Suit filed to dissolve Standard Oil trust in St Louis
Petition in U S circuit court seeks dissolution of the Standard Oil trust and a perpetual injunction restraining 70 constituent companies from dealings with the parent. New York shares fell sharply as the fight against the trust intensifies. The filing details alleged conspiracies from 1870 onward, holding companies, railroad rate discrimination, pipelines and shipping controls, and domination by John D Rockefeller and co defendants. The document outlines three historical phases and accuses the group of monopolizing petroleum commerce nationwide.
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Standard
St. Louis
United States
Standard Oil Trust
New York
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Crusade
Findlay
Ellis
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Union
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Supreme Court of Ohio
Henry M. Flagler
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Benjamin Brewster
Henry H. Rogers
Wesley H. Tilford
O. B. Jennings
Rockefeller
Tidewater Pipe Company
Tidewater
Pennsylvania
Tidewater Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Colorado
California
Seaboard
Natory
Whiting
Ind
Evansville
Standard Company
Grand Junction
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Delaware
Lackawanna and
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Charles M. Pratt
Boston
Maine
Terre Haute
Long Island
Florida East Coast
John OD. Rockefeller, Jr
Western
Missouri Pacific
William G. Rockefeller
H. Clay Pierce
Kansas City Southern
San Francisco
W. Harkness
Long Thanksgiving origins traced to harvest and travel
A historical discussion contrasts modern Thanksgiving as a family celebration with early Plymouth and Massachusetts observances. It notes Plymouth 1621 as a harvest festival, not a religious holiday, lasting a week and lacking continuous annual practice until after the 18th century.
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Plymouth
New England
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Butter testing tricks warned by New York Press
The New York Press warns that melted butter on hot hominy reveals fraud, noting print butter sells for higher prices and includes extra charges for manipulation and paraffin wrapping. The writer also recalls butter made from cooking birds and urges caution in selecting a dealer.
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New York Press
All Is Vanity Fragments on City Life and Madness
A fragmented quote reflects on urban life in flats, noting loss of gentility and faith, descent into profanity, and a swift slide from mental faintness to violent insanity as city living wears on the soul.
Pennsylvania Man Seeks Divorce After Seven Years Silent Wife
A Pennsylvania man sues for divorce claiming his wife has not spoken to him in seven years. The upset husband files the action as a marital dispute and seeks legal relief from the Union County court.
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Pennsylvania
N. O. Times-Democrat
Huge Oil Trust components listed by capital and origin
A long list of oil and gas companies grouped by country and state with capital figures. Names include Standard Oil affiliates, Atlantic Refining, Commonwealth lines, Tide Water, and Vacuum Oil among many others. Amounts range from 5,000 to 25,455,200 in various currencies.
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Acme Oil Company
Cenees
New York
American Lubricating Oil Company
Anglo-American Oil Company (Limited
England
Argand Refining Company
Eeeeeenen
Ohio
Atlantic Refining Company
Pennsylvania
Baltimore United Oil Company
Maryland
Borne Scrymser Company
Camden Consolidated Oil Company
West Virginia
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Colonial Oil Company
Continental Oil Company
Crescent Pipe Line Company
Cumberland Pipe Line Company
Ceeeesee
Kentucky
Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas Company
Eclipse Lubricating Oil Company
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Florence Oil and Refining Company
Saree Colorado
Indiana
Lawrence Natural Gas Company
Mahoning Gas Fuel Company
Manhattan Oil Company
Mountain
Northern Pipe Line Company
Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Company
Ccseseaaee
Ohio Oil Company
Oil City Fuel Supply Company
Oswego Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Pennsylvania Oil Company
Eeeee Pennsylvania
People’s Natural Gas Company
Pittsburg Natural Gas Company
Seeesee Pennsylvania
Platt and Washburn Refining Company
New Jersey
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Kansas
Republic Oil Company
Salamanca Gas Company
Security Oil Company
Texxas
Escseese
Solar Refining Company
Eeee
Ohio’ Wes
Southern Pipe Line Company
Seeeereees Pennsylvania
South Penn Oil Company
Ceeeeee Eee
Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines Company
Standard Oil Company of California
California
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Iowa
Lowa
Standard Oil Company of Kansas
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
Standard Oil Company of Minnesota
Minnesota
Standard Oil Company of Nebraska
Wade
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company of
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Cseesaees Ohio
Pistes
Swan & Finch Company
Taylorstown Natural Gas Company
C. Pennsylvania
Tide Water Pipe Company (Limited
Tide Water Oil Company
Seeeeenrereesene
Union Tank Line Company
Csseeeeeeeenrree
United Natural Gas Company
United Oil Company
Csaseeeeneeeer Colorado
Vacuum Oil Company
Ceeeer Eeeeeer Evens
Washington Oil Company
S.ceeeeseneeee
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Eee
Missouri
Seas
New Egypt Arising Atop Cheops Sphinx
A progressive Arab of Cairo sinks wells and installs irrigation pumps at the pyramid of Cheops and the Sphinx. After gazing on sand wastes for thousands of years, the ancient monuments will soon overlook green fields signaling a change from old to new Egypt.
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Egypt
Cairo
Pyramid of
Cheops
Quote on choosing a wife by friendlike standard
The saying urges selecting a wife with the same regard one would show a friend if she were a man. It reflects a moral standard for marriage based on friendship and equality.
Short Skirts for Street Wear Note German Advocate
Frau Schubert of Hanover, a dress reform advocate, asserts that long drawing room trains are unsuitable outdoors. She says skirts sweeping along streets collect germs and pose a serious danger to women and others.
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Frau Schubert
Hanover
Varieties of Stinging Adder in the United States Pharmacobar
In the United States Pharmacobar it is stated that there are 1,200 species of cocktail and that each species has many varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Different Then. Husband and Wife Exchange Quips
A humorous exchange frames domestic tidiness and marital roles with the husband lamenting lost control of his house after marriage. The snippet ends with a quip about a man’s faith in doctors rising after his first baby arrives, reflecting comic social commentary.
Dangerous Case At Hospital Highlighted By Irish Helper
A surgeon asked an Irish helper which case was most dangerous among those in the hospital. The assistant pointed to a table of surgical instruments, declaring it the riskiest.
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Patrick
Little Sophia Learns of New Sister in Translation
A brief note from El Diario de la Marina translated for Transatlantic Tales describes Sophia discovering she has a baby sister. Sophia begs to tell mamma herself, expressing delight at the family addition.
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Sophia
Mamma
Transatlantic
el Diario de la Marina
Interpreted Vows and Domestic Promises in Chicago News
The piece presents a humorous exchange where Maybe-George pledges to face fire and water for the speaker while Edyth interprets this as him tending the home tasks after marriage, noting furnace upkeep and washing-tub duties. The dialogue reflects playful domestic expectations featured in a Chicago Daily News column.
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George
Edyth
Chicago Daily News
Perhaps Put to Better Use Church Bequest for Wood
A London church continues to receive income from a bequest intended for buying wood to burn heretics, raising questions about the use and interpretation of the original grant and its modern applicability.
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London
The World's Demands Burlesque Note on Hospitality
A quotation from Frances Hodgson Burnett about debt of hospitality and social reciprocity. It suggests that a man unable to return favors should not expect ongoing kindness from acquaintances, unless he is remarkably engaging.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Cyclists in Roumania Required to Name Lamps for Night Identification
The law compels cyclists to display their names on lamp glasses of their machines to ensure legibility at night, aiding identification and safety for night travel.
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Roumania
Thanksgiving and harvests across time and nations
The article reflects on Thanksgiving as a distinctly American festival rooted in harvest gratitude, tracing ancient harvest rites like the Jewish Sukkot and noting how the feast grew from days of fasting. It emphasizes Thanksgiving’s ethical and patriotic significance beyond materialism, tied to democracy and national unity.
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Tabernacles
Palestine
Abraham Lincoln
The Unthankful Turkey Learns a Thanksgiving Lesson
A young turkey boasts of being the fattest and plans a grand trip. His mother warns against selfishness as a farmer and girl prepare him for Thanksgiving. He is captured and destined to dine, learning too late that desires carry consequences.
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Andros
Mother Turkey
Mamma Turkey
Dead Letter Confusion Spurs Public Notice Claims
A broad note on mail misdirection reveals over ten million pieces misrouted last year in the United States. Many mail items reach the Dead Letter Office where some are opened and addresses verified while others remain undelivered, becoming dead letters.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Reported To Cure Nervous Ailments
A Manchester New Hampshire woman details a stroke like event causing double vision and insomnia. After six weeks with doctors she used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and slept well and recovered. The pills claim to cure nervous trouble and improve blood and complexion. available from the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady New York.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Wonderful discovery offers pain relief and antiseptic healing
Max R. Zaegel, chemist from Sheboygan Wisconsin, claims a new amber liquid Z. M. QO made from vegetable and mineral oils cures cuts burns and sores and prevents pus. He offers free samples by mail for catarrh rheumatism piles or back pain from M R Zaegel & Co 181 Main St Sheboygan Wis.
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Max R. Zaegel
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Sheboygan
Wis
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