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The Lincoln Land and Improvement Company of Washington, D.C. advertises a way for Richmond residents to make money by investing in government real estate.

The Westinghouse Company builds new train engines that can go up to a speed of 120 miles per hour, allowing the line from New York and New Jersey to Pennsylvania to take just one hour.

Dr. Robert Koch is at fault when his theory “minimizing the danger of human infection” from bovine tuberculosis is proven incorrect, and the importance of stopping the spread of it is now stressed.

The Planet discovers that Senator Foraker received money from Mr. John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil Company for the “purpose of influencing legislation.”

Henry Baker, the only black man to work in the patents office in Washington, D.C., examines how far black inventors and inventions have come and proves that “ it is a mistake to assume that the Negro is an imitator and not an originator.”

In a letter to John Mitchell, a man praises the newspaper for its racial awareness and declares, “I am proud to say the Planet has opened the eyes of thousand of colored people, if not millions of whites.”

Two political factions compete for the control of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Robert Delaney and Mayor Stoy, the faction leaders, support different men for “city boss” and will stop at nothing to win.

Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation and the Bethlehem Steel Company in Delaware are combined for the purpose of “establishing in Wilmington a plant for the manufacturers of steel passenger coaches and all kinds of steel freight cars.”

The News Leader produces an article asserting that blacks sell a majority of the funeral carriages for in Richmond. A white man responds by saying “the colored enthusiasts were simply but badly mistaken.”

The Planet supports a Richmond Times Dispatch article that discusses the burden of “social equality” and forced integrated events such as the “equality dinner.”