Southern Pipe Line Company expands oil routes amid trust tactics
The report outlines the Southern Pipe Line Company forming under Standard Oil to secure right of way for a Pittsburg to Philadelphia trunk line. It describes aggressive land leasing, parallel routes, and West Virginia fields as key sites, with emphasis on monopoly tactics and advancing oil production prospects in Morgantown Chambersburg and beyond.
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Southern Pipe Line Company
West Chester
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Standard Oil Company
Southern Pine Line Company
Standard Oil Trust
Standard
West Virginia
South Penn Oil Company
Southern Pipe Line
Gist
Southwest Pipe Line Company
Seaboard
Southers Pipe Line Company
Ceveral
Eureka Sela
Morgantown
Oee
Mannington
Manington
Mount Morris
Lima
Findlay
Oil indications near Bridgewater spur speculation of fields
Report notes the Bridgewater Gus Company completed a well near Kobb's station with some gas and oil shows, the ground slick with paraffin and oil. Residents say the activity signals oil nearby and expect more drilling in the condemned territory as hopes rise.
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Bridgewater Gus Company
Kobb's
Beaver County Judge Refuses Injunction Against Oil Company
Judge Wickham rules Beaver County citizens cannot obtain an injunction against the Enterprise Oil Company to stop salt water from well runoff entering local creek and river. He declines jurisdiction and suggests the Attorney General may sue in Harrisburg instead. The injunction is denied.
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Wickham
Beaver County
Enterprise Oil Company
Kenople
Harrisburg
H. McC
Canada to boost foreign trade after McKinley bill
Ottana reports the Dominion government plans a vigorous foreign policy with new commercial agencies in Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires Cuba Mexico and other Latin American states. Monthly agency reports will guide merchants farmers and manufacturers and regular steam lines will link these places plus a coverage service to China Japan and Australia. A supporter claims corporations or individuals will manufacture in bond for export with free raw materials and machinery to cut costs and recapture Canadians working in U S factories.
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Ottana
Dominion
United States
John Macdonald
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Cuba
Mexico
China
Japan
Australia
Canada
Bunko Steering in Paris Exposes Insider Jewelry Swindle
Paris police recount a clever bunko in which a fake pastor and his daughter duped Mme Prevost, dealer in jewels, into delivering $15,000 worth of gems. Aboard a wealth ridden ruse, the pair vanished after posing as future son in law’s guardians, leaving behind unpaid rooms and missing jewels.
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New York
Paris
M. W. Thompson
Ellen Barber
J. M. Barber
New Zealand
Mme. Prevost
Dr. Barber
Thompson
Bassand Street
Isy
Mme. Provost
Yosemite
Patents Granted in Pennsylvania and Adjacent States
List of weekly patent awards issued to inventors in Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and West Virginia as reported by patent attorney D. Levis. Names include Alexander Campbell Pittsburg rock drill coupling and George Westinghouse Pittsburg compound pumping engine among many others.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
D. Levis
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Alexander Campbell
M. Carman
Towanda
A. B. Eby
Lacock
Frank Freck
Connellsville
B. Fry
Wyne
Joseph Godshall
Martin A. Green
Saas
William Hurbeck
Taleda
William F. Holloway
Curvahoza Falls
Aucustes Juliuus
Akron
James Johnston
John M. Leng
Hamilton
Tonguirs
William HK. McDonald
Alleghens
James Simpson
McKeesport
John M. M. Snyder
James Swihart
George Westinghouse
Pittsbore
Frank Moore
Alfred Wilbur
Sarah Peters
Cornwall
Frank A. Gira
Bellevue
Spencer Garwood
Milford Center
Samuel & Ferguson
Allegheny
Herman Berg
Columbus
Eckley i Coxe
Driften
North Found Guilty in Pontiac City Marshal Killing
In Pontiac Daniel North was found guilty of killing City Marshal Hodge last July. The jury fixed the penalty at death and North’s attorneys moved for a new trial.
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Biocomiserox
Daniel North
Pontiac
Hodge
North
Castoria Sings Through Generations Reference
In a playful verse a mother recalls giving Castoria to her child from infancy to motherhood. The rhyme highlights Castoria as a familiar remedy across generations.
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Castoria
Breach of Promise Case Stirring Ellenville Society
In Ellenville New York a breach of promise suit centers on Congressman elect Isaac N Cox and widow Mrs Sarah Melville. The case stems from Cox's marriage to Lizzie Stoddard after years of alleged courting and a campaign of alleged petty harassment at the Cox home involving a watchman and a tomato can with linseed oil. Justice De Vang discharged the prisoner Thorpe after conflicting testimony, with the chambermaid Melville denying intent to deface property and the Cox household presenting conflicting accounts of events.
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Ellesville
Isaac N. Cox
Fourteenth
Cox
Lizzie Stoddard
Mountaindale
Sullivan County
Sarah Melville
Terwilliger House
Mel
Ellenville
James Thorpe
Danoemora
Thorpe
G. G C. Keeler
Melville
Keeler
Justice de Vang
de Vang
George G. Kesler
George H. Bush
John G. Gray
Gott
Goshen
Constable
Rockwell
Justice de Vany
Union Pacific Affairs Split Over Adams Retirement Speech
In a November 27 dispatch from New York, the Gould Sage faction asserts Charles Francis Adams’s retirement speech was unfounded and spiteful. Sage defends management changes as necessary to save the road and anticipates a transcontinental line meeting next week.
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Adams
New Yeak
Gould-Sage
Union Pacific
Charles Francis Adams
Sage
Boston
MR. Adams
Kansas
Gould
Bean
Gaston
Audacious Murderer A Newcomer In Nevada
The body of Frank Lancaster was found five miles from Wells Nevada with a head wound and throat cut. Lancaster, a former Ogden cook, befriended Ben Morris who borrowed a team, drove him, and returned with blood splattered gear and money. Morris fled west on a passenger train but was captured at Winnemucca.
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Wells
Nevy
Frank Lancaster
Lancaster
Ogden
Ben Morris
Morris
Wionemucca
Gambling leads to crime amid pool hall losses
St Louis on November 27 reports John G Morse a traveling salesman for Jose French piano dealer confessed to a $12 000 shortage. Morse sought a forgery warrant from the Prosecuting Attorney after being accused by French of misappropriating funds tied to gambling losses at a pool alley.
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St. Louis
Pool Alley
John G. Morse
Jose French
Chese French
Morse
Ex-Treasurer Richard Weeks Charged With Embezzlement
Greeley county Oklahoma reports the arrest of Richard Weeks former county treasurer on embezzlement charges. Investigators say frauds involved altering tax receipts and the shortages run into several thousand dollars.
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Greeley Center,ork
Richard Weeks
Greeley County
Railroad strike ends as two leaders arrested in Danville
The Chicago and Western Illinois Railroad strike ends after a committee member and another striker, John Plasmnick and Dennis McCurdy, are arrested. The company plans to prosecute under the new conspiracy law.
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Danville, Inc
Chicago and Western ,Illinois Railroad
John Plasmnick
Dennis McCurdy
Saul
Great auction sale of diamonds and jewelry begins today
Attend the grand sale of fine diamonds watches jewelry silver and silver plated ware clocks bronzes and more. Stock is first class and the finest offered in the city. Sales daily at 10 am 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm until stock and fixtures are disposed of. Warranted as if bought private sale by M G Cohen diamond expert and jeweler 433 Smithfield street.
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M. G. Cohen
Smithfield Street
Real estate confidence and holiday ease in Pittsburg
A quiet Thanksgiving in Pittsburg reflects renewed faith in real estate with five sales totaling 483000 in ten days. Brokers note steady demand, firm values, and ongoing land and house investments by conservative bankers. Money tightness warns small buyers against stock margin plays while outsiders face pinched liquidity. Real estate moves and clearing house activity indicate continued business resilience.
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Pittsburg
TURKEYS ON TOP Pittsburg Merchants Observing Thanksgiving
Commission merchants and grain dealers suspended operations to observe Thanksgiving in Pittsburg. Early in the day some houses blew out poultry stocks on Liberty street but by noon the city took on a Sabbath air as business closed. Chaplain McCracken of the Grain Exchange urged adjournment until Friday to better acquaint with wives and children.
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Pittsburg
Liberty Street
New England
McCracken
Grain Exchange
Coke Market Still Hindered by Car Shortage and High Demand
The coke market remains tight with a persistent car shortage hampering shipments. Railroads offer no near term improvement, while operators shift ovens and rely on individual company cars to meet demand. Weekly output and consignments show modest gains though idle ovens persist and epidemics threaten plant resumes.
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Prcial
Pinraatcr
Scorrpae
Frick Company
Aly
Henry Clay
Broadford
Charlotte
Hill Farm
Parrish
Pittsburg
River Points
Mahoning
Shenango V
Cleveland
Waflala
Detroit
Mich
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
IS YOUR WIFE WELL THE WOMEN OF AMERICA ARE THE LARGEST
A provocative headline proclaims women in America as the largest group in need of medical care and well being. The piece discusses health services access and social concerns affecting women nationwide.
Trade Report From East Liberty Stock Yards This Week
The report lists the week’s receipts at East Liberty Stock Yards with details on incoming cattle hogs and sheep. Specific figures and buyers are noted, reflecting market activity and price movements.
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East Liberty
River Falls During Quiet Thanksgiving on Water Street
The new Chartlers packet appeared at the wharf yesterday for the first time as the river continued to fall. It registered five feet above low water. Dariver for Barnart of Cincinnati finished work on the Alex Swift and returns to Cincinnati on the Scotia today. The Batchelor and Scotia arrived within hours of each other with the Batchelor delaying until next week and the Scotia departing today.
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Chartlers
Dariver
Barnart
Cincinnati
Alex Swift
Batchelor
Scotia
Murder charges shock Tiskoming court as jurors seized
In Wixwoop I T on a Tuesday morning two petit jurors Robert Brown and Willie Factor were arrested on charges of murdering grand juror William Albertson near the Capitol and highway. The body showed brutal wounds and hogs ate the face. The suspects deny the accusation while court delays persist. Free samples of Dr Miles restorative Nervine promoted nearby.
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Wixwoop
I. T
Tiskoming
Robert Brown
Willie Factor
William Albertson
Capitol
Albertson
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