Trusts Secret History at Chicago Trial Details Merger Attempts
Albert H. Veeder testified as the first government witness in the ten Chicago packers case. He said the defendants made two merger attempts in 1902 summer with Armour Swift Morris and Cudahy interests. The planned capitalization totaled 923 million, with bonds 141.75 million, preferred 168.75 million, and common stock 612 million.
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Chicago
Albert H. Veeder
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
Armour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy
Merger Plans Involving Swift Armour Morris Cudahy Discussed
Government counsel outlined the proposed merger among Swift Armour Morris and Cudahy with Gustavus Swift as president and Edward Morris and Michael Cudahy as vice presidents J Ogden Armour as chair of the executive and finance committees The National Packing Company was formed after the merger prospects fell through and E H Gary of US Steel was named to represent Kuhn Loeb and Co in financing notes
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Gustavus S. Swift
Edward Morris
Michael Cudahy
J. Ogden Armour
National Packing Company
Veeder
Packers
Henry Veeder
A. H. Veeder
Ewift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy & Co
Armour, Swift and Morris
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Veeder and Krauthoff
Armour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Nurito advertised by Magistral Chemical Co claims cures Rheumatism
Letter from F C Jones president of Electric Reno vator Mfg Co praises Nurito for curing his wife's rheumatism after a trial. The ad asserts Nurito is U S P ingredients free from opiates and narcotics and guarantees relief or money back. Available in $1 and $2 boxes from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores or by mail from New York headquarters.
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Jones
Electric Renovator Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
Magistral Chemical Company of
New York
Sirs
Nurito
F. C. Jones
Magistral Chemical Co
Riker-Jaynes
Suite 711
Flatiron Building
Packers Merger Contracts Involved Six Competing Firms
Testimony details the 1902 merger among Armour Swift and Morris to form the National Packing Company. Veeder described contracts for buying six firms prior to consolidation and the requirement that each party turn over at least 80 percent of its stock. Names of targets include United Dressed Beef Company New York Fowler Packing Company Anglo-American Provision G H Hammond Omana Packing and St Louis Dressed Beef & Provision.
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Veeder
Pierce Butler
Mr. Veeder
Armour, Swift
Morris
Thomas Connors
Thomas F. Wilson
Horace C. Gardner
Armour, Swift and Morris
National Packing Company
United Dressed Beef Company of
New York
Fowler Packing Company
Anglo-American Provision Company
G. H. Hammond Company
Omana Packing Company
St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Company
Ryder-Hunt Wedding at Roxbury Home
Miss Elsie Ryder wed Edgar M. Hunt principal of Lowell Commercial High School at the residence of Mr and Mrs S N Ryder 187 School Street Roxbury last night.
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S. N. Ryder
School Street
Roxbury
Elsie Ryder
Edgar M. Hunt
Lowell Commercial High School
Weavers Out in England Lockout Hits Mills in Lancashire
In Manchester the master cotton spinners close mills three days a week after a woman resigns from the union and a man and two women refuse to join. The lockout affects about 160 000 weavers and nearly as many spinners, threatening a wider industrial clash while talks seek settlement. The weavers demand a 5 percent wage increase as a settlement condition.
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Lancashire
Ex-Mayor White Pardoned After Lawrence Boston Support
Ex mayor White received a gubernatorial pardon after hours of hearings with no opposition. His sister Katherine White led the campaign with Senator Dennis Halley and others from Lawrence and Boston, and White planned a rest and possible return to auctioneering. He was convicted July 13, 1910, of conspiracy and fined $1000 with three years in the House of Correction.
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Lawrence
Boston
White
Pioneer Lynn roofer dies of heart trouble at 69
John D. Bee, a Lynn pioneer roofer long the area's sole roofing contractor, collapsed in Central Square at 8 p.m. He had retired from roofing but stayed in real estate, and leaves four sons and two daughters. The 69 year old businessman owned substantial Lynn property.
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Lynn
John D. Bee
Central Square
Tragedy at Park Street Subway Terminal
Daniel Kelley, a Cambridge street department worker, was crushed after attempting to board a moving car at Park Street station. Four physicians tried to save him, but he died before 10 o clock. The accident followed a platform curve creating a two foot gap between track and edge, with dangers during peak boarding. Kelley left a widow and eight children.
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Park Street
Boylston Street
Kelley
J. Harvey White
Daniel Kelley
Cambridge Street Department
Cambridge
Boston
Hammerstein to Produce Argyle Opera in London
Oscar Hammerstein has accepted an opera written by the Duke of Argyle for production in the spring at Hammerstein's London opera house which opened November 13.
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Hammerstein
Argyle
Opera London
Oscar Hammerstein
London
Duke of
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Huxham Pad Co
Park Sq
Hunt
Ryder
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Brockton
Beverly
Hyde Park
Kennedy
Summer St. Boston
Bad
Heart Trouble Kills
Pioneer Lynn Roofer
Worcester
the House of Kuppenheimer
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