Giant Powder Blasts Open Wabash Route to Cumberland
A massive blast near Paw Paw West Virginia lit the sky as 8,060 pounds of powder were detonated to blast rock for the Wabash line linking Cherry Run to Cumberland. The work, spanning 65 miles, faces tunnels and canal crossings with 2,622 workers, nine locomotives and nine steam shovels, aiming for an early 1906 opening.
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Cumberland
Mes
Paw Paw
West Virginia
Wabash
Rocky Mountain
Western Maryland
Cherry Run
West Virginia Central Railroad
George Gould
Wabash Railroad
Ocean
Sidling Hills Mountain
Potomac River
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg
Unk
Hancock
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Henry G. Davis
Union
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Teountain Ranges
Welton
Gregowland
Indigo
Sling Hill
Baltimore & Ohio
McArthur, Bros
Bayard
Orleans
W. Va
Mak
Tts
Sare
Carnegie Gift Aims at Professors Long in Service
A $10,000,000 Carnegie fund will provide annuities for aging or disabled college professors in the United States Canada and Newfoundland. A board of trustees led by Frank A. Vanderlip will organize The Carnegie Foundation to administer the donations and select data for the first meeting on November 15.
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New York
Andrew Carnegle
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
United States Steel Corporation
Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vanderlip
Carnegia
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Ecole’ Lege
Board of Trustees
Lst of Trustees
Rumor of Tarbell Retirement From Equitable
Rumors in Wall Street say vice president Gage D Tarbell may retire from the Equitable Life and form a new company. He would reportedly receive a presidential offer from James W Alexander, current Equitable president, if he accepts.
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Tarbell
Equitable
New York
Equitable Life Assurance
Wall Street
Gage D. Tarbell
James W. Alexander
Death summons Fitzhugh Lee at Providence Hospital
General Fitzhugh Lee retired U S A and one of Virginia’s foremost sons died at Providence hospital Washington after apoplexy on a Boston to Washington train. He was 68, conscious till near the end, with no family present, surrounded by physicians and kin. He had long been a prominent Washington figure and was revered for Civil War leadership.
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Washington
D. C
Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia
Providence Hospital
Boston
Lee
Daniel Lee
Rojestvensky Deliberates Hazardous Delay Before Battle
Tokyo reports indicate Admiral Rojestvensky plans to join Nebogatoff and maybe attack Togo, or retreat to Vladivostok. Japanese public remains confident, citing numerical and cruiser advantages, while Formosa martial law signals broader defense.
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Tokio
Admirral Rojestvensky
Rojestvensky
Nebogatoff
Admral
Japan
Formosa
Togo
Hessian fly threat grows in Nebraska wheat belts
Reports from many counties indicate the Hessian fly is busy with wheat fields likely to suffer heavy damage. Some grain men estimate up to 20 percent loss in the central region.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Presbyterian minister credits kidney pills for relief
Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin testifies to severe kidney disorder attacks that kept him housebound. He says Dean's Kidney Pills improved his health, reduced pain, and regulated kidney secretions. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Yester-Mil burn Co Buffalo NY.
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Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
Dean
Yester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Proclaimed
Arthritis era notices describe Mother Gray of Children’s Fame New York selling cure all powders for feverishness headache stomach trouble teething disorders and worms with sample offers. Also guidance on druggist Allen Olmsted Le Roy N C and a boastful claim about a Des Moines Tire Insurance Co inviting mail correspondence of memorandum books.
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Mother Gray
New York
Atal Druggists
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. C
Des Moines Tire Insurance Co
Des Moines
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Hill M. Bell
Drake University
A. Vanderlip
Czestochowa
Poland
Warsaw
Silesia
Tour Strlkars
John Sharp
Hattiesburg
Misa
John Sharp, Williams
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Senator Money
Vardaman
Cincinnati
Harry Clawson
Atlanta
J. Pope Brown
Georgia Railroad Commission
George
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wntons
Travelers' Protective Association
Missouri
Fairbanks
Alaska
San Francisco
Tam
Payne
Raya Maks
Rarania
Rael Thompson
Eye Wai Waite
le Tans
Oollant
Jin
Marketa
Mississippi
Tuaweeddt Prempilys
Fiat Hiver Realty Co
Fist River
Kramer
I. N. Kramer. & Son
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
American Color Company
Payne's
Alfalfa Monl Co
Farnam Street
Qmahn
A.J. Tower CO
the Big
Lorton
Gower Fish
Tower Canadian Co, Limited
Toronto
Aval Crear Separators
DE Laval
Farnam
Ted
Doctor Bierce
Thia
Ita
Omasa
Edison
Nesys
Pierce
N. Ys
Aya
Golder
Bos
Plerce
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