Rockefeller testimony outlines early Standard Oil growth
In New York, John D. Rockefeller testified on the company’s first 50 years, detailing acquisitions of refining firms and transport lines. He described producers and refiners unions aiming to fix crude prices at five dollars per barrel, noting overproduction and eventual breakdown of the 1872 agreement. Cross-examination will cover 1862 to 1882 and Archbold may testify on later developments. separate Philadelphia broker assignment noted for John A. Boardman & Co.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Air Combine
Standard Company
Standard
Rockefeller
Kellogg
Mr. Rockefeller
Frank B. Kellogg
John D. Archbold
Combine
Rokefeller
South Improvement Company
Mr Rockefeller
Producers’ Union
Recliners’ Association
Refiners’ Association
Philadelphia
Philadelphiao
John. A. Boardman & Co
Lincoln L. Eyre
Injured During Initiation in Lincoln Shriners Fractured Leg Reported
Lincoln Neb governor elect A C Shalt Jenberger sustained a fractured leg during initiation as a Shriners member on Wednesday night. Actress Weds Viscount's Heir in London reports another romance of the stage with Aileen Orme marrying Hon Morris Hood heir to Viscount Bridport. Miss Orme is 18 years old.
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Lincoln
Neb
Gov-eloor
A. C. Shalt Jenberger
The
Shriners
London
Aileen Orme
Morris Hood
Vincount Bridport
Miss Orme
Iowa Dairy Association pushes price discrimination ban
Waterloo reports Iowa State Dairy association resolutions urge the general assembly to fund dairy education with at least $10,000 yearly and to pass a law prohibiting price discrimination for milk cream or butter fat. The group also seeks maintained duties on dairy products and contemplates convention moves to Dubuque or Sioux City.
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Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Association
General Assembly
Congress
Thirty-third General Assembly
Dubuque
Sioux City
Iowa Dairymen's
Towa
KE. R. Shoemaker
Creamery Journal
Kimball
Dairy Farmer
Iowa
F. 2. Coburn
Lucas County Compromises Lawsuit With Chariton Bank
Lucas County Board settles with the defunct First National Bank of Chariton. Bondsman G W Larimer and GC W Ramsey pay the county 37 116.22 with 19 658.22 due in ten days. If dividends from the bank’s receiver cover the balance, 23 558 is wiped out. otherwise the bondsmen cover it. Court expenses are waived and all litigation ends. The county loses about 10,000 but gains immediate use of funds once dividends arrive.
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Chariton Bank, Chariton
Lucas County Board of Supervisors
First Nationa Bank of Chariton
G. W. Larimer
GC. W. Ramsey
Lucas County
First National Bank
Army Maneuvers to Bring Major Des Moines Military Tournament
Des Moines to host what is billed as the largest U S military tournament next October with approval from Secretary Wright and General Bell. Des Moines must secure a venue dates and advertise prize money, joining events in New York and Louisville. The program will feature troops from every service branch and a signal corps with war balloons.
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Des Moines
United States
Congressman Hull
Botsford
Commercial Club
Hull
Wright
Bell
Army
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Louisville
Signal Corps
Biggest public sale in Newton and Northwestern rail line
A major foreclosure sale of the Newton and Northwestern railroad and related properties will be held at the Boon court house. Mortgages totaling 2,460,000 and 600,000 are to be satisfied. the sale is ordered by Judge McPherson in federal court and conducted by George F. Henry of Des Moines as standing master. The auction follows foreclosure proceedings begun by Old Colony Trust Company with American Trust Company intervening.
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Ewton & Northwestern
Boone
Middle West
Newton & Northwestern Railroad
McPherson
Court House
Boons
George F. Henry
Des Moines
Old Colony Trust Company
American Trust Company
Build New Cement Plant At Mason City
Mason City prepares for a second cement mill by Lehigh Company of Lehigh, Pa. with a 10 000 barrels per day capacity. The project, supported by local business leaders, plans land purchases and expects initial jobs for around five hundred workers during construction and substantial employment once operational.
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Mason City
Lehigh Company
Lehigh
Corn premiums peak at Marion Warmers Institute auction
At the Marion county Warmers Institute closing session on November 14, corn selling for first premium of twenty dollars brought twenty three dollars per bushel, while second premium ten dollars sold for two. About 381 loaves were entered for bread premiums, with nearly all proceeds aiding the city’s poor.
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Knoxville
Marion County Warmers’ Institute
Hts
800 Turkeys Block a Street in Ottumwa Loading
Eldon Griffiths Poultry Shipments unload 6153 pounds of turkeys in wagons clogging the street for hours as they arrive from Eldon to Ottumwa and Olive.
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Turkeys
Eldon
Grifith
Ottumwa &Olive
Brown Guilty in Murder Trial at Rockwell City
John M. Brown was found guilty of manslaughter in Rockwell City on Friday night after a day of closing arguments. Attorneys indicated a motion for a new trial would be filed and a sentence likely to be imposed early next week.
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Rockwell City
John M. Brown
Brown
Inter
Will of Silas C. McFarland Filed in District Court
The will of Silas C. McFarland former consul general at large for the European district, who died in Germany last October, was filed and opened in the district court on November 16. Except for one bequest, all property goes to Mrs. MelFarland his wife, and to Mary A. Melendy, Marian Walker, A. F. Balch, Thaddeus Binford, and T. J. Fletcher as executors.
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Thaddeus Binford
T. J. Fletcher
Chicago
Rev Mack Pursley Sentenced to Life for Assault
Des Moines reports that Negro pursuer Rev Mack Pursley, employed at Enterprise, received a life term after being found guilty of criminal assault on Gabrielle Harris, a 17 year old colored girl. The punishment confines him to Fort Madison prison for the remainder of his life.
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Negra Parson
Des Moines
Ft. Madison
Rev
Mack Pursley
Enterprise
Gabrielle Harris
Boy Kills His Chum in Accidental Shotgun Incident
Des Moines reports William Fisher aged twelve died instantly when his playmate Russell Fredregill accidentally discharged a double barreled shotgun they were cleaning after a hunting outing. The shell in the gun exploded, piercing Fisher's right breast and he died within minutes.
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Des Moines
William Fisher
C. B. Fisher
Russell Fredregill
Fredregil
Wmaher
Legislature Arrives for Cummins Garst Inauguration
Des Moines reports many legislators and Republicans arriving to attend a special session for the election of Governor Cummins to the United States Senate and the inauguration of Warren Garst. Cummins to clear the decks, name a pharmacy commissioner and veterinary board member, and rule on the Richards pardon case before leaving office.
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Des Moines
Cummins
United States
Warren Garst
Albert B. Cummins
State Veterinary Board
W. A. Richards
Executive Council
Cumming
Reduced lumber rates opposed by hearings shifts
Washington officials report lumber interest delegates at the Ways and Means hearing grew dis concerted as Chairman Payne questioned supporters of a repeal. Indications point to Hill of Connecticut and Drumright of Indiana supporting tariff cuts, with Pacific coast leaders now aiming to defend the current duty. The shift leaves lumber interests seeking to maintain the present rate rather than seek an increase.
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Washington, D. C
Payne
Hill
Connecticut
Drumpacker
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Democratic National Committee Campaign Finances Released
Chicago reports the Democratic National Committee received 620 644.77 and spent 619 410.06 during the presidential campaign leaving a balance of 1 284.71. The itemized statement will be filed in New York Secretary of State records per Lincoln Neb resolution. Audit certificate by Myron D P King accompanies the release.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Secretary of State
New York
National Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Myron DP
King
Serbians Repulsed by Austrian Troops Near Zvornik
A Vienna dispatch reports Servians crossing the Tosnian frontier near Zvornik were repulsed by Austrian forces. Seventeen Servians were killed and three Austrians died in the clash.
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Paris
Vienna
Zvornik
Bank vault blown open in Sweet Springs robbery
In Sedalia Missouri on November 28, robbers blew the vault at the Bank of Sweet Springs causing $5,500 in currency to be stolen and the bank building damaged as cracksmen carried out the heist.
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Sedalia
Bank of Sweet Springs
Sweet Springs
Salina County
Lorimer Stricken by Blood Poisoning in Portland
Congressman William Lorimer of Illinois, visiting Portland, Ore, is stricken with blood poisoning and a physician has been summoned to his assistance.
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Lorimer III
Portland
Ore
William Lorimer
Lanois
Debate on Reichstag motions set for December
Socialists confident as Reichstag debate on motions to make chancellor and ministers responsible to parliament and give Reichstag power to declare war likely to begin December 2. Radicals and Socialists plan a major campaign for the 1912 election unless the house is dissolved sooner.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Wil
Radic
United States sues Emily Chadbourne in smuggling case
The U S government filed a $82,600 suit against Emily Chadbourne, daughter of R T Crane, in Chicago. The action seeks forfeiture of art and valuables alleged smuggled in last August, noting Mrs Jack Gardner of Boston was not named in the bill. The government has already collected $70,409.18 in penalties and seeks $152,509.18 total. The listed property includes a Madonna and Child painting, a fresco, wrought iron torch holders, a marble bust, and tapestries. A civil fraud charge is asserted. possible grand jury action remains undecided.
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Chicago
Emily Crane Chadbourne
R. T. Crane
United States
Sims
Jack Gardner
Boston
Chadbourne
Gardner
Robert W. Childs
Chadbourne-Gardner
Mrs. Chadbourne
Federal
Grand Jury
Cairo Traction Deal Expands Interurban Franchise
Cairo Illinois city council grants a 50 year interurban and 20 year street railway franchise to the McKinley syndicate after they acquire the local electric street railway, electric light plant, and Cairo City Gas Company. An interurban line will connect Cairo with Mounds Villa Ridge and extend toward St Louis.
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Cairo
McKinley Syndicate
Electric
Electric Light Plant
Cairo City Gas Company
Mounds
Mounda Iy
Villa Ridge
St. Louis
Informer Shot to Death in Tecumseh Oklahoma
In Tecumseh Oklahoma on the main street Thursday Bin Johnson shot and instantly killed Oscar Jones after Jones provided information leading to a search of Johnson's residence for illegal liquor. The incident is reported as a retaliation by Johnson against a man who informed on him.
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Tecumseh
Okla
bin” Johnson
Oscar Jones
Jones
Johnson
Skeleton of Mammoth Found Near Huntings Point
Minneapolis researchers trenching the Huntings Point channel on Lake Minnetonka unearthed part of a mammoth skeleton. The find suggests ancient wildlife once roamed the area as crews continue widening the waterway.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Huntings Point
Lake Minnetonka
Emperor William Yields to Constitutional Methods
The German emperor promised to conduct policies via constitutional methods after a public outcry across the empire. An English interview published in the London Daily Telegraph revealed his shift, prompting Reichstag members to denounce past intervention and prompting Chancellor von Buelow to present a direct statement of public opinion. The Potsdam interview concluded with the emperor pledging to act only through the chancellor and ministers.
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Berlin
William
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Reichstag
von Buelow
New Palace
Potsdam
Confesses Huge Forgeries In Chicago Case
Peter Van Viissingen, reputed Chicago millionaire and prominent business figure, confessed to thefts totaling over 750000 and received an indeterminate Joliet penitentiary term. He admitted 18 years of deed and mortgage note forgery aided by accomplice Thies J Lefens, who helped arrest him.
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Chicago
Peter van Viissingen
Joliet
Thies J. Lefens
Downtown
van Viissingen
van Vlissingen
Lookout Inn at Lookout Mountain Burns Down in Tennessee
The Lookout Inn on Lookout mountain near Chattanooga burned to the ground late Tuesday with contents. Owners Jung and Shammontalski had just completed a sale for 125000, and the fire prevented closing. Four cottages and contents were destroyed, with a total loss around 16000. The hotel, completed in 1889, had hosted notable visitors from around the globe.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Old Lookout Inn
Lookout Mountain
Jung and
Shammontalski
Father and Daughter Drown in North River Incident
New York dispatch reports a fatal ferry accident on Monday night as Mrs. Helen Bloch, a young widow, slipped from the gang plank while boarding a freight boat captained by her father Henry Rice. The 78 year old man plunged overboard in darkness to attempt a rescue and perished with his daughter.
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New York
Helen Bloch
North River
Henry Rice
Immense Tobacco Deal Closed in Louisville
The American Tobacco Company and the Burley Tobacco Society sealed a vast 1906 to 1907 crop deal in Louisville. Nearly 80 million pounds of Burley tobacco were pooled, with about 14 million dollars invested. The transaction, described as the largest of its kind, placed most of the money into circulation across central Kentucky.
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Louisville
American Tobacco Company
Burley Tobacco Society
Crang
Kentucky
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J. D. Rockefeller
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Gost
Berkot
Uncle Sam
Yom Moore Distilling Company
Lardstown
Emperor William
Lookout Inn
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