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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1925
Page
9
Help wanted advertisement for coal loading jobs targeting family men with fur niture. Promises steady work shipping coal by river and rail. Mentions new modes ready for occupation and apply in person at Ratfield Relance Coal, Plymouth, WA, VA.
Classified style notice row listing multiple job and help wanted items. Includes men for secret services, drafting and map lettering, female beauty culture, housework, auditing, stenography, sales, and miscellaneous items with contact hints and partial addresses.
West Virginia State Road Commission invites sealed proposals for road construction and improvements across multiple counties. Projects include paving in Putnam and Berkeley counties, reconstruction in Wheeling, and paving with concrete shoulders. Proposals require certified checks and adherence to State Standard formats.
The Charleston region shows interurban coach runs from Charleston and Huntington with hourly departures from early morning to late evening. Special services connect with regional trains and provide commuter rates. Ticket information and phone contacts are listed for Charleston, Huntington, and nearby lines.
The Associated Press reports a favorable week with August turning supportive for steel and rail sectors. Carloadings hit a record weekly total, auto buying remained strong, and agricultural profits aided demand. weather and crops adjusted projections, while money markets fluctuated before stabilizing.
Dun's Review highlights improving conditions in the Insi jMese situation with labor and crop steadiness, Autumn demand, and strong freight activity. It notes record railroad traffic, rising steel output, better unfilled orders, and shoe factories moving toward capacity, plus stronger earnings and likely tax cuts boosting business outlook. Money market turmoil eases, stock gains resume, and crop reports show cotton and wheat shifts while steel expansion persists and dry goods demand broadens.
New York report shows a shift toward greater steel activity as production and shipments rise while orders decline. Market remains irregular with prices uneven. copper and tin show mixed movement. Demand appears sufficient to absorb offerings, aiding a firmer tone by week’s end amid favorable August stocks data and London influence.
Wetting of markets after Labor Day lifts bond activity as investment bankers survey fall financing. Prices rise across divisions with foreign debt clarifications expected to open more funding for foreign borrowers. Germany and France attract buyers as negotiations stall in other areas, large new issues in the works.
Readable fragments describe coal field activity, international loans, and mineral strikes. Mentions a 15 million dollar Colombian loan, German miners strikes amid South American financing, and regional bond activity. Notes on weather and historic cold comparisons, railroad mileage, and pollution investigations. The text blends economic, industrial, and scientific updates without cohesive narrative.
West Virginia newspapers face critique over a Bankland label in an editorial discussing coal industry politics. The piece cites UMWA tensions, interstate commerce rate fights, and potential railroad mergers affecting Pineville and the New River region, with output data from the Fairmont field and Canadian coal notes.
Editorial in the Providence Rhode Island Journal discusses coal shortages and shifts in fuel preference amid a strike. It compares 1826 attitudes to 1774 British restrictions, praises anthracite while noting a potential gradual shift to soft coal if prolonged work stoppages continue, and cites industry opinions from Kanawha coal operators.
The Salvation Army outlines local meetings led by officers including Mrs Comer Thomas and Grenair at St Albans. Events include Corps Cadet Class on Wednesday Band practice Thursday public meeting 8 pm Friday Home meeting 8 pm Saturday open air at 3 30 and 7 09 pm Open meeting Wednesday Thursday Friday nights at 7 pm also Wednesday noon.
The American Railway Association reports railroads can handle the national 14 00% 90 ton production with prompt dispatch if shippers cooperate. A few isolated shortages persist and coal shippers are urged to keep stock limited to production needs. Wolfe of the Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association advises rot proof brattice for underground use and a reinforced lumber substitute, while a Catholic institution project in Quebec plans cement coating of a related product.
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