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Standard Oil

Rockefeller's oil trust, which the Supreme Court broke up in 1911. Newspaper pages from 1880 to 1915 on a map and timeline.

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23,766,177 pages from 4,691 newspapers, 1736–1963.

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398384 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (25375 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. New-York Tribune — 1880-01-11, page 10

    … httle besides passengers, and then only where eauais could not be easily wade. The Standard Oil Combinatien shows the power of a corporation to crush and destroy its opponents …

  2. New-York Tribune — 1880-01-20, page 1

    … the Chancellor, forbidding the building of a railroad from Point of Rocks to the Standard Oil Company's works, Jersey City, a distance of about threes miles, on the ground that …

  3. New-York Tribune — 1880-01-20, page 2

    … yearly tothe State Engineer concerning their aunual earnings and disbursements, The Standard Oil Company and the relations of the rairoads with it will be sev ely eniticised. The …

  4. The Sun — 1880-01-22, page 4

    … recover royalties and profits which she claims In consequence of the use by thn Standard Oil fompnnyof nn Inven tion for rectifying and dIstributing petroleum oil In her complaint …

  5. New-York Tribune — 1880-01-23, page 2

    … than to pernat their eiuciency 10 bo impaired or their usefulness compromised. STANDARD OIL COMI'ANY. AN ILLUSIRATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF Tul PRESENT SYST, The terminal …

    … handling oll used by the New-York Central Road in New-York are owned in fee by tue Standard Oil Company. This company also owns The terminal w= ail the ofl ears run on the Central …

    … Road. facilities of the Erie for hanaling oii in New-York are leased to the Standard Oil Company. (LxLibiis, p. 573.) This company owns all the oll cars run over the Erie …

  6. The Sun — 1880-01-23, page 3

    … closer connection in Now YorK Owinulo tIle rufuval of several ot the mem bers of the standard Oil Company to obey silo PUimH and the refusal of f till ISO who illd t I 1 one > to …

  7. New-York Tribune — 1880-01-30, page 2

    … NewJersey Central's oppositon to a road (rom Point ef Rocks, Jersey City, to the Standard Oil Works at Comwunipaw. Abou: 235 bills have been introduced in both honses thus far …

  8. The Sun — 1880-02-06, page 2

    … orlminil conspiracy brought by thu oil I uoducers In Clarion County against the Standard Oil Company and Its railway eon federates which Mr Justice 1AXbov Ins reached for at …

  9. New-York Tribune — 1880-02-07, page 2

    … Davis and Judges Brady and Ingalls, The New.York Central Ratlrond Company agt. The standard Oil Company.~Judgment affirmed, Fog agt, Edwards, Judgment modified, as directed in …

  10. New-York Tribune — 1880-02-12, page 2

    … Robin's Reef, Mr. I harber said this proposed island was in the interest of the Standard Oil Company. It was resolved that for convenience in reckoning the metric or decimal …

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