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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1906

Page

17

Profits on Hill Stocked Ore Beds A Vast Resource

The market turned buoyant at week end as buoyancy returns to Wall Street. Large interests held lines while semi professional traders trimmed and bought, with Harriman issues restarting leadership in a market ready to advance. Money demand rising, but supply remains crucial, and ore rights to Great Northern and Union Pacific stakes drive speculation on future dividends and the iron ore deal with US Steel. DANIEL F. KELLOGG.

Tal Washington New York Harriman Sup-Treasury Shorts Bank of England, Whick Shaw Wall Street Union Southern Pacific Northern Pacific Great Northern Union Pacific United States Steel Corporation Steel Corporation Union Pacife

Tobacco yields shrink in Virginia’s golden belt

South Boston Virginia reports a week of leaf tobacco averaging about 100000 pounds on the market. Much of the crop is inferior primings though old tobacco sold free of mold brings good figures. Rain has ceased and tobacco is firing or drying up on hills with many farmers cutting early. The coming crop appears light and green, though late tobacco could cure well with favorable weather.

Washington Post South Boston

Watching New Comet Observed by Three Astronomers

Cambridge reports the new comet discovered by Prof. Kopff at Heidelberg University on August 22 has been tracked by Prof. Fath at Lick Observatory and Prof. Przybyleck at Koenigsberg. Observations on August 24 at Lick place the object in tight ascension and positive declination. Koenigsberg records show similar coordinates with varying right ascension and declination. The daily motion in right ascension and declination are noted with precise values, reflecting ongoing celestial tracking.

Cambridge Mass Kopft Heidelberg University Fath Lick Observatory Przybyleck Koenigsberg Harvard College Observatory

Penny's New Speed Record on Pennsylvania Rail Road

Train No 11 ran 122 miles from Harrisburg to Altoona in 119 minutes breaking the previous 125 minute record by six minutes. The run was delayed forty eight minutes at Harrisburg due to connections but crews worked to make up time. The Pennsylvania Limited typically covers the distance in two hours thirteen minutes.

Washington Post Pittsboro Pennsylvania Harrisburg Altoona New York Philadelphia Pennsylvania Limited

Big Increase in Imports in July Trade Totals

The July foreign commerce report from the Department of Commerce and Labor shows imports at 10,586,797 dollars, up from 64,612,606 in July 1905, while exports reached 11,551,415 dollars, up from 7,107,930 in July 1905. For the seven months ending July, imports totaled 733,016,197 dollars versus 671,454,000 in 1905, and exports for the same period were 909,204,148 dollars, compared with 848,890,444 in 1905.

Department of Commerce and Labor

Baltimore and Ohio Plans Four-Track Line to Connellsville

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will four track its line from Pittsburgh to Connellsville, about seventy miles, ending at the base of the Allegheny Mountains. The plan, under discussion for years and postponed, is pushed by the VWabas advance into Pittsburgh, with completion expected in a year and a half.

Baltimore and Ohio Pittsburg Connellsville Snedy Washington Post Baltimore and Omo Railroad Pitsburg Allegheny Mountains Vwabas Seaboard Baltimore and Ghio

Braddock City Ends Locomotive Whistle War

Braddock Pa Aug 26 Baltimore and Ohio agrees to end whistle blowing within city limits except in rare necessity after police identified whistle blowing engines and warned of discharge. Ordinance opposed by railroad personnel but capitulation announced closing the clash and ending the whistle war.

Braddock Washington Post Baltimore and Ohio Braddock City Bennett

Man Arrested for Unlicensed Bar in Barn

John H. Frazier, a colored man, was taken into custody yesterday morning on a charge of running an unlicensed bar. Police found him in a barn at the southwest corner of Twelfth Street and Rhode Island Avenue, with three cases of beer, a bottle of whisky, an ice bucket, and gladges seized. A local ad copy for Hood's Sarsaparilla appears in the text.

John H. Frazier Twelfth Street Rhode Island Avenue

Washington Boomers Eye Busy Week and Jamestown Exposition

Washington boomers push for a busy week as committees finalize by laws and reports. The board will vote on by laws while freight facilities improve and planning for Jamestown Exposition grows. The secretary position becomes a key focus as Greater Washington activity expands.

Greater Washington Bell Lincoln Green Southern Railroad Pennsylvania Company Board of Directors

Bread and the case against the spit label

MAX PRACHT of Oregon recounts a voyage experience revealing the dangers and filth of the spit label on bread. He argues bread from grain and yeast is lawful and clean, while paper pulp and offal labels contaminate loaves and demand abolition by the administration.

Life Atlantic Pacific Max Pracht Oregon

No Risk Is Involved Money In Safe Banking Dept Claim

An advertisement touts risk free profit from deposits in a conservatively run bank. It promises surplus funds earn a steady income at 2 percent per year through the banking department.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railways July 1906 Schedule

Schedule in effect July 1 1906 outlining 2009 P M Old Dominion Express with Daly stops in Virginia and West Virginia. Vestibule train with coaches and parlor car to Virginia Hot Springs and Hinton. Sleeper cars to Lowville Cincinnati St Louis Chicago dining cars. Limited service to Cincinnati Beington Louisville with Pullman sleepers and compartment cars to Virginie Hot Springs. Dining and ticket offices listed with contact details.

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