Decline Expected in Price of Coal by End of Month
Bituminous coal prices show renewed drop amid reduced activity after the English export collapse. Exporters note $5 coal moving to seaboard with orders for January and February, while most exports finish by December. Miners wage talks and production plans tie to a potential market spurt before March wage settlements. Coal regions report wage adjustments downward and regional price quotes easing from recent highs.
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Seaboard
Great Britain
United States
Maryland
Georges Creek
Pennsylvania
New River
Pocahontas
Fairmont
Southern
Real Estate Transfers and Bear on the Track Incident
A string of real estate transfers records numerous parcels and sums among buyers including Norman L. Collins, J. S. Butts, Lilly Land Co., and others in City Town and Marsh Fork districts with prices listed from 1 to 900. A large black bear halted Chesapeake and Ohio Train No 3 east of White Sulphur Springs prompting crew to remove it from the tracks. Three children of Richard Golbert died in a farm house fire near Leara Pocahontas County with the father badly burned attempting rescue.
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Norman L. Collins
J. S. Butts
Bertha Stewart
Sidney Toney
Lewis W. Wagstaff
P. O. Walton
B. B. Hash
E. KE. Wray
Slab Fork
Augustus B. Bailey
Dave Mays
Sanford Pettry
Clonnie Cantley
Marsh Fork
Lilly Land Co
Byrd Coles
Raleigh Realty & Construction Co
Vanna Phillips
William Bolton
Junaita V. Bush
B. E. Shumate
J. H. Hawks
Abner Dobbs
Ludie Duff
Chesapeake and Ohio
White Sulphur Springs
G. B E. Honaker
Richard Golbert
Leara Pocahontas County
Radio Bugs Talk On Atmospherics
City radio owners discuss static blamed on high tension lines and electrical equipment. Some hear elevator noises and dentist drills, while others report only wheezes. At Cabin Creek many raise aerials high to improve reception, though remedy steps are doubtful.
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Cabin Creck
Rating Body Seeks Higher Insurance Schedules
Henry K. Tice, manager of Rutherford & Maher, said the rating bureau supported by all state insurance companies has filed with the insurance commissioner a proposed higher schedule of rates. The new rates target specific risk classes and would take effect January 1, applying to protected mercantile stocks, brick and frame mercantile buildings, and contents with special hazards.
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Henry K. Tice
Rutherfoord & Maher
Rating Bureau
Insurance Commission
Insurance Commissioner
Insurance risk notes on building hazards and losses
The document discusses tents frame hazards, unprotected properties, and various building types, noting the past five years saw a 67 percent loss ratio and a 45 percent expense ratio, totaling a 12 percent net underwriting loss. It argues for a proposed rate increase to address these losses.
Beckley Jewelry Company to prize 8695.50 Christmas Eve draw
Five prizes totaling 8695.50 will be awarded at 11 o clock Christmas Eve by Beckley Jewelry Company. A 400 diamond platinum dinner ring with 19 diamonds and eight sapphires goes to the first name drawn. Other prizes include a 200 top bar pin set, a Gruen watch, a 26 piece silverware set, and a Sheaffer fountain pen. Only one prize per winner?
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Beckley Jewelry Company
Shhaeffer
Prize Draw Rules: No Duplicate Winners For Prizes
The policy states that each winner receives only one prize and no individual may win multiple prizes, even if drawn more than once. The rule ensures fairness by prohibiting repeated winnings by the same participant across the drawing.
Gas Well Eagle No 1 Sold at 20 Cents Market Price
Judge FE G Rider and ex congressman Joseph Holt Games sold Eagle No 1, a large local gas producer, to Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Co for 20 cents per thousand cubic feet. The capped well had flowed about 20 million cubic feet daily.
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FE. G. Rider
Joseph Holt Games
Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company
Braxton Central
Boy Killed in Glasgow Shooting by Playmates
An eight year old boy, Kitts Morris Collins, was shot dead in Glasgow when a nine year old, George Richards, fired a small pistol into his head during play. Police investigated the incident and described it as a tragic accident.
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Morris Collins
Glasgow
George Richards
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Philip Wilson Eckley
Leta Pearson i
John Herndon
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D.T. Perkins
Killarney
Totes
Jettie Seale
Ash Mankin Beckley II
Ruth Walls
Stab Fork
Faye Deal Krilsyth
Ie B.G. Ryan Beckley
M. K. Argenbright
Te Johnson
Riley
Mt Hope
AE . “Rowe
Ashley Heckley
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