Standard Oil President Denied Knowledge of Pamphlet Claims
Chicago Oct 5 a grand jury found President James A Moffett of the Standard Oil Co of Indiana did not uphold or even know of the pamphlet statements attributed to him The pamphlet claimed massive freight shipments over 15 years and questioned Standard as a victim Judge Landis had urged Moffett to address illegal shipments in the case New York Oct 5 a federal suit featured an omnibus contract letting Standard Oil pay about half the lubricating oil rate charged by rivals Philip Harrison of New York Lubricating Oil testified his firm faced double rates from ship lines despite protests
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Chicago
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Jandis
United States District Court
Moffett
Moritz Rosenthal
Landis
Whitang
Ind
Pullman
Hegewisch
Ill
New York
Africa
New York Lubricating Oil Co
Philip Harrison
Narrow escape for officials at Pennsylvania day exposition
Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania and President Harry St. George Tucker of Jamestown ex position survived a close call when runaway horses, attached to a carriage bearing staff members, darted toward the Pennsylvania soldiers near the exposition grounds. Soldiers halted the team with gun strikes. No serious injuries reported. Also noted is a plan to seek an early trial date for Harry M. Thaw in the Stanford White case, with the district attorney arguing other cases demand attention and a December start likely.
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Norfolk
Gov. Stuart
Pennsylvania
Harry St. George Tucker
Exposition
Tucker
New York
Harry M. Thaw
Stanford White
District Attorney's
Justice Dowling
Dis Dient
Hartford Train Collision Manslaughter Trial Verdict
Engineer Jerome Wilson and Conductor David C Maroney were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to nine months in jail. They led a passenger train that collided with a work train on June 23 in Ulacity, killing 10 people and injuring 40.
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Hartford
Opt. 5
Jerome Wilson
David C Maroney
Quilty
Wilson
Maroney
Ula City
Australian Millionaire Slips at Vancouver Opera House
Herbert R. Morton of Australia, a millionaire, slipped on the opera house atepa in Vancouver and fractured his skull likely to die. The report notes he died six months after a neck injury. In St. Louis another hospital employee, William Calin, died six months after a neck was broken by a shot from gate attendant William Haymaker who later died by suicide after release on bond.
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Vancouver
B. C
Herbert R. Morton
Australia
Vancouver Opera House
St. Louis
William Calin
William Haymaker
Haymaker
Pettyville
Puck
Sahta Hosa Fire Rips Across Sonoma County Worth $100,000
High winds fan a blaze near Cobb station in Sonoma County wiping out structures along its path. Estimated damage reaches about $100,000 as crews battle the flames and secure the area.
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Sahta Hosa
Cal
Acros Sonoma County
Cobb
Simple Kidney and Rheumatism Cure Mix Promoted
An advertisement urges readers to obtain Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla from a pharmacist. It claims after meals and at night a teaspoonful relieves backache kidney trouble weak bladder and urinary complaints by aiding kidney elimination. The piece cites an eminent authority and a New York daily paper praising the prescription.
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New York Daily
Granddaughter Coined Long Word Over Garden Flowers
A four year old in a family dispute over garden flowers coins a lengthy term to express picking flowers for dinner. She asks to gather the underchildrenable lovers, sparking a humorous moment as grandmother continues with the forget me nots.
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Harriet
Katherine
Grandmother
Magistrate sentences drunk and disorderly man in curt fashion
A forlorn man faced a magistrate for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. He quotes a Swift Byron Poe line until the judge interjects, then orders thirty days and a cautionary list of names. A Virginia professor criticizes adverb usage as a class chuckles. A Kentucky colonel jokes about aging and need for nightly nip.
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Byron
Poe
Lippincott’s Magazine
Transformation from coffee to Postum urged
An old coffee taper can quit coffee and switch to Postum with no morning loss. Well boiled Postum with cream tastes like mild Java and the body transforms within ten to fourteen days as caffeine is removed. The text encourages trying Postum to prove the benefits and points to The Road to Wellville with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Veteran's Health After Kidney Trouble
B Frank Doremus of Indianapolis recounts severe kidney pain swelling and dropsy in 1897. After refusing amputation he used Doan's Kidney Pills and his symptoms subsided with no recurrence for nine years. 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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B. Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Prominent Author Plans Malden Chicken Farm
Poultney Bigelow, noted author and journalist, contemplates a new chicken farm in Malden. He recalls a humorous anecdote about his old friend Hora tio Rogers who bragged about a unique incubator and hatch, claiming to own the only bluebottle fly worth $65.
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Poultney Bigelow
Malden
Horatio Rogers
Rash Rogers
Mr. Bigelow
Rash
Rogers
Eczema Cured by Cuticura After Severe Yearlong Itch
A Chicago man reports a year of severe eczema and sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills the itching stopped and he claims complete cure. Also noted is Dr. Frank C. Bostwick remarking on gentle child discipline during a Plainfield dinner.
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Frank C. Bostwick
Morocco
Plainfield
N. J
Gibraltar
Pana
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Endorsed Remedies Ad
An 19th century style testimonial ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. Endorser statements claim Cheneys honesty and reliability over 15 years with Druggists selling the remedy at 75 cents per bottle. Wake Vail's Family Pills are advertised for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
WaLpind, Kinnan & Manvin
Hall
All Druggtate
Wake Vail
Catch of Japanese Fishermen Reported by Nagasaki Consul
Consul G H Scidmore reports 1906 catch values for Japanese deep sea fishermen totaling 657 085 dollars. They also captured fish along the Korean coasts worth 140 415 dollars, including whales valued at 68 000 dollars.
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G. H. Scidmore
Nagasaki
Memory of Vanderbilt wealth spawns new anecdotes
A humorous tale from the Vanderbilt fortune era recalls Commodore Vanderbilt’s democratic gesture at a resort. The old millionaire greets an acquaintance and his family mocks his pomp, noting past poultry and root beer selling by relatives and the harsh judgment of a petty town.
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Gladys Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Commodore
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