Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Standard Oil's Monopoly" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Standard Oil, Standard Oil fraud, Congressman Campbell, Ida Tarbell, John D. Rockefeller, Kansas Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Standard Oil Trust, Octopus, Sherman Antitrust Act
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1904 and 1911.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Standard Oil Takes Control of Many Railroads"
East Oregonian (Pendleton, OR), October 18, 1904, Daily Evening Edition, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2.
"Kansas Strikes Oil"
Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR), February 20, 1905, Page 8, image 8, col. 4.
"Mr. Campbell Again Has Conference with Roosevelt"
The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), February 21, 1905, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 1-3.
"What Happened in Kansas"
Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR), August 25, 1905, Last Edition, Page 4, Image 4, col. 3.
"More Grafting is Exposed"
The Spokane Press (Spokane, WA), May 10, 1906, Image 1, col. 3.
"Oil Trust Heard"
The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), October 31, 1907, Last Edition, Page 7, Image 7, col. 1-2.
"Law-Defying Rich Attacked by Roosevelt"
The Evening World (New York, NY), January 31, 1908, Final Results Edition, Image 1, col. 1-2.
"U.S. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil Trusts"
The Weekly Republican (Plymouth, ID), May 18, 1911, Image 1, col. 1-2.

Standard Oil's Monopoly: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America