Standard Oil Suit Seeks Dissolution of Trust in St Louis
In St Louis a petition filed in United States circuit court seeks dissolution of the Standard Oil trust and a perpetual injunction barring 70 subsidiaries from paying dividends to the parent. The suit alleges a long running monopoly stretching back to 1870 with Rockefeller and associates directing a three phase conspiracy. It accuses the company of discriminatory contracts with railroads, price manipulation, and pipelines used to control petroleum commerce.
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Standard
St. Louis
United States Circuit
Standard Oi! Trust
Parents Company
New York
Standard Oi
Roosevelt
Crusade
Findlay
O.—Py
Ellis
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Standard Oil Trust
United States
Standard Oil Company
Standard. Oil Company of New Jersey
Union
John D. Rockefeller
Supreme Court of Ohio
Newark
John. D. Rockefeller
Henry M. Flagler
William Rockefeller
Benjamin Brewster
Henry H. Rogers
Wesley H. Tilford
O. B. Jennings
Whiting
Ind
Evanaville
Illinois
Standard Company
Grand Junction
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Competing Units of the Standard Oil Trust Listing
A survey lists corporations and partnerships controlled by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and shows which must resume as independent concerns if the United States wins the case. The roster includes many regional oil firms and gas companies across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, and California such as Atlantic Refining, Buckeye Pipe Line, National Fuel Gas, Prairie Oil and Gas, Tide Water Oil, and Waters-Pierce, with stakes exceeding millions in capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Tidewater Pipe Company
Tidewater
Pennsylvania
New York
Tidewater Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
United States
American Lubricating Oi! Company
Anglo-American Oi! Company (Limited
England
Argand Refining Company
Ae Atlantic Refining Company
Baltimore United Oil Company
Maryland
Borne Scrymser Company
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
SIN
Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel Company
Bush & Dension Manufacturing Company
Camden Consolidated Oil Company
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
T’d
Colonial Oil Company
West Virginia
Seee Commercial Natural Gas Company
Pennsylvania Connecting Gas Company
Cs Ori Senates
Continental Oil Company
Slowa
Crescent Pipe Line Company
Pennsylvania Cumberland Pipe Line Company
Kentucky
Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas Company
Medates Eclipse
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Florence Oil and Refining Company
Colorado
Gies
Franklin Pipe Company (Limited
Galena Signal Oi! Company
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Aeprdaararare Relatin
Lawrence Natural Gas Company
Mahoning Gag Fuel Company
MAD Oak Sases
Manhattan Escach Ree Meisting Ats
Mountain State Gas Company
National Fuel Gas Company
National Transit Company
New York Transit Company
Northern Pipe Line Company
Northwestern
Ohio Natural Gas
Sung Eis Cen Pa'acadive
Ohio Oil Company
Gd Sas Yee
Oil City Fuel Supply Company
Oswego Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Pennsylvania Oil Company
People’s Natural Gas Company
Pittsburg Natural Gas Company
Pratt and Washburn Refining Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Kansas
Republic Oil Company
Salamanca Gas Company
Security Oil Company
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Execs
Solar Refining Company
Southern Pipe Line Company
South Penn Oil Company
Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines c
California
Standard Oi! Company
Indiana
Iowa
Standard Oi! Company of
Minnesota
Nebrogi Pep
Nebraska
New
Oab
Hinin
Ohio
Oepeiaiebeaniel Mabie Ee i. Os
Swan & Finch Company
Taylorstown Natural Gas Company
Tide Water Company (Limited
Cesetelare Tie
Tide Water Oil Company
Union Tank Line Company
United Natural Gas Company
Eenenee Pennsylvania
United Oil Company
Vacuum Oi
Ceceeees
Washington Oi
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Standard O] Company
Tennessee
Illinois
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Seaboard
Standard -Oil Company
Natory
Standard Oil monopoly alleged across the United States
A petition accuses the Standard Oil Company and affiliated firms of monopolizing petroleum transport and distribution. It details control of pipelines rail and ship lines, preferential and secret rates, rebates, and railroad board influence. Named directors include William Rockefeller Henry H Rogers John D Rockefeller Jr H M Flagler and others.
Missouri Woman Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs J B Johnson of Columbia Missouri reports two years of dropsy swelling heart pain and limited arm movement after an operation. After using two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills the trouble has not reappeared. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Mrs. Loveland
Everett
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
J. B. Johnson
West Hickman Street
Columbia
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Name for Stetson's boat as story recalls Psyche or Cinch
Theatrical manager John Stetson planned a yacht name starting with S when a friend asked. He joked he had not decided yet but suggested possibilities Psyche or Cinch, illustrating the many anecdotes about him.
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Stetson
John
Defiance Starch Sale Offers More for Same Money
An article notes Defiance Starch provides one third more starch per package than competing brands for the same price, arguing the product is both good and inexpensive and delivers full satisfaction.
Fresh mind and daily ideas in a smoker's note
A short message extols a fresh mind for the day and dismisses yesterday's thoughts. It promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria as a quality value for today’s enjoyment.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Termina Wasps Facilities Not Very Large
The article notes that Termina facilities for wasps are not very large yet sufficient for their purpose.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertises Teething Cure
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething child comfort. It claims gum softening, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and wind colic cure. The ad notes a price of 2 cents per bottle and closes with a countermotif about self made men.
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Giant Trust
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Ruge Oil Trust
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Ompany
Eee
Lee Eee Wees
Central New England
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Delaware
Lackawanna and
Santa Fe
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Charles M. Pratt
Boston
Maine
Evansville
Terre Haute
Long Island
Florida
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Lane
Paig Nursery CO
Lo Mare, Lowe
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