Powder trust sued to restrain inter state gunpowder trade
Washington reports government petition in United States circuit court at Wilmington against H I du Pont de Nemours Co and 24 corporations plus 17 individuals. It alleges interstate commerce in gunpowder and explosives violates the Sherman act and seeks dissolution and appointment of receivers to restore lawful trade. The filing traces a history from 1872 of price fixing and eliminations of rivals, leading to a 1905 holding company and three major operating firms controlling most U S powder business.
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Washington
United States Circuit Court For
District of Delaware
Wilmington
H. I. duPont deNemours & Company
E. I. duPont deNemours Powder Company
New Jersey
Vacalvers
United States
Powder Trust
E. I. duPont de Nemours Powder Company
Eastern Dynamite Company
HE. I. duPont de Nemours Powder Company
Delaware
Laffin & Rand Powder Company
Arrest His Son In Yacht Robbery Case In Trenton
In Trenton New Jersey Policeman Stout arrested his 19 year old son George who faced a charge of robbing yachts and launches on the Delaware River and was ordered to arrest Pin if he came within reach. The father located him first amid the tense duties of local law enforcement.
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Trenton
Stout
George
Deliware
Pettus
Alabama
Indianapolis Star
Death Before Jail Ends Chase in Grey Barn
West Chester July 31 George Thomas a young colored man shot his wife then killed himself when surrounded in a barn two miles from Towmingtown. Police say he used the neck wound to end his life after refusing surrender. The woman is dying from a similar neck wound in the incident.
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West Chester
George Thomas
Olive
Thomas
Walter Dowlin
Towmingtown
Grey and Corcoran
Poen
Admiral Baron Yamamoto Visits United States
Admiral Baron Yamamoto's U S visit is described as non official yet signaling Japan's friendship. A renowned naval leader, he served as marine minister during the Russo-Japanese War, shaping Japan's navy and earning high honors as a commander in the war with China.
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Baron Yamamoto
United States
Japan
America
Russia
China
Anecdotes of Pettus and His Rebel South Credo
A brief portrait of Edmund Pettus of Alabama, famed for Bible knowledge and sharp debate. The piece recounts Pettus seeking a federal judgeship via Senator James S. Pugh, his bold wake up call, and a Senate career built on defiant humor. It notes Pettus as Confederate veteran, poker player, and steadfast man who often chose practical fees to avoid poverty and kept his promises to a deserted wife, ending with humorous self-reflection on doctor counts.
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National Senate
Edmund Winston Petrus
Alabama
Petrus
Senate
Petts
Selma
Ark
California
United States
Boston Globe
James 8. Pugh
Pettus
Pugh
Jong
Kansas City Journal
Senator Pettus
Washington
Fleeing In Flaps Is Crushed On Freight Train
In York Pennsylvania on July 31 Charles Bradley 35 died while stealing a ride on a Lehigh Valley freight train. His clothing ignited from a spark, he ran atop the moving locomotive until blinded and exhausted and finally fell between cars and was crushed. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw said she has no plan to return to the stage and will focus on music studies.
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York
Charles Bradley
Lehigh Valley
Evelyn Thaw
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Stevenson backs Bryan for Democratic nomination
Adlai E. Stevenson, in Norfolk Virginia, emphatically endorsed W J Bryan for the Democratic presidential nomination and expressed confidence Bryan would win. Stevenson also says he is out of politics. In Shanghai, merchant Wei Lee praises China’s prosperity and a new spirit of enterprise driven by education and western ideas following widespread enlightenment.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Bryan
Norfolk
W. J. Bryan
Stevenson
China
Wwing Wi Lee
Shanghai
Washington Herald
Adamless Eden for Long Island art colony of young women
The Glades Art association plans a Long Island colony for about fifty art students to live and work for three years with strict rules against male visitors, no classes, shared meals and dormitory living, aiming for cheaper studios and stronger outdoor scenes. Elizabeth Curtis leads the effort with four New York backers.
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Long Island
The
Glades
New York City
New York Herald
New York
New Art Colony
Kitchener
Manhattan
Elizabeth Curtis
Glades Art Association
Bath
Studio
Evers
Central Park
Aaseination
Water bicycle ride sets five mile record at Cayuga Lake
Cornell student and inventor Jose Antonio Ostes rode a delta shaped frame on two five foot water shoes, using an eight blade paddle wheel powered by pedals. He traveled five miles with apparent ease and even invited girls for rides up to 200 feet safely along Cayuga Lake.
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Cornell
Cayuga Lake
Jose Antonio Ostes
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
New York Sun
Ostes
School for Murderers Stirs Youngstown Crime Tale
Police in Youngstown Ohio report the Black Hand operates a school for murderers with sessions in a night house using a rubber man as victim to teach stiletto skills. The raid on an East End resort led to arrests of two leaders Giuseppe Catronico and John Jett, with a trunk and weapons seized to help dismantle the gang affecting Italians in Youngstown and western Pennsylvania.
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Youngstown
Black Hand Society
New York
Pennsylvania
Cent Jetters
Tragic double incidents in early July reports
In New York Brooklyn on July 31 John Lynk a Polish immigrant killed his wife by slashing her six times with a carving knife and then stabbed himself. Authorities say fear of deportation may have driven his act. In Boone Indiana on July 31 George Tipler and his 14 year old son died when the rope slipped and both drowned in a farm well 60 feet deep as the son descended to assist.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
J. B. Walsh
36Th St
New York City
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia
Winkham
New York
John Lynk
Brookly
Lynk
Europe
Boone, In
George Tipler
Luther
Nuggets of News: Farmer Dies Near Wilmington
A farmer named Lewis Sniten living near Wilmington fell over dead while reading a newspaper. The brief item notes the sudden death with no further details provided.
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Lewis Sniten
Wilmington
Frederick market price quotations from Frederick County Farmery Exchange
Market notes list grain and hay prices for various crops and feeds as of 1907 including oats corn and shelled varieties by barrel per bushel and per ton. Entries cover white and red corn oats barley hay straw and flour with ranges and units across multiple farm products.
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Frederick County Farmery Exchange
Wurar
Hay
Barr
Timothy
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