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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1925
Page
10
Attractive representative position with savings offered, no experience required. Apply in person at Room 403-3 Peopley Bank Blog, Charleston, West Virginia, or write to White P.O. Box 940 Cap. 253 for details.
Paint Creek Coal Mining Co. WHITTAKE M, WW, FA invites applicants for official supervision roles. Machine work and MinH WorK ing steady as 1917 scale of wages applies. Apply superintendent, Dent.
Wanted coal loaders to work in Burnwell West Virginia with Imperial Colliery Company. Apply with tools ready for work. no equipment or transportation provided. Single men, including white and colored, may respond. references and prior mining experience preferred.
The relaunch coal company advertises steady work and new housing at Plymouth West Virginia. Applicants are urged to secure homes along the river area and begin occupancy readiness.
Classifieds show numerous job openings across industries in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. Listings include unskilled labor, stenography, bookkeeping, sewing, sales, foreman positions, and a large driving of applicants with varied experience levels. Several ads request box replies or mail applications, with compensation notes and regions specified.
Local Gazette advertises missing items and rewards including a lady’s wrist watch a silk dress and a purse with cash found objects at stores between Scott’s drug store and theatre and near Charleston St Atkins. Call R Borne at Cop 10 or return to Gazette office for unidentified doll or suitcase items.
Schedule details for Charleston to Huntington and Beckley Gauley Bridge routes with hourly departures, special Monday coach from Huntington and connections at Barbourville. Also notices of road setting in Calhoun County, bids opening, and a trust sale in Kanawha County with the Uhr Sheriff.
A survey reports U S coal production for the year reached a historic peak with weekly shipments around 71.2 million tons, led by West Virginia and Pennsylvania gains under the American plan. Coke manufacture climbs as output nears calendar highs, while annual totals approach but lag behind 1914 1920 and 1922 records.
Notice describes sale terms for a property tied to Ceether Jotambown and Virginia Srulth, heirs of Ne 8. Schult and wife by deed dated July 8, 2028, recorded with Kanawha County Clerk. Requires cash at purchase, one year interest, balance due in two years, with CURRAN as Trustee, dated September 13, 1926.
Dun's Review notes steady business conditions with expansion not yet clear and prices stabilizing. Demand for railroad equipment and textiles rises while cotton and steel show resilient activity. money markets remain stable with low call rates and a large London to New York gold transfer signaling postwar liquidity.
A lengthy feature describes a garden and yard contest near Lynchburg Virginia and Bluefield West Virginia. It praises homeowners, judges, and workers for sanitary towns, elaborate beds, painted borders, and landscape effort aided by company volunteers. It notes coal industry context and mine efficiency advances amid broader regional reports.
The article details six months of 1932 coal field activity, noting U S imports and regional production. It cites several railroads and ports moving tens of millions of tons, reports a strike impact on anthracite output, and mentions mining closures and dividend cuts amid industry strain in southern West Virginia and Cambria. It includes figures for shipments by the Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, and other lines, with a focus on disrupted operations and regional economic effects.
A speech by H. Markhar, president of the Himnele Central system, marks the centennial of railway transport in the United States. He argues railroads foster political unity, economic distribution, and improved social life, urging ongoing public support and constructive critique to sustain railway service nationwide.
New York and London report brisk activity in railroad supplies amid rising production and firm tin and iron prices. Copper gains help export demand, while coal and oil metrics show lower consumption versus last year. Market participants anticipate higher industrial demand and continued competition among sellers for scarce freight equipment and related structural rou terial.
A Wall Street Journal reader letter explains the perceived futility of strikes from a miner's view. It cites wage losses since 1922, noting six months idle for a ten percent raise, and argues the economic risk of further walkouts amid fuel shifts and prolonged unemployment. The piece frames the miner’s sacrifice as a business proposition with limited chance of gains by next May.
Three columns of figures trace how wage increases from 1920 to 1924 affected coal prices and a range of goods. Dr. Henry Mace Payne collected average prices for gasoline, house furnishings, building materials, fabrics, farm products, and food staples, showing anthracite prices rising while other items fell, fueling consumer dissatisfaction with coal costs.
The first monthly meeting of the West Virginia State Society was held in Washington DC. Bowman of the second West Virginia district spoke. Officers were elected and Ann Estelle Scott gave literary entertainment.
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