Northern Securities dissolution reported by New York American
The New York American says the Northern Securities Company may dissolve voluntarily and distribute Northern Pacific and Great Northern stocks to shareholders. Officials decline to confirm or deny. a Supreme Court appeal may determine legal status. The firm, formed in 1901 with 400 million dollars capital, arose from control battles over the Northern Pacific.
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New York
New York American
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
United States Supreme Court
Big Bank Merger Creates Regional Financial Powerhouse
In Pittsburg on June 15 plans were announced to combine Farmers' Deposit National Bank Colonial Trust Company Pennsylvania Trust Company Columbian National Bank Tradesmen's National Bank Germania Savings Bank and Freehold Bank into the Colonial Trust Company. The new bank would hold $7,000,000 capital $16,000,000 surplus and undivided profits with about $55,000,000 deposits totaling roughly $78,000,000 in resources. T Hart Given of Farmers' Deposit National will head the merged institution backed by a strong west of New York financial group.
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Pittsburg
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Colonial Trust Company
Pennsylvania Frust Company
Columbian National Bank
Tradesmen’s National Bank
Germania Savings Bank
Freehold Bank
Philadelphia
Chicago
Conern
T. Hart Given
Farmers’ Deposit National
Canern
New York
Surveying Party Identified Near Idaho Divide
The Desert News reports a Salt Lake led surveying party near the Lemhi county Idaho divide, in the Oregon Short Line employ and not Burlington. The team works toward Thunder Mountain district and Northwestern Idaho, signaling earnest Short Line expansion after Utah holdings transfer in the Clark deal.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Continental Divide
Lemhi County
Idaho
Desert News
Oregon
Burlington
Thunder Mountain District
Idaho Territory
Clark
WILL BUILD RAILROAD IN COLUMBIA REGION
J D Atkinson of Olympia filed condemnation against holdouts for right of way. He says finances are secured and materials partly purchased, aiming to start in July and run to carry this year’s crop. If the Great Northern fails, he plans to extend to Rock Island to connect with the Great Northern.
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Waterville
J. D. Atkinson
Olympia
Atkinson
Great Northern
Columbia
Rock Island
Coal Roads Win Case and Coal Dealers Guilty
Judge Lacombe rules in favor of coal carrying railroads overturning Interstate Commerce Commission decision. Illinois Coal Dealers Association indicted for conspiracy in restraint of trade found guilty with fines up to 300 dollars. Retail Coal Dealers Association fined 100 dollars. Coloa cable ship nears Midway as Pacific laying proceeds to Honolulu next week. American Federation of Labor adopts centralized constitution similar to civil government in debate.
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New York
Lacombe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois Coal Dealers’ Association
Nfiec
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Manila
Coloa
Guam
Midway Island
Honolulu
Denver
American Labor Union Convention
Cost of Living Higher Here Than in Europe
The Chicago Tribune notes widespread complaints that living costs in American cities outpace those in Europe. Rents, building materials, fuel, and clothing have risen, while entry prices in places like Madrid and Mexico City illustrate stark price differences. Wages in Buenos Ayres are low, with limited margins for households unless both partners work.
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America
Europe
Spain
Italy
Greece
Mexico
South America
Madrid
Mexico City
Mexican Herald
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
United States
Chicago Tribune
Bloomington cigar and peanut stand operator recalls prairie days
William Matthews aged 92 of Bloomington Illinois runs a cigar and peanut stand in the courthouse corridors. He remembers his youth as a constable in McLean county and recounts long prairie travels and camps before settling in Bloomington. He was born June 14 1810 in Vermont and moved to Illinois in 1885.
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William Matthews
Bloomington
Ill
Court House
Mr. Matthews
Vermont
Illinois
Tazewell County
Clarksville
Matthews
German inventor proposes self powered harbor buoy light
An inventor in Germany proposes a method to light a harbor buoy at night without land power. Waves rock the buoy to generate current via a small dynamo feeding a storage battery before the lamp. Trials are said to be underway on the German coast, with caution about reliable lighting in rough seas.
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Germany
Silk Advertisement Mistake Sparks Local Silk Raid
In Pensacola a misprint turning thirty pieces of wash silk into ten cents per yard triggered a Saturday morning raid. Frank L. Mayes advised selling at advertised price and charging the difference to the Journal. Buyers paid 10 cents. the merchant covered 19 cents per yard, proving ads are read and trusted.
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Frank L. Mayes
Pensacola Journal
Pensacola
Mayes
Journal
Daytona
Fla
Double Letter Lesson Teaches Kentucky School Boy
A Kentucky teacher puzzles over teaching a boy to say double letters and finally sees strong interest when the pupil becomes a double letter hunter. The lesson on the early riser leads to a misread "Up! Up! and see the sun" as "Double up! and see the sun" showing playful classroom misinterpretations. A note ends by remarking that a pretty girl is her own standard of beauty.
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Kentucky
Vast new anthracite fields could fuel world for years
The report notes eight and twelve veins found near Wilkesbarre, with a 2,000,000 acre tract carrying an estimated 800,000,000 tons. If real, the discovery promises a long lasting supply, potentially twenty to eighty to one hundred years depending on annual output and field extent.
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Wilkesbarre
Philadelphia Ledger
Roberts
Pennsylvania
Dauphin
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Columbia
Luzerne
Northampton
Monroe
Pike
Mr. Roberts
Wyoming Valley
Throop
Scranton
Grand Old Man statue at Westminster unveiled
The piece proclaims a Grand Old Man statue of William Ewart Gladstone unveiled in Westminster Abbey’s north transept. It notes Cararra marble, his Oxford DL honor, royal ambivalence, and a forecast of growing fame. The item also shares a humorous anecdote about Gladstone and a water incident, followed by brief comic quips and a drought-driven sheep purchase in New South Wales.
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W. E. Gladstone
Westminster Abbey
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Chehalis County
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Heon Street
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Wash
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Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes
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Aberdeen, Wash
Gore and Domestic Exchange
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C. W. Miller
Aberdeen
State Bank
Atardars
George L. Hilton
San Francisco Examiner
Heron ST
R. P. Porter
Choice Brands
Aberi
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Pacific Hotel
H Street
Montesano
W. E. Crist
Palace Restaurant
S. Baretich, Prop
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Royal Restaurant
M. Francescovich
Wesh
Central Restaurant
W M. Antigm
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