Commissioner Smith versus the Standard Oil article analyzed
A Pointer page review discusses a controversial piece on Commissioner Smith and Standard Oil, alleging paid propaganda advancing specific interests. It cites price rebates, federal actions, and notable figures like Morris Rosenthal and Judge Landis, linking to Roosevelt-era regulatory battles and a 98 year old death in Derry New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Standard Oil Company
Dalton
C. & E. I. Milroad
Congress
Standard Oil
Morris Rosenthal
Whiting
Indiana
East St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & Alton
Missouri
Southwest
Landis
Roosevelt
It Pays To Advertise in The Pointer Leap Year Tale
A light verse about matrimonial woes and a clever want ad in The Pointer. A newlywed man regrets married life, while Si Slocum’s mule brings comic peril and a life insurance nudge. The piece ends urging single readers to try classified ads this leap year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Si Slocum
Maud
Ice Thickness Report From Dalton Yard Area
Local dealers used the ice making season to assist men recently unemployed by offering work. A clay hole near the Chicago Brick Company yards in Dalton reportedly shows ice thirteen inches thick, indicating substantial frozen conditions in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Brick Company
Dalton
Leonard Roeder Celebrates U N Service at Waterloo and Quincy
Leonard Roeder who served in the U N at Waterloo was honored in Quincy Til last week with a community acknowledgment. Roeder’s service and local tribute highlighted the wartime effort and veteran remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Roeder
Waterloo
Quincy
Til
Kiss Saves Life Brings Boy Back To Consciousness
In Aspen Colorado on February 2 a mother kissed her son John Classic aged 18 just before the coffin lid was closed. He twitched his eyelids and was revived by physicians who believe he will fully recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin W. Lirreron
Stanford White
Alton B. Parker
St. Louis
Delmas
Aspen
Colo
John Classic
Dolton seeks condemnation for sewer system in Cook County
Notice to owners of property taken for village of Dolton sewer reconstruction. Petition filed in County Court of Cook County for condemnation of part of the southwest quarter of Section 34, Township 37 North, Range 14 East, with Calumet River and 138th Street boundaries, and for confirmation of a special assessment to fund the $74,277.14 project. Defendants include S Ellen Dolton and the Mowry family. case INO 25117 ongoing with summons returnable February 25, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Illinois
Cook
Cook County
Dolton
Calumet River
138Th Street
Calumet
S. Ellen Dolton
William S. Mowry
Charles D. Mowry
George Mowry
Henry Mowry
INO
Third Principal Meridian
Said
Chicago
Joseph F. Haas
Ice companies harvest in Lake Calumet stores thousands of tons
During the latter part of last week and into Wednesday this week a rapid ice harvest occurred. Large crews from the Swift and Knickerbocker Ice Companies worked on Lake Calumet, storing thousands of tons in their vast storage houses for winter use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift and
Knickerbocker
Lake Calumet
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
Ill
Dalton Station
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Standard Oil Money
Joseph B. Hopkins
Derry
N. H
Joseph Hopkins
Kiss Saves
John A. Verhoven
Alfred Peats
C. Vandenberg
Dolton State Bank
Louis Krueger
OB OS Oos
Albert Krueger
Krueger Brothers Office
Jackson Hill
Hocking Valley
Illinois Stove
Krueger Brothers
Illinois
DR. Brendicka
Richard Buschking
Valentines
Obeldobel’s
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Ernst Hanschmann
137Th Street
Timates
Riverdale, Ill
Fordtran Bros
Blue Island
Chicago Heights
Geo.h. Hilmer
Wentworth
Riverdale, ML
A. H. Teitgen
Leyden Avenue
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Dolton , Ill
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice OF the Peace
Tel
Dr.Roses
LUND
Lund’s Drug Store
Rippes Pavilion
WM. H. Rippe
Gidley
Wentworth Ave
Schafer’s Hotel
Edelweiss Buffet
Paul Schafer
Hofbrau ON Draught
137Th St
Carl Wulff
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