Attack on Standard Oil Trust Opens in St Louis Suit
Petition filed in United States circuit court seeks dissolution of the Standard Oil trust and a perpetual injunction preventing its 70 constituent companies from dealing with or paying dividends to the parent company. The suit cites monopolistic practices, discriminatory rates, and control over pipelines and railroads.
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Standard
St. Louis
United States
Standard Oil Trust
New York
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Crusade
Findlay
Ellis
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
St. Louiis
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
Nnor
Rockefeller
Natory
Whiting
Ind
Evansville
Ilinois
Standard Company
Grand Junction
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central
Santa Fe
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Charles M. Pratt
Boston
Maine
Terre Haute
Long Island
Florida
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Delaware
Lackawanna
Western
Missouri Pacific
William G. Rockefeller
H. Clay Pierce
Kansas City Southern
San Francisco
W. Harkness
F. T. Gates
Wisconsin Central
Standard Trust
Massive Oil Trust Components Listed Across States
A compiled ledger lists numerous oil and gas companies and refining firms across New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, and others. Entities include Acme Oil, Atlantic Refining, Standard Oil affiliates, and Tide Water lines with holdings ranging from 5,000 to 15,000,000 in various currencies.
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Acme Oil Company
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New York
American Lubricating Oil Company
Plata Oeeaes
Anglo-American Oil Company (Limited
England
Argand Refining Company
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Ohio
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Atlantic Refining Company
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Buckeye Pipe Line Company
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Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel Company
Kansas
Standard Oi! Company of
Kentucky
Standard Oil Company of
Minnesota
Standard Oil Company of Nebraska
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
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Union Tank Line Company
Jersey
United Natural Gas Company
Pennsylvania
United Oil Company
Vacuum Oil Company
Washington Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
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Missouri
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Camden Consolidated Oil Company
West Virginia
Chesebrough Manufacturing Cobamy
Const’d
Colonial Oil Company
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New Jersey
Commercial Natural Gas Company
Connecting Gas Company
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Continental Oil Company
Gereele Wee van Hpowat
Crescent Pipe Line Company
Cumberland Pipe Line Company
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Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas Company
Ccens
Eclipse Lubricating Oil Company
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Egewanee
Florence Oil and Refining Company
Franklin Pipe Company (Limited
Galena Signal Oil Company
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Lawrence Natural Gas Company
Oswego Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Gas Company
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Pennsylvania Oil Company
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People’s Natural Gas Company
Pittsburg Natural Gas Company
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Platt and Washburn Refining Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Republic Oil Company
Salamanca Gas Company
Ccoes
Security Oil Company
C.ecesenees
Texas
Solar Refining Company
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Southern Pipe Line Company
South Penn Oil Company
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Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines Com
Standard Oil Company of California
California
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
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Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Iowa
Eslowa
Secceseees
Swan & Finch Company
Seeecess
Taylorstown Natural Gas Company
New Egypt Arising in Modern Water Projects
A progressive Arab in Cairo sinks wells and installs irrigation pumps at the foot of the pyramid of Cheops and the Sphinx. After gazing for thousands of years on sand wastes, he foresees green fields. This illustrates the broad shift from old to new Egypt.
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Egypt
Cairo
Pyramid of
Cheops
Different Then. Husband and Wife Banter Cited by Chicago Daily News
A humorous exchange appears in the Chicago Daily News noting the wife’s question about living with the husband and the husband replying that things stayed where he put them before marriage. The line humorously implies domestic habits have changed after marriage.
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Chicago Daily News
Shelbyville Hermit Fisherman Joe Addison Local Character
Joseph Addison known as Joe the Hermit, 63, a wandering fisherman in Shelby county, lives in a self built cabin on Louis Billman farm by Big Blue river. He regales townsfolk with fishing tales, works on hair watch chains indoors in bad weather, and is a Civil War era veteran of Troop M, Third Cavalry.
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Shelbyville
Sheilby County
Shelby
Joseph Addison
Joe
Shelby County
Louis Billman
Marian
Addison
Billman
Big Blue River
Blue River
Troop M
Third United States Cavalry
Move 250000 Glass Plant in Alexandria Demolished
The American Window Glass plant in Alexandria begins demolition. Boilers depart to Hartford City, rest of machinery to Pittsburg. Once worth 250000, the plant employed 350 workers, now idle for four years. Wages fell from 75 to 150 dollars weekly to under a fourth as operations ended. The city expects six months to complete the move.
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Alexandria
Hartford City
Pittsburg
Cuba Almost Sold to France in Louis Philippe Era
London Sketch recounts near sale of Cuba to France during Queen Christina era. Secret talks in Tullaries involved Senor Campuzano, Senor Aguayo, Prince de Talleyrand, and King Louis Philippe. Spain valued Cuba at 6 million francs, Porto Rico and the Philippines at 2 million, but France balked at higher price.
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Cuba
Louis Philippe
Spain
Christina
Senor Campuzano
Senor Aguayo
Prince de Talleyrand
France
Porto Rico
Philippines
England
United States
London
Judge Cofer Retires as Hendricks Circuit Judge
Danville’s Hendricks circuit court names Danville lawyer Dan L Clark as successor to Thomas J Cofer who retires after nearly ten years on the bench. Cofer will resume private practice with Zim E Dougan, his son in law. Clark, a noted attorney and former partner of Enoch Hogate, will take office per attorney general ruling.
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Cofer
Danville
James L. Clark
Thomas J. Cofer
Hendricks
Zim E. Dougan
Mr. Clark
Enoch G. Hogate
the State University
Steal Editor's Pipe Lands Two in Reform School
In Montpelier two youths Alva Sharpe and Wesley Gilland were convicted of larceny for stealing an editor's corncob pipe from the Montpelier Herald office. They received one to three years at the Jeffersonville Reformatory. The thefts followed a period of nightly burglaries before the pipe led to identification by police.
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Hartford City
Alva Sharpe
Wesley Gilland
Montpelier
Jeffersonville
Montpelier Herald
Troutman
Sharpe and
Gilland
Wreck Victims Count at Woodville Fatality Date Set
Valparaiso official G C Batchelder and the coroner discussed the Woodville wreck and agreed to begin an investigation Tuesday. Three bodies were recovered and taken to Chesterton. The death toll was stated as 63.
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Valparaiso
G. C. Batchelder
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Woodville
Chesterton, Jr
Batchelder
State Auditor Granted New Trial in Embezzlement Case
David F. Sherrick former auditor of state was brought from Michigan City prison as the supreme court grants him a new trial. He had served eight months of an indeterminate sentence ranging from two to 21 years for embezzling state funds.
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Indianapolis
David F. Sherrick
Michigan City
Supreme Court
Woman of 391 Husks Corn in Birthday Feat
Mrs Laura Ann Owen disproved Richmond Oysler by husking corn in Hamilton county during her ninety first birthday. Celebrants noted her strong health and, to test usefulness, she wore a shawl gloves and husked a row around a 30 acre field without a rest.
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Richmond
Oysler
Hamilton County
Laura Ann Owen
Typhoid Strikes Muir Family In Elizabethtown
Ten days after John R. Muir died of typhoid fever a Berks County rural family faces illness. Archie Ella and Nannie Muir and grandson Robert are ill after a reunion at the Muir home. Water from the premises to be analyzed for contamination.
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Elizabethtown
John R. Muir
Archié
Ella
Nannie
Robert
Muir
Columbus Man Alleges Bribery Attempt in Election Day Case
David E. Cox of Clay township swore before Justice Stader that Walter Miller, a Republican in the same voting precinct, offered five dollars to vote Republican. Miller denies the offer. If Cox is convicted, the local Democratic county committee will pay him a $50 reward.
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Columbus
David E. Cox
Clay Township
Stader
Walter Miller
Miller
Cox
Democratic County Central Committee
Blinds Doctor with Acid in Mount Rye Indiana
Intense excitement grips Mount Rye as Dr. J. T. Martin, a prominent Indiana physician, is doused with carbolic acid by an unknown assailant. Citizens fear mob justice if the attacker is captured.
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Laporte
Mount Rye
J. T. Martin
Indiana
Indiana Attorney General rules county term law unconstitutional
An Indiana Attorney General opinion declares the 1903 act setting county officer terms unconstitutional. All county officers must assume duties at the expiration of their predecessors’ terms, affecting nearly every county officer in the state.
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Indianapolis
Charles Miller
Indiana
Bankers Hear Call to Modify Banking Law at Indiana Convention
Indianapolis C H Church of Muncie urged changes in national banking laws at the Indiana bankers convention. He focused on currency privileges reserve requirements redemption privilege and national currency as lawful reserve and bonds applicable for circulation.
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Indianapolis
C. H. Church
Muncie
Indiana
Beveridge to Address National Child Labor Meeting
Dr Samuel McCune Lindsay announced that Senator Albert J Beveridge will attend the annual meeting of the National Child Labor Committee in Cincinnati December 13 to 15 and deliver an important address on child labor from a national point of view.
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Indianapolis
Samuel
McCune Lindsay
New York
National Child’ Labor Committee
Albert J. Beveridge
National” Child Labor Committee
Cincinnati
Missouri Woman Credits Dean’s Kidney Pills
A Columbia Missouri woman Mrs J B Johnson reports two years of dropsy swelling pain and heart gurgling after an operation. She says after using two boxes of Dean’s Kidney Pills her trouble has not reappeared and calls it wonderful. Sold by 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
Women at Strenuous Tasks Across the United States
Technical World highlights women in demanding roles from Monterey California lighthouse keeper Mrs Fish to South Portland Maine diver Mrs Gordon. The piece notes many women driving bold work from Utah sheriff to Chicago street cleaner boss, illustrating female resilience beyond traditional duties.
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United States
Monterey
Cal
Fish
Point Pinas
South Portland
Gordon
Kipling
Utah
Chicago
Cosmopolitan America and the Average American Workman
English observer Dr Arthur Shadwell recalls a Massachusetts cotton strike parade showing a mix of French English Celtic Scandinavian Slav Portuguese and Greek workers. He links this cosmopolitan display to the elusive idea of the average American workman and its mythic status.
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America
Arthur Shadwell
Massachusetts
Coffee and Postum Promoted as Medicine in Trade Text
The article notes coffee importers and roasters promoting Postium Food Coffee as a medical aid. It cites a chapter titled Coffee as a Medicine and argues that habitual use of stimulant drinks irritates tissues and organs. It emphasizes physicians’ awareness and public concern over stimulant beverages.
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Department of Justice
Giant Trust
Standard O] Company of
Tidewater Pipe Company
Tidewater
Tidewater Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Ehvohugt
Tennessee
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Colorado
Seaboard
Acme
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Enes
Senen
Pany
Nese
Pte Iaoeee, Oor
Hoosier
Shelby’s Hermit Fisherman
Hemenway
Spencer ‘County
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