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1900 Summer vacation in Melchtal rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Einstein arrived at end of July 1900 for family vacation in Melchtal, Swiss Alps, carrying physics books including Kirchhoff. Family tensions arose regarding his relationship with Mileva Mari. ●●

1900 Foundations of Constitutional Government in Modern Japan, 1868–1900 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Foundations of Constitutional Government in Modern Japan, 1868–1900. ●●

1900 —Democratic Party (U.S.) National Platform, rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story —Democratic Party (U.S.) National Platform, 1900 Following its bombing of Iraq in 1991, the United States wound up with military bases in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates ●●

1900 1900 - China - May rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 1900 - China - May 24 to September 28: To protect foreign lives during the Boxer rising, particularly at Peking ●●

1900 Behind it was Taylor’s generosity of spirit: for instance, when his Mission rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Behind it was Taylor’s generosity of spirit: for instance, when his Mission suffered alongside others in the next great outburst of Chinese fury against foreigners, the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, he refused the compensation extorted from the imperial g ●●

1900 65 The Pope’s unhappy equivocations contrast with the conduct of a Catholic rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 65 The Pope’s unhappy equivocations contrast with the conduct of a Catholic Church leader in an infinitely more dangerous personal situation: Andrei Sheptyts’kyi, Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Galician Ukraine since 1900, when it had been Habsburg t ●●

1900 Liberal Protestantism after 1900 chose a very different path from either the rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Liberal Protestantism after 1900 chose a very different path from either the Holiness/Keswick styles of the conservatives, or the proliferation of identities in the new Churches ●●

1900 Catholic in outlook and Spanish or Portuguese in language in 1900, from rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Catholic in outlook and Spanish or Portuguese in language in 1900, from the first few decades of the century, Latin America was gaining a Pentecostal presence which marched in step with an increasingly diverse immigrant community, but which also rapi ●●

1900 In 1900, 55 per cent of British children attended Sunday School; the rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1900, 55 per cent of British children attended Sunday School; the figure was still 24 per cent in 1960, but 9 per cent in 1980 and 4 per cent in 2000 ●●

1900 In 1900, the Orthodox were estimated as 21 per cent of the rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1900, the Orthodox were estimated as 21 per cent of the world’s Christians; that had declined to 11 per cent at the beginning of the twenty-first century, while the Roman Catholic proportion, thanks to its growth in the south of the globe, had ris ●●

1900 Owain Hughes, ‘Anti-Catholicism in Wales, 1900-60’, JEH, 53 (2002), 312-25, at 322 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Owain Hughes, ‘Anti-Catholicism in Wales, 1900-60’, JEH, 53 (2002), 312-25, at 322 ●●

1900 In fact, most of the 35 firms had been formed before 1900 and a sizable number b rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In fact, most of the 35 firms had been formed before 1900 and a sizable number before 1890 ●●

1900 All but one, Sharon Steel, is in table 8, and that firm was founded in 1900 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story All but one, Sharon Steel, is in table 8, and that firm was founded in 1900 ●●

1900 By 1900 the names of many integrated, multifunctional enterprises had become hou... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By 1900 the names of many integrated, multifunctional enterprises had become household words ●●

1900 By 1900 the American Tobacco Company had come to dominate that industry complete... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By 1900 the American Tobacco Company had come to dominate that industry completely, except for the making of cigars ●●

1900 Nevertheless, the giant, integrated industrial enterprise remained the exception... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Nevertheless, the giant, integrated industrial enterprise remained the exception until after 1900 ●●

1900 After 1900 National Biscuit continued to compete in the new manner, relying on b... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story After 1900 National Biscuit continued to compete in the new manner, relying on brand names, advertising, and scale economies ●●

1900 Integration Completed An overview: 1900–1917 As the new century opened, patter... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Integration Completed An overview: 1900–1917 As the new century opened, patterns of success and failure were only just beginning to appear ●●

1900 But after 1900 the modern multiunit industrial enterprise became a standard inst... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story But after 1900 the modern multiunit industrial enterprise became a standard instrument for managing the production and distribution of goods in America ●●

1900 Even before 1900 a high degree of concentration could be found in many industrie... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Even before 1900 a high degree of concentration could be found in many industries ●●

1900 All three divisions marketed their products through Armour’s nationwide branch h... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story All three divisions marketed their products through Armour’s nationwide branch house organization, which by 1900 numbered 200 houses ●●

1900 Then after 1900 with the opening of new fields in the south and far west, Standa... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Then after 1900 with the opening of new fields in the south and far west, Standard of California and Standard of Louisiana developed similar integrated operations ●●

1900 The appurtenances of professionalism—societies, journals, university training, a... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The appurtenances of professionalism—societies, journals, university training, and specialized consultants—hardly existed in the United States in 1900 ●●

1900 After 1900, however, as the economy, particularly the cities, grew, the demand f... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story After 1900, however, as the economy, particularly the cities, grew, the demand for banking services became more acute ●●

1901 Since 1901 a single corporation, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, pri... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Since 1901 a single corporation, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, principally owned by the British government, had held a monopoly on the extraction, re (1901) ●●

1901 Before he joined the bank in 1901, he was already an empire- rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Before he joined the bank in 1901, he was already an empire-building executive at New York Life Insurance. A voluble, glad-handing deal maker, he was an experiment on Pierpont’s part—more chief than I... ●●

1901 In 1901, when she visited Rome, Jack wrote her a letter that rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1901, when she visited Rome, Jack wrote her a letter that poignantly stated his conviction that she had to submit to her fate. Although Pierpont isn’t mentioned, his ghost hovers in the air: Your ... ●●

1901 It wasn’t the first unsolicited takeover in Wall Street history: wh... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Instead of tennis or golf, Greenhill liked solitary sports that tested endurance. Early each morning, he jogged near his Greenwich, Connecticut, home. He was also a motorcycle enthusiast. ●●

1901 JPMI, Box 7, Folder 1, letter to Frances Tracy Morgan, April 3, 1901 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 45. Winkler, Morgan the Magnificent, p. 284. ●●

1901 CHAPTER 24 The Millionaires’ Special In April 1901 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story CHAPTER 24 The Millionaires’ Special In April 1901, a specially chartered train, jammed with millionaires, pulled out of Manhattan and headed down the eastern seaboard for a ten-day tour of black colleges in the South, many of them financed with northern money, culminating in a conference on southern education in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ●●

1901 Though Rockefeller studiously avoided the campus and visited rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Though Rockefeller studiously avoided the campus and visited only three times (1897, 1901, and 1903), he got little credit for this self-abnegation. The public was quick to pounce on his every move as yet another ruse. ●●

1901 As early as 1901, Rockefeller had realized that rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story As early as 1901, Rockefeller had realized that he needed to create a foundation on a scale that dwarfed anything he had done so far, and he toyed with the idea of establishing a benevolent trust: “Let us erect a foundation, a trust, and engage directors who will make it a life work to manage, with our personal cooperation, this business of benevolence properly and effectively.” 4 Frederick Gates revived the idea in June 1906 when he wrote to Rockefeller, “I have lived with this great fortune of yours daily for fifteen years. ●●

1901 For all his panegyrics about Rockefeller’s wisdom, Gates rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story For all his panegyrics about Rockefeller’s wisdom, Gates had some private grievances and was irked by what he saw as his skimpy compensation; the value of his services had been a sore point with him ever since the 1901 Mesabi-ore sale to U.S. ●●

1901 John Schiff, who avoided controversy, rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story John Schiff, who avoided controversy, said the financial world hadn’t seen such bitterness since Jacob Schiff and Pierpont Morgan vied for the... ●●

1901 In December 1901, Georges married Lucie Kaulla, the... (1901) rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In December 1901, Georges married Lucie Kaulla, the daughter of a Stuttgart lawyer. ●●

1901 Crowley's Training in Yoga Discipline rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Crowley began receiving proper training in yoga principles in 1901, which he credits with helping to repair his earlier unsystematic magical practice and establishing proper discipline. ●●

1901 The Bureau of Standards, established by Act of Congress in 1901, is the nation’s rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The Bureau of Standards, established by Act of Congress in 1901, is the nation’s physics laboratory, charged with applying science and technology in the national interest and for public benefit. ●●

1901 Event of 1901 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ore traditional powers already sparring over the territories and sea-lanes into which American interests now protruded. THEODORE ROOSEVELT: AMERICA AS A WORLD POWER The first President to grapple systematically with the implications of America’s worl ●●

1901 As the only one of seven siblings to attend university he had completed his studies with a dissertat rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story As the only one of seven siblings to attend university he had completed his studies with a dissertation in historical economics and started work in 1901 as a syndic for the light-manufacturing industries of Saxony, where it was his job to lobby for t ●●

1901 1899-1901 - Philippine Islands: To rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 1899-1901 - Philippine Islands: To protect American interests following the war with Spain, and to conquerthe islands by defeating the Filipinos in their war for independence ●●

1901 Since 1901, it has been rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Since 1901, it has been a firmly held convention that the Senate should not reject budgets .. ●●

1901 c) Russel Ward, The History rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story c) Russel Ward, The History of Australia: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1975 (London, 1978) pp ●●

1901 In its annual report for 1901 the company outlined the reasons for its shift: Th rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In its annual report for 1901 the company outlined the reasons for its shift: This Company is four years old, and it may be of interest to shortly rev ●●

1901 By 1901 McCormick still sold through distributors who purchased machines outrigh... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By 1901 McCormick still sold through distributors who purchased machines outright in Latin America, Africa, New Zealand, and parts of Europe ●●

1901 But in Australia and the major grain-growing areas of Europe, the company alread... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story But in Australia and the major grain-growing areas of Europe, the company already had by 1901 eight general agencies of its own, each with canvassers, machinists, and accountants ●●

1902 " -Brooks Adams, The New Empire, 1902 2 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story " -Brooks Adams, The New Empire, 1902 2 70 After the Civil War, a new rhetoric of the "nation" gradually took hold, replacing that of "union." The Uni... ●●

1902 A photograph of Pierpont at a house party at the Harcourt es rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story A photograph of Pierpont at a house party at the Harcourt estate, Nuneham Park, in 1902 shows Mary Harcourt seated next to King Edward VII. During his London exile, which lasted until 1905, Jack often... ●●

1902 Since Tarbell had spoken with Rogers for nearly rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Since Tarbell had spoken with Rogers for nearly a year before the series started, she held her breath when the first issue appeared in November 1902. ●●

1902 For nearly three years, from November 1902 to rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story For nearly three years, from November 1902 to August 1905, Ida Tarbell fired projectiles at Rockefeller and Standard Oil without taking fire in return. As one newspaper wondered aloud, “Is the Pen Mightier than the Money-Bag. ●●

1902 (Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center) Rockefeller’s life rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story (Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center) Rockefeller’s life struck many observers as strangely cramped, given his gargantuan wealth: He had an annual untaxed income of $58 million in 1902— several times larger than contemporary press estimates—or about a billion dollars in tax-free income per annum in today’s money. ●●

1902 He once told the New York Chamber of rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story He once told the New York Chamber of Commerce that his sole desire was to help his father and, if necessary, “to black his shoes, to pack his bag.” 16 “Of my ability I have always had a very poor opinion,” he told his father in 1902, “but I need not assure you that such as it is, it is wholly and absolutely devoted to your interests, and that now and always you can trust me as you always have.”17 Instead of bucking up his courage, Senior often let his son wallow in self-flagellation. ●●

1902 I envy anybody who can do that.”33 By rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story I envy anybody who can do that.”33 By slow increments, his father ratcheted up his allowance from $10,000 a year in 1902 to $18,000 five years later, but Junior never felt he had earned it, exacerbating his sense of inadequacy. ●●

1902 Another favorite recipient of Standard Oil largesse was rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Another favorite recipient of Standard Oil largesse was Senator Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania, who received $42,500 between 1898 and 1902. ●●

1902 The Rockefellers’ ill-fated involvement in Colorado dated back rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The Rockefellers’ ill-fated involvement in Colorado dated back to 1902, when Senior was flush with windfall profits from the spectacular sale of Mesabi iron ore to U.S. Steel. ●●

1902 Oil Industry Development rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story “You and I have been associated in business upwards of thirty-five years,” Rockefeller wrote to him in 1902, “and while there have been times when we have not agreed on questions of policy I do not... ●●

1902 1902, America had forced Haiti to clear up its deb... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1902, America had forced Haiti to clear up its debts with European banks. ●●

1902 1902, he stunned Europe by forging an alliance wit... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1902, he stunned Europe by forging an alliance with Japan, the first time since Richelieu’s dealings with the Ottoman Turks that any European count ●●

1902 1902: John Bardeen (1908–91), William Shockley (1910–89), and Walter Brattai rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story John Bardeen (1908–91), William Shockley (1910–89), and Walter Brattain (1902–87) in a Bell Labs photograph in 1948. The first transistor at Bell Labs ●●

1902 1902 - Colombia - April rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 1902 - Colombia - April 16 to 23: To protect American lives and property at Bocas del Toro during a civil war ●●

1902 8 In 1902 his firm formed the International Mercantile Marine Company, capitaliz rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 8 In 1902 his firm formed the International Mercantile Marine Company, capitalized at $130 million ●●

1902 69 The merger of McCormick, Deering, and three smaller firms, completed in the s rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 69 The merger of McCormick, Deering, and three smaller firms, completed in the summer of 1902, created an effective horizontal combination ●●

1902 The organization chart of September 1902 (figure 9) outlines Colt’s first attemp rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The organization chart of September 1902 (figure 9) outlines Colt’s first attempt to define the rubber company’s organization structure ●●

1902 In 1902 uniform accounting was only beginning to be instituted throughout the co... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1902 uniform accounting was only beginning to be instituted throughout the company ●●

1902 57 Although its top management was still small in 1902, the company’s central o... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 57 Although its top management was still small in 1902, the company’s central office organization was becoming like that of General Electric ●●

1902 96, has the appraised value of the companies that joined the 1902 merger rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 96, has the appraised value of the companies that joined the 1902 merger ●●

1903 DuBois wrote with prescience and precision in 1903, rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story DuBois wrote with prescience and precision in 1903, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." The distinction between w... ●●

1903 From an opening price of 38, its stock zoomed to 55, only to rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story From an opening price of 38, its stock zoomed to 55, only to skid to less than 9 during the “rich man’s panic” of 1903. ●●

1903 In 1903, at the age of thirty-three, he was returning home o rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1903, at the age of thirty-three, he was returning home on the commuter train to Englewood when Harry Davison took his life in hand. As he entered the car, Davison was, musing about choices for a s... ●●

1903 By the third installment in January 1903, President rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By the third installment in January 1903, President Roosevelt himself was voraciously reading Tarbell’s articles and even sent her a flattering note. Her celebrity spread with each issue, and her level gaze stared out from countless newspaper profiles. ●●

1903 She wrote to Siddall in February 1903, “It rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story She wrote to Siddall in February 1903, “It is very interesting to note now, that the thing is well under way, and I have not been kidnapped or sued for libel as some of my friends prophesied, people are willing to talk freely to me.” 107 From today’s perspective, when corporations have teams of publicists who swing into action at the first whiff of trouble, Standard Oil’s muted reaction appears to be a perplexing miscalculation. ●●

1903 Rockefeller claimed that he had not even deigned rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Rockefeller claimed that he had not even deigned to glance at McClure’s, a claim inadvertently refuted by Adella Prentiss Hughes, Cettie’s nurse and companion, who traveled with the Rockefellers on a western train trip in the spring of 1903. ●●

1903 In 1903, Life magazine ran a cartoon of rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1903, Life magazine ran a cartoon of Ye Rich Rockefeller University, showing a lady holding aloft a lamp marked Standard Oil, her robes checkered with dollar signs. Though Rockefeller studiously avoided the campus and visited only three times (1897, 1901, and 1903), he got little credit for this self-abnegation. ●●

1903 It is the religion of Jesus, of science rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story It is the religion of Jesus, of science, and of evolution alike.”58 In his papers, Gates left a startling memo, “The Spirit of True Religion,” which he apparently wrote to clarify his thoughts and in which he candidly stated, “There is no essential difference between religion and morality except that the one is more intense and passionate than the other.” 59 In 1903, he bluntly told one applicant that while Rockefeller was a Baptist, he would no longer establish Baptist schools “for the sole purpose of propagating those views which are peculiarly and distinctively Baptist.”60 The $100,000 gift of what came to be called tainted money was solicited by Dr. ●●

1903 Their first child, Abby—known as Babs—was born at rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Their first child, Abby—known as Babs—was born at 13 West Fifty-fourth Street in 1903, followed by John D. ●●

1903 As he told his father in 1907, “I rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story As he told his father in 1907, “I have always wished, simply as a matter of satisfaction to myself, that my salary might represent the real value of my services in the office, while as it is and has been in the past it represents rather your generosity.”34 Before 1911, Rockefeller made only token transfers of oil stock to his son, starting with his first annual gift of one hundred shares of Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1903, but he also deeded to him parcels of valuable property in Cleveland, Buffalo, and New York. ●●

1903 But as early as 1903, he and Parmalee rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story But as early as 1903, he and Parmalee Prentice beseeched Senior to publish an authorized biography to rebut Tarbell’s work before it formed the basis of future histories. Sure that history would vindicate him, Rockefeller at first temporized, then compromised to appease his son—setting a pattern for the next three decades. ●●

1903 Afraid that a state charter for a Rockefeller rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Afraid that a state charter for a Rockefeller Foundation could be repealed at the whim of an unfriendly state legislature, Junior and Gates aimed for a more prestigious federal charter for the new foundation, such as that received by the GEB in 1903. ●●

1903 As early as October 1903, Junior sent fighting rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story As early as October 1903, Junior sent fighting words to CFI’s president on the subject: “We are prepared to stand by in this fight and see the thing out, not yielding an inch. ●●

1903 Rosen, nicknamed “the famine angel of Russia (1903) rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Rosen, nicknamed “the famine angel of Russia.” After being jailed in Siberia for his Menshevik views, Rosen emigrated to the United States in 1903. ●●

1903 1903, it fanned unrest in Panama into a full-scale... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1903, it fanned unrest in Panama into a full-scale insurrection. ●●

1903 by bombarding elements with cathode rays. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story by bombarding elements with cathode rays. ●●

1903 before going to the Technische Hochschule in Berlin in 1904 and on to work with Fritz Haber and then rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story before going to the Technische Hochschule in Berlin in 1904 and on to work with Fritz Haber and then with Ernest Rutherford; Szilard had studied at the Technology Institute in Budapest and served in the Army before the post-Armistice turmoil made him ●●

1903 1903: John von Neumann (1903–57) in 1954. Herman Goldstine (1913–2004) circa rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story John von Neumann (1903–57) in 1954. Herman Goldstine (1913–2004) circa 1944. Prespe ●●

1903 Information history in 1903 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story would become, nor how long-lived. Henry Adams, who wanted to work some version of entropy into his theory of history, wrote to his brother Brooks in 1903, “Clerk Maxwell’s demon who runs the second la ●●

1903 of the General Education Board.”9 The Rockefeller Foundation rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Abraham Flexner, of the General Education Board.”9 The Rockefeller Foundation’s General Education Board, chartered by Congress in 1903 for “the promot ●●

1903 1903 - Honduras - March rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 1903 - Honduras - March 23 to 30 or 31: To protect the American consulate and the steamship wharf at Puerto Cortez during a period of revolutionary activity ●●

1903 (It was the seventh time rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story (It was the seventh time the United States had invaded Panama since it had kid- napped the province from Colombia in 1903 to build the canal—see Appendix II.) The new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen ●●

1903 ) The mergers formed after 1903 (including International Agricultural Chemical, rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ) The mergers formed after 1903 (including International Agricultural Chemical, National Aniline, and United States Industrial Alcohol) centralized pr ●●

1903 To obtain an accurate picture of capital invested, Pierre carefully reviewed the... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story To obtain an accurate picture of capital invested, Pierre carefully reviewed the valuation made of all properties coming into the merger in 1903 ●●

1904 In 1904, Edward Grenfell was elevated to partner; he became rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1904, Edward Grenfell was elevated to partner; he became a Bank of England director a year later. A cool, dapper young bachelor who wore smart clothes and had a sharp tongue, Grenfell was snobbish ... ●●

1904 In 1904, he went to Japan to report on the Russo-Japanese Wa rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1904, he went to Japan to report on the Russo-Japanese War for Reuters and the Associated Press. A friend in those years described him as “tall, slim, with reddish-brown hair, of unusual frankness ... ●●

1904 Rogers did not terminate his meetings with Tarbell rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Rogers did not terminate his meetings with Tarbell until February 1904, when she published a shocking account of railway agents spying on Standard Oil competitors—a practice that Rogers had strenuously denied. ●●

1904 Though the series was published as a two-volume rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Though the series was published as a two-volume book in November 1904, she then capped it with a scathing two-part character study of Rockefeller in McClure’s in July and August of 1905. It does not detract from her achievement to state that she enjoyed the services of a first-rate research assistant, John M. ●●

1904 Then a breakthrough occurred in January 1904, when rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Then a breakthrough occurred in January 1904, when Siddall learned that the Tarbell series had won two unexpected admirers: Frank’s daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Walter Bowler. Using Mr. Bowler as a go-between, Frank stipulated his conditions for a tête-à-tête with Tarbell: “I want no member of my family to know of this interview. ●●

1904 By late 1904, gripped by migraine headaches and rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By late 1904, gripped by migraine headaches and insomnia, he wavered on the edge of a breakdown. Under doctor’s orders, he, Abby, and their baby daughter Babs sailed to Cannes in December 1904 for what would extend into a yearlong absence from 26 Broadway. ●●

1904 One night in 1904, the portly, ailing Bill rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story One night in 1904, the portly, ailing Bill, then ninety-four, lowered himself into a chair but missed it. As he tried to grab something to break his fall, he broke his arm near the shoulder, an accident so severe that his survival seemed doubtful, and it became necessary to contact his next of kin. ●●

1904 Under Biggar’s influence, Rockefeller nearly refused to provide rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Under Biggar’s influence, Rockefeller nearly refused to provide a $500,000 check to repair the Johns Hopkins Medical School after it was partially destroyed by fire in 1904—simply because the school refused to recognize homeopathy. ●●

1904 He must have fretted, too, about Junior’s debilitating rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story He must have fretted, too, about Junior’s debilitating breakdown, which started in 1904 and dragged on for nearly three years, curtailing his activities. Senior must have feared that the stupendous weight of the fortune would crush his delicate son. ●●

1904 CHAPTER 26 The World’s Richest Fugitive As they rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story CHAPTER 26 The World’s Richest Fugitive As they approached the 1904 presidential election, Standard Oil executives knew that Teddy Roosevelt was still miffed at their attempt to snuff out his new Bureau of Corporations and that the oil trust stood at the top of his list of evil trusts to be reined in by federal regulators. ●●

1904 In 1904, he began dictating answers to biographical rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1904, he began dictating answers to biographical questions posed by Starr Murphy, yet his heart was not in it, and the project soon expired. Work on an official Standard Oil history fared only marginally better. ●●