Oil Trust Denies Report of Large Fine Fight in Supreme Court
John D Archbold of Standard Oil denies reports of a $29 240 000 fine and vows to fight the case through the Supreme Court. He cites Judge Landis and Commissioner Smith as making unclear public statements and asserts the oil trust should have been heard. Charles M Pratt denies plans to raise oil prices and challenges sources of misinformation as Standard Oil hints at prolonged litigation.
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Secretary of Trust
United States Supreme Court
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil company
Roosevelt
oil trust
Landis
Smith
Smith marke
bureau of corporations
Lim
geree
Charles M. Pratt
Chamberlain
National Petroleum association
Cleveland
Standard Oil
Broad street
Jdge Landis
Chicago
Real estate man offers eighteen thousand to dodge chain gang
In Long Beach, California, W. Bryan, a real estate man convicted of beating his wife and sentenced to 19 days in a chain gang, offered to pay $18,000 to escape the sentence. Judge Rose rejected the offer and Bryan must serve his time. A separate item from Marion, Ohio reports Mies N. A. Black, a Pittsburg teacher, locked in hay for five days without food or water, rescued with recovered nerves.
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Long Beach
Cal
W. Bryan
Bryan
Rose
Marion
Mies N. A
New Jersey Tax Law Sustained by Court of Errors
Justice Pitney filed an opinion sustaining the Dufield act of 1905. It permits second class railroad property to be taxed at local rates by the state board of assessors with proceeds directed to the municipality where the property lies.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Justice Pitney
court of errors and appeals
state board of assessors
Molders Will Meet In Milwaukee 1908 Convention Pick
Philadelphia reports the International Iron Molders Association of America chose Milwaukee as the site for its 1908 convention at a brief session in the Continental hotel. A second item notes nine year old Franklin Murphy Martin named junior aide de camp with captain rank on Governor Stokes staff in Newark New Jersey.
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Milwaukee
Philadelphia
International Iron Molders* Association of America
Continental hotel
Newark
N. J
Franklin Murphy Martin
James Martin
the
Newark Star
Edward 5. Stokes
Killed Her Two Babes In insane Baltimore tragedy
In Baltimore on August 6, Christine Nenadal aged 16 strangled her two children Mary aged 2 and Yarosaloy aged 1 year 3 months amidst recurring insanity. Neighbors reported she planned to dress the children for a outing. Police opened the locked home and found the victims dead. Nenadal is in custody.
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Baltimore
Christine Nenadal
Joseph Nenadal
Mary
Yarosaloy
Nenadal
Boy Jolted From Train Falls Through Vestibule Trap Door
18-year-old Ralph E. Helm, son of deputy coroner Oscar B. Helm of Reading, was jolted from a Reading Railway express at Valley Forge and died later in Norristown hospital. He was found beside the tracks after an engine returned from Phoenixville. he had head wounds and leg injuries and never regained consciousness.
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Norristown
Ralph E. Helm
Oscar B. Helm
Reading
Valley Forge
Phoenixville
Strenuous Life Killing Men in Chicago Study
Health Commissioner Evans reports from a 20 year death-rate study that in the last seven months of 1907 about 12,000 men died in Chicago versus 8,000 women. He links the higher male death rate to the strenuous life, quick lunches, constant exposure, and carelessness. The ratio has shifted from 30 to 10 percent over 20 years.
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Chicago
Evans
Baseball Scores From Yesterday's Games Across Leagues
American League games saw Athletics sweep Cleveland 6 2 in the first game and then win 12 6 in the second. Detroit defeated Washington 8 2 and 5 2 in split derbies, while Boston edged St Louis 3 2 in 12 innings and New York beat Chicago 8 4. National League results include Philadelphia over St Louis 6 2 and New York 5 over Chicago 4, with other games postponed by rain. Minor leagues report Lancaster over Johnstown 8 3, Harrisburg 10 2 over Trenton, Altoona 5 1 Reading, Williamsport 3 6 innings, Atlantic League Elizabeth 7 over Brooklyn 3 and Allentown 8 over Boston 2, plus Tamaqua 7 and Reading 2 in 77 innings. Weather note reports sun breaks Hens strike in New Albany Indiana as heat halts setting hens with incubator plans.
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Athletics
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Johnstown
Harrisburg
Trenton
Altoona
Reading
Williamsport
Wilmington
New Albany
Ind
From Water Wagon to Brewery Wagon in Atlantic City
Charles Satler quit driving a water wagon after six months and switched to a brewery wagon. On his first trip he fell, broke an arm and nearly cracked his head, and he is hospitalized studying philosophy. He plans to return to the water wagon once he recovers.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Satler
Killed In His Carriage In Lancaster County
John Helm of Christiana near Lancaster was killed when a Pennsylvania railroad tie struck the carriage he was driving on a local road. The fatal incident occurred near Lancaster, August 6, leaving the bereaved to mourn a sudden loss.
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Lancaster
John Helm
Christiana
here
killa
Pennsylvania railroad
Russian General Karakozoff Shot in Piatigorsk
In Piatigorsk Caucasus on August 6 General Karakozoff former Odessa governor general was shot dead in the town center. The killer escaped.
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Piatigorsk
Caucasus
Karakozoff
Odessa
Notable deaths and will filed in varied Pennsylvania cases
Herman Rausch a leading Pennsylvania confectioner dies after a lingering illness. James Rock of Baltimore files a will leaving 125000 to charity. John J. Hall dies from injuries after a wagon runaway near West Chester. John H. Lozier known as the fighting chaplain and war song author dies at Mount Vernon Pennsylvania aged 78.
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Herman R. Rausch
Lebanon
James Rock
Baltimore
John J. Hall
West Chester
John H. Lozier
Mount Vernon
Near Death atop Fliers on Twentieth Century Limited Ride
E R Buckley hotel clerk and George Elliott actor of New York rode atop a Buffalo to Cleveland leg of the Twentieth Century Limited held to hand rails with extra trousers as safety. They were found unconscious on arrival. released by Judge Fiedler after vivid accounts of nearly being shot from a cannon and burnt by cinders.
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Twentieth Century Limited
E. R. Buckley
George Elliott
New York
Cleveland
New York Tribune
Buffalo
Elliott
Wyoming University Finds 314 Foot Fossil Lizard
A Baggs dispatch to the New York Sun reports the Wyoming State University expedition uncovered a 314 foot lizard type skeleton in a shale bank, the largest prehistoric animal yet found. The specimen remains largely in place, with a single vertebra weighing over 1000 pounds. The fossil will join Wyoming State University’s renowned collection.
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Wyoming University
Wyoming
New York Sun
Wyoming State university
Endorsed by The County Dr King's New Discovery praised
The Ostego Journal Gilbertaville WY editor Williams M Dietz endorses Dr King's New Discovery as the best remedy for coughs colds lungs and throat diseases. He claims it is infallible and valuable, noting a bottle in every home. Pearra's Modern Pharmacy offers a free trial bottle with prices listed.
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Oteero County
Wm. M. Dietz
Ostego
Gilbertaville, WY
Dr King
Pearra
Fad of Pittsburg Women Ends in Vanity Amputation
A Pittsburg World report says upper-class society women seek vermiform appendix removal as a social rite. They consult doctors against advice, hoping to gain equality with the fashionable set. A surgeon notes cases of cranks pressing for multiple removals, including one woman seeking further operations in New York.
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Pittsburg society
Pittsburg
New York
romania
An Ally to Cupid Runs Runaway Helpers for Elopers
Expressman Charles Cornelis at 4144 Easton Avenue in St. Louis runs Runaway Couples' Friend headquarters. He aids elopers by quietly handling baggage and trunks for a swift marriage, recounting an incident where a couple disappeared with his help and the trunk later revealed a planned escape.
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Expressman
Elopers
fm expressman
Easton avenue
St. Louis
Charles Cornelis
Union
Denver
Immigrants Return to Naples Amid Heat Driven Labor Slowdown
A Rome cable to the New York Sun reports over a thousand Italian emi grants, most destitute, have returned to Naples from America with several thousand more expected. Officials cite American heat halting field and mine work as the reason, while Rome doubts the rationale. Immigration authorities fear the mass return signals a pause in unskilled labor demand in the United States.
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Naples
America
Rome
New York Sun
Unsigned note hints at returning a lost coin
The writer says they did nothing yet and plan to bring the cent back, indicating a claim or minor apology in a casual, fragmented note. The message focuses on intent to remedy and return a missing item, with minimal context about who is involved.
The Greek Boilermaker and the Ship Plot
A retired navy petty officer recalls a plastic prank aboard a cruiser on foreign duty. A Greek boilermaker named Maro, enlisted under false pretenses, is persuaded by a boatswain’s mate that the U S Navy will yield command to Greece. Maro boldly asks to command the ship, is humiliated, and confined for sanity evaluation after the ruse backfires.
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Mediterranean
navy
Gibraltar
United States
Naples
Char- He Maro
Maro
Greece
Turkey
Pacific
willa
Charlie
Mary
sun
Marc
navy department
bo'sun
bo’sun
Sare
arisht
Hellis
aler bay
navy of
Literary Dandies and Their Brilliant Garb Across Ages
The London Tit Bits recounts famed writers and their flamboyant dress from Disraeli to Rousseau. It cites Disraeli’s velvet satin lined coat and purple trousers, Stevenson's peculiar attire with a lady’s cape and daffodils, Nerval with sea colors and coral beads, and other authors’ bold adornments from Dumas to Boswell, contrasting with tales of untidy, theatrical garb.
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Disraeli
Stevenson
Lord Lytton
Dickens
London
Savile club
Gerard de Nerval
Neptune
Dumas the elder
Gautier
Paul Bourget
Monk Lewis
Beckford
Fonthill
Boswell
Paoli
Diseases of Memory in a Russian Doctor’s Case Notes
A Russian doctor details memory disorders observed in patients. One writer cannot recall recent dates though he remembers events from over a year ago. a novelist loses the plan to finish his book while recalling the beginning. another travels but repeats stories, and a patient forgets visits minutes after they occur.
New Point In Favor of Golf From Actress Kendal
A London cable dispatch to the New York Sun reports actress Mrs Madre Kendal endorses golf in a caption contest. She admits knowing little of golf yet says it is praised by mothers who find it keeps daughters rested after tiring days, though her words trail into playful uncertainty.
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Countess of
Rosslyn
Earl of Rosslyn
Anna Robinson
Minneapolis
Kentucky
New York
London
Paris
Bart of
Australia
clafmed
Madre Kendal
New York Sun
tratekt
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NATIONAL’ BISCUIT COMPANY
Balzac
Samuel Richardson
Clarissa farlowe
Rousseau
Thomas Moore
uffon
AMERICAN TOBACCO CO
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