Landmark Oil Rebating Verdict Sets Record Fine
United States District Judge Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana 29.24 million dollars for rebating in 1462 counts involving carload oil shipments from Whiting Indiana to St Louis. He calls wealth a factor in penalty and signals possible further prosecutions against Standard Oil and Chicago and Alton Railroad.
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Chicago
United States
Renesaw Mountain Landis
Standard Oil company of
Indiana
Standard Oil
Standard Oil company
Landis
New Jersey
Whiting
Ind
St. Louis
Chicago & Alton railroad
interstate commerce commission
Elking
oil trust
Harriman
Chicago & Alton
Worried Over Oil Verdict
Washington officials in the department of justice express unease about Judge Landis’s big Standard Oil penalty. They fear the size of the fine may backfire, triggering public sympathy for Standard Oil and against the anti trust crusade. An official notes the public may see prosecution as persecution.
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Washington, D. C
department of justice
Landis
Standard Oil company
Baseball scores and standings in Atlantic League games
Altoona beat Trenton 3 2 and Reading 2 2. Harrisburg lost 0 to Wilmington 6 5 at Johnstown. Williamsport split with Lancaster 6 2 and 1 1 as darkness halted the second game. Brooklyn led in Atlantic League standings as Elizabeth 38, Pottsville 44, Tamaqua 47, Allentown 29, Newark 37, Reading 34, Easton 50. Saturday: Elizabeth 6 Newark 5 in 13. Brooklyn 8 Pottsville 3. Allentown 6 Newark 4. Tamaqua 3 Boston 0. Sunday: Haston 5 Newark 1. Allentown 3 Elizabeth 2. Allentown 5 Elizabeth 2. Pottsville 5 Reading 1. Brooklyn 9 Tamaqua 4.
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Altoona
Trenton
Reading
Harrisburg
Wilmington
Johnstown
Williamsport
Lancaster
P.G. Brooklyn
Allentown
Newark
Elizabeth
Pottsville
Tamaqua
Easton
Brooklyn
P.C
Chicago
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Athletics
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Bt. Louis
Washington
Detroit
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St. Louis
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Wilmingti
Lightning Kills Cat As Mrs Shaffer Fares Unharmed
In York Pennsylvania August 5 a severe electric storm struck Stewartstown. Mrs Irvin Shaffer sat in her parlor knitting while her cat lay at her feet. A bolt set fire to a barn and entered the house, killing the cat but causing no injuries to the woman. The storm also hit the Stewartstown public school and killed four hogs in a nearby sty as residents note the cat fur as a possible conductor.
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Puss
York
Irvin Shaffer
Stewartstown
Nearly Scared Woman to Death Ghost Trick at Summer Home
In Winsted Connecticut a servant girl at Arrowells in Great Barrington masqueraded as a ghost to frighten Mrs. Mitchell Cleary, who feared for her life while acting as housekeeper. Separately in Colorado Springs a woman at the Half Way house died instantly after touching a live lamp with wet hands while standing in water, electrical current passing through her.
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Winsted
Conn
Arrowells
Charles Weatherbee
Great Barrington
Mass
Mitchell Cleary
Washtub
Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Genevieve Halsgrove
Beaten at Poker Sets Off Fatal Quarrel in Altoona
In a gambling joint on August 5 Charles Blake aged 42 died after a quarrel over a poker game. Blake accused another player of crookedness and was assaulted by several men. He had been in poor health and the beating hastened his death.
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Altoona
Charles Blake
Blake
Claim Farming Don't Pay Near Fritztown
Hamburg Pa Aug 5 Ten farm owners near Fritztown offer farms for sale or rent claiming farming unremunerative due to high taxes. Other lines note agr culturists generally profitable in this section. A divorce suit follows Bible readings at home as a nightly practice by Captain Ross L Bush of Alcatraz prison. wife cites his insistence she stay home and listen to Scripture readings.
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Hamburg
Fritztown
San Francisco
Ross L. Bush
Alcatraz military prison
Bus
Girard
Cow Gores and Tosses Girl in Shamokin Incident
Margaret Conrad, a young girl in Shamokin Pennsylvania, was struck by a cow during an incident that hurled her into the air and left her possibly fatally injured. Attig 5.
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Margaret Conrad
Marriages in Mexico A Study of Arranged Unions
The article explores how marriages in Mexico are often arranged by families for economic or social reasons. It describes parental involvement, limitations on lovers meeting, and the evolving but still present custom, with anecdotes of lovers defying barriers to communicate and court under strict supervision.
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asa
tover
Mexico
Misplaced Joke At Haslemere Provokes Pearse Tale
London Tribune recounts Rev Mark Guy Pearse telling a joke about the Cornish dialect during a Haslemere lecture. He quips about being a minor until twenty one, notes audience reaction, and criticizes a local newspaper summary that misstates his mining work until age twenty one.
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Haslemere
Mark Guy Pearse
London Tribune
Feeding the Fishes in Nursery Ponds and Small Tanks
The article explains feeding needs for juvenile fishes moved to smaller ponds to prevent food shortages. It outlines preparing fresh fish as food for young fish, including boning and mincing, and suggests live minnows, shrimps, chopped fish, beef, liver, clams as foods used at the New York Aquarium. It cautions that fish need ample food to grow and thrive, even if they can survive with less.
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New York aquarium
Onling Magazine
Love Levels All in a Northern Town
Dulcie Mortimer, a country girl visiting London, meets Philip Renwick, a Cambridge professor. After a summer of flirtation and misunderstandings, he hints at Easter plans, but a confrontation of love and doubt follows. In Deepdale and Castle Standing, Renwick and Dulcie navigate social expectations, class, and heartache until a quiet engagement seals their future.
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London
Dulcie Mortimer
reac Dulcié
Jack Mortincer
Dassie
bhat
Duleb
Jack
Hensington Town Hall
Philip Renwick
Cambridge
Deepdale
old
Dulcile
Renwick
Mortimer
Castle
Wiliam St. Robin
Prof
Mortimers
Castle Standing
Duleie
Renwick’s
Deepdate
Overton
Philip
Daicie
Durcis
Dulele
Marines Train Men as Chauffeurs at Eastney Barracks
The Royal Marines have added motor car driver training to trades and occupations for men. Sixty time expired men have completed the course and proved reliable drivers. Well-trained drivers nearing naval discharge can apply at Eastney Barracks Portsmouth. The Royal Marines are one of the few regiments to provide trade training while serving the King.
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Royal Marines
Eastney Barracks
Portsmouth
Royal Engineers
London Mail
Indebtedness of New York Compared With World Powers
The article notes New York's gross indebtedness exceeds that of the Chinese Empire and its annual city government costs rival London and Paris combined. It states salaries total 65 million dollars yearly with 45,000 workers on the payroll, and that rent paid by residents funnels 12.25 dollars of every hundred into municipal payrolls.
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New York
London
Paris
Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee Ad Says More Than 16 Neters
An advertisement from Arbuckle Bros New York claims Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee delivers more than 16 neters of straight Brazilian coffee from the world’s largest firm with direct assurance that it offers the best coffee for the money.
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Arbuckles
Ariosa Coffee
ARBUCKLE BROS
New York City
Curious Case of Coffer's Coffee Deception
Coffee absorbs moisture and gases, enabling dishonest grocers to swell profits by adding water. Fresh Rio beans tainting via raw hides on ships is warned, while roasted beans serve as odor purifiers in sick rooms.
Charcoal as a Remedy for Gases and Odors
The text promotes charcoal as a non drug remedy that absorbs gases and impurities in the stomach and intestines. It claims charcoal sweetens breath after smoking drinking or eating onions and other odorous vegetables by carrying substances out of the system.
Glove Maxims for Proper Glove Fit and Appearance
The passage advises women to choose gloves carefully to preserve hand shape. Tight or poorly cut gloves spoil the look, making the gloves costly and unattractive overall.
When Actors Were Branded and Clergy Brewers in Britain
An 18th century note recalls branding as punishment not abolished in 1822 and describes an actor burned on the shoulder. It also notes 307 Church of England clergymen and 93 Roman Catholic priests trustees of breweries, while railing at radiolona advertising and trade in Frederick merchandise in Tur Naws columns.
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England
Church of England
Great Britain
radiolona
Frederick merchentia
Tur Naws
Elephants in the Sudan and Uganda Described by Traveller
A traveller details hunter behavior and elephant habits in Africa's swamp country. Elephants stand in water among reeds feeding near white egrets, making them traceable. Cow elephants are especially dangerous, yet in the Dinka country they appear fearless and seldom alarmed by boats or humans after years of little hunting.
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Tlozhadts
Africa
Soudan
Uganda
Benedict's Musings on Marriage and Men
A humorous array of old jokes about wives, husbands, and single life. The quips contrast mind reading wives with downtrodden husbands, noting weather predicts storms at home, old maids fear marriage, and old bachelors fear invitations to weddings. Women are labeled pessimists and men optimists.
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Benedict
Adam
Eve
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