Character Sketch of Lew Emery Jr. and His Antitrust Fight
J A Edgerton profiles Lew Emery Jr. a lifelong reformer and independent fighter against Standard Oil. The piece recounts his battles from railroad rebates to the anti discrimination bill, his role in creating the interstate commerce act, and his decades long stand for law, honesty, and equal justice. Emery is hailed as the genuine reformer leading a movement for fair play and government by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Emery
Pennsylvania
Lewis Emery
Off Producers’ Association
Seaboard
Erie Railroad
Teague
Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
John D. Rockefeller
Cameron
Quay
Penrose
J. Donald Cameron
Beavers
Delamater
Berrys
Boness
Pion Lewis Emery, Jr
Newe York
Michigan
Hhnois
Emer
Bradford
Rockefeller
Standard
Pittsburg
Fenesylvania Railroad
Suni
Asurpr Weing
Pelamster
Matthew Statley Quay
McManes
Philadelphia
MecManes and
Delaminter
McMauves
Billingsley
Senate
Robert E. Pattison
State Senate
Lincoln Republicans
War Horse
James M. Guffey
John the Baptist
Lew Emery
Trentin
Egiery
Anao
J. A. Edgerton
Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children From Cruelty Experiments
The Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children From Cruelty and Philadelphia physicians begin a program to operate on children judged likely destined for crime. Seven young patients received brain and eye procedures as part of a trial to alter criminal tendencies, with experts split on the medical ethics and expected outcomes of such operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Society To
Uoplin
Bureau of Health and Charities
Abbott
Bureau of Health
Philadelphia Special Dispatch
New York Herald
The
Society
Philadelphia
United States
L. C. Wessels
Butcher
Voplin
Alfred Gordon
Spring City
J .W. Bortenshaw
New York
Philadelgia
Someer Mitchell
Ter
Ablett
Faung
Toronto Hospital
Buttenahaw
W. B. Noyes
Columbus Hospital
Coerr
Roosevelt Hospital
Baumann
St. Mark’s Hospital
Philadel
Toledo
Kents
Bellevue Hospital
David Bovald, Jr
New Skeleton Masts for U S Warships
Washington dispatches report naval constructors have designed a skeleton steel mast for the next battleship. The frame supports observation tops for fire control officers, aims projectiles by rangefinders, and minimizes collateral damage from hits. Flus is adopted from foreign ships to reduce target exposure and keep the mast intact in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
New York Tribune
Airship Spectators Report Suspected Espionage Mission
A German speaking party from Strassburg flew a balloon to Cognar France near Combe des Dames, landing with four men who showed only a pencil note as papers. They sought a Swiss hostel and claimed an official mission, arousing police suspicion of espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cognar
France
London Globe
Kaling Jow
Combe Des Dames
Strassburg
Farthquake Proof Hotel Planned in Manila
An English svutheite plans a five story earthquake proof hotel in Manila with an estimated cost of $000,000. The project aims to showcase advanced seismic design and provide secure lodging for travelers visiting the city.
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Manila
Ballooning as A Society Fad
Ballooning, once novelty among the rich, grows as a fashionable sport with Mrs. Julian P. Thomas leading society ascents from Lenox and Pittsfield. Editors note growing public interest, safety improvements, and world interest as English and American enthusiasts push ballooning toward broader participation and races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian P. Thomas Bolus
New York Court of Appeals
Ione
England
Aero Club of America
Pittsfield
Mass
Julian PP. Thomas
Lenox
Thomas
France
Comte Henri de la Vaulx
Belmont SC
Tiffany
Cortlandt , Bishop
Lorillard Tonalis
Newbold Edgar
William Stallis
Oakley Rhinelander
Perils of Fishing On Grand Banks
Long article outlines dangers faced by Grand Banks fishermen as steamers cut routes and sink small boats. French call for international conference to reroute lines. Vaderland incident described with Captain Toothaker recounting rescue of his crew and three others after collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Banks
Lye
Newfoundland
Reunts
St. Mata
St. Pierre
Compagnie General Transatlantique
Alreans
Red Star
Vaderland
Georze
Captain Toothaker
John A. Allen
New York
Toothaker
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Lewis Emery, Jr
Chase
Feartess
Old War Horse of
Penmsylvanng Socieity
Saya de Coerr
Brass Operations
Long Island
English Aero Club
Ranelagh
Ingatestone
Essex
Frank Butler
Paris
Atlantic
A. K. Huntington
King’s College
Iave
Aeho Club
OF & Gloucester
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