Financial analysis links hard times with rising securities in 1908
In a retrospect on 1898 panic and 1893 94 silver debates, the piece notes renewed strength in 1908 with high grain and cotton prices, strong real estate values, and rail and industrial stocks up from October lows. London and New York markets show buoyant sentiment and further rises in American securities, with only possible brief dips.
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New York
Chicago
Congress
United States
London
Berlin
Paris
Locomotive and Horse Race Sparks Early Transport Rivalry
In August 1830 a speed trial between a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive built by Peter Cooper and a pulling-horse challenged modern rail progress. The horse led briefly before steam power overtook it. a pulley mishap halted the engine and the horse won amid applause.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Peter Cooper
Gray
Cooper
The Money Question from Gunston Junior
A humorous exchange where Gunston junior asks where the US government obtained money to coin gold and silver and to print dollar bills. The father explains the government issued dollar bills to buy gold and silver, prompting the boy to wonder where the paper for the dollars came from.
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Papa
Gunston Junior
United States
Gunston Senior
Sonny
Harper’s Weekly
Judge Parker Warns of Financial Turmoil and Fear
The Judge cites booming rail, land, agriculture, and industry while warning that new financial theories and upheaval could wreck investment value. He blames power for pushing violent experiment and urges cautious, gradual adjustment to avoid panic, credit loss, and social unrest.
Mine experts testify at Fairmont coroner inquest
In Fairmont West Virginia January 10 mining experts from the Fairmont Coal Company testified at the coroner inquest into the December 6 mine explosions that killed sixty or more. Assistant General Manager Frank Haas and General Superintendent J G Gaskill were among the first on the scene and led the investigation.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Company
Frank Haas
J. G. Gaskill
Explosion Sequence At Mine No 8 Traced To Powder Ignition
Rescue crews report that ten pounds of black powder ignited dust in room 22 of mine No 8, triggering a series of blasts. A flash likely ignited coal dust, releasing gas three times too concentrated for surrounding air. The force drove gases about 500 feet where fresh air mixed, causing a second, more powerful explosion.
La Belle Plant to Resume Full Operations Soon
The La Belle plant of the American Tin Plate Company in Wheeling announced it will resume full operations on January 21 or 22, providing employment for 700 men. An unofficial report says the Riverside plant of the National Tube Company will also resume soon, with about 3,000 workers employed at that site.
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Wheeling
W. Va
la Belle
American Tin Plate Company
Riverside
National Tube Company
Question for Question and Notices of Tax Collection
The passage blends humorous exchanges from Lincoln echoi and Mary Jane with a tax notice and a collection alert. It mentions Miss Blank teaching Harold on his first day, a London Telegraph dialogue, and a tax payment plea dated 1-7-2wks. Deputy Sheriff Hawley and Trustee Postlethwaite appear in unsettled accounts notices.
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Lincoln Echoi
Miss Blank
Harold
Harold Smith
Lippincott
O. C. Phelps
F. J. Brown
Geome
M. B. Postlethwaite
Four Firemen Die in Parker Block Fire in New York
Four firefighters were killed and several injured when a blaze consumed the Parker Block between East Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets on Fourth Avenue in New York. The total loss was estimated at $1,500,000.
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New York
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Streets
Fourth Avenue
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Melton
E. Ss. Pedigo
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
West Virginia
Follansbee
Bland Street
Bluefield Book & Stationery
B. and O
Sublette & Barnes
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing CO
Elks’ Building
Judge Parker
Daily Telegraph
Mary Jane
London Telegraph
W. P. Hawley
Parker
Ily Telegraph Business Office
M. G. Whitlow Hardw. Cgo
West Va
Ford Music Company
Ford Music
Bluefield, W. VA
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