Invincible Standard Lubricating Company Faces Contract Scheme
Testimony in New York oct 8 reveals that the Invincible Standard Lubricating Company allegedly robbed two railroads of contracts by overcharging for engine oil. Philip Harrison, manager of the New York Lubricating Oil Company, testified railroads preferred his firm but were steered to Standard with higher prices. He cited Louisville and Nashville and Galena Oil as examples where railroads paid more to Standard, while Georgia’s Central Railway bought from the rival.
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New York
Flroads
Standard
Philip Harrison
Harrison
Jto
Kay
Louisville and Nashville Alway
Arrisor
Milton Ith
Rrison
Smith
Louisville and Nashle Railway
Galena Signal Oi! Company
The
Oil Combine
Kellogg
Louisville and Nashe
Galena Company
News Lubricating Company
Fie
Ondard
New York Apany
Tral Railway of Georgia
Iit
John G. Milburn
Standard Oil Company
McKinley
Delaware Avenue
Buffalo
Mr. Milburn
Bar of
Sunderland
England
America
Odd Pearl Forsakes Tooth for Treasure After Oyster Stew
A Louis Dr. Harry A. Clark encounter with an oyster stew led to a broken tooth. The recovered fragment yielded a pearl of great value. Clark declined $500 and kept it as a trophy. The restaurant keeper reportedly forgave the meal cost. Also reported were King Edward’s hearing aids to Buckingham Palace, a New York auto accident death of a wealthy gun dealer, and a Hoosier girl killed by her nephew with a rifle in a related note.
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Arant
Louis
Harry A. Clark
Mark
Avill
Edward
Ondon
Buckingham Palace
Ander
Eddis
York
Eest Riverside Drive
Ninth Street
William Fp.ford
St. Luke's Hospital
Gile Village Fades as Sawmill Closes and Buildings Razed
The Michigan town of Gile once boasted a frontier camp and wild reputation. With the big sawmill shut years ago and the plant razed for shipment to Tronwood, Mich, the remaining residents are leaving, sealing the village’s doom after its 1886 founding.
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Mich
Gile
Tronwood
Hearst Extends Offer for Delegates to Germany Visit
Delegates at the German American National Alliance convention in New York voted to accept Hearst's offer to send twelve delegates to Germany next year at his expense. The goal is to visit major universities and foster US Germany relations. A later session debated partisan action, with most members opposing party guidance.
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New York
Alliance
Oldest New England Voter Passes 100 in New Milford
Alanson Canfield of New Milford age 100 voted at the town meeting, noted as New England’s oldest voter. A lifelong resident, he has never missed a presidential ballot since 1828, voting for Jackson and Roosevelt. Born a farmer and later a butcher, he also started the area’s first lumber yard before retiring in 1867.
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New Milford
Conn
Alanson Canfield
New England
Andrew Jackson
Roosevelt
Canfield
Beating and Bindings Near Railroad Tracks Endanger Sailor
Samuel Hamilton Shaw a Port Huron Mich sailor was robbed and bound to railroad tracks by three men in Cleveland. An engineer spotted him and barely stopped the freight train a few feet away, saving him from being ground to death.
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Cleveland
Oct
Pennsylvania
Samuel Hamilton Shaw
Port Huron
Mich
Shaw
Ex-Wife of Dan Hanna Weds Franklin Felton in Stamford
Daisy Gordon Hanna, ex-wife of Dan R. B. Hanna, married Franklin Felton of New York at Rev. J. W. Richardson's Baptist church home in Stamford. They traveled from Mamaroneck in an automobile with the bride’s mother and brother as witnesses, then departed for Mamaroneck.
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Dan Hanna
Stamford
Conn
Daisy Gordon Hanna
Dan RB. Hanna
Franklin Felton
New York
J. W. Richardson
The
Baptist Church
Mamaroneck
Mitchell Health Improves and Returns to Office
Indianapolis report says John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers has improved greatly and visited national headquarters briefly. Secretary Wilson notes friends are encouraged and expect full recovery.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
National Headquarters
Wilson
Mitchell
Kan-Chow-Fu
Cananfu
End of Strike Near as Telegraph Operators Readmit
Cleveland expects the telegraph strike to close by Thursday with most workers returning to their posts without concessions. Western Union and Postal Telegraph say reinstatement will be selective, with likely only about a third of strikers rehired. In New York, Deputy National President Thomas resigns amid disputes over leased wire operators and union endorsement. President C C W Post, of Cleveland, denounces labor unions and calls for legal action to punish labor unrest.
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Cleveland
Cleveland News
J. E. Mattern
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
New York
Telegraph
Thomas
Small
Daniel Russell
Dejyiny
Kates
CC. W. Post
Post
Labor Trust
Oil Trust
Yost
National Citizens' Industrial Association Opens in Battle Creek
Battle Creek Michigan October 8 The convention of the National Citizens industrial association opened here with about fifty of the expected two hundred delegates attending.
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Battle Creek, Mich
National Citizens’ Industrial Association
Santa Fe raises telegraph operators' wages
Topeka Kansas October 8 The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad company increased wages for all telegraph operators across the system. The raise took effect October 1 and marks the second pay hike in twelve months, totaling about five percent. The road employs non union operators.
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Topeka, Kan
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Santa Fe
Membership Gains Reported by Carpenters Union
The 1907 year end report of Frank Duffy shows 199,828 members in good standing, up 29,631 from the prior year, and 1,889 local unions, an increase of 141.
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Indianapolis
Frank Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Traction union holds tenth biennial convention in city
About 300 delegates to the tenth biennial convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America are in session in New Orleans.
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New Orleana
New Orleans
Oct. S
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Union Blacksmiths Convene in Milwaukee Amid Delegates
More than 200 delegates from the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers gathered in Milwaukee for the eleventh biennial convention. The session is scheduled to run for a week.
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Milwaukee
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers
Telegraphist Thomas A Banks Fined After Street Assault
Denver authorities report Thomas A Banks a telegrapher assaulted S E Leonard superintendent of Western Union Telegraph company on the street last Saturday. He was fined fifty dollars and costs by Police Judge Stapleton. An appeal was filed.
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Denver
Oct
Thomas A. Banks
S. E. Leonard
Western Union Telegraph Company
Stapleton
Wealthy Woman Arrested in Milwaukee Jewelry Theft
Chicago October 8 Mrs C J Ronad ka wife of a Milwaukee furniture dealer is under arrest at the Harrison street annex for receiving stolen jewelry valued at $1,000. The case stems from the theft of $1,000 worth of jewels from Mrs C E Beck of 5500 South Park avenue during Labor Day week.
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Chicago
C. J. Ronadka
Milwaukee
Harrison Street
C. E. Beck
South Park Avenue
Warrant Served. Woman Held as Jewelry Theft Suspect
Beck swore out a warrant before Judge Sadler. The arrested woman was held pending investigation. She gave multiple names, with Lieutenant Larkin citing Ronadka as the correct name. A separate unidentified man claimed to be with Mrs J. Hi. Minneane. Mrs Beck identified a ring and bracelet linked to the theft.
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Say
Beck
Sadler
Snes
Ste
Lerkin
Mre
Ethel Barnes
Tnt
Marion Brown
Harrison Street
Larkin
Ronadka
J. Hi. Minneane
Minneapoli
Atl Oan
Min. Wasnies
Hartje Retrial Demands Evidence in Divorce Case
Augustus Hartje files a petition in Philadelphia Superior Court asking to reopen the Partie divorce case. He claims discovery of letters written by Mrs Hartje’s sisters and Thomas Madine that allegedly prove guilt, with Madine said to have confessed and turned over documentary evidence.
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Mittsburg
Wrs
Augustus Hartje
Philadelphia
Mary Scott Hartie
Augustus Hartie
Funeral of Baden Grand Duke Held in Karlsruhe
Grand Duke Frederick of Baden died on Sept 27 in Main att Sent. 27. The funeral in Karlsruhe drew Emperor William imperial princes Duke of Connaught and foreign representatives along with military authorities in a grand procession to the mausoleum. Separately in Butler Pa, a ladle molten metal spill killed twenty workers. ten others seriously wounded. Erie railroad coal pockets at Hornell burned causing $100,000 loss.
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Karlsrbne
Grand Duchy of Baden
Frederick of
Baden
William
Duke of Connaught
Cites
Butler
Erie Railroad
Hornell
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago October 8 1907
Market notes show hogs steady with light and heavy grades. estimated receipts 15000 today and 27000 tomorrow. Cattle and sheep listings include weak to lower prices for cattle and steady to lower for sheep. numbers and ranges provided by J. W. Culver & Co. Washington Iowa with contact details.
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Texas
J. W. Culver & Co
Washington
Iowa
Chicago
John A. Babcock Ad Invites Readers for Fair Deal
An Illinois classified ad from John A. Babcock in Chicago area invites readers to “get a square deal.” The terse notice promises straightforward service and a reliable arrangement without extra details.
McCormick backs government regulation to aid securities
Cyrrie H. L. McCormick head of International Harvester returns from Europe and endorses federal regulation of corporations as best for public and corporate interests. He rejects claims American harvesters are cheaper abroad and urges fair reciprocal trade to boost U.S. manufacturing.
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New York
Cyrrie HL McCormick
International Harvester Company
Europe
McCormick
United States
Roumania
Russia
Hungary
Italy
Insurance Trial Delays Hit New York Ex Officials
Five ex executives of major life insurers face delayed indictments in a New York Supreme Court proceeding tied to a wide insurance probe. Motions to dismiss were debated with hearings set through mid October for peers including George Perkins and Charles Fairchild.
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New York
Nfe Insurance Company
Supreme Court
John Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
George W. Perkins
New York Life
Charles S. Fairchild
Walter R. Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance
Robert A. Grinnis
the Mutual
Mrs Chadwick Weakens in Ohio Penitentiary
Mrs Cassie Chadwick, serving a term in the Ohio penitentiary, is reported to be gradually weakening. Attending physician Dr A G Helmick said her condition is not improving with a pulse of 115 and a near normal temperature.
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Chadwick
Columbus
Qet. S
Cassie Chadwick
Ohio Penitentiary
A. G. Helmick
British Exports Rise Firmer Trade Surplus
London reports the September statement from the board of trade shows imports up 1.407 million dollars and exports up 23.156 million. Increases center on coal and manufactured goods about 15.009 million, signaling stronger export momentum despite higher imports.
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London
Board of
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Committee On Arbitration
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Switzerland
Belgium
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Japan
Luxemburg
Industrial Association
Union Blacksmiths In Council
Hartje
Kaiser
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
North Americana Commission Company
Hegeman
Perkins
Fairchild
Gilette
Grannia
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