Record of $29,240,000 fine against Standard of Indiana
Chicago reports Judge Landis imposes a historic 29.24 million dollar fine on the Standard Oil of Indiana a Rockefeller unit for railroad rebate violations. Appeals loom as seven more indictments threaten further penalties potentially totaling 88.44 million. A grand jury panel of sixty is ordered for Aug 14. The judge’s mother attends, symbolizing national attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Standard of Company of Indiana
John J. Rockefeller
Great Corporation
Oil Corporation
Great Trust
Decision Review Clarifies Interstate Commerce Ruling
Judge Landis examines defense arguments on common carriers and private contracts in a case involving oil shipments. He rejects state‑statute defenses, affirms public use of property, and rules commerce as interstate since oil moves from Whiting Indiana to East St. Louis Illinois, affecting shipping rights and carrier authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis
Storetme
United States
Whiting
Tnd
Chicago
Latadis
Indiana
St. Louis
Indictment Sets Fine On Car Load Freight Rate
The indictment alleges Whit ing Inc shipped to East St. Louis at 10 cents per 100 pounds, vs 18 cent rate filed with the ICC. The judge ruled rate based on car load, not number of shipments or bills, so the fine applied per car load as charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wily
of Trust
Whiting, Inc
East St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge Landis Roast Hits Oil Trust Over Perjury Charge
Judge Landis assailed Standard Oil Company as a thief like a common criminal in remarks before a grand jury. He rejected the defense claim of a mistaken rate inquiry and insisted the company knowingly filed a false statement, saying perjury was charged against the witness amid calls to jail oil trust officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil
Landis
Eccmpany
Taw
Oil Trust
Preparations for Second Federal Inquiry Into Standard Oil
Judge Landis orders a second federal probe into Standard Oil and Chicago and Alton relations. U S Attorney Stans plans to convene a special grand jury, review trial evidence, and subpoena witnesses as a fast track is set to curb statute of limitations. Bribery counts and shipments from September to August 1904 factor into potential indictments against Chicago and Alton officials. The grand jury may indict those counts before the window closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standarad Ol
Chicago and Alton Road
Landis
United States
Stns
Standard OF Company
Iis
Chivatwzo
Alten
Standard OW
Standard OU
Alton
Rockefeller reacts coolly to Standard Oil fine report
John D. Rockefeller, absorbed in a golf game when news arrived of Standard Oil being fined 20,240,000, read the telegraph with no visible emotion. He declined to discuss the issue, joked aloud during a pause, and then resumed his drive, asking, “Twenty-one… is it?” as he reacted to the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John 2D. Rockefeller
Trandis
Standard Oi
Rockefeller
Rocketeler
Lis
Patrons urged to notify office on missed newspaper delivery
Readers missing delivery are asked to inform the office to ensure timely service. The notice emphasizes prompt reporting to help restore regular newspaper distribution.
New Blast At The Octopus Over Oil Prices
Herbert Knox Smith releases a report to President Roosevelt detailing how the Standard Oil Company manipulated oil prices over 25 years. The study debunks claims of benefiting consumers, citing soaring profits and dividends while consumers paid higher costs. It portrays Standard Oil as using economic power to stifle competitors and extract excessive profits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Qodard O11 Company
Herbert Knox Amith
Standard OU Company
Smith
Standard ‘Oi
Standard
Smi
Our Respect for Law in Winona Describes Town Destruction
A newly organized village in Wisconsin across the river from Porterville, populated by Black residents, was reported destroyed by a fire set by Wisconsin farmers. Buildings burned were unsuitable structures and losses were tall.
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Winona
Minn, Ave
Porterville
Wisconsin
Three brothers killed at rail ramp crash near Naperville
Ralph Berger 21, Torace Berger 15, and Freeman Volkins 21 died instantly on the Chiereo Burlington and Quincy line tracks at Naperville as a freight train approached. They moved aside and were struck by a passenger train Chienwa. A woman's body, foreign born and about AQ years old, was recovered from Lake Michigan twenty miles from Chi esusee by an excursion steamer crew. she carried a Milwaukee ticket in her clothing.
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Chicnge
Ralph Berger
Torace Berger
Frerman Volkins
Chiereo
Burlington and Quincey
Naperville
Here
Chienwa
Atte
Fee
Lake Michigan
Chiesusee
AO Gold Witel
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sith Another Victim in Afland City Crash
Mire Shaties Fhban of Philadelphia was struck by an auto and trolley car at Chadksed, injured in a city incident on August 3. Police report unclear details and ongoing investigation.
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Mire
Shaties Fhban
Philadelphia
Bstead
Chadksed
Proposals for Painting Jail Stephenson County 1907
Sealed bids are invited by the Stephenson County building committee for jail painting. Bids due by 5 pm August 10, 1907. Requirements available at the sheriff's office. The committee may reject any or all bids. Bids to be left with Sheriff Milner or a committee member. Q E Saik K R Prompson D J Facts.
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Board of Supervisors
Stephenson County
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Milner
Q. E. Saik
K. R. Prompson
D. J. Facts
Gotham Crime Wave Innocent Men Attacked In New York
A string of brutal assaults shocks New York as defenseless women and girls are attacked in the Bronx and Staten Island. Victims include Mrs Ellen Bulger who was raped and injured, and mob actions target suspected offenders like George Kestner and Hyly Saloda. Police report multiple attempted rapes and rioting injuries including Louis Conconela who is critically injured in a mistaken mob attack.
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New York
Ellen Bulger
Bronx
Bentene
Jett
Boy Killed by Electricity in Hoboken Trestle Dare
A 12 year old boy was electrocuted while climbing a Public Service Corporation trolley line trestle in Hoboken. He and two friends reportedly dared each other to steal a bird nest, and the victim touched a live wire, burning to death as hundreds looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Public Service Corporation
Hoboken
Shampoo Remedy For Coarse Hair And Dandruff
The article explains that coarse dry hair signals an unhealthy scalp and loss of natural oils. It prescribes a weekly shampoo using Tacti Soap dissolved in warm water, then massaged into the scalp for ten minutes and rinsed. It claims the method removes dandruff and stops hair shedding, noting ten cent cakes sold by dealers.
Man Charged With Forging Tickets In Iowa Case
Tarry Charles, 28, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, was arrested on a charge of altering or forging round trip tickets. Forgeries have continued seven months. A liquid eraser was used to make alterations. Tickets sold for short distances covered hundreds of miles. The Burlington system was the principal sufferer, with complaints also entered by the Chicago and Alton.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Tarry Charles
Burlington
Chicago & Alton
Senate loss sinks two administration measures
In Montgomery on August 5, the Senate killed two administration proposals. One would suspend Sunday freight trains and empower the railroad commission to intervene as needed, notably in cases like the Southern railway. The other measure to authorize receivers of corporations facing franchise revocation was also defeated.
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Montgomery, Am
Senate
Southern Railway
Railroad Commission
Webb Triumphs in World Sculling Championship Race
Sydney New Zealand Aug 4 Webb the New Zealand sculler defeated Charles Fowns of Austria on the Parramatta river championship course to win the world sculling championship.
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Sydney
N.S
Webb
Zeland
Charles ‘Fowns
Austria
Paramatta
Montgomery House Debates Prohibition Bluntly Fails
In Montgomery on August 5 the house attempted to push a prohibition bill but failed with only two days left in the session. The action highlights the limited time to advance contentious reform before adjournment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henley
Satisfied Her Curiosity at Party Watch and Ring Tale
A south side Indy hostess hosts friends in a tale of curiosity and embarrassment as a departing guest’s package prompts jokes about searched belongings. The line of ownership claims from items like a watch and a mother’s ring ends with laughter and a note that a guest could walk off with the grand piano and escape remark.
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South Side
Indy
Kansas City Independent
The 25 Cent Meal, 50 Cent Charge Turned Joke
A traveling salesman reports in an expense audit that meals cost 25 cents, yet he billed 50 cents per meal. He explains that while the actual cost was 25 cents, the extra 25 cents paid him for the perk of eating those meals, a humorous note attributed to the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
New York Times
How Tin Foil Is Made
Tin foil is a blend of lead with a thin tin coating on each side. A tin pipe is formed to a diameter based on thickness, filled with molten lead, and rolled to extreme thinness. The tin coating spreads with the lead core, keeping a uniform tin layer on both sides, even as the sheet reaches about .001 inches thick.
Child Doctor Diagnoses Dirty Hands in Pretend Play
In Buffalo, three year old Marjorie plays doctor with her sister. After a pretend exam, she declares the sister is sick and then bluntly diagnoses the illness as dirty hands, ending with a disgusted wrist check. The scene captures a child's blunt honesty and the playful household moment reported by the Buffalo Commercial.
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Marjorie
Mke
The Oaks and its Derby connection in British sport
The Oaks name ties to British drama through The Maid of the Oaks by General Burgoyne. Burgoyne’s Oaks estate later passed to the twelfth Earl of Derby who founded the Oaks Stakes in 1779 and also won it. The Derby was shifted from Thursday to Wednesday to separate the two races, per Westminster Gazette.
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General Burgoyne
The
Downs
Garrick
Drury Lane
Burgoyne
Twelfth Earl of Derby
Westminster Gazette
Notice in Regard to Ordinance Governing Parks Freeport
Notice from Freeport police chief J H Stinkx about the Revised Ordinances of 1901 governing parks forbidding damage to trees plants turf and buildings and prohibiting disorderly or lewd conduct in parks with penalties from three to one hundred dollars per offense and strict enforcement.
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City of
Freeport
J. H. Stinkx
Lena Village announces bids for Hall construction in 1907
The Village of Lena in Stephenson County Illinois invites sealed bids for building a City or Village Hall on the old site. Plans by Civil Engineer G Graham are on file with the Village Clerk. Bids due August 10 at 1:30 pm, must include 10 percent bid security, and bonds of 3000 dollars. The village may reject any or all bids. Attest Village Clerk C J Schermerhorn. 1907 date.
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Lena
Stephenson County
Tilnois
G . Graham
G. W. Graham
Freeport
Board of Trustees
C. J. Schermerhorn
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Alec
Leeds
Startaa
Grand Jury
United States Court of Appeals
Federal Supreme Court
Ani
K. M. Landis
Corporation
John D
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Car -William and
Joba Streets
Humphreys’ Med. Co
William& John Stay
Sith
Gotham Crime
Jennie Smith
Staten Island
John Hughes
Brooklyn
Louis Conconela
117Th Street
Conconela
Fto
Ald
Alabama
Oswego
T. Kingsford & Son
N.Y
Riley & Wheat
van Buren St
Galena St
Freeport Loan CO
Stephenson St
C. P. Quenther's
Freeport Railway, Light & Power CO
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