Gasoline's Rise Amid Oil Wars and Price Fluctuations
Testimony details how a leading company spent about 250000 to popularize gasoline for stoves and engines, denying patents on engines or autos while claiming broad influence through 185 agents. Experts compare crude and refined oil price trends from 1890s to 1907, noting general commodity increases and debates over freight costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iana Company
Drake
Kellogg
Kelloggs
Dredger
Rosenthal
Johnson
Ohio
E. Dana Durand
Department of Commerce and Labor
Standard
Jury Has Ruef Case Third Bribery Trial
San Francisco December 9 1906 jury deliberations in Abraham Ruefs bribery case proceed amid long trial with fear and tension. Ruef faced charges for bribing a supervisor to push a trolley ordinance as Heney and others note alleged guilt, with prior intrigue surrounding indictments and a series of dramatic events including an assassination attempt on Heney and a jail suicide.
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San Francisco
California
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
William P. Lawlor
Hiram Johnson
Heney
Henry Act
Behald
Board of Supervisors
E. E. Schmitz
Parkside Realty Company
John J. Furey
Blake
Francis J. Heney
Morris Haas
Mqnor
Haas
Biggy
San Francisco Bay
McGowan Clarifies Croker Remark At Wine Growers Dinner
President McGowan of the Board of Aldermen said he did not mean Richard Croker with his remark about not letting outsiders dictate New York City affairs. He explained he targeted critics who complain the city is poorly governed and claim to do better elsewhere, not Croker.
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Kellogg
Drake
Butte
Mont
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Richard Croker
American Wine Growers’ Association
New York City
Fifth Avenue Real Estate Boom Draws Wealthy Investors
Central Fifth avenue has transformed into a premier investment zone with mixed use and high value deals. Properties valued over 500000 dominate headlines as auctions and closings occur along Fifth avenue from 29th to 37th streets. Prominent names seek parcels including No 279 Fifth Ave and the Lyons Building, with multi building sales and leasehold interests shaping the market.
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Fifth Avenue
Manhattan Island
Buchanan Winthrop
Henry D. Winans & May
29Th
30Th Streets
Holland House
Winthrop
Westth Street
Columbia College
James A. Blair
50Th Street
Lyons
Albert B. Ashforth
C. Grayson Martin
F. W. Sharp
Frank J. Cassidy
George H. Heye
Andrew J. Connick
Pease & Elliman
Jefferson M. Levy
Tucker, Speyers & Co
Isabella Marx
Jacob Dreier
Howard
47Th Street
Simon Frankel
Margaret C. Sage
Russll Sage
Mason & Hamlin Company
John N. Golding
Fisher, Adler & Schwartz
Snow Jr must pay steady support for two children
Justice McCall of the Supreme Court ordered Elbridge Gerry Snow Jr to continue paying 5000 yearly for the support of his two children now in their mother Frances Pickett Snow De Bost's custody. He must also cover 500 in counsel fees. The court kept the original 4900 annual figure set at divorce time only for child support and education.
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Elbridge Gerry Snow, Jr
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Snow
Frances Pickett Snow
Killing spree ends as Kansas City riot erupts
In Kansas City Missouri December 9 1917 religious fanatic Louis Pratt and followers led by James Sharp clashed with police leaving fatalities and arrests. Sharp surrendered then fled as police move to halt street meetings. Police report Lulu Pratt Mary Pratt and other family members involved and a bystander wounded.
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Kansas City
Louis Bratt
General Hospital
James Sharp
Adam
Eve
Sharp
Ahern
Nicholas Mullane
Patrick Clark
A. J. Selzo
Gir
Pratt
Lulu Pratt
Mary
Lena
Mary Pratt
Lulu
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Louis Pratt
Ahearn
Death still a mystery in Hirschberg inquest
The inquest into insurance broker and World's Fair director Francis D. Hirschberg's death adjourned to tomorrow morning with his funeral at Calvary Cemetery. Police note testimonies about a revolver and a seen morning sighting, while investigators weigh whether a intruder or internal danger caused the fatal shot. The case centers on whether Hirschberg killed himself or was slain.
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Tribune
St. Louis
Francis D. Hirschberg
Father Bronsgeest
Hirschberg
Calvary Cemetery
Wardenski
Barrett Frost
Mary Keever
Ida Rehbaum
2 260 000 Churchgoers to Merge
Philadelphia reports the Presbyterian Church in the United States with 1 800 000 members the Reformed Church in the United States with 280 000 and the Welsh Presbyterians with 170 000 plan a full union. A committee formed during the Federal Council session says creeds and government remain intact and recommends absolute union within the year.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
United States
Reformed Church
Federal Council of Christian Churches
Miss Ida Hawley Dies After Operation at Sanatorium
Miss Ida Hawley, a well known young actress, died yesterday at Allston's sanatorium after an appendicitis operation. She acted on stage last season under Mr Daly, with his Daly company, and appeared in Shakespearian revivals. An understudy to Fritz Scheff for a time, she led in The Pearl and the Pumpkin and recently performed in vaudeville. Body to be taken to Toronto for burial.
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Ida Hawley
Allston
Conservation conference outlines mineral and land plans
The National Conservation Commission opened with governors from over thirty states as Gifford Pinchot presided. Highlights include mineral production exceeding 2 billion dollars yearly and waste estimates around 300 million. Notes on coal, petroleum, gas, and phosphate supplies forecast depletion mid-century, and calls for fire resistant materials to curb losses totaling over 456 million in 1907.
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Washington
National Conservation Commission
Gifford Pinchot
Flint
California
United States
Knute Nelson
Blanchard
Louisiana
Congress
Newlands
Nevada
Johnson
Minnesota
Middle West
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
Smoot
Noell
Broward
Ansel
Lea
Smith
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days With PAZO Ointment
Guarantee to cure any case of itching, burning bleeding or protruding piles in 14 days or money back. Free trial offer implied by ad. Potential purchaser urged to try PAZO ointment with promise of refund if not cured within two weeks.
Jury has Davis case in Omaha murder trial
Omaha December 9 Davis charged with murdering Dr. Frederice T. Rustin the case was given to the jury at five o clock in the afternoon after lengthy instructions Davis was placed in custody of the sheriff to await verdict The day saw Chief Counsel William F Gate and State's Attorney Irish summing up the defense and prosecution\n
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Omaha
Charles Eftwat Davis
Frederice T. Rustin
Davis
William F. Gate
Irish
Liquor League Convention Hears Recession of Oppor tunit y
Washington December delegates at the National Liquor League convention report that opposition waves nationwide appear to be receding. They urge limiting licenses and loans to population, charge overlegislation and overtaxation attack the industry, and condemn the Anti Saloon League as a threat to governance and property rights.
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Washington
National Liquor League
Ge Anti
Jersey urges Hudson River bridge to speed access to Manhattan
North Hudson County property owners joined by United Taxpayers Association Ion River Bridge Association and Board & Trade of North Hudson urged a bridge across the Hudson last night. They pressed a southern terminus to ease access to Manhattan and declared a northern site unnecessary.
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Hudson County
United Taxpayers’ Association
Ion River Bridge Association
Board & Trade of
North Hudson
N. J
Union Hill
Hudson
Manhattan
McDougal Likely Reappointed as New York Marshal
Representatives Payne and Dwight met the President in Washington on December 9 to push the reappointment of General C. D. McDougal as marshal for the Northern District of New York. The President hinted he would send the nomination to the Senate. Woodruff backs ex-Senator Wilcox for the post.
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Washington
Payne Sd Dwight
New York
Gener C. D. McDougal
Ndicated
McDougal
Senate
Woodruff
Wilcox
Louis A Prince a Fugitive Indicted in Open Swindle Case
Louis A Prince, indicted by the Cedars Grand Jury last month on an open swindling charge, failed to appear when his case was called before Judge Field yesterday. His attorney said he could account for the absence. Bail was forfeited and a bench warrant issued for his arrest as a fugitive from justice. Prince was indicted jointly with J Walter Karree and George W Emanuel.
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Louis A. Prince
Cedars Grand Jury
S Pear
Judge Field
Abraham Gruber
Prince
Jackse Field
J Walter Karree
George W. Emanuel
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Seeeeree Reese
Professor Johnson
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Croker
Big Fifth Ave
Snow, JR
Aeolian Hall
Weber i
Paderewski
Steck
Wheelock
Stuyvesant
THE
Aeolian Company
34Th Street
Lis
Federal Council
the Tribune
E. M. Gattle & CO
Goldsmiths and Jewelers
38Th Street
B. Akman & CO
35Th Street
St. Avenue
Conservation Commission
Austin
Liquor League Convention
OVE
Jersey
Lower Gotham
Hudson County Realty Men
58Th Street
M’dougal
M. Knoedler & Co
Frederic Remington
Fifth Ave
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34Th St
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