Begin Operation on Large Scale at Barbour County Mine
United States Coal and Coke Company starts extensive development on a 6000 acre tract in Barbour county West Virginia. About 200 workers are at headings with 100 more to follow as housing hospital and hotel plans proceed. Mining begins spring with initial output of 3000 tons, potential steel mill to follow after mine production reaches target.
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United States Coal & Coke Company
McDowell
West Virginia
United States Steel Corporation
Barbour County
Allhis
New River Coal Market Slumps as Car Shortage Hits Production
Producers in the New River region faced a severe car shortage last week, reducing mine output to at most three days. Spot demand for mine run coal dwindled with prices around five dollars per ton, while sea-borne coal hovered near five and a half dollars. Prepared sizes saw firmer demand among retailers, keeping eye and lump around six to seven dollars a ton.
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New River
Tidewater
Seaboard
Eye
Lump
Detroit Jewel Coal Saver Range Features and Fireback
Detroit Jewel presents the Coal Saver Range with intensified fire for quick cooking and even oven heat. A tree-flue design and Hot Blast Fireback burn smoke and gases from cheaper fuels, delivering efficient use of soft coal or slack and faster fires with less fuel consumption.
Coal Contracts And Coke Market Shifts Noted
In the coal year preparations a few negotiations arose over new contracts but outcomes were unclear. Most offers hovered at five dollars per ton while coke demand waned as furnace needs declined, reducing coke production in the New River field.
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New River
Washington Literary Society Event at Gary High School
The Washington Literary Society held a Monday program in the Gary High School with praised readings. Albert Kale delivered an impactful "Americanism" declamation, the quartet impressed, and the debate favored the negative that term exams should not be abolished. Ice cream and cake followed in the domestic science room.
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Washington Literary Society
Albert Kale
Miles Standish
Athenian Literary Society
Miss Pence
Richard Shanklin
John Alden
Ila Akers
Priscilla
Victor Shultz
Miles Standich
Joseph Herretta
Christmas Program Decorations Color Gary School Closure
Christmas program preparations filled the gym while Gary schools announced a holiday break from Friday afternoon until January 3. Teachers departed for their homes including Prof. and Mrs. McKinley and several others from various towns across Indiana and Virginia.
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Deaton
Gary
McKinley
Cane
Breaks
Crawfordsville
Ind
Pence
Greenville
Musser
Indiana
Connors
Wheeling
Scott
Howardsville
Pocahontas
Caldwell
Powell
Lilly
Athens
Ballard
Roanoke
Tabor
Graham
Heavener
Peterstown
Astor
Emery
Six Foot Lawyer Looked Like a Pumpkin
An elderly man claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy saved his life after years of stomach and liver pain. He describes relief from a habit of yellowing and stomach distress, praising the product as a simple warm preparation that cleanses the intestinal tract. Also mentions a patented hook for washing clothes and a Telegraph Want Ads line.
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Mayr
White Pharmacy
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Hunt
Erate Goodykoontz Drug Co
Service
Bluefieldys
Rinceton Ave
United States
Detroit Jewel “Coal Saver” Range
Warlick Furniture Store
Gary Schools
Telegraph
Compton
Over 5
Bluefield
W. Va
Schlossberg
Schlossberg’s
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield East
Mountain Motor Cory
Bluefield National Bank
Flat Top National Bank
First National Bank
Bluefield Pharmacy
Central Pharmacy
East End Pharmacy
Easley-Penn Drug
Bleckfield Furniture
Phelps Furniture. CO
Warlick
Fvenupure CO
Eureka Hardware CO
HAPPY
Whitlow How, CO
Busy Bee Restaurant
MATZ
NEW Royal Cafe
Jewelers
Isadore Cohen
Henry Rodgins
W. Waters
Human Brothers Lilly Clothing
E. Gilbert Be. S. Pedigo CO
Steckler’s
Thornton Clothing CO
Aaron, the
Shor Man
Leneti
Mangus-Phillips Shoe CO
Schwartz’s
Franklin Liebman Bros
Marcus Tatloring
United Wollen Mills CO
Angrist-Sameth CO
Hawley Mose. CO
KANN
S. Pedigo CO
Samuel Turk Tanenhaus System
Weinberg
H. A. Lilly
Yeoples Storf
Merchants’ Bureau
Blue Field Chamber OF Commerce
Curtis-Seal CO
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