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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1923
Page
12
Conflicting price movements characterized the desultory session with heavy tones across most issues. United States Steel fell after briefly dipping while rails showed more resilience. oil shares led losses amid looming liquidation and a noticeable absence of public buying.
Real estate ads offer two and a half acre plots with houses on New Hope and Princeton roads with prices from 4250 down to 1000 cash and monthly balances. Listings include cottages on New Midway and Greenbrier streets, a nine room duplex, river street and Halifax street homes, and large lots in Sunset Addition with terms as low as 10 dollars per month.
A Bluefield West Virginia ledger lists various coal firms and property holdings with monetary values. Entries include American Coal Co Appalachian Power Co Pocahontas Fuel Co and Virginian Rubber Co among others with prices such as 100.00 135.00 102.00 and 69.00 reflecting stock bonds and coal property figures.
Butter unsettled while creamery extras rise to eight and three quarters dollars per hundredweight. Kegs hold steady and cheese remains firm as market notes mild activity in New York dairy trade.
Real estate prospect listing by H. J. Linkous of Bluefield Development Co offers two stucco houses with city conveniences on 6 to 8 acres near the park, two Balsam Street lots, a 7 room Hale Addition house, two Juniper street lots, an 8 room Elm Street bungalow, and a corner Carolina Ave property with three lots. Terms vary from cash to easy financing. calls directed to the Union Bank Building office.
Easley Wilson Co lists several houses for sale on Essex Street Frederick Street Carolina Avenue and Talbit Street. Essex Street offers a six room oak floored home with basement on a 60 by 200 lot at 5000 dollars with small cash down and rest monthly. Frederick Street features a seven room practically new home with hot water heat and full basement with 1000 to 2500 cash and 75 to 100 monthly. Carolina Avenue presents a five room two story corner lot with pipeless furnace priced at 5250 dollars with 750 cash down and 40 monthly. Talbit Street offers a six room bath home at 4000 dollars with rent-like terms.
Real estate transfers listed include Harry C. Wilson and wife to J. R Hatcher for lot 3 on West Main Street Princeton with $1 consideration. L N Chandler and wife to G W Jones for lot 22 section 1203 Bluefield for an automobile. J M Martin and wife to Harry Stolch and wife for part lot 1 section 849 Bluefield with $2 600. J S Hall trustees to Harriet Brown Dinwiddie for lot 2 section 1006 Bluefield for $1 450. James Everett Martin and wife to Bluefield Garage for lots 4 and 5 Batley land south Bluefield for $1 000. J B Johnston and wife to W A Cooper for lots 12 13 14 15 section 49 Princeton for $1. John W Lowry to W A Cooper for lot 3 section 10 Mountain Park Princeton for $1. Lewis C Meadows to
A list of mining firms and financial institutions appears, including Barker Coal Co Gary Garage Tug River Grocery Bluefield National Bank Ingram Branch Coal Lathrop Coal Co W M Ritter Lumber Co Harry Coal Keystone Bottling American Coal Co Elkhorn Valley Grocery Pocahontas Coal Pocahontas Fuel Co First National Bank Stone Leckie Fire Creek Coal Crystal Block Coal & Coke Barlston Coal Taeger Development Welch Investment Hill Realty Merchants and Miners Bank Free burn Ky.
Finished goods lines show firmer prices with irregularity in convertibles and sheetings. Yarns steady, burlaps firmer, raw silk in light demand. About 390,000 pounds of wool sold for continent shipment at five cents a pound above local prices. Staple hosiery bought low for later delivery. 13,000 in hand. Sheep receipts 7,000. natives around 16.00 with some decks at 16.25.
Wheat cash 1.24 1.26. Cloverseed cash 1050 October 11.92 1-2B December 11.60B. Alsike cash 10.25 August 11.50 October 11.35 December 11.35. Timothy seed cash 3.30 August 4.00 September 3.65 October 3.45.
Chicago cattle receipts reach 10 000 as beef steers yearlings and heifers rise 15 to 25 cents with top heavy animals at 9.00 to 10.75. Hog receipts 33 000 with good to choice grades 10 cents higher. top 7.05 and bulk 6.75 to 7.00 for 180 to 320 pounds. Packing sows steady to 5 6 25, desirable pigs 5.25 to 6.25.
Real estate ads invite buyers with multiple properties on Preston Street Talbot Street Carolina Avenue Essex Street and Wayne Street. Listings emphasize low cash down payments monthly installments hot water heat basement and corner lots with prices from 4000 to 5250 and payments designed to resemble rent. Some homes offer rental income potential and easy terms to end renting.
An advertisement claims Othine double strength removes freckles and clears the complexion. It guarantees a refund if the product fails and promises visible improvement after the first applications, with lighter freckles possibly vanishing entirely.
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