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Tuesday, May 30, 1911
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The Headlines
TOBACCO TRUST FOUND GUILTY AND MUST DISSOLVE; COURT IS TO FIX LEGAL FORM OF BIG BUSINESS; Supreme Court Holds All the Defendants Guilty of Violating the Sherman Act. RULE OF REASON DEFENDED Under It, Says Justice White, Any Subterfuge of the Guilty Monopoly Fails. HARLAN AGAIN DISSENTS Repeats, as in Standard Oil Case, That These Decisions Are Judicial Legislation. UNITED CIGAR STORES IN Not to be Excluded from Findings, as in Lower Court's Decree -- English Companies In, Too. EIGHT MONTHS TO CHANGE Trust's Plans Must Then Be Approved by Circuit Court -- Sweeping Government Victory, Says Wickersham. Court Describes How the Tobacco Trust Killed Competition
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General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Air Mail, Hydroplane & Electric Starter for Cars.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
42,010 days ago
(115 years, 35 days)