Intricate Rail Stock Deal Ties Bankers to Railroad Assets
Bankers hold Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western stocks with equity and liability for the railroad, which lacks bank title. After a 1906 sale of Baltimore and Ohio stakes by the Pennsylvania Railroad, profits were partially shared with the railroad upon resale. Banks may keep stocks for years if market conditions stay unfavourable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylania
Union Pacific
Yellow Pine Complaints Flood Interstate Commerce Board
The Interstate Commerce Commission received 37 new complaints in one day, the most in its history, from Yellow Pine lumber interests in the Southeast. The cases follow a Supreme Court ruling upholding the IC C decision to reduce railroad freight rates, with demanded reparations totaling about 486 250 dollars and expected further filings in days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iinterstate Commerce Commission
Commission
United States Supreme Court
National Yellow Pine Association
United States
Clements
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yellow Pine
South
Southeast
Tornado Lifts Ponies Near Medicine Lodge
A tornado near Medicine Lodge Kansas carried off two Shetland ponies belonging to United States Senator Long. One was found two miles east feeding in a pasture, the other stuck thirty feet up a cottonwood tree two miles north of the Long home. Both ponies unharmed.
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Topeka
Kans
Medicine Lodge
United States
Long
French Ambassador to Sail for Home Today
French Ambassador and Mine Jusser left Washington for New York today and will sail to France tomorrow. They plan to remain abroad until early fall.
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Washington
Jusser
New York
France
Child Murderer Sees His Victim in a Vision
West Chester Pa June 6 That Irwin B Lewis awaiting trial for the murder of Mary Robbing Newlin made a second confession after a vision of the victim.
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West Chester
Irwin B. Lewis
Little Mary
Newlin
Central of Georgia Railroad Changes Hands
New York reports control of the Central Railroad of Georgia passing from the Richmond Terminal reorganization committee to Raleigh Thorne of the Trust Company of America and J Perry of Providence. The committee sold its Georgia Central stock to Thorne and Perry, with proceeds to be paid to the Southern Railway Company. The new owners plan to operate the system as an independent entity and retain at least 60 percent of the stock for two years.
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New York
Central Railroad of Georgia
Richmond Terminal Reorganization Committee
Raleigh Thorne
Trust Company of America
J. Perry
Providence
R. I
Adrian H. Joline
Joline
Georgia Central
Thorne
Perry
Southern Railway Company
Roosevelt appoints Reed surveyor of customs at Wheeling
Associated Press dispatch from Oyster Bay reports President Roosevelt has appointed Charles T Reed to be surveyor of customs at Wheeling West Virginia. The Clerks Union announces a meeting Friday night at Sohn's Hall at 8 o'clock.
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Charles T. Reed
Wheeling
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Charles T Reed
W. Va
Clerks’ Union
Sohn's Hall
Yale Commencement Echoes with Procession and Tragedy
Yale University held commencement ceremonies at Woolsey Hall with a formal procession and Psalm 65 opener. Degrees were conferred amid a large gathering. a fatal accident and injuries cast a gloom over the day, with D Leet Oliver among the dead and W Strother Jones J C Colsten and E Hudson among the injured.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New Haven
Memorial Hall
D. Leet Oliver
J. B. Oliver
Pittsburg
Sheffield Scientific School
W. Strother Jones
Red Bank
N. J
J. C. Colsten
Beltimore
E. Hudson
Hammocks on porch bring comfort with big stock and prices
In the heat, a well arranged hammock on the porch offers great comfort. The store touts the largest and best assorted hammock stock in the city with right prices.
District Attorney Orders Quiet In Avondale Child Death Inquest
The Avondale inquest into the child's death hears the district attorney refuse to discuss the matter, noting he has shown all he will. Lewis collapses after a restless night as Dr Scattergood reports a vision of Mary in his cell dissolving into a white cloud. The prison physician administers a sedative and Lewis's wife, once supportive, deserts his defense.
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W. W. McElree
Avondale
Lewis
Scattergood
Mary
Bee sting tragedy near Dover. mother saved, child clings to life
In Dover Delaware on June 26 Mrs David Moore of St James district raced to save her bee stung child as a hive overturned. Bees swarmed the boy covering his body and he lies between life and death while his mother is badly hurt but rescued.
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Dover
Del
David Moore
St. James
Kaiser's Third Son to Wed Princess Thyra
In Copenhagen a rumor claims Princess Thyra, daughter of King Frederick, is betrothed to Prince Adelbert, third son of the Kaiser, as he plans a visit to Copenhagen next week. Sealed bids in Bluefield WV are invited for 200 bonds of 500 dollars each at 5 percent interest, with a 1 percent certified check due by July 27, 1907.
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Eben Holden
Kaiser
Thyra
Copenhagen
Frederick
Adelbert
Board of Supervisors
Bluefield
West Virginia
J. T. Akers
Dog Jealousy and a Birmingham Family Pet
A Birmingham family recalls a jealous dog once loved as a pet after the baby arrived. Despite no outward misbehavior the baby cried when left with the dog. A keyhole peek revealed the dog rubbing his cold wet nose along the baby's back, a sign of envy.
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Birmingham
Ralph Neville
Outing Magazine
Proprieter’s hotel phonograph jokes on dining music
In a Brooklyn Citizen cartoon the hotel proprietor uses a phonograph to punctuate meals with fitting tunes. The gag notes selections like Life Is Too Short to Worry All Things Come to Him Who Waits and Lest We Forget to tease tipping and patience among guests. A second joke features a three apples dilemma ending with a pun about sharing.
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Betty
Kipling
Brooklyn
Unsociable Uncle Mose Is Baptis' in Baltimore Tale
A Baltimore American paragraph stage sketches Uncle Mose as unsociable and self contained. The exchange shows Mose answering politely yet firmly about his faith and habits, narrator noting his Baptis' identity with humor.
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Mose
Baltimore American
Quote Spectrum of Scotland and Emerson Sayings
A compact note pairs a London Sketch quip about respecting country with Emersons line on beauty. The item juxtaposes humorous regional imagery with a timeless reflection on carrying beauty within. The piece underscores literary wit and travel quotes in one caption.
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Pedigo
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Barry
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Ave
Monwice
Climax Electrical Supply
Bland Street
Follansbee
Luefield
Pennsylvania Road
Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio Sale
Central of Georgia Railroad
Yale University
Purc Chase
Keiser
Keiser-Barathea
Sively
Pletes
Metropolitan. Gents Furnishing Co, Elks’ Sulding
M. G. Whitlow Hardw. Go
Harry
James
John
Mr. O'Brien
London
Emerson
Graham
W. D. Roberts
Agt
Graham, Va
Samuel Turk
Princeton Avenue
Architects
Getlemen
W. H. Cunningdafh
Pittman
Bluefield Normal and Business Institute
Tyler Street
HD Grewen
Bluefield Breiwng CO
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