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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1940
Page
9
Storeroom space for rent now occupied by Glen More Clothing Co. located at the corner of Russell Street and Princeton Avenue. Kies flat over ey immediate possession. Phone contact available.
A local owner offers a business location in the new Wyoming county coal field for sale or lease. Trade for another real estate location can be considered. The owner seeks to enter different lines and is open to bargains. Meador, Oceana, West Virginia.
Listing shows one four and two six room properties in Bluefield with sacrifice price. Name M. XK Harmon associated with the sale.
Room for men only in an attractive bedroom with phone contact 665. Furnished apartment options include a three room unit call 244 L or 3075. Private den in a two room setup at 734 Bluefield Avenue with garage. January availability on Vineyard Street. phone 964.
Notice lists unclaimed deposits with interest due to named individuals from Appalachian Electric Power Company and a 1940 seizure under the Internal Revenue Code. It directs recipients to present receipts or file claims by specified deadlines, or property and funds will be disposed per law.
In a hurried scene at the house Hugh and Martha react to Cleo reporting Shelia Connelly is jailed. Dr Connelly is mentioned as a linked figure amid tension as Hugh rushes to address the situation. The narrative continues in the next installment.
Ad reads space for rent at NICE stores on Greenfield Avenue. Local business place offers 63 rooms available for lease with prime storefront exposure and flexible terms for small retailers.
Real estate transfer notes list multiple conveyances in Bluefield Princeton Lilly Farms and surrounding streets. Transactions include Curtis Bowling and wife to Willie Hopkins for 1 dollar. Willie Hopkins and wife to H 8 Stovall for 1 dollar. Chico Bowling as spec commissioner to Willie Hopkins for a 6 28 interest valued at 142.86 dollars. Eley to Dennis for 10 dollars. Lilly Land Co to C W Wright for 40 dollars. Peters to Shields and wife for 5 lot Peck street Bluefield for 10 dollars. Greenspon to Stone for lot 7 section 8 20 Bluefield. Minnie Bucchi and Alice Bucchi to Will Co for 64 acres Hock diotrie valued at 100 dollars. Laure to BR Plan 12 04 acres for 0 dollars. Lilly Land Co to Addell for lot 3 Lily Farms.
The Caroline Community Home board of managers invites the public to open house on Wednesday January 1 from 1 to 7 pm at 835 Bland Street. Free refreshments will be served by Mesdames J T Lewis Wheeler Knight Peavis Bundy Harriston Brown and Young. attendees welcome. A New Year watch service follows tonight at 10:30 at the First church with junior and senior choirs set to perform.
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Porter 88 who died at her home on Sunday night will take place at 2 pm this afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church Bluefield Va Reverend William Ward will officiate Interment will be in West Graham Cemetery
The female chorus held its last business meeting at Mrs. B. W. Cawthorne's home on Thursday. Secretary-Treasurer reported the annual finances. New officers named for the coming year include Pauline Douglas president and Elizabeth Muse vice president among others.
Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard arrived at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for examination and treatment of an aggravated right shoulder. Gable said he did not think the issue was serious though he asked photographers to hurry as he left the physician's office after a Washington White House visit with President Roosevelt broadcast on national defense.
Notices report watch services at Scott Street Baptist Sestening 10 pm North Side United Holy church tonight at 10 pm John Stewart Methodist Edwards Memorial and Bethel A M E churches conduct 11 pm services. Also remembering Mrs. Mattie L Randolph who died three years ago December 31 1937 with family signing memories and prayers.
The Gate City Association schedules its meeting for this evening at 6 o'clock on Bland Street, urging all members to attend. Circle 3 of the John Stewart t church also plans a church gathering tonight with members urged to attend. Mrs N K Hunter dies at 1 56 AM at Denmar sanitarium. funeral arrangements to be announced.
Salable hogs 400 steady and active with classes listed by weight ranging from 100-150 lb at 6.00 to 160-220 lb around 7.60, 220-250 lb at 7.50, 250-290 lb at 7.00. Salable cattle 325 steady and active with steers and heifers priced from 8.25 to 12.25 for various dry feds, cows 5.75 to 7.25, bulls 5.00 to 9.05, sheep and lambs noted.
The Pittsburgh staple market shows moderate demand for five cars with steady offerings. New York Baldwins command 1.15 to 1.25 per unit, Cortlands 1.10 to 1.25, McIntosh 1.45, and Staymans 1.00 for 100-lb sacks as potatoes trade at 16 cars with steady valuation.
The Treasury shows receipts of 4 954 939 23 dollars and expenditures of 32 161 591 77 dollars leaving a net balance of 2 009 652 794 69 dollars. Working balance is 1 269 255 342 55 with customs receipts for the month at 26 168 312 61 and fiscal year to date at 2 809 2 929 432 69. Gross debt stands at 44 998 935 504 46, up 786 over yesterday. Gold assets total 21 981 672.
Chicago grain markets held firm as traders weighed potential demand and depleted cash stocks. Wheat eased slightly from prior levels while May and July contracts moved. corn rose modestly, rye dipped, oats and barley quoted with mixed tones and field seed values listed.
Baltimore cattle and hog quotes list steady to lower ranges with feeders and canners in weak demand. Hogs shift near 6.70 to 7.60 per hundredweight across weight classes while sheep and lamb offerings are scarce. presence of grain data noted at 556 000 grains per bushel.
New York bonds advance on December 30 with German industrial and municipal issues pacing the rise. U S governments finish 9 32 to 1 32 higher and turnover is light. Total sales reach 9 316 400 dollars with 10 801 080 dollars taxable issues.
In New York on December 30 the Canadian dollar fell by 5 16 of a cent to 86% U.S. cents. The market noted a broad move with the U S dollar quoted around 8612% against major currencies. Cables and official rates varied, with Japan at 23.48 to 23.77 and Italy at 5.06.
New York records show a continued year end stock market recovery as tax selling wanes and buyers return. Gains span fractions to about 2 points with several leaders including U S Steel Bethlehem Dow Chemical Westinghouse and Johns Manville advancing. transfers total 1 179 277.
Chicago hog prices rose up to 15 cents with 26 000 hogs traded and 30 000 weight totals. Cattle were steady to mostly weak with weights 220 to 320 pounds showing strength, while cows and vealers stayed mostly steady. Sheep and yearlings showed firm demand with good native weights around 9.50 to 10.50 per hundredweight.
Seaf goods in New York trade remain steady with no changes as the year ends. The report notes stable prices and firm demand amid general market caution.
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