Morgan buys New Orleans and Northwestern railroad
J P Morgan and company have nearly completed the purchase from British capitalists of all securities of the New Orleans and Northwestern railroad, a key subsidiary of the Alabama New Orleans Texas and Pacific Junction Railway. The deal, worth 12 1 2 million dollars, aims to create a feeder to the Southern Railway system and alters the parent company structure in Britain and London.
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New Orleans
J. P. Morgan and Company
New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad
The
Road
Alabama
Texas and Pacific Junctoin Railway Company, Limited
London
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Alabama Great Southern
Texas
Morgan
Southern Railway
Northwestern
Southwestern Construction Company
Queen and Crescent
Chattanooga
South
Texas and Pacific Junction Railway
Southern Railasenateen
Crescent Lines
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Meridian
Miss
Shreveport
Sterling Exchange
Baro
Emile Beaumont d’Erlanger
Viscount Grimson
Edwin C. W. Ponsonby
John Varley
Strange Customs of the Alaskan Eskimos
The Med ical Record correspondent reports on Eskimo life customs from birth to death including child rearing practices, betrothal methods, and the annual Feast of the Dead. It notes infant killing historically, naming rites, and the fear of disturbing spirits during the Bladder Festival and related rites.
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Ical Record
Alaska
Tagunuhak
Camp
Salim
Needed on the Border with War Department Stance
The Philadelphia Record reports the secretary of war will not transfer soldiers from the colors to the reserve until border conditions improve. Pershing’s force in Mexico and a ready army on the border are essential. U. S. policy pressures Mexican authorities to show restraint. The piece stresses that Mexican leaders are constitutionally shifty and short of memory, needing to fear the United States more than the Villistas.
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Philadelphia
Secretary of War
Pershing
Mexico
Rio Grande
United States
Not the First Time Rejection Becomes Mild Exchange
Editor apologizes for declining the manuscript while a poet responds with good humor saying the rejection is familiar. The brief exchange frames a light artistic moment between creator and publisher about rejection.
Get Rid or That Miserable Feeling Indigestion Ad
Mrs A Wingate of Gorham New York writes that she suffered distress from indigestion and constipation before using Chamberlain's Tablets for five years. She reports great relief and says nothing else helped as well. The note illustrates the product’s claimed effectiveness for stomach misery.
Late arrival at concert asks about Ninth Symphony
A young woman rushed in after the music started and asks if she has missed much. She inquires what is being played and learns the program is the Ninth Symphony.
Foley Cathartic Tablets Adverts
Foley Cathartic Tablets are promoted as a plain honest old fashioned physic. They act promptly and effectively on the bowels without pain griping or nausea. They keep the stomach sweet the liver active and the bowels regular. They banish biliousness sick headaches sour stomach indigestion. For sale by Mann Drug Co.
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Foley
Mann Drug Co
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N. O
Southern
Med
Gers
Antesoluck
Mt. Michael
Unalakleet
Dar
Carranza
Southern Railway Company
Hart Drug Co
Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina
North
Caroline
POIN
Arctic Ice & Coal Co
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