Attorney General Wickersham Opens Fight Over Coal Railroads
Attorney General Wickersham filed a Supreme Court brief seeking to declare the principal anthracite coal railroads and coal-owning firms in violation of the Sherman act. He cited Standard Oil and Tobacco rulings as guiding trust-busting, arguing these railroads and a holding company form a dangerous combination harming the public interest.
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Washington
Wickersham
Supreme Court of the United States
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Department of Justice
Philadelphia & Reading
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Central of New Jersey
Erie
New York, Susquehanna & Western
Reading Company
Stops a Deep-Seated Cough in a Hurry
An advertisement touts Pinex cough syrup made from a homemade sugar syrup and Pinex, a Norway White Pine Extract. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours, appetite stimulation, mild laxative effect, and broad use for hoarseness asthma chest pains and whooping cough. The genuine Pinex guarantee promises refund if not satisfied.
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U. S
Canada
Pinex Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fear Death For Man Hit By Car In Cambridge
A car rammed an express wagon and threw driver Fred Ryer aged 34 of f Dimmock Street Somerville under the fender on Massachusetts avenue Cambridge in front of Riverbank court last night. Ryer is dying at Cambridge Relief Hospital four ribs broken and chest crushed. The car outward bound had descended a hill from Harvard Bridge. Express team belonged to Nichols Co Somerville. The team was struck in the middle and parcels scattered. Ryer was thrown in front of the car and was picked up beneath the fender as the car stopped just in time to save him from being crushed to death.
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Fred Ryer
Dimmock Street
Somerville
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Riverbank Court
Ryer
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Harvard Bridge
Nichols & Co
Troops Leave Genoa for Sicily on America Steamer
The steamer America sailed from Genoa for Sicily with 1400 Italian troops aboard. General Tommasi, commander of the army corps, saw the force off as cheering crowds covered the docks.
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Genoa
America
Sicily
Tommasi
Army Corps
Croods
Anty Drudge Reveals Why Mary Supports a Big Wash
Anty Drudge explains Mary’s stance on a large laundry project, outlining reasons she does not oppose the plan and highlighting community impact and practical benefits. The piece frames Mary’s position as practical and endorsing systemic cleanup.
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Anty Drudge
Mary
Women Only Church Planned by Dr. Conwell in Philadelphia
The Broad Street Baptist Temple in Philadelphia plans a women only church and social center for university and college bound young women. Services will be open to men but the initiative targets female students with emphasis on worship and social support.
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Philadelphia
Russell H. Conwell
Baptist Temple
Broad and
Berks Streets
Broad Street
Conwell
Turks Unable to Form a Cabinet in Constantinople
Political turmoil in the Ottoman capital grows as union and progress members refuse government posts. Elder statesmen decline to lead until the committee steps down. deadlock persists. Dissolution of the committee and an immediate end to the war on favorable terms are deemed the only viable solution.
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Constantinople
Committee of the Union and Progress
TIZ Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Sore Feet
A vintage ad extols TIZ as a universal cure for tired swollen feet and foot ailments. It features testimonial claims from A. F. Creutzer of Chicago and urges purchase at druggists, noting the remedy clears pores and relieves pain without side effects.
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A. F. Creutzer
Chicago
Chaloner Deposition Seeks Sanity Ruling Over $1.5 Million
Charlottesville Va October 4 John Armstrong Chaloner spent two hours before United States Commissioner Booth continuing yesterday's deposition. He aims to prove to the U S Circuit Court for Southern New York that he is sane and entitled to possession of the $1 500 000 held for him in New York by a committee.
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Charlottesville
John Armstrong Chaloner
United States
Booth
United States Circuit Court
New York
Chaloner Claims 1897 Trance Predicted Napoleon likeness
Chaloner argues his March 1897 trance utterance foretold a facial metamorphosis resembling Napoleon Bonaparte. Photographs allegedly prove brown eyes turning gray and a straight nose becoming Roman. He denounces other clairvoyants, cites two exceptions, and seeks to overturn a New York sanity judgment to regain state freedom and control of his estate. Depositions in his suit against the committee are set for January 1.
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Chaloner
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bloomingdale
N. Y
New York
Robbed as They Slept in Cranston House Break-In
E M Hemmenway of Boston, staying with John M Dean in Cranston, was awakened to see a thief flee through a window. The intruder searched two bedrooms, stealing $64 overall with $60 from Deans room and $4 from Hemmenways. Clothes hung in closets concealed the loot.
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Providence
E. M. Hemmenway
Boston
John M. Dean
Cranston
Mr. Dean
Housekeeper sues employer over property sharing deal
A Cambridge Superior Court filing alleges May B H Shaw of Everett agreed with Albert Ellis of Dennis to share his property. The housekeeper claims Ellis breached the agreement after contributing to improvements on Ellis estate and seeks 3500 dollars in damages.
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May BH
Shaw
Everett
Albert Ellis
Dennis
Ellis
Cambridge Superior Court
Reed
Pink Lady’s Bracelet Recovered In Ballroom Search
Mrs. Pierre Chateau Scott misplaced a diamond bracelet valued over 1000 dollars at the Veiled Prophets Ball in St. Louis. Mrs. A. D. Plamondon, a Chicago socialite, traced the pink gown wearer after hours and found the pink lady, recovering the bracelet from the cloak room floor.
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ST. Louis
Pierre Chateau Scott
A. D. Plamondon
Chicago
Mrs. Plamondon
Mrs. Scott
Redistricting Battle Nets Debate Over Lawrence City
Congressman Butler Ames urged excluding Lawrence to favor a Lowell Salem district, a plan opposed by Salem businessman Charles Archer who said Lawrence differs from the rest of Essex County. Greene proposed a New Bedford district and a Fall River district, a plan he backed unopposed. Whitfield Tuck of Winchester announced a challenge to Congressman McCall and asked to stay in the McCall district.
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Lawrence
Lowell
Salem
Butler Ames
Charles F. W. Archer
Archer
Ames
Essex County
Middlesex County
Greene
Fall River
New Bedford
Barnstable
Dukes
Nantucket
Dartmouth
Acushnet
Fairhaven
Bristol County
Cohasset
Norfolk
Woman sues for death of son over hospital ether
Mrs Mary Murphy files a suit against Bradlee Fenno a 60 State street clerk for 10000 alleging his actions caused her son William Murphy to die after an operation. She says the 17 year old infant, living with her, was taken to a hospital where ether was administered unlawfully and he died.
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Bradlee Fenno
State Street
Mary 8. Murphy
William Murphy
Penno
William
Real Sherlock Holmes’ Original Dies in Scotland
Joseph Bell, eminent Scottish surgeon and inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, died at his home in Mauricewood Milton Bridge Midlothian. Born in Edinburgh in 1837 he taught Conan Doyle and enjoyed studying mysterious crimes.
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London
Joseph Bell
Sherlock Holmes
Mauricewood
Milton Bridge
Midlothian
Edinburgh
Conan Doyle
United Drug Co Convention Feels Like Large Town Party
Stockholders of United Drug Co enjoy entertainment day at the Lynnway Club Point of Pines with 2000 onlookers. West and Canadian visitors mingle freely while women attend sports sessions and a late night dance. Mayor Fitzgerald and Secretary Field join a casual reception and sing Sweet Adeline.
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United Drug Company
Lynnway Club
Point of Pines
Far West
Canada
Boston
America
West
Dominion
Fitzgerald
Richard Field
Auto
Sweet Adeline
Liggett
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Pyright
the Press Publishing Co
Thos & Now Style
Coe
Tiz
Pink Lady
Loser
United Drug CO
BIG Family
Ilustratio Plain
Tod Hi Prewy
Sams
Remington Typewriter
Perpetual Pioneer
Remington
Typewriter
Remington Typewriter Company
Franklin St
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