Panic on tobacco as Mayor Little Tim targets women smoking
The piece reviews how an ordinance by "Little Tim" Sullivan to prohibit women smoking in public could hurt tobacco sales. It cites The United States Tobacco Journal data for 1907 showing total cigars, cigarettes, and pipe tobacco produced, with notable shifts in cigars and cigarettes amid anti-smoking sentiment and prohibition trends. It highlights monthly outputs and a general decline in cigar manufacturing late in 1907.
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Little Tim” Sullivan
Little Tim
United States Tobacco Journal
Trade Journal
Barnes Wins Verdict Against Chinese Syndicate in Supreme Court
A New York Supreme Court jury awarded Thurlow Weed Barnes 291,666.66 to recover 30.46 he claims was paid to secure concessions from the Chinese government via Five Ting-fang. The action named the American China Development Co and many syndicate members including Carnegie Steel, James S. Thomas, Ryan, Belmont, Schiff, and Platt, with broader claims for coal rights and other concessions.
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Thurlow Weed Barnes
American China Development Company
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Carnegie Steel Company
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Thomas F. Ryan
William Barcley Parsons
Calvin S. Brice
Estet
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John Rhegemen
Léwis J. Berwiné
Anthony N. Brady
Jericy W. Whitridge
Marcellus Hartley
Levi P Morten
Senator Platt
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Z . Jacob H. Schiff
August Belmont
Mr. Barnes
Canton
Peking
Shanghai
Varn
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Mder
J. P. Morgen & Co
Timothy O'Callahan
Investigate Droege case against City Magistrate Otto
Pendleton asks Bar Association to examine the conduct of City Magistrate Otto who admits guilt of egregious acts and paying for suppression. The grievance committee will consider Latence and rely on witnesses to assess sincerity of the magistrate's motive while the Bar Association may take action.
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Bar Association
Otto Oeet
Hes
Beef Trust Fight Seeks Court Inspection of Dressed Meat Co Records
The New York Butchers Dressed Meat Company minority stockholders petitioned Justice Leventritt for a writ compelling officers Frederick Joseph William G Wagner Arthur Bloch Aaron Buchsbaum and Samuel Bloch to submit all reports for examination by petitioners and counsel. They seek a peremptory writ or mandamus. officers claim readiness to allow inspection but argue against issuing writs against individuals. The case also requests an injunction to stop stock transfers, with the judge reserving decision on that point.
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Justice Leventritt
Supreme Court Westerney
Frederick Joseph
William G. Wagner
Arthur Bloch
Aaron Buchsbaum
Samuel Bloch
New York City
Beef Trust
Julius Henry Cohn
Julius M. Mayer
Isaac Fromme
Cansel
Levenvit
Kissena Indictments Reported By Queens Grand Jury
Indictments in the Kissena Park land scandal are reported by the Queens County Grand Jury under Deputy Attorney General Nathan Vidaver. The panel, amid rumors of warrants, heard handwriting expert testimony on mortgage dating and documents from Centreller Metz’s office. Bail and appearances before Justice Garretson are expected to be set or scheduled soon.
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Queens County Grand Jury
Nathan Vidaver
Grand Jury
Long Island City
Garretson
Supreme Court
Sli
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W. J. Kingsley
David Carvalho
Thomas F. Byrnes
Centreller Metz
Centreller
Paymaster on gun barge drowns at Sag Harbor
John S. Mathews twenty two a nephew of James Warren Lane and paymaster aboard the gun barge Eliphalet Bliss drowned after falling overboard during a torpedo test near Novack Bay. Leavitt Mesereau dived after him but was exhausted and later rescued. Mathews body recovered and sent to Brooklyn. he was to be married soon.
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John S. Mathews
James Warren Lane
Brooklyn
E W. Bliss Manufacturing Company
Eliphalet Bliss
Mathews
Polytechnic Institute, Brooklin
Suit Stirs Over Copper Deal By Bristol Estate
John Berkin of Butte Montana sues the estate of Charles J Root of Bristol claiming a share of profits from copper stock deals. He asserts he supplied stock tips and funding for North Butte and Amalgamated Copper trades and would have earned margins and profits, but Root died in an August car crash. The estate is valued around 240 dollars and the case goes to trial this month.
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Conn
John Berkin
Butte, Mont
Raven Copper Mining Company
Charles J. Root
Ley Falls
Mase
Ty Root
Berkin
Hoot
North Butte
Root
Butte
Amalgamated Copper
P S C TAKES NEW STAND ON SUBWAY SERVICE
The Public Service Commission signaled a shift in duty as it weighs whether carriers should prove adequacy of service. Hearings on the Interborough plan to add subway cars proceed, with Hedley seeking a modification of the ten car addition at Times Square. The commission plans a broader probe of electric lighting firms with a preliminary hearing likely next week.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Eustis
Frank Hedley
Times Square
Mr. Hedley
Commission
New York City-Interborough Railway Company
Aqueduct Avenue
Iirst Street
Maitbie and
Bassett
Albany
Hunt for Mark Twain Delays Plasmon Bankruptcy Case
Plasmon company president Carles L. Brookheim, acting as receiver, seeks Mark Twain with a judge Holt signed document. Twain suspected to be in Bermuda or en route. Federal courts await Clemens before accessing Plasmon books after an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed weeks earlier.
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Carles L. Brookheim
Plasmon Company
Mark Twain
Holt
Brookheim
Bermuda
Clemens
Fireman Michael McElroy Found Frozen to Death
Rochester residents were shocked as Michael McElroy a firefighter at the Leroy Hydraulic Electric Company plant was found frozen to death this morning by two local boys near the facility. Authorities probe the fatal cold related incident.
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Rochester
Michael McElroy
Leroy Hydraulic Electric Company
New Haven Man Held for Forged Money Orders
Louis Bo Ammerman, arrested on passing forged government money orders, is held on $2,000 bond for court Friday. He allegedly stole money orders in Boston and New York and traveled through several East Coast cities to pass them. He refused to name accomplices. Stolen orders from New York Station 193 were found on him.
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Louis Bo Ammerman
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Providence
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Albany
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East
Aged man dies in bathtub in Zechester
Zechester, Jan. 28. Mrs. Lena Tracy discovered the dead body of her father, Francis J. Koesterer, in the bathtub with his head submerged. Koesterer was seventy nine and suffered from heart trouble. Three of his daughters live in Chicago.
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Zechester
Lena Tracy
Francis J. Koesterer
Koesterer
Chicago
Special Table in Glove Dept New Building
An in‑store display highlights a price drop with two price points noted as usually 2.93 and 2.30, reflecting promotional discounts on items in the glove department of the new building.
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