Canal Contract Awarded for Panama Canal Construction
William J. Olver of Knoxville to build the Panama Canal if he forms a three-party alliance within ten days and raises 5 million dollars in capital. The MacArthur Gillespie Company bid 12.5 percent, Olver 6.75 percent. Bangs is excluded for financial concerns and prior government arrears. Presidents and Taft agree no re-bid. Oliver may partner with other firms and present names to Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
White House
Roosevelt
Taftt
William J.,oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Pannama Canal
Angon M. Bangs
Oliver
Bangs
Greene and Gaynor
Savannah
Captain Carter
Wiliam J. Oliver
MacArthur-Gillespie Company
MacArthur-Gillespie
Taft
MacArthur-Gil- Teaple Company
Friends of the
MacArthur-Gillespie Syndicate
3Lacartini
Gillespie
Mine Explosion Kills 12 at West Virginia Co Mine
A mine blast at the Ore damp mine in Lorentz near Buchanan West Virginia killed five Americans and seven Italians. About 100 miners escaped entombment as the shaft elevator carried men to the surface and bodies were found 100 feet back in the mine. Gas likely caused the fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
W. Va
Pennsylvania Company
Lorentz
W-Va
Buchanan
Attorney General Leads Tax Hunt for NYC Firms
Attorney General Jackson launches drive to recover 30 million dollars in unpaid taxes from New York City corporations, aiming to close revenue gaps and enforce state tax laws. The campaign targets major firms and seeks rapid collection actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt
Jackson
New York City
Labor Victory in Belfast Delegates Reject Socialist Basis
Labor delegates in Belfast Ireland vote by sweeping majority to keep the organization non socialist. The decision ends any move to place the labor body on a socialist basis, affirming a non socialist charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Negroes recruited for service in the Philippines
The Kansas City recruiting office received orders to enlist African Americans for the Philippines. Officers report strong interest from Black volunteers despite the Brownsville incident, indicating willingness to serve in the colonial war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Kansas City
Oficers
Brownsville
Lower Freights at Denver Cal Before Commerce Commissioner
Interstate Commerce herring told Commissioner Prouty in Denver California that a plan to lower freight rates to and from the city was outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Prouty
Cal
Surplus in Russia Exceeds Public Expenditure
Newsy items report a large surplus in Russia’s public spending and growing Socialist gains in the new Douma elections. In France Clemenceau tightens the war on gambling while Ottawa hosts a luncheon for Secretary Root. A Burlington engineer is killed in Chicago during revolver cleaning. Jamaica’s population stands at 760,000 with only two percent white as General Lee’s birth centennial is honored across the South. The St Louis Electric Bridge Company earns a license to span the Mississippi at Venice. Senator Brave declares Cuba may gain an American protectorate while Clemenceau disrupts a planned Socialist demonstration in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
France
M. Clemenceau
Foster
Root
Ottawa
Canada
Archibald R. Eldridge
Burlington Railroad
Ismaelt
Chicago
Jamaica
General Lee
South
St. Louis
Venice
Brave
Cuba
Clemenceau
Paris
Boys Burned to Death in Dover Mill Fire
Four or five young mill operatives were killed and a half million dollars in damage caused by a blaze at Mill No 1 of the Cocheen Manufacturing Company in Dover New York. The charred bodies of four boys were found. two others were missing. Firefighters and a Portsmouth steamer aided in rescues as sparks from a belt ignited cotton and trapped workers on upper floors. Insurance fully covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N. Y
Cocheen Manufacturing Company
Iwo
Charles Cosgrove
Constantine Elopulos
John Nicholopulos
Redden
Yester
Jas. Ashton
William Turner
Turner
Ashton
Portsmouth
Explosion Fatal to Eighty in West Virginia Coal Mine
A massive blast at the Stuart mine near Fayetteville West Virginia traps eighty workers more than 400 feet underground many were American with families including several negro and foreign workers. Rescue attempts are hindered by toxic air and damaged ventilation as crews await safer conditions to reach the shaft bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. V
Fayetteville
Fop al
Stuart
Sewall
Wielness
White Oak Fuel Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Carlisle
F. F. Dixon
Stuart Colliery Company
Dixon
Tom Davis
James Whistle
Ming
World’s News Center Moves Thaw Trial to Global Stage
In New York City the Thaw trial is described as a world news center with two cables from the Criminal Courts building delivering word by word reports. Nineteen direct wires per cable and numerous telegraph booths enable rapid transmission to U S and overseas outlets. Over 200 reporters sought access but only seventy were admitted amid a vast network of messengers and telegraph staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Justice Fitzgerald
Criminal Courts
London
Western Union
the Postal
Pittsburg
Starry Thaw
United States
Canada
England
Iurance
Stock Yards Cheated by Short Weights Said to Miss 7.6 Million Pounds
Kansas City Missouri a statement from C F Morse president of the Kansas City Stock Yards Company to the Mis souri and Kansas Legislatures joint committee reports hay purchases of 243 239 605 pounds and sales of 200 919 244 pounds over five years showing 7 679 639 pounds paid for but not possessed. Corn sales totaled 11 206 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
C. F. Morse
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
Missouri
Kansas
Morse
Stock Yards Company
President Roosevelt Acts to End Public Land Frauds
Washington D C President Roosevelt directs a halt to land patents until ground examinations by an authorized government official are completed. The order to Secretary Hitchcock and related General Land Office officials sets in motion the new safeguards against fraudulent land acquisitions by individuals and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
General Land Office
William Whiteley Shot at London Store in Grand Murder
London’s Universal Provider, William Whiteley, founder of the Westbourne Grove department store, was killed by an unidentified man and his own gunman then shot himself. The suspect, named Zecll Whiteley, 35, is hospitalized in a hopeless condition after declaring the murder was parricide. The store, crowded with shoppers, was in chaos as police restored order and the case drew intense interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Willhin Whiteley
Universal
Westbourne Grove
Mr. Whiteley
Nolice
Zecll Whiteley
Whiteley
William Whiteley
Great Britain
William
Trornee
George Rasner
Discrimination by Railways Favors Standard Oil
A report to Congress by the Interstate Commerce Commission accuses Standard Oil of monopolistic control, bribery, and secret railroad rates. It says railroads block independent oil firms from piping and rail access, aiding the Standard and harming competition. The commission urges rate and regulation reforms to curb the abuses and protect rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Standard Ol
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Congress
Intersitate Commerce Commission
Rockefeller Trust
Commission
Rockefeller
Pipe Uno
Gen Russell A Alger Dies in Washington Stateman and Millionaire
General Russell A Alger United States Senator from Mithiga died suddenly at his Washington residence. A former soldier and businessman he rose from humble origins in Medina County Ohio born February 27 1836. He taught school at nineteen studied law and built a career in Michigan timber lands after Civil War. He practiced in Grand Rapids before entering politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russell A. Alger
United States
Mithiga
Michigan
Mr. Alger
Medina County
Ohio
Wolcott & Upford
Akron
Coffinbury & Otis
Cleveland
Grand Rapids
Panama Canal Contract Backed by Public Works Chief
Frederick C. Stevens, State Superintendent of Public Works, says he is the financial backer of William J. Oliver who is to get the government contract for building the Panama Canal. Stevens is described as a major magnate and business figure of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Frederick C. Stevens
Pas
Willian J. Oliver
Panama Canal
Stevens
Steel Trust Buys Land in Gary for Industrial City
United States Steel Corporation has closed the purchase of 1300 acres of land in Gary for 3 million dollars, expanding its holdings to 8000 acres to support an industrial city. The plan envisions a belt road, Indiana Harbor Railroad, and a straightened Calumet River with a harbor funded by a congressional appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Packer
Indiana Harbor Railroad
Calumet River
Congress
Miss Harriet Beecher Stowe Dies at Seventy in Con
Harriet Beecher Stowe, daughter of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, died in Linsbury Connecticut at age seventy. She leaves two twin sisters Miss Eliza Stowe and a brother Rev. Charles Bee Stowe of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Linsbury
Con
Eliza Stowe
Charles BE. Stowe
Bridgewater
Mags
Printing Plant Gurned in Buffalo Fire Tragedy
Fire at Phelps Publishing Company in Buffalo destroys four brick buildings covering nearly an acre. Loss about 17400000 with insurance. Spontaneous combustion of benzine rags started in the basement. sprinklers failed. 450 workers lose jobs as the plant is rebuilt. In another fire at the Columbia Building on Seneca Street in Buffalo three firemen are injured and losses estimated at 400000 to 500000 while surrounding firms suffer smoke and water damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Phelps Publishing Company
Ood Housekeeping
American Agriculturist
Judd Palmer
New England
New York
Buffalo
N. Y
Columbia
Seneca Street
Wiliam J. Naughton
Heutenant
John S. Winky
Stephen J. Megan
Michael A. Daggerty
John Daly
Billiott
Daly
J. C Malloy
Mremen Bonsinger
Yaeger
the Jewell Estate
City finances plagued by theft and irregularities in Atlantic City
Finance committee reports since August 1904 Atlantic City misappropriated funds totaling 24608.76 through city offices. Former street supervisor Berial Mathis and boardwalk supervisor G Bolton Parsons refused access to accounts. John Andrews admitted stealing about 4200, repaid by transferring Hotel Metropolitan stake. Andrews arrested near Washington and held on 150000 bail for Grand Jury. Irregularities at John T. Dyer & Co and William B. Dixey found with overpayments and inflated charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Finance Committee
Civ
Berial Mathis
G. Bolton Parsons
John Andrews
Cloet
Metropolitan
Washington
John T. Dyer & Co
William B
Henson Court House Burns in Hudson Fire
Fire destroyed the Columbia County Court House in Hudson after a fire started in the sheriff's office. Firefighters aided by Pirminen and others saved a child hurled from a third floor window while Dr Charles Walker and his wife faced danger in the burning building. The 1900 structure cost about 150000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
N.Y
Columbia County Court House
Charles Walker
Heavy squall sinks dozens of Chinese boats in Hong Kong harbor
A severe squall swept Hong Kong causing the sinking of over fifty Chinese craft in ten minutes. More than ten percent of natives perished while the white population faced no casualties. Launches rescued many survivors as the harbor filled with wreckage from sunken junks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Transportation Inefficiencies Hit Northwestern Mills and Trade
Complaints rise from Northwestern flour mills over transport delays as grain and other goods fail to reach the seaboard promptly, constraining export trade and signaling broader logistical difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Fire Claims Two Children in Ol City Home Tragedy
A house belonging to Frank Sistok in Ol City Pa. burned, killing two children aged four and an infant. Firefighters battled the blaze but could not save the youngsters, with authorities starting investigations into the cause of the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sistok
Ol City
Bank Vault Dynamited in Kentucky Robbery
A gang blew open the Tobacco Growers' Deposit Bank vault in Crittenden Kentucky and escaped with 500 dollars while leaving 1000 dollars still inside. Authorities search for the robbers following the bold daylight crime in the small town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Growers’ Deposit Bank
Crittenden
Fortifications Appropriation Bill and Various Measures Passed
The Fortifications Appropriation Bill cleared Congress while the President was authorized to send the relief ship Celtic to Jamaica. The Senate backed the La Follette measure restricting railroad workers to sixteen hours in twenty four. The Interstate Commerce Commission urged Congress to permit safety device experiments on railroads. The House Appropriations Committee advanced a pension bill with an annual 1908 appropriation of 138 138 500. Notte approved St Louis bridge across the Mississippi River. Senator Whyte challenged federal encroachment on states and Senator Kittredge attacked the Tanber Trust. A Senate panel hinted at impeachment as Secretary Hitchcock claimed authority to ignore a congressional act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Senate
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Committee On Appropriations
Notte
St. Louis
Whyte
Kittredge
Tanber Trust
Hitchcock
Ate
San Francisco Judge Rules Against Earthquake Clause
In San Francisco Judge Whitson ruled against the earthquake clause in insurance policies, exempting companies from payment of losses in the recent disaster. The decision affects coverage for quake related claims and clarifies insurer obligations in the wake of the distrubance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tn Tt
San Francisco
Whitson
Amperor Wilt Lauded in Berlin Birthday Cheers
Public celebrations in Berlin honor the German Kaiser on his birthday with widespread acclaim for his leadership and a display of national pride amid exuberant demonstrations by citizens and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bernhardt Eyes Alaska and Other Global Notes
Bernhardt seeks travel to Alaska while Elijah Dowie resigns with a pension. Cornell offers a reading course for farmers wives. Women enter singles in a tennis tournament. Germany France and Russia react to Norway neutralization request. Three ministers seated as fraternal delegates to Toledo Central Liber Union. The oldest banker Wonkin, 105, noted. Deb Powers senior partner of Powers & Son in Lansinghors England. Baltimore auto mat WAKODS extends service. depositors to gain interest rise to four percent. Greater New York area aims to add nearly one million dollars to interest earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernhardt
Alaska
Elijah" Dowie
Cornell University
Germany
France
Russia
Norway
Toledo
Central Liber Union
Workt Ds
Wonkin
Deborah Powers
Bank of D. Powers & Son
Lansinghors
England
Baltimore
Greater New York
Panama Canal Bid Rejected At White House Conference
Oliver and Bangs bid for Panama Canal construction was rejected at a White House conference. Officials indicate the government may pursue other arrangements, including a possible alternative project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panam Canal
Oliver &Bangs
Panama Canal
White House
St. Louis Man Agrees to 25 Year Sentence in Chapman Killing
William Reeves of St. Louis Missouri pleaded to accept a sentence of twenty five years for killing Chapman. He had sought ninety nine years but received the lesser term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reeves
St. Louis
Chapman
Socialists Lose in Germany Elections
In Germany the Socialists appear to have lost sixteen Reichstag seats. On second ballots they are expected to lose many more, reflecting a significant electoral setback for the Socialists in the national contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reichstag
Notable 1906 Society Notes and Global Remarks
A scattered summary covering fashion and language shifts in Europe with a French telephone greeting change preference. The National Synod of Norway-Hagy votes for women’s equal rights. Mrs Phoebe A Hearst returns to Paris after holidays. Lady Clancarty’s death recalls Belle Anton, former concert hall singer. Reginald De Koven’s wife resides in New York amid a famed jewelry collection. London gossip notes Queen Elizabeth era fashion riding sidewise to display attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Synod of
Norway-hagy
Phoebe A. Hearst
New York
Paris
Lady Clancarty
Belle Anton
Reginald de Koven
Henry M Field Dies in Stockbridge Mass
Rev Dr Henry Martyn Field, last of the famed Field brothers, died at his Stockbridge home after a general breakdown due to age. Born in Stockbridge in 1822, he edited and published the Evangelist and was a noted clerical member of the Field family legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Mass
Henry M. Field
Stephen’ J
David Dudley
Cyrus W
Stockbridge
Henry Martyn Field
Quarcet of Fields
Evangelist
Devastating Fire-Damp Disasters Strike Europe
Two coal mine explosions killed many on the same day. In Saar district mines of Rhenish Prussia at least 200 died. In Courriers district of Northern France reports ranged from three to over 130 fatalities amid chaotic casualty tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Saar
Rhenish
Prussia
Courriers
France
Persia Renews Railways Revenue to National Bank
In Teheran the National Assembly of Persia decided that revenues from railways pearl fisheries mines and concessions shall belong to the national bank. The Shah is asked to approve the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Teheran
Embly of
National Bank
Shah
Farewell Dinner Held for Ambassador James Bryce in Manchester
A farewell dinner for James Bryce, the Ambassador to the United States, was hosted in Manchester England with Mr Arlee praising his service and making light reference to the Kingston incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bryce
United States
Manchester
England
Arlee
Kingston
Labor tensions and wage demands across multiple regions
A scattered report notes bailermakers striking for five cents and workers in Toronto returning to duty. It cites Norfolk Virginia wage changes, monthly holidays in Japanese factories, and a regional labor congress formed by Findlay Fostoria and Tiffin. It mentions Youngstown relief workers seeking two dollars for a nine hour day and brushes on union funds reaching seven hundred thousand dollars. Belgian labor hours are described as very long with early starts and late finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Can. Wd
Phi
Norfolk
Japan
Findlay
Fostoria
Tiffin
Rugheve
Elty Labor Congress
Youngstown
Engraver Dies After Train Collision at Bennington VT
A Rath and freight train broke away then backed into the forward car at Bennington Vermont. Engineer Denter Farnham collapsed in the cab and died minutes later from heart disease believed to have caused the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engraver
Bennington
Denter Farnham
Tie
Man Confesses to Slaying Father in Woods Quarrel
Mont Runyon aged forty years confessed to Chief Mathews in Delaware Ohio that he shot and killed his father two weeks ago during a logging quarrel at Williamson West Virginia. The son fled the scene leaving the body in the woods. Reports from Maine describe an abundance of lee as flood warnings persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Runyon
Delaware
Ohio
Mathews
Williamson, W. Ve
Amy
Charles FE. Mason
Morton van
Maurice River
Leesburg
West Jersey and Seashore
Charles E. Mason
Mason
Sports and racing notes mix across ports and teams
More than 52 million dollars spent on English racing last year. The subsension fund for the family oferry McGovern has passed the 7000 mark. The New York Yacht Club lists 47 members and a fleet of ATT vessels totaling 10 064 tons. Low Cella of the Adier-Tilos syndicate is said to plan a Havana race track. Dior Coghlan, former Penn coach, chosen to coach Cornell baseball. Harvard hockey loses to Princeton at the St Nicholas rink. Young's hit tops the ads, and Ferdinando Girelin wins the young world court tennis tourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaglish Racing
Havana
Dior Coghlan
University of Pennsylvania
Jay
Cornell
Harvard
Princeton
Ty Young
Youncy
Cleveland Mic
Tod
Chicagos
Ferdinando Gireln
Roosevelt Urges Ship Subsidy Bill In Congress
Roosevelt sends a special message urging passage of the ship subsidy bill. News notes WHO and others: Stevers named Panama Canal Commission chairman, Admiral Davis asked to land men at Kingston to quell a prison mutiny, Root returns from Canada, and Moseley cites military duty funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Mugineer
Stevers
Mr. Shonts
Panama Casal Commission
Meteoli
Admiral Davis
Kingston
Root
Cannda
Ainsworth
Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Board of
Regents
Brownsville
Turbulent 1906 Headlines Sweep Europe and Asia
A rapid-fire digest notes tensions and shifts: confiscation of General Kuropatkin’s history in Russia, Vatican and Paris church tensions, Afghanistan frontier visits by Indian emissaries, fierce Central Asia cold losses, Thyssen family mortgage, French church service reforms, Secretary Root in Ottawa, Hamburg-America profits and depreciation, Dikoff named C in C of Russian fleet, Servian New Year honors, Bulgarian Servian friction over Macedonia, Brazil’s immigrant drive, Emperor William’s Red Eagle honor, Sofia university unrest, and French naval program plans amid political strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuropatkin
Paris
Vatican
Vilalette
Amee
Afghanistan
India
Edward
Centralucca
Berlin
August Thyssen
French Chamber of Deputies
Root
Ottawa
Swettenham
Kingston
Hamburg- American Steamship Company
Dikoff
Hotgrade
Macedonia
Austria
Brazil
Gao Paulo
Europe
William
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
Washingtton
Sofia
Bulgaria
Conttens Tor
Battlesnipp
France
Cepacia
Poyoumt National Assembly
Gapar
Mystery In Girl's Death In Atlantic City Home
Debo rah Dennis twenty three year old daughter of Charles Dennis of English Creek was found dead in her sister’s Atlantic City home from gas from an open jet. Coroner and police investigate possible accidental or self inflicted death. The victim planned to attend revival services on an ocean pier and was last seen alive returning with a young male companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Dennis
Charles Dennis
English Creek
Wors Steelman
Albion Place
Atlantic City
Miss Dennis
Steelman
Jury awards $2500 to Floersch in lumber yard injury
In New Brunswick, Jos. Floersch won a $2500 verdict against William J. Donnell of Perth Amboy in a damages suit filed after Floersch sustained a leg injury at Donnell's lumber yard when a pile of lumber fell. The injury led to amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New _Brunsaickia
Jos
Floersch
William J. Donnell
Perth Amboy
Donnell
Three Teachers Quit School in Clay Ton District
The Clay ton Board of Education faces a vote on a proposal to hire a qualified teacher for the Fries MUI public school. Since September three teachers have resigned after brief service, risking sending pupils to Williams town and closing the Fries school until a replacement is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Clayton
Fries’ Mui
Wiliamstown
Tro Scuasi
Arrest of Charles S. Riddle Over Alleged Will Forgery
Charles S. Riddle a Landisville fruit shipper was arrested in Scranton Pa and charged with signing a will alleged to be made by George Schooley to gain possession of the mill Mons left by James L Crawford of Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Riddle
Landisville
Scranton
George Schooley
James L. Crawford
Old Quaker E W Woodruff Found Frozen to Death
An eccentric nearly seventy year old Quaker named E W Woodruff living in a hut between Rahway and Westfield was found frozen to death by neighbors who broke in after missing the smoke from his chimney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Woodruff
Rahway
Westfield
Mr. Woodruff
Movement to found an undenominational home in Vineland
A state wide movement aims to establish an undenominational home for aged people in Vineland. The report lists several local incidents and notices including deaths, awards, and civic updates from New Jersey towns such as New Brunswick, Trenton, Montclair, Cloverdale, Miller Millville, and Bordentown with names like William Freese I H Tielson Mrs Frances Wood Holmes Geo Lent and clubs like Vineland Poultry Association. The anecdotes reflect a broad tapestry of public life across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
William Freese
New Brunswick
I. H. Tielson
Shiloh
Holman
Trenton
Dryden
Frances Wood Holmes
Edward H. Holmes
Bank of Montclair
Park Street
Scott Wheaton
Cloverdale
Millville
John Mecray
Morris, Cresse
Irwin Stevens
Cape May
Burlington County
Orphars
Mary O'Donnell
Burlington
Vineland Poultry Association
J. W. Scull
George PY. Capen
G. B. Smith
Nsat van Dueven, Jr
J. FP. Bray
Cumberland County
State College
Bordentown Baptists
D. G. Stevens
Geo. Lent
Newton
Canada cheese industry investment and farming links
Government estimates indicate 201000 farms sending milk to cheese factories in Canada and 225000 directly involved in the cheese carry business. Investments total 8175 million in cows, land, factories, and appliances for cheese making. London subway progress noted with six completed and plans for eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Cansagi
Wet Season Creates Mixed Wheat Outlook in Midwest
In Kansas and Colorado the warm moist winter left wheat ground soaked and growing. Rain and sleet were frequent but light overall, with heavy snows needed to protect the crop. Farmers sold the old crop and cleared supplies as the season began, hoping for a strong start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Middle West
Kansay
Colorado
Railways Must Increase Rail Investment, Hill States
James J Hill repeats the demand that railroads allocate 1.1 billion dollars annually for five years to handle business growth. He projects a need for 2,000,000 tons of steel rails each year to equip 1,500 miles of new track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J Hill
Railway Supplies Deal Shows Eight Year Price Rise
The report notes rising costs over the past eight years with locomotives increasing from 11392 to 16000, passenger coaches from 6316 to 9468, freight cars from 500 to 765, and coal cars from 868 to 1135.
Fresh Eyes Dearer Price Rise for Eggs
Wholesale prices for fresh West ern eggs rose from 27 to 29 cents. Storage eggs increased from 23 to 25 cents, reflecting higher market costs.
Damaged Corn Prices Rise on Weather Warning
Weather hampered corn and oats pushing coarse grain prices higher. Reports on the winter wheat crop appear mixed, with signs of impact from the poor conditions and market uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mksouclus
Farm Work Delayed By Labor Shortage This Autumn
Much corn remains unsold as harvest slows due to scarce help this autumn. Farmers struggle to secure labor to gather and bring the crop to market, delaying sales and processing timelines.
Export Corn Demand and Commodity Market Hints
The improved demand for export corn is traced to anxiety over Argentine supply. Mining speculation runs high as a billion dollars in milling securities surface. In 1906 raw tomatoes rise with New Jersey growers seeking ten dollars per ton for raw tomatoes though parkers resist the price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Parkers
Demand For Eggs Haunts Markets As Stocks Dwindle
Uprooted egg demand grows this season as storage stacks shrink and losses mount. Estimates show surging stock value losses since January reach $500,000,000, signaling tighter supply and price pressures across markets.
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Olver and Associates
William J. Olver
Biz Factory
New Wampshire
Gurs
Funp
West Virginia
Sissy
Court World's News Centre
President
Gus
Commerce
Russell A. Anger
1. C. Stevens
Panama
Steel Trust
Buffalo N.Y
Phelps Publishing Co
Ad “Good Housekeeping
Springfeld
Muiss
Henson Court House
BURNS
Pirminen
Halls of Congress
Henry
Iris
London Mall
Brice
Field of Labor
Brush
Belgium
G A. Im
Genden
TLOU
Ren
Maine
Dso
Lee
Sporting Notes
Elo
Winthrop
Porto Rico
Jose Miguel Gomez
Mendieta
Monteagudo
Francisco de P. Acuna
Piilippine Islands
Victoria
Australia
Hoch
Shonts
Williiam James
Traryard Univeristy
J. W. Cowan
Dallas
Texas
R. F. Peary
American Geographical Society
Legislative Investigating Committee
Senghoy—Bailey
Austin
Clement Letdy
Fopstorm, Ohto
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Church
Ind
H. E. Ager
Indiana
Madison Square Garden
Bert Hanson
National Export Lumber Association
J. L. Alcott
Baltmore
G. V. Spiege
Philadelphia
Peter Putd
Schuyler
Legation
Whitehead Rugsin
NEW. Jersey State News
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Metuchen
Peter McGowan
Somerville
Central Road
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Central Railroad
McGowan
Elizabethport
Ile
Pica
pawnsAenaee
Jersey
Lima
Ben Davis
Sheen Dressy Poultry
Sane
Hove
Pacific Coast
Eneas
Orange Co
Cartier
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