First Libel Suit by Standard Oil Co Opens
Boston lawyer Louie D Brandeis to defend Benjamin J Hampton and Cleveland Moffett against a $160 000 libel suit filed by Standard Oil Co The case marks the oil trusts first major libel clash with muckraking coverage and follows threats tied to Moffetts reporting about adulterated candy and alleged child poisoning by the company. Political notes from Charleston W Va reference party differences and a Republican chamber return after avoiding arrest in Cincinnati.
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Louie D. Brandeis
Boston
Benjamin J. Hampton
Cleveland Moffett
Hampton
Standard Oie Company
Llandela
Standard Ol Company
Prominen Interfeting Developmenta
Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Moffett
Virginia
Charleston
Women poised to decide Seattle recall election
Seattle faces a recall vote on February 7 with an estimated 75 000 women eligible to cast ballots. Total registration is 71 874, up from 42 000 last March, as the Public Welfare League backs Mayor Hiram C Gill's recall and George W Dilling campaigns.
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Seattien
Seattle
Dallow
Hiram C. Gill
Public Welfare League
George W. Dilling
Washington
Wiile
Oregon Idea In Wisconsin Turmoil Unclear Policy Proposal
Senator Linley of Superior proposes a cross state discussion with United States Senator Jonattian Tourney of Oregon to address the legislature about progressive government ideas. The plan aims to bind Wisconsin with Oregon style reforms and extend governance influence across the Union.
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Oregon
Wisconsin
Linley
Superior
United States
Jonattian Tourney
Egghreet
Betswean Wisconsia
McCurdy Breaks Overwater Record in 100 Mile Flight
Havana reports J A D McCurdy sets an overwater record covering nearly 100 miles from Key West toward Tayana. After an engine failure and a crash landing, a torpedo destroyer Terry rescues him as he floats in a biplane radiator. He remains in the sea two hours before rescue.
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Havana
McCandy Wees Waadtiy
Bexldex
Lund
Oregon Superintendent Stein Refutes Charges on Senate Floor
Salem report notes Superintendent Steiner of the Oregon Insane Asylum defending his tenure before the Ways and Means Committee. He offered $1500 to the Young Men's Christian Association if any waste in asylum management is proven, amid a broader controversy over asylum administration.
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Salem
Ore
Steiner
Oregon Insane Asylum
Ways and Means
Senate
Young Men’s Christian Association
Eruption Triggers Mass Deaths Across Mont Teal Region
Notes from the press recount an Yelienle eruption near Mont Teal washing ashore along Lake Taal. An American teacher reported that many villages were destroyed by a towering wave and about 200 people were killed.
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Mont Teal
Secordidg
Lake Taal
Wilagee
Ida
Opie Read Praises Acknowledgment From Arkansas Scene
A Cincinnati Inquirer excerpt quotes Opie Read recalling a critic’s remark about a book. Read recounts visiting Arkansas and hearing a farmer’s illiterate yet attentive wife read aloud, with the farmer skeptical of the work’s worth.
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Opie
Arkansas
Cincinnat Inquirer
Love and the Laundry Farce in Small-Town Gossip
A brief comic exchange centers on a mother and daughter named Jan and Love. The dialogue mocks a daughter's high laundry bill and social romance complications, with whispered talk of a bank court and a chimney sweep’s boldness, all in playful banter.
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Jan
Jane
Love at first sight supposedly blinds lovers says Chicago Herald
A Chicago Herald quotation suggests that love at first sight leads to blindness in lovers. The remark frames passion as overpowering perception and warns of diminished judgment after instant attraction.
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Herald
How an Electroscope Detects Electric Charge History
An electroscope shows how positive or negative charges affect its leaves. A charged body near the knob causes leaves to diverge. touching the knob transfers charge and collapses the leaves, then removing the charge allows divergence again indicating negative charge.
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Howe
Wemnett
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Shasta
Southern Pacific Company
All Pointe South
Portland
Los Angeles
Taylor's Barber Shop
L. G. Reeves
Standard Oil CO
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William’s Drug Co
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