Two Decisions in Trust Cases Highlight Monopolies
The tobacco and Standard Oil cases reveal differing judicial views on restraint of trade. Courts found no monopoly in tobacco, while Standard Oil was unanimously deemed to hold a legal monopoly and contractual restraint. The government aims to extend anti trust reach to cross border agreements and broader corporate conduct.
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Atendants
Standard Oil
Totiocen
América ii
Wickersham
Record of Vermiform Appendix Length Feats
New York reports a record appendix length of nine inches removed by Dr Harold Meeker on May 6 1909 from a woman patient in New York City This surpasses prior claims by Edward Rosa of Staton Pa Howard Gould of Winthrop Mass and former Yale star George Goes with seven to seven and eight inches The average appendix measures two to three inches.
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NEW
New York
New York City
Harold Meeker
Edward Rosa
Staton
Howard Gould
Winthrop
Maas
George
Yale
Sponges banned in Pittsburgh schools to curb scarlet fever
Pittsburg health official orders removal of slates and sponges from McKeesport schools as fever cases rise. Desks found filled with contraband trinkets and edibles kept from pupils and to be returned at each day’s end.
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Pittsburg
McKebtsfort
Chicago 11 year old turck displays bacteria mounted on slides
In Chicago on February 23 the 11 year old Penton B Turck Jr son of Dr Fenton B Turck of the Postgraduate Medical School demonstrated bacteria mounted on slides using his own water compound microscopes at a Chicago Academy of Science event. He was likened to a mathematical prodigy from Harvard, Professor Sidis, by scientists present.
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Chicago
Scientista
Penton B. Turck, Jr
Fenton B. Turck
Postgraduate Medical School of Chicago
Hime Wader
Chicago Academy of Science
Turck
Sidis
Harvard
Fire department records show high sickness and injuries
New York report reveals 1251 sick days among firemen last year with 630 injuries on duty and 23 deaths. Pneumonia cases linked to exposure at fires contributed to the toll, totaling about 25 932 days lost across the department and averaging seventy one years of service among the fallen or sidelined.
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New York
Yreak
Fire Department
Tiros
British visitor refutes hatchet cherry tree tale
Sir James C. Duffle of London and Hon. Charles Hyman visit St Louis and defend the Washington cherry tree hatchet story. He condemns American pandering, says Washington was the greatest man this country produced, and urges respect for forefathers and government amid doubters in this free nation. The remarks came during a pleasure trip to the United States.
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St. Lois
James C. Duffle
London
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
Charles
Hyman
Public Works
Ottawa
Canada
United States
James
Washington
George
Prize Offered for Boston to New York Airship Message
A $10,000 prize is offered to anyone building an airship Might and delivering a message to a client from Boston to New York. The offer was announced at an airship show and has been taken up by Oliver Light and Victor W Page of Providence who guarantee a flight within sixty days.
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Boston
Mass
New York
E. P. Adams
4. P. Adams
Oliver Light
Victor W Page
Providence
Snow blockade near Pransie is lifted
Frannie Wyoming February 24 The Burlington has resumed traffic over the Big Horn Basin after a snow blockade lasting thirty six hours. Immense drifts blocked the line between Frannie and Lovell, delaying service and hindering travel in the region.
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Frannie
Wyo
Burlington
Big Hour Basin Inc
Lovell
Five Degrees Below Zero Here In Coldest Winter Episode
Kansas City records five degrees below zero the coldest weather of the winter with a sharp north wind. The cold extends across Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and northern Texas, bringing widespread low temperatures. Capitol Camp No. 285 meets weekly at the A. O. U. W hall with officers Collins and Fink Biner
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Kansas City
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Teras
Capitol
Wealdmen of America
U. W Hall
A. Ll. Collins
B. H, Fink Biner
Remedy for cold with glycerine and whiskey mixture
An old patent remedy claims to cure a cold in two hours using two ounces of glycerine a half ounce of Virgil or pure whiskey and a compound marketed by Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati Ohio. The preparation is said to be inexpensive and makes enough for a family for a year.
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Cnlaing
Leach Chemibal Co
Cincinnati
Olio
Rail extension delay triggers push for celebration
Report notes the Nrnt train will miss Theromopolis for weeks while main contractors Crosby & Welch and Yale & Reagan face sub contractor walkouts over rock work delays on the Orin Junction extension through the Big Morn river area.
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Milea
Wat Bee
Nrnt
Theromopolis
Eee
Orin Junction
Ganon
Big Morn
Crosby & Welch
Yale & Reagan
New York Man Drives for Meal After Street Collision
Charles Smith a Rouge painter with no home testified that hunger forced him to step in front of a horse for food. A finely dressed woman driving the horse knocked him down and rode over him. A policeman declined to press charges and the woman gave him 5 dollars. Smith's injuries are trifling.
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New York
Charles Smith
Smith
Dreams He’s Fighting and Shoots Himself in Sleep
In Butler Pennsylvania on February 23, Bowman B. Seybert aged 50 fired twice at an imagined pursuer while asleep in Redicks livery stable. A third shot struck his head as he awoke dying on the floor. stable hand John Conrad escaped through a window. Seybert claimed self defense in a dream.
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Butler
Bowman B. Seybert
Redicks
Seybert
John Conrad
Haskell Refuses to Recognize Old Crime Extradition Denied
Guthrie Oklahoma February 24 Gov Haskell refused to extradite George Smith of Fort Gibson Ohio to Texas for stealing a bale of cotton in 1879. Texas officers requested his return, but the governor ruled Smith appeared to lead an honest life and did not grant the request.
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Gutherie
Oklo
Haskell
Texas
George Smith
Fort Gibnon
Ohio
Rusk County
Smith
Explosion at Iron Mountain mine near Were buries workers
Central City Ky Feb 23 An explosion in the Iron Mountain Coal company mine three miles from Were probably fatally burying a miner Warren Gibbs led the day shift seventy four men escaped with minor bruises after Gibbs lamp ignited gas Woodwork burned and the mine remained on fire.
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Central City
Iron Mountain Coal Company
Were
Warren Gibbs
Gibbs
T Ts
Dewey Not Seriously Injured After Langford Bout
A Salt Lake report claimed Nat Dewey was dying from Tuesday's fight with Sam Langford in Cheyenne. The fighter was uninjured and remained as usual last night despite the circulated message.
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Dewey
Salt Lake
Nat Dewey
Cheyenne
Sam Langford
Langford
Mass Meeting to Discuss Sheridan Paving Plan
City Clerk J A Withrow has called a mass meeting of Sheridan’s citizens for next Saturday night to consider a proposal to pave the business district streets. If taxpayers approve, Sheridan would become the first Wyoming town with paved streets.
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Sheridan
Wyo
J. A. Withrow
Wyoming
Freight wreck in Louisville kills two instantly
Two men were killed instantly and a third died of injuries within an hour after a freight train ran into an open switch at Ble Four yards in Louisville today. Two others sustained minor injuries.
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Louisville
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Hamptons Magazine
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Maine
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