Suit to Break Up Standard Oil Trust Filed
In St Louis the United States circuit court hears a petition seeking dissolution of the Standard Oil trust under the Sherman act. The suit seeks an injunction to end control by parent and subsidiary companies and to prohibit dividend payments and discriminatory contracts that restrain petroleum commerce. The filing outlines a three period conspiracy since 1870, detailing formation of a holding structure in 1899 and alleged monopolistic practices across pipelines rails and rates.
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Standard
St. Louis
United States
Standard Oil Trust
New York
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Findlay
Ellis
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Union
John D. Rockefeller
Ohio
Supreme Court of Ohio
Newark
Henry M. Flagler
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Benjamin Brewster
Henry H. Rogers
Wesley H. Tilford
O. B. Jennings
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Kansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Colorado
California
Seaboard
William Rockefellier
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
Lackawanna
Western
Missouri Pacific
William G. Rockefeller
H. Clay Pierce
Kansas City Southern
San Francisco
W. Harkness
F. T. Gates
Wisconsin Central
Standard Trust
Test for Butter Quality Cited by New York Press
The New York Press warns that melted butter reveals fraud on breakfast plates as print butter sells at higher prices with extra charges for wrapping and manipulation. It notes some print butter being made from cooking birds and urges buyers to verify their butter dealer before purchasing.
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New York Press
Huge List of Standard Oil New Jersey Affiliates
A compiled roster shows numerous corporations and partnerships under Standard Oil Company of New Jersey requiring continuation as independent entities if the United States prevails in its case. The document lists names across multiple states with capitalizations ranging from tens of thousands to several millions, including Atlantic Refining, Commonwealth Gas, Union Tank Line, Vacuum Oil, and Washington Oil among others.
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Natory
Standard Oil Company
United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Capitaliza
Acme Oil Company
Scaled Oi Apt
E-Bar
Lon Mclese
American Lubricating Oil Company
New York
Anglo-American Oil Company (Limited
England
Argand Refining Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Pennsylvania
Baltimore United Oil Company
Maryland
Borne Scrymser Company
Camden Consolidated Oil Company
West Virginia
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
T’d
Colonial Oil Company
Eee
Eees
Commercial Natural Gas Company
Connecting Gas Company
de Secrie Ees Orig
Ice
Continental Oil Company
Siew Diaib Maje
Es loWa
Cece
Crescent Pipe Line Company
Dab Reta Hee Pennsylvania
Cumberland Pipe Line Company
Kentucky
Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas Company
Eclipse Lubricating Oil Company
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Indiana
Lawrence Natural Gas Company
Mahoning Gas Fuel Company
CNG
Ope Ees
Manhattan Oil Company
Eeeeeeee- Ohigs So Beeenne
Mountain State Gas Company
National Fuel Gas Company
National Transit Company
Eeeees
New York Transit Company
Northern Pipe Line Company
Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Company
Ohio
Ohio Oil Company
Oil City Fuel Supply Company
Oswego Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg Natural Gas Company
Platt and Washburn Refining Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Kansas
Republic Oil Company
Salamanca Gas Company
NWR Dlerive
Security Oil Company
Salat G Trek Nar
Texas
Solar Refining Company
Southern Pipe Line Company
South Penn Oil Company
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Pennsylvania Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines Company
California
Standard Oil Company of Iowa
Fawn Tae
Standard Oil Company of Kansas
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
Standard Oil Company of Minnesota
Minnesota
Standard Oil Company of Nebraska
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Uate Er
Swan & Finch Company
Taylorstown Natural Gas Company
Ar Ae
Aes
Tide Water Pipe Company (Limited
Tide Water Oil Company
Union Tank Line Company
United Natural Gas Company
Cessees
United Oil Company
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Colorado
Vacuum Oil Company
Pee Paine Aay Ee
Washington Oil Company
Saiweeaneneiet Pennsylvania
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
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Missouri
New Egypt Arising at Cheops Pyramid
A progressive Arab of Cairo sinks wells and installs irrigation pumps at the foot of the Cheops pyramid and the Sphinx. After gazing on sand wastes for thousands of years, the region will soon boast green fields. This marks the shift from old to new Egypt.
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Egypt
Cairo
Pyramid of
Cheops
Proverb on Choosing a Wife Like Choosing a Friend
A reflecting line suggests selecting a wife with the same standards and trust one would apply to a friend if she were a man. The sentiment frames marriage as a mutual, character based partnership rather than novelty or romance alone.
Different Then Husband and Wife Exchange Quips
A humorous exchange between a husband and wife appears in the Chicago Daily News about house ownership and reliance on aid. A separate quip notes a man’s faith in doctors grows after his first baby arrives, viewing doctors with awe.
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Chicago Daily News
George vows to brave all for love in witty exchange
Interpreting a playful line from the Chicago Daily News, Maybe-George declares he would go through fire and water for his beloved. Edyth jokes that means he will tend the furnace and keep wash tubs full after marriage.
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George
Edyth
Chicago Daily News
London church funds bequeathed for wood to burn heretics
A London church retains a legacy intended to procure timber for the burning of heretics. The bequest remains a source of income, reflecting historic religious penalties and the church’s enduring role in early modern punishment.
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London
CURRENT VERSE. Our Own. Past children grown and gone
A poem from the Houston Post reflecting on childhood memories and aging. The speaker recalls orchards, grapevines, elms and river creeks, the girl in a ribbon, and friends lost to time as they sit in an armchair and drift back to youth.
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Houston Post
Hidden Page Poem on Love and Growing Up
The text presents a lyrical reflection by Curtis Hidden Page in Metropolitan Magazine about a speaker’s longing for a woman’s childhood innocence and the deep love forged through endured pain. It contrasts youth and mature love and ends with reverence for the woman who emerged from experience.
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Curtis
Metropolitan Magazine
Glad to Roam in Spring Nature’s Fair Processional
The verse by Clinton Scollard celebrates roaming with a comrade wind through spring's gold green paths in search of happiness. It exults in honey, dew, bird flight, and the music of nature, praising participation in nature's ongoing seasonal procession.
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Clinton Scollard
N. Y
Moonlit Lake and Whippoorwill in a Quiet Night
The poem depicts a moonlit lake with still water and sleepy hemlocks. Stars and soft night winds brood over the scene as light shimmers on the water. A distant whippoorwill calls, and a lone moon swings above the lake while the forest remains hushed along the edge.
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Charles Buxton
Everybody's Magazine
Cupid's Victory in Reformers' Wide Investigation
Perrine Lambert in Woman's Home Companion narrates Cupid reacting to reformers probing love fortunes. The playful fable features Cupid declaring a widowed couple a common trust after discussions of charm and art. The elf claims to have married the fresh couple and ends with a quip about completed investigation.
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Perrine Lambert
Tribute to friendship and faith in love
Poetic verse praising enduring friendship and love that comforts in sorrow. It honors loyalty, gentle guidance, and a radiant influence that remains beyond hardship, celebrating mutual support and moral steadiness.
Insomnia Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mrs H A Fletcher of 59 Blodget Street Manchester New Jersey describes a severe apoplectic episode with double vision and sleeplessness. After six weeks of medical care she tried Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and slept well thereafter, reporting renewed strength and willingness to recommend them. The pills claim to cure nervous troubles headaches neuralgia sciatica and various blood diseases. Sold by druggists or by mail from the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Mrs. Loveland
Everett
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Suburban Boston Embraces Game Chickens as Lawn Fad
Dealers report Boston residents adopt game chickens as decorative lawn birds. The birds’ stately carriage and brilliant plumage attract suburban owners who would not test their combative prowess. Dealers predict a revival of the old fancy of chaining gamecocks on country lawns.
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Boston Society
Boston
Boston Record
Woman Credits Dean's Kidney Pills After Health Recovery
A Missouri woman from Columbia reports dropsy and heart pain ended after using Dean's Kidney Pills for two months. She says kidney action improved and secretions stabilized following two boxes, with no recurrence. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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J. B. Johnson
West Hickman Street
Columbia, Mo
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Four Footed Thieves in a Winchester Grocery
In Winchester a grocer’s till was robbed daily. After two clerks were fired for theft, new workers found money vanished again. An officer hiding under the counter uncovered mice nesting with paper bills worth about 50 dollars. The two discharged clerks sued for damages and won 300 dollars each.
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Winchester
England
Architect of skies in sunset visions and unfinished towers
In Appleton's Magazine Isabelle Howe Fisks presents a poetic piece about an unsubstantial city built of clouds. The editor frames the dream-like skyline as an architect’s failed designs and visions raised anew in the fading light.
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Soress
Isabelle Howe Fisks
Appleton’s Magazine
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Department of Justice
Grant Trust
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Tidewater Pipe Company
Tidewater
Tidewater Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Whiting
Ind
Standard Company
Grand Junction
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yester
Nocturne
Cupid
Dodds
U. S. Navy
Musicisasa
O .& Navy
Beck Station
West 6Th Street
Superior Ave
Cleveland
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