Lawson on Advertising and the Famous Pink Tale
New York Oct 10 Thomas W Lawson of Boston told at a Sphinx club dinner how he originated the Lawson pink. He bought it for 30000 dollars and used advertising to reap about 1000000 in value and a 15000 profit after costs. He praised fools as contributors of ideas and warned that no fool ever takes another fool’s money. He also recounted a boy’s return after 35 years and a fierce bear vs bull show on a farmer’s land in Wall Street setting.
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New York
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Sphinx club
Waldert-Astoria
Port Jervis
Wall street
Jacob Schaeffer
Cook’s Falls
Liquidation Tactics of Standard Oil Face Scrutiny
New York Oct 10 The government rests its case in the federal suit against the so called Standard Oil Trust detailing how in liquidation the trust kept control over its subsidiaries while liquidating only enough stock to dominate the 20 subsidiaries. Tilford testified over 32 million dollars was lent last year to interests outside the trust and William G Rockefeller was set to be questioned.
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New York
Standard Oil Trust
Ohio
Wesley H. Tilford
Standard Oil company of
New Jersey
Mr. Tilford
Frank B. Jellogé
A . ee
Kellogg
Standard Oi
Tilford
crosstown
Central Park
Standard
New York company
Ke Hogg
P. S. Trainor
Southern Pine Line company
Kr. Tilford
William G. Rockefeller
Aged Lothario in Philadelphia Held on Alienation Charge
Charles Griffith, 79, of Morristown, was held on $500 bail by Magistrate Grelis in Philadelphia on a charge of alienating the affections of Mrs. Elwood Miller, 65, of Manayunk. Griffith argued he has a right to pursue any woman, prompting Mrs. Miller's husband to file the complaint.
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Philadelphia
Charles Griffith
Morristown
Grelis
Elwood Miller
Manayvunk
Griffith
Mrs. Miller
Peoria Suburb Citizens Tear Up Trolley Tracks
In Peein Heights Peoria area, residents seized 100 yards of the Peoria Railway tracks amid anger over a franchise dispute. Threats to blow up company barns and a viaduct were reported as thirty deputy marshals were deployed to prevent relaying of the rails.
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Peoria
Pesein Heights
Peoria Raily company
eward
Roused Preachers Disrupt Local Option Meeting in Wilmington
Antilocal option advocates faced a noisy disruption on October 10 in Wilmington as Salvation Army singers tom-tommed and heralded drums choking the liquor argument. Police intervened to curb the din while speakers pressed their case amid religious fervor and street unrest.
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Wilmington
Del
Firth
Shipley streets
Salvation Army corps
Hass
Salvationists
Kane
Mrs Chadwick dying bank wrecker in Ohio prison
Mrs Cassie Chadwick, the infamous bank wrecker, lies dying in the prison hospital ward at Oberlin Ohio after heart trouble and repeated restoratives. She arrived at the penitentiary in January 1906 amid a lifestyle of expensive meals and rapid decline from indigestion to limited yard work and confinement.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cassis ‘Chadwick
Oberlin
Qu Helmick
Chadwick
Austrian Emperor Ill with Bronchial Catarrh at Schoenhbrunn
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph, aged 59, remains confined to his rooms at Schoenhbrunn Castle after a bronchial catarrh early this month. Physicians deem his condition unsatisfactory though a bulletin notes some improvement in the catarrh, his cough worsens and he must take extra care.
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Francis Joseph
Vienna
Schoenhbrunn Castle
igeshe
WITNOSS
Lusitania Breaks Speed Record Across Atlantic
The Lusitania is shown sailing at high speed across the Atlantic on October 10, reaching latitude 43.24 north and longitude 58 41 west. The vessel had covered 216 knots since noon, averaging 24 knots per hour, and sits 2858 knots from Daunts Rock at noon with an overall average of 24.21 knots. The weather is clear and the sea smooth as the ship is driven at top speed. Beer Price Up One Barrel in Buffalo Rumors confirm Brewers Exchange plan to raise prices starting November 1 due to increased costs.
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Olivar
Crown
Ontario
Johnson
Wira
FREBERICX COUNTY
EXSHANSE
Atlantic
S. S. Lusitania
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Lusitania
Daunts Rock
Buffalo
Brewers’ Exchange
Married His Grandmother and His Estate Plot
A San Francisco tale from October 10 describes a woman from Mantius who wed her grandfather’s widow to save an estate for herself. The grandfather, Dr Burnhem of Rochester, reportedly urged the match to make her sole heir, and the marriage occurred about six years earlier. he died last year and the woman became her own grandmother’s wife. An unrelated Pennsylvania accident report notes a Pennsylvanian express train crash near Pittsburgh on October 10 injuring five, with a Pullman car shattered and the locomotive needing a full renewal of lines before proceeding. A separate item mentions a preacher in Trenton, N. J., delivering an unprecedented church service.
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San Francisco
Allison
Mantius
Burnhem
Rochester
Pirst
abe
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pennsylvania ty road
Pita Fa
cA journal
Pitenirn
Harrisburg Agents Renew Pleas in Capitol Prosecutions
Counsel in Harrisburg Pennsylvania renew pleas for the 14 men indicted in capitol prosecutions. Trial date fixed by county court for Monday January 27 1908. District Attorney reports most defendants did not appear. defense counsel entered pleas of not guilty. The proceedings involve Terner Gen and purportedly fictitious bills connected to the case.
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capitol prosecutions
risburg
Attorn
beth Payne
Phi
ter
Philadel Boileau
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