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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
9
Be advised that under terms and conditions of an estate sale, administrators request public sale of two Grahamfield lots in Bluefield Mercer WV. The property described includes Lots 7 and 6 in Section 3 and Lot 74 in Section 7, with improvements, at RASTBAN STAND AD. Auction date Wednesday June 1997, at 10:00 AM, to the highest bidder for cash. All taxes to 1997 earnest, rents and insurance pro-rated.
Trade notice from E. W. Ford listed as reside RFD 1 Bluefield Va seeking exchange for a night, unclear terms. The fragmented ad mentions land with buildings in Bluefield Virginia and invites responses via the listed Bluefield address.
Cattle steady for steers bulls and cows with stockers and feeders about steady. Calves 416 head steady. Tops 11.50. Hogs 572 head about steady. Choice hogs 11.75 to 12.25. Sheep 271 head with choice lambs 13.00 to 13.50 and western clips around 10.00.
Truste es notice of sale under a trust deed in Mercer County West Virginia. The sale by Thomas Kirkpatrick and others is set for June 9, 1991 at 1:00 PM in Bluefield City. Property in Bluefield includes described streets and parcels formerly owned by Milton Lebell and conveyed by deed in 1906 with various easements and a 15 foot alley.
The C of County Mercer County West Virginia property on Union Street Extension Lot No 1 Section 501 Bluefield located with nine room frame dwelling will be sold subject to existing leases taxes liens rents and insurance pro rated as of sale date. Sale date listed as 1997. Trustees AS. FE. BURKS and 8. S. KIRKPATRICK listed as trustees. There is a mortgage or deed book reference and map details including a curve and boundary bearings.
Joseph Frederick Davis, formerly of Rawlfield, West Virginia, now in Lewis County, West Virginia, files for discharge from debts after adjudication on February 16, 1937. He states surrender of all property and compliance with bankruptcy acts and court orders, requesting full discharge from debts against his estate. Dated May 1937.
The court orders a hearing on the petition for the named bank relief on June 24 in the district court at Weffield at 10:00 a.m. Known creditors and interested parties are to appear. The clerk will mail notices to all known creditors with the petition and order. Seal of the court.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash of the eastern portion of Lot 18 Section Ban in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia. The property includes seven room dwelling and double garage at 226 Third Street and is subject to all past due taxes, levies and insurance pro-rated to sale. Sale date June 96 1937 at 1:00 PM standard time. Trustees Chas B Burks and Thos S Kirkpatrick.
Raw sugar remained quiet in New York as spots held at 3.35 per hundredweight with no sales reported. About 1,200 tons moved, while refined prices stayed unchanged.
The Associated Press releases a summary of bond averages across markets for the latest trading session. Prices, yields, and notable shifts are reported, with emphasis on corporate and government bonds and changes from the prior period.
In New York on June 1 the bond market dipped as labor and Spanish conflict news cooled sentiment. U S government issues fell, with several corporate and foreign loans also down, while a few minor gains appeared. Notable declines included Great Northern, Alleghany, International Telephone, Pure Oil, Studebaker, and Missouri Pacific. New Haven and New York, Westchester and Boston loans linked to a reorganization plan were announced after the close. Total transactions reached 8,111,000 par value.
Public auction set for Wednesday June 24 1997 at 12 00 noon Eastern time to sell property in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia. The deed of trust from George P Stovall and Mary Stovall to Chas E Burks and Thos Kirkpatrick Trustees secures Agnes W Jackson as beneficiary. Property includes two story frame residence at 525 Tyler Street Bluefield with improvements and appurtenances. Sale subject to taxes levies assessments past due insurance pro rated to date of sale. Terms are cash.
AP report from Pittsburgh lists current offerings across produce and dairy. Apples steady to higher with No 1 New York Gano 1.50 and Russets 1.50. Potatoes seen at 2.10 per 100 pounds for Maine Green Mountains and other regional varieties with mixed prices. Eggs firm with regional receipts and new whites around 21 to 21. Eggs show some regional variation. Butter, cheese, poultry and hog prices noted with assorted regional goods and grades across markets.
Chicago wholesale livestock prices on Friday were steady to mixed with hogs 11.15 to 11.75 for heavy and good grades, pigs 7 to 10.50, sows 10.50 to 9.50. cattle and calves mostly steady to 25 lower, best steers around 14.65 and 13.40 for light types, cows steady to 9.50, bulls active. Sheep 12,000 head with fat lambs and natives up 25, top lambs at 10.00, native spring lambs 11.50 to 12.75, ewes 2.50 to 4.50.
A heavy wave of liquidation hit the New York curb market on June 1, with most issues down three or more points. Oils, mining, and higher grade industrials led losses while Aluminum Co of America slipped 1 ½ points to 147 and Carrier Corp fell 4 ½ to 45 ½. Great Atlantic and Pacific rose ½ to 46 as a protest against a chain store tax bill surfaced in hints of a regional store expansion plan.
New York June 1 AP reports light but persistent selling trimmed stock prices with leading issues down fractions to over 3 points at the worst. Some buying emerged late, reducing extreme losses. Factors cited include the Spanish crisis, German reprisals at Almeria, and possible U S gold price cuts, with mixed effects on the Associated Press average down 1.3 to 66.4. Major declines featured U S Steel Public Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler General Electric and others amid overall weak turnover of 748,170 shares.
Baltimore stock market notes cattle mostly steady with cows and cutters at 4.00 to 7.65, calves steady but lower than yesterday for some grades, good and choice 170 to 210 pounds at 11.75 to 12.00, heavier weights down to 10.75, hogs unclear, sheep heavy with lambs 25 to 60 lower, ewes and wethers around 12.50, fatted ewes 2.00 to 4.00, odd wool-headed sheep up to 5.00.
Chicago wheat futures closed mostly higher with July in the 1.13 to 1.14 range and December around 1.1354. Corn and rye slipped modestly while oats and barley varied. Market linked gains to European developments and export sentiment, with investors adjusting positions amid volatile currency and crop outlooks.
B Hancock, broker, and a figure connected to electric power, are linked to a six dollar transaction or charge. The fragment notes Rag Sea mission context but lacks complete detail.
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