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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
15
A collection of old classified job notices seeks unskilled and skilled labor in Charleston and surrounding towns. Ads list positions including a cook, firetrain mechanic, and general labor with minimal experience required, offering steady wages and permanent employment. Names of companies such as Colcord Coal Co appear, with addresses like Charleston and Berkeley.
The Imperial Colliery Company at Burnwest West advertises coal loader positions on several paint crews. Married men preferred though single men, both white and colored, may apply. Coal with tools ready for work. No transportation advanced. Apply superintendent at Burnwell West.
A series of public notices offers rewards and contact details for lost dogs fox hounds and items across West Virginia. Entries name breeds, descriptions and locations such as Kanawha and St Albans with rewards and return instructions. Contacts include Lovell 1574 Washington and others, urging owners to report or recover items like a white letter bird dog and a gray mare mule found or missing.
Schedule fragment from the Midland Trail Transit Co. lists Charleston interurban and regional routes with hourly departures from Charleston Interurban Station Virginia and Alder son Street, including Charleston Cedar Grove and Gaulwy Bridge lines. Special morning and evening rush coaches serve industrial districts. connections with Kanawha Falls and New River Transit are noted.
A mixed page item lists Chesapeake and Ohio Railway timetables with routes to Washington, Cincinnati and Huntington, including daily and Sunday services, then shifts to a legal advertisement for a judicial sale in Kanawha County West Virginia. The notice details parcel description, chain of title, terms of sale, and the special commissioner’s authentication. It concludes with an unrelated line about salmon spawning and attached food sacks.
Notice from Nicholas County West Virginia and adjacent areas details bids and proposals for road projects and civil contracts. It covers the Wilderness District Road from Netetown to Sadlen, bid deadlines, required certified checks, and official channels for information. Also mentions bond offerings by Elison Coal and related corporate actions, with dates, figures, and agent contacts.
Grain and provisions slipping after an early gain as wheat futures fell markedly. Observers cite prior rallies lifting Merk prices over last week, with December and May contracts down about 1% to 2% and cash wheat in Toledo and elsewhere trading around 13.7 to 15.0. Limited details on other grains and seeds included.
U S bond trading was listless with minor price shifts as money rates held firm. Reports of large loans to Brazil and Uruguay stirred chatter, but bankers denied active negotiations. Several issues rallied briefly on misgivings about an alternative plan, while most industrial and corporate bonds barely moved amid a cautious market mood.
New York October market notes show cane prices steady with Cuban quotes. futures on cane refined at lower levels. Trading coverage rises modestly yet declines in some sectors as refined sugar prices hit their lowest since January, with market activity easing and buyers cautious.
Fragmentary OCR lists various farm goods and livestock with unclear spellings. Mentions roosters turkeys and some vegetables or poultry products with numbers that resemble prices or quantities, rendering the exact items and figures partly unreadable.
Barden per centes advanced half a cent on same figures but prints held. Print cloths and sheetings sold moderately at full prices. Demand for Hasty sheetings substituted for Durlays with sharp advances. Burlaps steady as buyers focus on this year's deliveries. Raw silk quieter with prices around seven levels, resistance shown by makers. Dine worsted dress goods and fancy weaves drew interest. More business seen in household linens.
New York receipts show cheese and creamery products firm with higher extras and steady eggs at 20,808. Windsor and nearby prices cited, butter at 64 to 66 cents, cheese around 164,840 pounds. Chicago notes a half cent decline in prices amid quiet, unsettled trading. Boston reports demand easing for staple items with some movement in longer lengths. Montana items hold around 1.20 clean. Credit balances show balance at 99212 with average run 44.
Chicago cattle and hog receipts steady to lower amid light demand, with mixed futures and higher stock prices. Buffalo market slow with hogs down slightly, sheep and lambs underscoring varied regional trends. foreign exchange and money market data accompany lighter agricultural activity.
Members of the Anawait junior high school band which took first place at the 4-H fair contest were guests of Governor Gore for lunch yesterday at the Mansion. The band under ALL Thompson performed at the state house assembly, followed by talks from Governor Gore and state officials.
The docket lists numerous cases with October dates including Mokong and condemnation saste, United Fuel Gas Company, Gilbert and Waters, and Basil Roberts v E B Birthise. Western grazing law notes a rule of one cow per ten acres.
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