, and public notices including obituaries and local society items.
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William ‘Montgomery
Alleghany ‘National ‘Bank
Kentucky
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessée
Rankin
Taylor
Trenton
Springfield
Ill
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Harry Orchard
Steunenburg
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Willson
Great Music Offer from Popular Music Publishing Co
A denoted offer requests names of three or more performers and twenty-five cents in silver or postage to receive postpaid the latest Popular Music Roll. The 20 page sheet music contains popular songs marches and waltzes for piano or organ including Rud Knauer’s Flight of the Butterflies Manila and The Girl I’ve Seen. Indianapolis Ind. 4itf
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Rud Knauer
Manila
Popular Music Publishing Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Belmont sells farm and probate notice from 1908
The Conway Record reports William Belmont sells his farm to L F Payton of Galesburg Illinois at seventy dollars per acre and plans to move near Caldwell Kansas with a three acre plot. A county probate notice dated December 26 1908 appoints Mary E Allen executor of John Clark estate with payment and claim instructions.
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Wm. Belmont
Conway
L. F. Payton
Galesbur
Ill
Mclmont
Caldne Kansas
Mr. Belmont
Distr
Taylor County
Towa
John Clark
Mary E. Allen
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Castoria
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A. W. Chase
John Gerhart
South Main St
Orrville
Ohio
A.L. Bibbins
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kill Devil Kill
Wrights
le Mans
France
Orville
Fort Myer
Bell and Baldwin
Hammondsport
Count Zeppelin
Germany
Mayence
Thomas W. Baldwin
War Department
Lambeth
London
Methodist General Conference
Baltimore
Episcopal Diocese
American Catholic Society
United States
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Methodist Protestant Conference
Congregational
United Brethren
Presbyterian General Conference
Kansas City
Reformed Church
Great Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
John Hayes
Dorando
Madison Square Garden
Longboat
Chicago Cubs
Detroits
Charles Emory Smith
Edmund Co. Stedman
Edward A. McDonald
August Wilhelms
Louise de la Ramee
Ouida
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
William Pinckney Whyte
Maryland
William B. Allison
Iowa
Francois Coppee
Henry ©. Potter
Murat Halsted
Joel
Chandler Harris
Bronson Howard
Ira D. Sankey
Daniel Cott Gilman
Charles Eliot Norton
Donald G. Mitchell
Grover Cleveland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Vicetorien Sardou
L. S. Napier
Rugless
Bucklen
A. L. Bibbins
Dr. Shoop
Foley
H. B. Rhoads
Kaiser
New York City
Doan
England
George B. Krause
Walnut Ave
Altoona
Asiatic
Turkey
Paine
Dr. Thomas
America
Vernon Sayler
Ara Sawyer
Graceland Cemetery
Janes O’may
Sawyer
John Saylor
South
Maple Street
James O’may
Barber Union
F. A. Sawyer
R. Hi. Sawyer
Frank Hindman
Bedford
C. Sawyer
Villisca
Creston Advertiser
Peter Schutler
Weber
Moline
Orchard City
Great Western
Litchfield
A. J. Lowers
TRG
Ogsne
Wysiva
Payton & Company
Chicago Record-Herald
Bedford Free Press
Record-Herald
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William E. Curtis
Chicago Daily
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