CANADIAN OIL AND AMERICAN SUPPLY LIMITS
An editorial discusses oil scarcity and the Mackenzie basin discoveries in Canada. It notes U S supply estimates at seven million barrels and annual U S demand near half a billion, with only 10 percent imported. The piece warns that future fuel sources shape civilization and cites Charles R. Flint on industrial consolidation and the wage value of skilled leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David White
United States Geological Survey
United States
Mackenzie
Canada
Ein Competittion Bether
Mesopotamia
Sibercause
Ory
The
North American Review
Charles R. Flint
Hard to parse verse style ad copy from Lyte brand pitch
Promotes buying makin s papers and Prince Albert tobacco for homemade cigarettes. Encourages immediate action with bold, emphatic language about flavor cooling effect and irresistible appeal. Descriptive lines urge reader to seize the moment and try the product now.
Prince Albert Tobacco Ad Sparks Pipe Smoking Claim
An advertisement extols Prince Albert tobacco as a pipe and cigarette packing revolution. It promises a bite free experience and urges readers to switch to Prince Albert, claiming it enables smoking from sunrise to bedtime without relapses. It hosts bold claims about flavor freedom and packing effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Keatley Replies To Bloc On WV Depletion Tax
West Virginia should tax depletion of natural resources or adopt a gross sales tax. Keatley defends the latter, arguing it benefits manufacturing and commerce while coal, oil, and gas interests escape heavier burden. The piece accuses the speaker of glib rhetoric and asserts the tax shift harms state needs like roads and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keatley
Bloc
Wheeling Intelligencer
Edwin M. Keatley
West Virginia House of Delegates
Jesse Bloch
Noah Webster
West Virginia
Virginia
Edwin
Ohio
Pennsula
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Texas
Otheil
West
Charleston
Morgan
P. T. Barnum
Tru valuable House and Lot sale notice at Grafton West Virginia
Public auction of a house and outbuildings in Taylor County West Virginia to satisfy a deed of trust dated April 1 1913 between Meshack A Brown and wife and the trustee. The sale takes place July 2 1921 at 11 AM in front of the Courthouse Grafton with terms requiring one third down and the rest in two installments over six and twelve months. For details contact the trustee Stuart Ha mill Oakland Garrett County Maryland. Also notice of an application to the Public Service Commission in Charleston West Virginia on July 12 1921 regarding private lanes and rights of way for certain plants.
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Hardman
Gratton
W. Va
Meshack A. Browning
Grafton
Fetterman District
Taylor County
West Virginia
M. Armstrong
George DL. Peters
Oakland
Garrett County
Maryland
Stuart FP
Hamill
Adequate Salaries Debate Reveals Rail Pay Gaps
Senate testimony by Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio spotlights salary excesses among railroad officers while noting lawmakers proposal to cap pay at 15000 a year. The piece cites W Jett Lauch and Warren Stone as high earners, and discusses career risks for aspiring railroad executives amid public scrutiny. It then shifts to highway safety, presenting Yale University figures on 25000 child and 66000 adult fatalities in 19 months of wartime and peacetime road deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Willard
W. Jett Lauch
Railroad Brotherhoods
House of Representatives
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren Stone
Mr. Stone
SE Micsargnittee
United States
Yale
William Phelps Eno
Congress
Disarmament Debate Reflects Hard Reality of Safety
The text argues that disarmament remains a dream beyond reach as nations fear placing themselves at a disadvantage. It cites President Harding praising defense of one’s country while warning against reducing navies below safety levels, and notes nations would only seek relative strength after any agreed disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Tte
Litty Arma
West Virginia Dam Projects And Taxation Debate
A fragmented report discusses taxation and a proposed hydro electric program in West Virginia. It notes Speaker Keatley’s criticism of the burden on citizens and outlines dam construction plans on Valley river Buckhannon river and Middle Fork Valley river across Barbour Upshur and Taylor counties with equipment and land needs. Preliminary plans will be filed with PAIRMONT & CLARKSBURG TOWER Co for review.
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Valley River
Valley Falls
Marion
Taylor Comes
Hacker Junction
Barbour County
Hovater
Andra
Appli
Pairmont & Clarksburg ~ Tower Co
H. Shain
TUL
Two Suspects Arrested in Newbury Store Robbery Case
Two young men naming Johnson and Kennedy were arrested in Grafton on Monday night by Baltimore and Ohio police for involvement in the C Frank Ellis store robbery in Newbury last Sunday. Goods found at the railroad rest house tied them to the theft, with further inquiries and arrests following in Preston County as authorities seek the culprits behind several recent mercantile robberies.
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Johnson
Kennedy
C. Frank
Preston
Bills
Newburg
Independence
Ellis
Sharps Son
Logden & Wolf
Newbury
Gas rates set for various customers by WV PSC
The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company announces March 1921 as the start of new rates for domestic, public buildings, industrial, drilling wells and other gas use except street lighting. A charge of forty cents per thousand cubic feet applies with a two cent discount for timely payment. The company may curtail or suspend gas to industrial or drilling customers to serve domestic needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Gas Company
Touring Car Plunges Off Wabash Road Narrow Passing
A Ford touring car driven by Coy Nestor with eight passengers veered off the old Wabash road near Fetterman while two vehicles passed in opposite directions. The car rolled over the riverbank, throwing occupants out. All eight were injured lightly or moderately, with Nestor cut and bruised. the others suffered minor injuries. The car sustained heavy damage and lay wedged on the bank as road improvements continue in the Vleet ward.
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Wabash Road
Fetterman
Coy Nestor
Howard Wolfe
Ray Scott
J. M. Miller
Nestor
Pruntytown
Fetterman Bridge
Ford
Ocean Pan
Ron
Withers ¢ Robinson
Vleet Ward
Narrow roadside pass leads to Ford mishap
A description notes two cars meeting at a narrow passing spot along a riverside road. Both drivers misjudged the space and the Ford edged onto a small embankment, causing the right wheels to leave the road and the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
Work Starts This Week on Walnut Street Homes
Construction begins on two new residences on Walnut Street near the National cemetery. D J Hovatter and George Brennard own the homes, with foundations laid and materials staged. Hovatter plans to move from Pearl Street into a new home after Colebank vacates the temporary Pearl Street dwelling.
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Walnut St
National Cemetery
D. J. Hovatter
George Brennard
Hovatter
Walnut Street
W. G. Wolfe
Brennard
E. A. Waugh
Charles Brennard
Hayter
Bicycle Thief Is Arrested Sunday
Grafton police chief Dock Fletcher arrested Robert Showe of Clarksburg Sunday afternoon for stealing a bicycle from the Clarksburg post office Saturday night. Showe arrived in Grafton with a new Great Western bicycle and offered to sell it cheap, arousing suspicion. Fletcher questioned him, he partially confessed, and Clarksburg authorities were notified to confirm the theft.
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Sherlock Holmes
Dock Fletcher
Grafton
Robert Showe
Clarksburg
Showe
Great Western Manufacturing Company
Layport
Ind
Fletcher
Yral
Showd
Judge Bakers Special U S Court Held in Martinsburg W Va
A special term of the Federal District Court in Martinsburg West Virginia convened with Judge Wm. Mater presiding. The main action was the appointment and confirmation of D. W. Snyder Jr. of Martinsburg as United States Commissioner and other routine matters. Officer Fletcher arrested Showe after suspicion arose from his attempt to sell a bicycle. Clarksburg authorities then transported Showe back for trial.
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Baker
U. S
Martinsburg
W. Vo
Federal District Court
D. W. Snyder, Jr
Marttenburg
United States
Clarksburg
Fletcher
Showe
City Hospital May report shows gains and losses
The City Hospital May report records 32 admissions, 11 carryovers from April, 38 patients doing well, 24 operations with success, and three deaths including W. P. Hendrickson J. H. Barlow. Thelma Miler was admitted for medical treatment.
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W. P. Hendrickson
Barlow
Thelma Miler
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Associated Press
Jocal_ news
Repub
Steinness
Latrobe Street
Canadian Oil
Ompany
Iton, Postoffice
T, Publisher
Puneet
Ang
O. Rey Eco
Ton Sal
Pringe Albert
Pein
Coal
Senate
Tru
Public Service Commission
New Walnut St. Hom
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