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Tobacco companies in Kentucky reach an agreement involving $14,000,000 and the readjustment of crops.

American tobacco companies “suffer a heavy blow” during the United States circuit court trial when they become restricted in their stocks, trade, and commerce.

The Toilet Store and Formo Co. advertises that black people can start their own businesses with products like “Hoyts Great German Cologne” and “Pomade Hair Grower.”

This is a letter to the editor that says that issues in America stem from labor, and that the racial divide can be solved through labor unions.

At a convention in Hazleton, the “ballot [shows] a decided majority for a permanent strike” by the 145,000 coal miners fighting for better working conditions.

The Planet claims that the Richmond Times Dispatch needs to stop discussing black people as if the white people are “well versed in all of the practices and habits of all kinds of Negroes.”

An organization promises to "alleviates the wants of its members weekly while sick, and drying up the tears of their loved ones in death."

The Planet praises the all-black Richmond Beneficial Insurance Company for its growth and acceptance, after overcoming prejudices in the business world.

The Mechanics’ Savings Bank acquires property “in the centre of the business portion of Broad St.”

An outline that gives a detailed report of the economic productivity of black workers in the United States.