Chicago Rock Island and Pacific stockholders meet in Davenport
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company calls a stockholders meeting in Davenport Iowa on October 8 1903 at 10 a m to vote on issuing bonds up to 250 million dollars secured by a mortgage to refund outstanding obligations and to authorize related corporate actions including enlargement and acquisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnicano, Inuu
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Davenport
Scott
Iowa
Fssue
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
United States of America
W. B. Leeds
Geo. A. Crosby
Subscription rates and federal concerns in 1909 era
The text lists subscription prices for The Republican, Henry Illinois, with one year in advance and shorter terms. It discusses Panama Canal diplomacy amid railroad freight pressures, a judge’s comments on Danville rioters, and critiques of presidential graft. It notes Chicago’s centennial events and a pastor’s remarks on gender roles, followed by Interior Secretary Hitchcock naming Charles J. Bonaparte to probe Indian Territory land scandals and assist Post Office investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Charles J. Bonaparte
Napoleon
Indian Territory
Bonaparte
Post Office
St Louis Exposition Funding Reaches Sanctioned Level
Expenditure exceeding 20 million dollars for the St Louis World’s Fair is now assured. Congress granted 5 million in aid with a condition that twice that amount be spent by the exposition company to guarantee good faith. With this achieved, the federal grant is now available and over 6 million dollars is pledged by 45 foreign nations as exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Exposition Company
Gravel separating machine offers practical road solution
O Johnson of Sheffield unveils a gravel separating machine that removes flour sand to reduce mud and dust, enabling use of more gravel for masonry, concrete, road work, and railroad ballast. It promises lower costs, easier grading, and greater material utilization near natural gravel deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Johnson
Sheffield
Chicago and
Rock Island
Best Place for People of Small Means in Indian Territory
A traveler recounts moving from Texas to the Chickasaw Nation near Comanche in 1899. He details farming yields on 80 acres cotton and 20 corn, plus hogs, potatoes, and orchard income, praising the area as ideal for small means with mild winters and good water. He urges industry and economy to make money, and notes Rock Island promotion for southwest homeseekers.
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Texas
Comanche
Cow Creek
Fort Sill
Chickasaw
O. KE. Martin
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Rock Island
Rock Island System
John Sebastian
Chicago
Ill
Rock Island Lines
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Buffalo
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Charles H. Bell
Henry
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Fey Hotel
George Bunt
Groner A
Burt
George Burt & Son
ANT Publishers
Republican Office
Editors
Eran Communications
Republican
United States
Thompson
Danville
Roosevelt
Old Fort Dearborn
H. O. Johnson
American Association of General Passenger and
General Baggage
General Ticket
Booker T. Washington
Champaign Gazette
Ayer
Mars
J. K
Noncross
Waltham
Mass
Ayer CO
Lowell
Ene
Harry Hexter
Lacon, Illinois
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Hexter’s
Hexter
Simpson
Hope
Lonsdale
Steven
Lacon
W. B. Deck
Illinois
Corn Products CO
New York
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