Rockefeller Testifies On Stand About Standard Oil’s Rise
Rockefeller, president of Standard Oil Company, testifies for over five hours in a U S government suit. He recounts early oil trading and the formation of Standard Oil of Ohio from a $4,000 start, arguing the growth was an economic outcome rather than aggressive control. The hearing before Judge Franklin Ferriss drew a large crowd at the Customs building.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard
O31
S0ea Oil Trust
Rockefeller
di Blandaré
United States
Franklin Ferriss
Customs
Standard Oi Company
Ohio
Roc’ Afeller
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Six Men Killed in Mine Cage Accident Near Pittsburg
Pittsburg miners killed as mine cage plunged 285 feet. Six men fatally injured, one severely burned, three escape with injuries. Rescue crews respond as authorities investigate cause at the Mine No 45 shaft. Deadly incident shocks mining district and prompts safety reviews.
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Pittsburg
Big Ge'd Ore Discovery Reported in North Carolina Mines
In the Suc mountains of North Carolina prospectors claim a vast ore find announced Monday by J. S. Brown an engineer. Ore-bearing rock shows an estimated value from 73 to 949 dollars per ton based on expert analysis.
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Knoxville
Teon
Suc
North Carolina
J. S. Brown
Train collision injures thirteen near Colsen Kansas City
Thirteen people were injured in a collision between west-bound Santa Fe train No 109 and east-bound No 114 a few miles west of Colsen near Kansas City. Most escaped with bruises, some with more serious injuries.
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Colsen
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Iowa State News Grndy County Farmer Realizes 166660 This Season
Grundy Center Grundy county farms a record crop season with potato shipments totaling 2990 bushels in the post season, averaging about 45 cents per bushel and a total value around 160000 dollars. Prices ranged 30 to 63 cents, with carloads shipped and farmers netting substantial sums. E R Shoemaker urged attractions for homeseekers and investors and advocated intensified farming and proper use of cornstalks to boost Iowa’s dairy and crop economy.
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Grandy Center
Grendy County
Iowa
Addi
Iowa Dairymen
Waterloo
E. R. Shoemaker
Treamery Journal and Kin
Bails Dairy Farmer
Iowa State Dairy Association
F. D. Coburn
Murder trial sheds light on quarrels and threats
Rocket City Mrs James M Brown wife of the defendant testified on November 18 about how Emma Jebls on Brown attacked her and how her husband beat her brains out with an Indian club in her defense. The witness, an aged cripple, nearly fainted under cross examination by Des Moines attorney James Parson. Prior to Mrs Brown's testimony, witnesses attested to Browns honorable reputation. many neighbors said he was an estimable citizen.
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Rocket City
James M. Brown
Inlaw
Emma Jebrson Brown
James Parson
Des Moines
Brown
Farmers Institute auction sets premiums for corn
Marion county Farmers Institute closed its annual session on November 14. The first premium of 20 dollars for the bushel of corn sold at 23 dollars, and the second premium of 10 dollars sold at 21 dollars. There were 381 bids entered for the different premiums on bread, with almost all proceeds given to the city's poor.
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Knoxsville
Marion County Farmers’ Institutenh
Epidemic Abated in Iowa City After Boiling Water Practice
The dysentery outbreak in Iowa City has eased not due to water purification but because residents now boil water. Tests are underway to determine the disease's location and extent, focusing on a single organ.
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Iowa City
Monument to Senator Allison in New York and Iowa
A meeting of the Towascexiy of N York named committees to arrange a monument in memory of the late Senator Allison in his home state and to oversee a memorial event in Washington. Committees in Iowa were to be appointed to facilitate the erection of the monument.
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Allison
New York
Towascexiy
N. York
Iowa
Alison
Afliison
Washinsion
Oskaloosa Youth Fatally Wounds Self After Struggle
A 17 year old named Varalst reportedly pressed a gun to his chest and fired, killing his brother who had fought to stop him. The incident occurred during a struggle over the weapon as the youth had shown long melancholy and talked of death by his own action to friends who dismissed the questions.
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Ecy
Mar Vanalist
Iergs Vaenalst
Varalst
Standard Oil Fined in Des Moines Oil War Verdict
A Des Moines jury found Standard Oil guilty of unfair methods to crush Crystal Oil, awarding Crystal $6,120. The jury ruled Edgington not liable. The trial lasted just over two hours with jurors clearly satisfied on guilt despite damages difference.
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Des Moines
Alegei Social Evil Trust
Hyman Levich
Jess
Walter Dowden
Levich
eLce
Crystal Oi Co
Miller
Standard Oi Company
Crystal Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Milton
Saloon Crackdown Shuts Two Dozen Saloons In Muscatine
Muscatine and Iowa City items report Judge Bellinger ruling major saloon petitions invalid. Saloons operating under injunction face penalties, owners fined 290 to 499 per liquor sold, two to six months prison. Billions of old fight linked to Billy Sunday movement. a separate incident notes a woman shot by husband while holding a child. she survives. Carroll Bank appoints permanent receiver LW Fowler of South Carolina. H M Best Wick listed as examiner. notes on Tenort control and work review.
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Muscatine
Bellinger
Billy Sunday
Carroll Bank
Carroll
LW. Fowler
South Carolina
Ottumwa
E. B. Shaw
H. M. Best Wick
Woodbine
Bids for River Cage Construction Considered at January Session
The board of aldermen received six bids for the cage construction over the river on Aisin street. Bids ranged from 52 to 85 dollars. The contract award will be decided at the January session.
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Charies
Will contest over estate of Sebastian Walsh in Mason City
Mrs John Shay daughter of Sebastian Walsh arrives from Sioux City to challenge the will she says leaves at least 250000 worth of property entirely to eldest son William Walsh. She claims her mother and the other two children received nothing.
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Mason City
Sebastian Walsh
John Shay
Sioux
City
Shay
William Walsh
Henself
Thehree
Johnson Bankrupt but Happy Mayor Vows to Fight Special Interests
Cleveland reports Major Tom L. Johnson, longtime mayor, says he lost his fortune amid the Albert estate affairs and will move from Euclid Avenue to smaller quarters. He declares he never profited from street railways, remains upbeat, and plans to run again after his term ends despite losing about $200,000 tied to Loram interests.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Albert
Mayer
Johnson
Loram
Peking denies fire rumors and downplays royal deaths
Reports from Singapore claimed Peking was in flames and that Prince Ching and the dowager empress Yehor2la were dead. The government issued official denials abroad while palace officials described the emperor’s last days as due to neurasthenia and weakness, denying poisoning theories.
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Peking
Singapore
Prince Ching
Yehor2la
Foreign Board
Van Viissingen Convicted After Large Forgery Confession
Joliet November 26 Peter Van Viissingen a self confessed forger for an amount around 700000 is now convict No 6038 The Chicago real estate man and philanthropist drew a wide circle of friends by his confession and the subsequent indictment and conviction within hours The public knew him as a successful businessman and civic minded citizen
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Joliet
Peter van Viissingen
Chicago
Philanthrox
Peter van Vissingen
Thies J. Lefens
Downtown Ready
van Vlissingen
Japan Raises 19 Million Loan for Korea Projects
London dispatch reports subscriptions to the Japanese loan issue of 19,000,000 in 5 per cent bonds for the Industrial Bank of Japan. Backed by the Japanese government, subscriptions closed in two hours, oversubscribed five times. Issue price 97. Funds to develop Korean roads harbors water works and related works.
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London
Industrial Bank of Japan
Ctc
Salt Works Destroyed in Kingman Bas
Kingman Bas. Salt mining works of a Chicago company were destroyed by fire. The Jess is 265 060, partially covered by insurance. The entire superstructure burned. Miners were removed before the fire reached elevator shafts. The mine is one thousand feet deep.
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Wiehice
Bas
Kingman
Chicago
Biggest Tobacco Deal Closed In Louisville
Louisville, November 20. A deal between the American Tobacco Company and the Burley Tobacco Society closed for the year 1966 and parts of 1907 crops. The price averages 201 1/2 cents for the 1908 crop and 17 cents per pound for 1907. The deal covers nearly 6 million pounds held in the Butler Tobacco pool. The sale is expected to mark the end of might riding for the present, according to insiders.
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Louisville
American Tobacco Company
Burley Tobacco Society
Butler Tobacco Society
Emperor reviews 119 Japanese ships at Kobe fleet review
In Kobe Japan the imperial fleet of 119 vessels passes before the emperor aboard the battleship Asama. Admiral Togo explains ship strengths and captured Russia war prizes. Salutes ring out as the sun shines on the fleet lined with banners and electric city lights. Enthusiastic crowds fill Kobe harbor.
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Kobe
Japan
Asama
Togo
Russia
New Treaty Test Not Yet Official From Japan and U S
A Honolulu publication claims to test a new treaty between Japan and the United States. The official announcement says the treaty will not be made public until next February. The report notes the document is presented as a test rather than a formal binding agreement.
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Japan
Honolulu
Haaili Shimbo
United States
Dick Wood Newspaper Artist Dies After Illness
Dick Wood, a renowned newspaper artist and correspondent in China for a news association before the Russo Japanese war, died here Tuesday from tuberculosis.
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Dick Wood
Des. St. Louis
China
Emperor William Yields to Constitutional Methods
The emperor pledged to govern through the chancellor and ministers after an interview with an English journalist published by the Daily Telegraph. The Potsdam audience followed a wave of popular sentiment sweeping across Germany, prompting the Reichstag to defend constitutional norms and rebuke the emperor’s prior interventions.
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Gerlin
Wiliam
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Hereichstag
von Buelow
New Palace
Potsdam
Stamp Robbers Face Capture in South Bend Post Office
South Bend police report developments in the 18000 dollar post office robbery on Saturday night. Authorities have tied evidence to the case and two arrests are alleged, one named Detroit Whitey and a second local suspect, as inspectors continue a nationwide search for the gang and the stamped loot.
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Ind
Post Office
Detroit Whitey
Bend
Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain Burns Down
Chattanooga report says the Lookout Inn and four cottages burned to the ground late Tuesday with contents. Owners Fung and Shammodiulski had just closed a deal valued at 1235,000 for the inn, but the fire thwarted the sale and caused about 16,050 in other losses. The 1888 hotel hosted notable visitors from around the world.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Femonus Old Lookout Inn
Lookout Mountain
Fung
Shammodiulski
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