Contenders clash as Ohio GOP nominates Secretary of State rivals
A lively race for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State forms a back room contest among Carm, Thompson of Ironton, and Comings of Oberlin with Wirt, Kennedy following. Debate centers on northern versus southern delegate blocs, local option pressures, and a push for stronger state bank supervision after bankers blocked the Tromas bill.
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Coleed Carm
A. Thompson
Ironton
A. G. Comings
Oberlin
Benjamin F. Wirt
Youngstown
Prask P. Kennedy
Bellefontaine
Thompson
Meany
Republican State Convention
Committee On Resolutions
General Assembly
Tromas
Philadelphia Trust Co. to Sell 670 Hogan Street Property
The Philadelphia Restate Trust Co. confirms a sale agreement filed with Hollidayaburg Recorder of Deeds. Borland and Waddell of Borland & Waddell state the property, a hotel and business establishment, is bought by their firm and will be sold off in single lots. Mortgages totaling $1.8 million held by Knickerbocker Contracting Co. are to be satisfied under the sale.
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Philadelphia Rest Eatate Trust Co
Teeis
Recorder of Deeds
Hollidayaburg
Hogans
HLL
Borland
Borland & Waddell
Waddell
Sond Altoong
William H. Whitesides
Philadelphia
Knickerbocker Contracting Co
Sega
Spirit
Postage Stamps and Fortune in Wall Street Tale
Abraham White, dubbed the postage stamp financier, built a fortune of over 2 million from Union and Southern Pacific stock after buying $3 million of stamps with bonds worth 1.6 million. A LaGrange, Texas native who moved to New York at 23, he has Shadow Lawn in Long Branch and two St. Louis houses. He intends Shadow Lawn to charity at his and his wife’s deaths.
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Abraham White
Union and
Southern Pacific Railroad
White
Wall Street
Union and Southern Paciff Railroad
LaGrange
Tex
New York City
Cleveland
Shadow Lawn
Long Branch
N. J
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
McCall
St. Louis
Whole Town Sold for 500000 in Pittsburgh Deal
Borland and Waddell, a Pittsburg real estate firm, bought the entire town of South Al toona from Adolph Segal, the Philadelphia promoter, whose loans from the source are noted as part of the transaction.
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Borland & Waddell
Pittsburg
South Altoona
Adolph Segal
Philadelphia
Close Call for the Money in Leavenworth Death
Dr. Shaw F. Neeley, once United States Marshal of Kansas and multiple Leavenworth mayoral candidate, died 15 minutes before a $45,076 life policy would have expired. He held two $45,000 policies with Mutual Life of New York. death occurred at 11:45 PM. After overdue payments and a grace period lapse, proof of death led to payout approval by St. Louis manager F. N. Cheney.
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Shaw F. Neeley
Kansas
Leavenworth
Neeley
Mutual Life of
New York
F. N. Cheney
St. Louis
Tr. Neeley
Sullivan Says Gans Sure Wins In Six Rounds
Buffalo Aug 31 John L Sullivan says if rich he would bet a million on Joe Gans beating Battling Nelson in six rounds at Goldfield on Labor Day. He admits racism but favors Gans as the better man and fastest cleverest lightweight, predicting a knockout in six but hopes Nelson wins.
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Buffalo
John L. Sullivan
John D. Rockefeller
Joe Gana
Nelson
Goldfield
Sullivan
Gans
Ganga
John L
Baltimore tests motor autos for mail collection
On October 1 Baltimore will put two automobiles into service to collect mail, replacing four wagons and competing with fifteen retained wagons to show advantages of motor versus horse power. The hilly city tests under unfavourable conditions, with expansion planned if successful. Also noted: Rev Daniel Bassett Leach of Bone Gap Illinois requests a graphophone benediction at his funeral, after 70 years as a Methodist minister. Health officials today uncovered a large Chicago factory devoted to the
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Baltimore
Daniel Bassett Leach
Bone Gap
Ill
Leach
Nightorous eggs reprocessed and shipped nationwide
The item describes reprocessing of nightorous eggs for cooking, including deodorizing and drying, with packages bearing initials only. It notes the Pittsburg Railways plan to run underground wires within three years and recounts Nelson Byrd’s parole violation, escape, and recapture near Uniontown, including a trolley car pursuit.
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Pittsburg Railways Company
Nelson Byrd
New Haven
Uniontown
Corneliaville
Keifer
Prizoner
Gans Shown Revolvers
New York reports Honest John Kelly says Joe Gans and Bat Nelson will fight fairly on Labor Day. City officials warned Gans to harden his stance, showing 48 caliber revolvers and lead pellets as a deterrent for any faking. Kelly predicts Gans may win with a strong left hand.
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New York
John Kelly
Joe Gans
Nelson
Kelly
Joe Boyle
Nevada
Goldfield Club
Gane
Gana
Labor Day
Gans
Railroads carry vast passenger numbers with few injuries
Reports from the Connecticut railroad commissioners for the year ending June 20, 1905 show steam roads carried 64,403,149 passengers with 36 injuries. Average trip length was 18.15 miles. Street railways carried 402,894,160 passengers with 285 injuries.
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Railroad Commissioners of
Connecticut
Value of Ohio railroads rises in tax appraisal
The total value of Ohio railroads for taxation shows a 6.5 percent gain this year, rising from 138,689,294 in 1905 to 148,036,364 for 1906. Major increases stem from trunk lines like the Pennsylvania, Lake Shore, and Big Four, aided by extensive improvements since the last appraisal. Some local adjustments were made where valuations were previously too low, while the state board kept valuation rates unchanged from local boards.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore
Big Four
State Board of Equalization
More hospital cars and rail line renumbering in progress
The Erie railway placed a miniature hospital car at Salamanca near the dividing line between eastern and western divisions after successful inspection by Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio officials. The plan is to build two or three similar cars at the Altona shops. Meanwhile, half of Pennsylvania system freight cars have been in repair shops in 18 months, with half renumbered to avoid confusion.
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Erie Railroad
Salamanca
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Altona
Romance of Union Pacific history and Harriman era
The article recalls Union Pacific’s origin by Congress in the Civil War, the government credit aiding its creation, and the 1869 completion. It notes allegations of the Credit Mobilier scandal, later receiver control in 1893, federal court involvement in 1907, and a $70,000,000 debt dispute between financiers and Congress over resuming control of the line.
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Union Pacific
New York Stock Exchange
E H. Harriman
Union Pacific Company
Congress
United States
American Congress
Credit Mobilier
Atchison Railroad
Northern Pacific
Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific's Rise Under Harriman and Expanding Holdings
The article recounts E H Harriman reorganizing the Union Pacific after 1897, securing government loans, and rebuilding a neglected system. It notes his expansion into Southern Pacific, the Northern Pacific battle with James J Hill, and the acquisition of Great Northern stock after the Northern Securities dissolution, highlighting why UP stock rose to about 210% of par value.
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Union Pacific Company
William A. Harris
Kangaas
United States Senate
Kansas
Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Great Southern Pacific
Pacific Coast
Hartiman
Southern Pacific
James J. Hill
Hartman
Northern Pacific
Wall Street
New York
Hill
Great Railroad Trust
Northern Securities Company
Hariman
Union Pacife
Great Northern
Kennedy's Laxative Zen Ey and Tar cough syrup ad
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Zen ey and Tar as a remedy that eases coughs and colds. It claims the product addresses the cause of coughing and is sold by druggists.
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Kennedy
Public notices and ads in a 19th century column
A mixed advertisement text offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials about F J Cheney and Toledo wholesalers Walding Kinnan Marvin, with price per bottle and internal use claims. Also mentions typhoid germ immunity remark and a local burn news item about Rena Brooks, 11, East Liverpool, severely burned.
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Hall
Gonstipation
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