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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
10
156 acres including 100 acres first class blue grass sod and 56 acres fine bottom land. 25 acres in new meadow with balance in cultivation. Two small orchards, large trees and first class fruit. Smell barns and buildings. Good fences. Updated condition. 3 fine ewes, 12 cattle, farming tools and machinery. All for 15009 dollars with good terms. Two and a half miles from Princeton on a good road.
Trading in New York stocks fluctuated due to speculative favorites led by Mexican Petroleum and Studebaker. Mexican Petroleum hit 179 then fell, later rallying to 176 for a net weekly gain, while Studebaker slid about six points late but rose earlier.
New York on June 21 reports continued ease in money markets with a renewal rate of 234 percent for call loans, inviting renewed buying activity and lending optimism among investors.
A dense page of classified items shows banks, hardware firms, coal companies, grocery houses, and service businesses. Entries include Bank of Matoaka, Crystal Candy Co, First Natl Bank Rita, Community Garage, Flat Top Grocery, and Bennett coal firms with varied sums like 400.00 and 290.00.
Chicago market data shows cattle receipts at 12,000 with higher grade beef steers up to 9.80 dollars per hundredweight and yearlings around 9.35 while bulk steers range 8.35 to 9.25. Hogs receipts reach 21,000 with prices opening 10 cents higher and finishing near yesterday’s average, top at 11.00 and practical high around 10.90.
Wheat closed around 96 cents higher for July and 1131/4 for September as prices fluctuated in a volatile day. Corn gained 3/8, oats up 1/2 to 3/4, cash wheat 1.18, Cloverseed prime at 13.00 with October and December at 10.95, and various hay and Timothy prices listed.
Market notes show bulk hogs at 9.75 to 10.90 with steadiness across categories. Pigs, pee sows, and holds show firm to strong trends while sheep receipts reach 13,000 with lambs and yearlings mostly 25 cents lower. Idaho lambs peak at 13.00 with other sheep at 12.50 to 12.85 and culls down to 6.50 7.00. Texas wethers light fed at 7.50 and heavy ewes around 3.00.
Chicago dispatch notes forecasts that domestic winter crop threshing in the southwest and west may be disappointing, a development that traders see as a bullish factor for prices despite potential weak returns.
New York June 21 reports firm raw sugar market with yesterday’s Cuban dealings totaling about 178000 bags. Spot quotation 318 cost and freight equal to 4.73 for centrifugal with July at the same level.
Property listings include two large lots in South Bluefield near Bland Boulevard priced at 2800 each with varied payment terms, several 50 foot lots on Union and North streets, six room and five room houses with heat bath or near Beaver High, a seven room house on Rogers street, a 133 acre Virginia farm on the Valley Pike with buildings and orchard priced at 30000 with terms, plus a South Bluefield limestone ledge property and a 50 foot South Biand street business lot priced at 5000 for quick sale.
W H Shadwell of Stanley Virginia recalls kidney trouble six years ago and credits Foley Kidney Pills after the fire chief advised them. He used three bottles and was completely relieved with no recurrence. The ad warns of rheumatic pains backache and bladder weakness linked to discarded kidneys.
Train timetable notes show schedules effective April 30 1922 listing departures from Binefield at 7 45 am to East Radford with connections to Bristol and local stops. Sleeper and dining car services noted for routes to Lynchburg Norfolk Philadelphia Roanoke and Shenandoah Valley with connections to New York via Hayestown and to Cincinnati Columbus and Charleston W Virginia. Agent Wiley provides further details.
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