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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1906
Page
2
A Washington discussion centers on a possible Standard Oil reorganization, critics arguing it would not create new capital but shift dividend allocation. Analysts warn the holding structure may mask profits funneled into subsidiaries while the main stock trades irregularly.
The New York Times reports in Omaha on June 24 that the Standard Oil Company has filed Articles of Incorporation in Nebraska with an authorized capital of $1,000,000 and plans to organize subsidiaries in each state.
W. D. McHugh Henry P. Leavitt and Alvin F. Johnson filed with county clerk and secretary of state in Lincoln the creation of a new Omaha based petroleum company. Authorized stock 600000 dollars with principal business in Omaha. Standard Oil plans state level separate corporations. McHugh cites business convenience with no further explanation. Company may deal in crude petroleum refine oil and transport products.
East 104th Street Station cops arrest Herman Juddein of Forty-second Street and Second Avenue in a nationwide daytime grocery theft scheme. A clerk was hired for each heist then fell ill or vanished. Juddein allegedly confessed to robberies in Brooklyn Chicago Boston and Manhattan over several years.
A touring car struck a carriage near Egg Harbor at the Pomona curve on the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Boulevard. The horse was killed and several women were injured. The car owned by W. J. Thompson carried H. C. Nesbit and George Thompson of Philadelphia. The carriage was overturned and both drivers were thrown from the vehicle. Injured were taken to Atlantic City.
The Inspector General of Police approved a raid on a Moscas Street building in Mexico City uncovering a convent operating illegally. The large house contains cells a chapel refectory and other convent features with inmates in Carmelite garb. Legal action will be taken in the First District Court. religious orders involved in teaching or charity remain untouched.
Piano buyers are swapping many makes for Pianola Pianos and some received instruments show little use, prompting favorable exchange allowances and easy monthly payments. A few trade ins originally costing 250 dollars are now offered at 150 dollars, with full new piano guarantees.
A list of prominent piano brands such as Weber Steinway Chickering Steck Knabe Aardman W UeeLock Sohmer Gabler and others appears, reflecting the era’s leading piano manufacturers and the varied names seen in notations or advertisements.
In New Rochelle Judge Van Auken delayed five motorists as he rode out on a police motorcycle. Wealthy offenders, including E. M. Willer of the New York Yacht Club and others, waited nearly three hours for court. The judge then set bail and postponed pleas to today while detectives pursued speeding motorists in Manhattan and Harlem.
In Red Bank New Jersey on June 24 the schooner Emma Hendrix commanded by Capt Morris Brown capsized in a squall in Raritan Bay. Brown and crewman Champion Scott were drowned. Brown's son William 18 survived one trip earlier this summer. The vessel sailed Perth Amboy to Red Bank with coal for Merchants' Steamboat Co. Four to five rescue boats found no sign of life. Brown aged 50 had long river voyage experience.
A 16 year old girl was found bruised in Paterson New Jersey after a brutal assault by Antonio Sorianella, who was arrested with an assistant and a woman alleged to aid him. Sorianella faces five charges and is linked to a network of houses where women were forced to give earnings to him. The case involves multiple Atlantic seaboard cities and ongoing investigations by authorities in New Haven, New York, Bridgeport, and others.
A. P. Clements of Jersey City driving his gray racing horse MacGregor along the Boulevard in South Brooklyn yesterday afternoon was struck by blind staggers. The horse bolted through a crowd injuring Miss Lillian Wagner and dragging William H. Green forty feet before stopping. All involved were treated at Coney Island Emergency Hospital as the horse recovered without treatment.
Four people die when a canoe overturns on Lake Memphremagog near Newport Vermont. Victims include Fred S. Paquin 25 his wife Cora Paquin his sister Ethel and George Daily. The accident happened late today as onlookers saw the craft but not the overturning and cause may remain a mystery.
A sequence of fire reports across Manhattan and nearby streets notes numerous blazes with varying damage. Names such as Fred ericks Michaels Flanagan Nay Brewing Rudolph Jacobs Frederick Heller and N. Bernstein appear alongside addresses from 108 Hester to 698 Second Avenue. Damages range from trifling to 10000 dollars with several entries lacking owner details.
A trolley car on its first ascent of the new Orange Mountain line ran away on a 15 to 20 percent grade and crashed into a standing car at the foot, killing Patrick Burns and injuring eleven others including Edward A Paterson.
The article outlines how policy holder groups plan to nominate tickets for life insurance boards without blind trust. It notes involvement from Mutual Life New York Life and figures like De Baker George W Perkins and Thomas B Wanamaker. Proxies ballots and deadlines are described with state organizations forming nationwide support networks.
A compiled list details prominent figures such as Florida Governor Napoleon Broward and Louisiana Governor Newton Blanchard born in the 19th century, plus clergymen, judges, and industrial leaders. It tracks their early lives, careers in politics, law, business, and public service, with brief notes on achievements and roles.
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