Endowed Theater for Masses and Teacher Honors
An essay sequence laments low teacher salaries while praising education's civic value. It envisions a mass theater offering affordable performances, funded by public faith and liberal giving, alongside a coin circulation experiment to study spending habits. It notes a Hungarian nationalist issue and remarks on rising female height trends as well as 1805 natural gas value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Collier's
W. T. Stead
Standard Oil Suit Filed To Break Up Trust In St Louis
United States circuit court in St Louis opened a suit to dissolve the Standard Oil trust under the Sherman act. The petition seeks to forbid control by the parent company over allied corporations, bar dividends from subsidiaries, and prohibit contracts restraining commerce in petroleum and its products. It details a three period conspiracy from 1870 onward with Rockefeller and associates, including price discrimination, railroad rate manipulation, and pipe-line control, aiming to monopolize the oil market nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lowla
United States
Standard Off Trust
New York
Standard
Roosevelt
Findlay
Ellis
Standard Oil
Standard Oi Company of
Ohio
St. Louis
Standard Oil Trust
United States Circuit
Standard Oil Company
Standard Or Company of
New Jersey
John D. Stockefeller
Im Petroleum
Standard Oil Company of
Oine
Supreme Court of Ohio
Newark
John D. Rockefeller
Henry M. Flagler
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Benjamin Brewster
Henry H. Rogers
Wesley H. Tilford
O. B. Jennings
Tidewater Pipe Company
Tidewater Companies
Pennsylvania
Tidewater Company
Dill
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Fraud Will Establish Itself Instantly Print Butter Prices
A New York press item notes butter price dynamics with a claim of fraud. It describes print butter fetching higher prices than primary tub batter and mentions extra charges for manipulation and wrapping pound pieces in paraffin paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Competing Firms in the Standard Oil Trust Network
A partial catalog lists corporations and partnerships controlled by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and outlines steps to operate them as independent entities if the United States wins the case. It includes Acme Oil, American Lubricating Oil, Anglo American Oil, Argand Refining, Atlantic Refining, Baltimore United Oil, Buckeye Pipe Line, Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel, Camden Consolidated Oil, Colonial Oil, Connecting Gas, Continental Oil, Crescent Pipe Line, Cumberland Pipe Line, Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas, Eclipse Lubricating Oil, Eureka Pipe Line, Florence Oil and Refining, Franklin Pipe, Galena Signal Oil, Indiana Pipe Line, Pittsburgh Natural Gas, Pratt & Washburn Refining, Prairie Oil and Gas, Republic Oil, and several gas and pipe line interests. The list mixes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Maryland entities with varying capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Standard OM
Texas
Louisiana
California
Standard Ol Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oi Company
Standard Oi!- Company of
United States Winsite
Acme Oi! Company
Aoe American Lubricating Oil Company
Anglo-American Oil Company
Argand Refining Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Baltimore United Oil Company
Maryland
Borne Scrummer Company
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel Company
New York
Bush & Dension Manufacturing Company
Camden Consolidated Oil Company
Guesebrouah
Colonial Oil Company
Commercial Natural Gas Company
Connecting Gas Company
Continental Oil Company
Crescent Pipe Line Company
Pennsylvania Cumberland Pipe Line Company
Kentucky
Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas Company
Eclipse Lubricating Oil Company
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Florence Oil and Refining Company
Franklin Pipe Company
Cimiteau
Galena Signal Oil Company
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Pennsylvania Gas
Pennsylvania Oil, Company
People’s Natural Gas Company
Pittsburg Natural Gas Company
Pratt and Washburn Refining Company
Prairie Oil and Gas
Compan Republic Ol! Company
Waree Rep Eenetinsel Waning & Ol Company
Standard Oil accused of railroad control and secret rates
The petition charges Standard Oil and allied individuals with manipulating railroad boards, securing seats on major lines, and enforcing unpublished secret rates from Whiting Indiana to East St. Louis and beyond. It outlines monopoly profits, bogus firms, rebates, and territorial divisions to sustain lower freight prices for railroads.
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Whiting
Ind
Grand Junction
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
St Louis
Standard Oil Trust
United States
William Rockefeller
Central New England
Chicago
Milwaukee & St Paul
Delaware
Lackawanna and
Western
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
New York Central
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Ontario
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Rutland
Henry H. Rogers
Santa Fe
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Charles M. Pratt
Boston
Maine
Havansvitle
Terre Haute
Long Island
Henry M. Flagler
Florida
John ©. Rockefeller, Jr
Lackawanna
Missouri Pacific
Wiliam G. Rockefeller
H. Clay Pierce
Kansas City Southern
San Francisco
W. Harkness
F. T. Gates
Wisconsin Central
Standard Trust
Standard OU Company of
New Lee
Standard
New Egypt Ariaing and Irrigation at Cheops Sphinx
A fragmentary report notes modern irrigation efforts near the pyramids and sphinx with wells and pumps transforming desert sand into green fields. The text then shifts to a philosophical remark on choosing a wife, contrasting friendship and partnership.
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New Egypt
Catto
Pyramid of
Cheops
Elf
Fragmentary Early 20th Century Notes on Marriage Roles
A garbled excerpt from Chicago and other papers hints at marriage duties and spousal care. References include a husband ready to endure hardship for his wife and a wife managing chores and wash tabs after marriage, with stray mentions of a doctor and a time of arrival at a house.
Dr Williams' Pink Pills Said To Cure Insomnia
A testimonial from Loveland of Everett recounts relief from severe insomnia after taking Dr Williams' Pink Pills. The user describes exhaustion, improved sleep, and renewed strength, recommending the pills for nerve and blood disorders and noting broad efficacy for headaches and other ailments. The advertisement states pills are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady, N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saetor
Toroaki
Loveland
Everett
Yvegan
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Monumental miniature sawmill memorial described in Orwell
A memorial in Orwell Oswego county N Y features a detailed miniature sawmill on a granite marble base. The recreation includes saws carriages rollers to carry lumber skids logs and a loaded carriage. A Berlin wireless station report notes German postal erection Norddelch towers 213 feet tall and 932 mile range.
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Orwell
Oswego County
Redfield
Springfield Republican
Berlin
Norddelch
Naples
St. Petersburg
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Kansas
Giller
Warreney
Sare
America
Mets
Department of Justice
Grant Trust
Ruge Oil Trust
Choca
She
Man
Ikleago Daily News
Doctor
Awa
George
Chicago _ Daily News
Carters
Eadacghe
Wttle Iver
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