Standard Oil Posts 80 Million Profit Despite Economic Slump
A source closely tied to Standard Oil reports last year’s profits near 80 million dollars with about 40 percent paid as dividends. No dividend cuts have occurred this year and projections hold at 4 percent for 1908. Factors cited include kerosene demand, by products from autos and naphtha launches, road sprinkling oil, and growing export business. The firm added 1500 workers after panic and expansion at the Elizabeth New Jersey plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Gilso
Elizabeth
N. J
The
Standard
Texas
California
New Move in Oil Suit Highlights Letters Probe
In a government case against Standard Oil 641 Company, Frank B. Kellogg sought production of letters from 1898 to show payments for information obtained from independent interests. Witness C. T. Collings of Kentucky Standard Oil resisted giving the letters, while J. L. Trann could not identify them. Other witnesses described alleged unfair sales methods, which were denied, and a Standard agent testified that instructions urged honest means to win business.
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Standard 641
Frank B. Kellogg
Kellogg
TiMinois
C. T. Collings
Kentucky Standard Oil Company
Collings
J. L Trann
Standard
Peoria
Jrann
Textile expert sought for Congress from Manhattan districts
Textile industry leaders including cotton woollen silk and retailers urge Francis A. Adams, editor of The New York Commercial, to run as a Republican in Manhattan's 16th or 18th district. Adams accepted. endorsements came from Bloomingdale Brothers Greenhut & Co and others. He has worked as a journalist since 1892 and has been editor for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Adams
New York Commercial
Manhattan
Adams
Republican County Committee
Bloomingdale Brothers
Greenhut & Co
Congress
Mr. Adams
New York
John Quincy Adams
City College
the Commercial
Fifteen Lamplighters Arrested After Street Fight
Thirteen striking lamplighters and two strike breakers were arrested at 185th street and Broadway. The two alleged breakers Massetto and Maglieri faced charges of carrying concealed weapons while the other thirteen were detained for disorderly conduct. A petrolman and a sergeant assisted until the patrol wagon arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
185Th Street
Broadway
1524 Street
Frank Massetto
Amsterdam Avenue
Joseph Maglieri
165Th Street
Massetto
Maglieri
16Th Street
McGrath
Kennison
Auto Runs Down Bronx Boys in Street
A large touring car struck a group of boys on Jennings Street near Prospect in the Bronx shortly after 8 PM yesterday. Morris Burns of 73 Jennings Avenue was crushed and badly injured. he was taken to Lebanon Hospital and is reported in critical condition. The driver fled after striking the youths and was not arrested at the scene. The other boys did not see the car until it hit them and heard no warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Avenue
Jennings Street
Bronx
Morris Burns
Jennings Avenue
Burns
Lebanon Hospital
William Murray obituary superintendent of police dies
William Murray former Superintendent of Police in New York from 1885 to 1892 died at his home in Flatbush after a two month illness. He rose from patrolman to chief, served in the Ellsworth Zouaves, and was pensioned at $2400. Also notes Barent Van Buren Livingston a longtime Brooklyn druggist dies at 62 Bedford Avenue. Funeral planned at Dutch Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Murray
Ocean Parkway
Flatbush
Mr. Murray
Old City
New York
Thomas Byrnes
Murray
Ellsworth Zouaves
New York Volunteers
George W. Walling
Byrnes
Red Bank
N. J
Abram 8. Hewitt
Hewitt
Mr. Hewitt
Barent van Buren Livingston
Williamsburg
Bedford Avenue
Dr. Livingston
Livingston Manor
Columbia County
N. Y
Brooklyn
Livingston
Hyatt Lodge
A. M
Kings County Pharmaceutical Society
Grand Street Board of Trade
Annie Guion Knapp
Manhattan
Dutch Reformed Church
Lymer Street
Death of Rev Dr Joseph F Brophy Pastor of Our Lady of Solace
The Rev Dr Joseph F Brophy pastor of Our Lady of Solace Church on West 17th Street Coney Island died at his residence adjoining the church from a hemorrhage of the lungs. Born in Brooklyn in August 1869 he was educated at St Francis College and the Propaganda College Rome ordained June 18 and served as assistant at St James Pro Cathedral before leading Our Lady of Solace since 1900. His health had declined for eighteen months and thousands mourned at his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Brophy
Joseph F. Brophy
Church of Our Lady of Solace
West 17Th Street
Mermaid Avenue
Coney Island
Father Brophy
Brooklyn
St. Francis’s College
College of the Propaganda
Rome
St. James’s Pro-Cathedral
William F. Brophy
Captain John K Moore Dies at Fort Leavenworth
Captain John K Moore of the 16th Infantry died at Fort Leavenworth after a short illness from typhoid fever. A well known officer, he distinguished himself in Cuba the Philippines and China. He arrived from the Philippines on August 20 and was a Military Academy graduate of the class of 18. He became a first lieutenant in 1899 and a captain in 1902.
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John K. Moore
Leavenworth
Kan
16Th Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Moore
Cuba
Philippines
China
The
Military Academy
Beekmantown Man Dominy Dies of Pneumonia and Appendicitis
Alonsoen T. Dominy of Beekmantown New York, longtime Clinton County political figure and former sheriff, died today at age forty four from pneumonia and appendicitis. He served in the New York State Assembly in 1907 and 1908 and once chaired the Board of Supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg
N. Y
Alonsoen T. Dominy
Beekmantown
New York State Assembly
Clinton County
Dominy
Board of Supervisors
Mrs. C A Andrus Dead at Ocean Grove N J
Mrs. C A Andrus widow of the Rev Loyal B Andrus and mother of Representative John K Andrus died unexpectedly at Ocean Grove New Jersey yesterday morning. She was born in Jefferson Valley in 18 percent and had lived in Yonkers since her husband died in 1873. Surviving siblings include Mrs Mary Ann Banker of Peekskill and Rev George Knapp of Jefferson Valley.
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C. A. Andrus
Loyal B. Andrus
John K. Andrus
Ocean Grove
N. J
Jefferson Valley
Yonkers
Mary Ann Banker
Peekskill
George Knapp
Jefferson Vailey
Major William J Moorhead dies in Boston harbor of heart disease
Major William J Moorhead of Pittsburg, a pioneer steel manufacturer, died in Boston of heart disease while returning from a Maine summer. Born in 1839, he served in the Civil War earning his title, later forming Moorhead & McClain, later absorbed by Jones & Laughlin. He left a wife and several children including Maxwell Moorhead, a consul in Mexico.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Boston
William J. Moorhead
Maine
Major Moorhead
Moorhead & McClain Company
Jones & Laughlin
Maxwell Moorhead
Mexico
Mrs Jennie Owens Dies of Breast Cancer and Elephantiasis
Mrs. Jennie Owens, 38, of Philadelphia, died yesterday at the Can cer Hospital No 6 Perry Street from breast cancer and elephantiasis. Her body weighed 4 pounds after death, a condition noted by Dr. O'Hanlon, coroner's physician. An undertaker reported she weighed about 150 pounds before disease. The body was sent home to Philadelphia in a specially constructed coffin.
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Jennie Owens
Philadelphia
Perry Street
O'Hanlon
Harburger
Owens
Woman hurt on White Face during mountain descent
Mrs E K Hana mann of New York, a member of a White Face Inn party, fractured a knee cap while descending Mount White Face from the Wilmington side. Unable to walk, her husband and other men carried her three miles down on an improvised litter of poles and hemlock boughs.
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the Tribune
Lake Placid
N. Y
EK. L. Hanamann
New York
White Face Inn
Mount White Face
Wilmington
Hanamann
Corey’s Cheerful View of Steel Outlook Amid Reopened Furnaces
William E. Corey president of United States Steel Corp offers a hopeful view on iron and steel prospects. He notes slow but steady improvement since last year, with blast furnaces restart signaling job stability for thousands in mining transport and furnace work. He cites broad recovery in rail and farm related industries and reports rail upkeep spending around 250 million dollars annually, underscoring agriculture as the nation’s backbone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Drownings Near Shore At Lake Oscawana
John Newell Tilden Jr of Baker Underwear Company attempted rescue after Joseph Hall drowned in Lake Oscawana eight miles north of Peekskill. Hall and a gasolene launch caught fire while crossing for milk. Tilden recovered Hall twice, but Hall sank again before rescue efforts succeeded. Mrs. Annie Ashton joined in a skiff to assist and both men were brought ashore. Hall's body surfaced about an hour later near the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Newell Tilden, Jr
Baker Underwear Company
Joseph Hall
Lake Oscawana
Peekskill
Hall
Tilden
Moe
Annie Ashton
Plague Squirrels In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on September 3 a boy named Mulholland was diagnosed with bubonic plague after being bitten by a sick squirrel in a park three weeks earlier. The squirrel and other park squirrels were found to be diseased, but no additional cases have developed.
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Los Angeles
Mulholland
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Update
The notice provides maritime data including sunrise at 5 36 and sunset at 6 17 with moon age 14. Tidal high water times are listed for morning and evening at Sandy Hook Gov Island and Hell Gate, reflecting navigation guidance for sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Passenger Liners Near Sandy Hook Docking Times
Ships including the Lusitania Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Arabic Patricia Hamburg Lorraine and St Louis were reported at various distances east of Sandy Hook with expected docking times around 1 pm to 8 am on upcoming days. The vessels lie 818 to 1,250 miles east with scheduled arrivals from 4 pm to 8 am.
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Lusitania
Sandy Hook
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Patricia
Hamburg
Ln Lorraine
St. Louis
Corrientes
Barbados
Hamb
S. A
Bordeaux
Havre
Fortunata
Gibraltar
Devonshire
Liverpool
Eens “ Patricia
Plymouth
Windermere
Cunard
Panama
Advance
Colon
Morro Caatle Vera Cruz
Ward
White Star Cretic
White Star
Hamb-Am
Honiface
Weees
Booth Manuel Calvo
Cadiz
Steamship sailings to Asia and Pacific ports listed
The notice lists ship departures from Seattle and other routes to Japan Corea China and Philippine Islands via different liners such as Tango Maru Empress of India Suverie Beverie and others with times like 6:30 pm and dates in September and October. It notes special addressed mail routes via Vancouver Victoria and San Francisco and connections to Hawaii New Zealand Australia and Samoa.
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New York
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Seattle
Hawaii
Via
San Francisc
Mongolia
Philippine Island
Vancouver
Victoria
B. C
Bellerophon Sept 25 Report From Tacoma Fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes mention an event or shipment via Tacoma and a reference to Bellerophon dated September 25. Details are incomplete and unreadable for full context or outcome. Entities present include Tacoma and Bellerophon.
Shipping News From Port of New York September 9 1908
Arrivals include Steamer Ej Norte Maxson from Galveston with mdse, Steamer Ossabaw from Brunswick with mdse, and several others bringing fruit, mails, and passengers. Notable vessels list cabin and steerage counts, quarantine statuses, and ports including Havana, Bremen, Liverpool, and New York.
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Norte Maxson
Galveston
Pouesety Pacific Co
Mdse
Ossabaw
Johnson
Brunswick Ember
Brunswick Ss Co
Lan
Cocrantie
Rosario di Giorgio
Nor
Matheson
Sama
Atlantic Fruit Co
Bar
Ltd
Pring August Wilhelm
Ger
Dev
Athell
Kemp
Batavia
Passa— Roean
Probolingo
Sourabaya
Samarang
Perim
Suez
Port Said
Algiers
Delaware Breakwater
Barber & Co
Amteamer Caronia
Dow
Liverpool
Queenstown
Cunard 8S Co
Inveresk
Smith
Kobe
Hollo
Manila
Singapore
Gibraltar
American Asiatic 58 Co
Jefferson
Dole
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Westerty Co
Moise
Uarantine
Jamestown
Catherine
Old Dominions Co
Quarntine
Toronto
Young
Hull
Boston
Sanderson & Son
The
Majestic
Hayes
Southampton
Cherbourg
White Star Line
Weehawken
Dyen
Philip Ruprecht
Delaware
Philadelphia
Clyde Ss Co
Highlands
Queen Louise
Radcliffe
Wilmington
Howard Ley and Partners
Newport Newsbury
Parker
Rotterdam
Shields
Norton & Son
Steamers at Foreign Ports Reach New York Callouts
Shipping list from St Thomas and Boston shows departures and arrivals of multiple liners. Vessels include Oceanic Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Tagus and Etruria bound for New York via Cherbourg and Queenstown with routes through Southampton and Liverpool. Other ships sail to or from Boston, Genoa, Bombay, and Adriatic ports, listing port calls and dates in September.
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Duca Degli Abruzzi
Ital
Genoa
Naples
Venezia
Marseilles
Bradford
Ger
Port Antonio
Jolando di Giorgio
Nor
Katona
Newport News
Paloma
Philadelphia
Antill
New Orleans
Princess Anne
Norfolk
San Marcos
Galveston
Adriatic
Southampton
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Lucanta Sir
Liverpool
Queenstown
Brooklyn City
Bristol
Winchester
Bayamo
Tampico
St Thomas
Guiana
New York
Demerara
Anes
Amburg
President Incoln
Nipi
Rarerymouth
Utonic
Talcutta
Sey Jente
News
Bombay
St Fillans
Tuticortn
Oceanic
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bremen
Bintan
Indresasahe Cr
Youshasma
Gttar
Boston
Ar Ae Santos
Siegmund
Caloere
Drachenfels
Newark
Barbados
Tagus
Kingston
Colon
Etruria
Queens— Town
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Standard Oil
F. B. Kellogg
Indorse
Alonson T. Dominy
Corey
Marine Intelligence
la Provence
French
Cedric
Butcher
Hamburg-Am
Merida
Havana
Altai
Inagua
R. Hamb
Bahia
F. Tietgen
Copenhagen
Barbarossa
N. G
Alton
Daghestan
Brazilian
Rae
Calvo
Spanish
Lowther Castle
Montevideo
Barber
Rio Grande
Tampa
Mallory
Umbria
Caracas
Porto Rico
Dagfred
Curacao
Ponce
Wilhelm
Jamaica
Glasgow
Mesaba
London
Atlantic
Finland
Antwerp
Red Star
Pennsylvania
Haml
Atlanta
Savan
Savannah
Iroquois
Jacksonville
Clyde
lLampasas
Wee
Monroe
Old Dominion
McCutcheon
Liberty ST
Atlantic City
Bae
Liberty
Hudson
West Point
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Palace -Iron Day Line
Hendrick Hudson
Albany
Fulton St
Annex
Desbrosses St
W. 129Th St
Mary Powell
North River
Gramercy
Eacklin St
Pier
Highlands Red Bank
Long Branch
Earl & Wilson
Isthmian Canal Commission
Washington. c
Whitehall Street
New York City
A. Surre
Slocum
Q. M
Army , Building
Patchogue River
Great South Bay
Browns Creek
John G. D. Knight
United States Customs Servicer
Washington Street
Auditor's Office
Custom House
H. C. Stuart
Washington
Treasury Department
Uptown
87Th
Ave.s
6Th Ave
12Th St
14Th St
125Th St
61St St
1St Ave
89Th St
Tremont Ave
3D Ave
Tacoma
Bellerophon
Shipping News
Port of
Hippodrome
Everything New
Ius” Casino 1
SePceese Daly
Hackett
John Mason
Bway
Ivan Abramson
Traviata
Beville
St. Mat
Faust
Lucia
Trovatore
Alda
Fedora
Carmen
Sail & Music
Hudson River
Eden World
Musee Rescue
Rover
Crazy Jane
Brow Head
Sept
Tamarac
Birken
Taormina
Napies
Statendam
Boulogne
Wray Castle
Rocers, Peet & Company
New Amsterdam
New York Zur
Theatre
Jegfeld
Lillian Russell
Mats
Frank McKee
Algeria
Victor Herbert
Glen Macdonell
Griterio
44Th St
Hersia
Press
Hattie Williams
Lye
Empire Theatre
4Th & Engs
Illington
John Drew
Jack Straw
Knickerbocker” Aan Ree Mat
Gottenberg
Gertie Millar
Garri Joseph Coyne
Alexandra Carlisle
Doriean
Sta Ae
Lyceum
Billie Burker
Eves
Robert Edeson
Leventh
the Garden Devil Theatre
Frans Moinat
Oliver Hertford
Weber’ Bway
Matines Wel & Sat
Sentene
Astor
Wallace
Arnold Daly
Belasco
David Belasco
Mata
Harrison Grey Fiske
Deorce
Circle Ws
Edwards
Monbay
Ammerstein
Gertrude Eax i
Vision of
Deisschn
Ee Blaney
Emma Carus
Alex Carr
Ortat Metrop
Opers
Lincoln Sq
Frank Bush
Dorcas Tree
Alhambra
Mae Truth
Cal Cuttys
Virginia Harnedar Tette
Funim & Boarding
Bee Andereon
Matenows A
Marpe Reat
LUNA
Jerusalem
Seaeo
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