This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1926
Page
11
A scan of a classified page shows numerous furnished rooms, cottages, and small houses for rent. Ads name locations such as Beechwood, Franklin, Ohio Avenue, and Broome, with prices from monthly rents and daily or weekly terms. Many include utilities, meals, or private baths, and several indicate proximity to stores or transit.
Numerous listings for furnished and unfurnished rooms with housekeeping, private baths, and shared facilities. Ads include contact addresses in Ohio Avenue, Washington Street, Main Phase, and other locales. various rents, terms, and eligibility notes with quick contact phone numbers. Also includes employment wanted ads for barbers, cooks, and general help with addresses in Charleston, Richmond, and nearby areas.
The page lists varied help wanted notices including general education roles, coal operation clerk, civil and mining engineering openings, and a young man seeking a general office position. Also shows personal ads and lost items notices with multiple local names and contact hints.
Fragmentary timetable and fare notes for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway routes including Washington Richmond and connections to Cincinnati Huntington and Pittsburgh with scattered times and service remarks. also a long state public works contract notice from West Virginia calling sealed proposals for multiple highway and bridge projects with bid amounts and required checks.
The market widened gains with industrials and rails at the fore as total shares traded reached 1,692,200. General Motors held high, steel and related names advanced, and rail and nonferrous stocks saw strength amid reports of improving trade and seasonally strong demand.
Legal advertisement for contract bids and public sale of land in Kanawha County West Virginia and Jackson County West Virginia. Notices include bid opening 1:30 p.m. and description of project 2317-1 near Mavis Northward Bridge Province Chapel, plus motor company stockholder meeting in Charleston and deed details in Maran County West Virginia.
Grain and provisions report mixed movement with Chicago wheat up amid rains and hoped import duty changes. Prices closed modestly higher with corn and oats up slightly and provisions steady to down. Also notes Chicago futures, Toledo grain quotes, and Rock of Gibraltar height data.
Cotton goods sold somewhat easier in New York trading today after a decline in cotton, as manufacturers press to curtail production. Burlap markets firmer on signs of recovery in Calcutta, sales light. Castor oil fabrics and wool markets show mixed, with wool prices lower and wool wools quiet.
VONSIGN ExcHANGIS SAW YORK June 11 Foreign exchanges irregular Quotation: in country Great Britain demand 4.861-26 tables 4.460-10 sixty day bill banks 4022-38 Franc der ROL 2324 Italy demendy 2.62% cables 2.934 Belgium 2.98 Germany 22.80 Holland 40.24 Norway 23.64 Sweden 30.78 Denmark 8witterland 19.36 Nippon 15.88 United States Greece 1.25 Poland 00 Canada Slovakia 2.06 Jugoslavia 1.18 Austria 24.225 Romania .42 Argentina 10.31% Brazil 15.45 Tokyo 46.16 Hanghel 1248% Montreal 100 10 15-16.
Cattle receipts 2,500 with varied demand across classes. Hogs open steady to higher in parts, bulk around 14.75 to 15.00 for 220 lb packers. lambs and yearlings show mixed movement with feeders steady and some declines noted. Prices reflect irregular demand and shifts in weight classes across rings.
New York June 11 Bond prices advanced to the year's peak as activity expanded across classes. Strong industrials, utilities and steel shares led the rally with merger progress and public utilities moving in sympathy with the stock upturn. Foreign division records and new high marks by major corporations highlighted a broad market advance amid optimistic sentiment. North Edmonton plans to extend building projects amid the upturn.
Sugar prices in New York show no chance of FAW futures change with a steady undertone. Declines noted in some months with January and March easing while September and December hold. Prices for refined sugar remain unchanged with minor shifts across several delivery months.
Chicago dairy and produce market report notes centralised offerings and liberal prices for fresh goods. It lists scores, rates, and references to poultry and freight costs, with no change in dressed poultry prices.
A fragmented notice mentions bonds and military movement with unclear references to Mardy Dane and Company and Kiow fare Block. It notes a clash at high altitude around 15 000 feet with garbled terms describing lines, dates, and locations amid a wartime context.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.