Mining Institute Opens Eighteenth Semiannual Meet
Huntington December meeting gathers WV mining officials from across the state and neighboring regions. President J C McKinley delivers the opening address as committees form and papers are presented on coal mining efficiency and industry rail relations before an Ashland industrial trip aboard a steamboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IBY
Peewey Huntington
West Virginia Mining Institute
Ohio
Astern Kentucky
Edmund Sehonland C. P. Snow
Huntington Chmber
Commerce
Sesson
J. C. McKinley
Wheeling
C. H Elson
Charleston
H. H. Morris
Huntington
Ashland
American Mills to Finish Cotton in Two Decades
Col Harvie Jordan predicts the South will convert almost all cotton into finished fabric within twenty years if current growth continues. He spoke to the Southern Commercial Congress in Norfolk arguing that the ultimate annual value could reach 5 billion dollars and noting the South already leads world cotton mill consumption surpassing Britain New England and most of Europe. He emphasized value from processing raw cotton locally and the shift away from export of raw material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Col
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Growers Association
Southern Commercial Congress
Col. Jordan
Great Britain
New England
United States
Europe
New Remedy Promises Relief For Painful Rheumatism
An advertisement touts SWEETS SERPENTARIA COMPOUND as a miracle cure for rheumatism. It claims rapid bloodstream distribution within minutes and total symptom vanishing in 48 hours, with no salicylates or narcotics, guaranteed non morphine. Price $1.00, shipped prepaid if needed, manufactured by The Sweet Laboratories Company, Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Laboratories Company
Umbus
Ohio
Cotton Prices Spark Big Brewers Battle Debates
After the Civil War, analysts warn that high cotton prices could swell brewer profits to 1.25 billion dollars, stressing how the trend benefits the federal reserve banking system and interacts with the cotton futures law.
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Federal Reserve Banking System
Oil and Gas Developments in Trstate and Nearby Wells
In Marion and adjacent counties, recent completions show a mix of small producers and gas shows. Dent's Run and nearby farms yield several limited-output wells, with notable gassy results in the Big Injun and Second Cow Run sands, while some tests prove disappointingly dull.
Parisian Sage Promises Hair Loss Stop For 50 Cents
An ad-style piece touts Parisian Sage as a cure for dandruff and thinning hair. Dr Sangerbund allegedly linked dandruff to a scalp microbe and claims three days use stops further hair loss. Sold widely for not more than 50 cents a bottle.
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Nature
Sangerbund
Paris
Oil Companies Drill Test Data Across West Virginia Fields
Oil and gas tests report varying yields across multiple counties and districts in West Virginia and nearby regions. Tests from Berea ght to Keener sand yield 75 to 250 barrels in the first 24 hours, with operations at Connell, Frank Cox, Horse Creek, Big Injuns, G. B. Lemasters, Nuzum, and other farms. Additional drilling activity includes Be Tea grill shows barren, while majors like Carnegie Natural Gas and Victoria Oil expand rigs and upcoming tests are listed, with a court hearing over a Scofield property in Munhall Terrace.
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Union District
Clay County
Oil
Marneteo
Marne Ol Company
Connell
United Fuel Gas Company
Duvall
Lincoln County
South Penn Oil Company
Horse Creek
State Road Run
Green District
Wetzel County
Kingsley
Burgess
Morgan
Crouse Run
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
G. BH. Lemasters
Rock ‘Run
Lafayette
Pleasants County
Bankers Oil and Gas Company
J. W .Fleming
Victoria Oil Company
Nuzum
Ten Mile District
L. L.stewart
Ashcraft
Sardis
Harrison County
Seville J. Strother
Rock Camp Run
Ohio
Old Straitsville
Coal Township
Perry County
Jones
Jones Coal
Clinton
Pomeroy
Sutton Township
Meigs
Clark and Company
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Mills
Union~ Town
Athens Township
Cadiz Development Company
Hendershot-Covert
Archer Township
Wade
Ws.mcclain
Lawrence
Washington’ S
Bo E
Knowlton’ and Company
Deep Territory
Hopewell Wiship
Licking County
Planet Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Spring Hill Township
Greene
Pal
Carnegie’Natural Gas Company
George Isinminger
Dorseyville
Allegheny County
Equity
Phillip “Esken
Isaac’ Scofield
Wildwood Oil Company
Scofield
Munhall Terrace
Mifflin Township
Ambrose B. Reid
Mercer Black
New Castle
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Mining Institute
E. H. Zern
Josiah EH. Kelly
Zern
G. T. Watson
Fairmont
American Mills
Woolson Spice Co
Toledo
Navarre
Golden Sun Co Aa
Mononogah
Worthington
Shinaston
Clarksburg
Mt. Chute
Lost Creek
Jane
Lew Jackson
Dallas
Westen Drlvesvile
Grant Town
Fairview
Barracksville
Farmington Downs
Mannington
Monongahela Valley” Traction CO
Clarksburg, W
Trestate
West Virginia
Dent's Run
Marion County
F. W Bartlett
Z. E. Batson
No. 1
Heckman and
Huffman
Alfred eKndall
Tyler County
Friendly
Union
Lauffer and Young
Sancho Creek
Centerville
Philadelphia
Hope Natural Gas’ Company
W. C. Myers Farne
Buehbes
Teltic
Ross Farm
Chalkerd
Wood County
Dollman Sand Company
David
Congleton
Rock Gamp Run
Sleepy _Oil Company
U. S
Ullman
Cow Run
Lubect
Stout Brothers
Emily
Meldahli
Shantyrun
Murphy
Ritchie County
Hope Natural Gas Company
Wetdman Farm
Robinson Run
Gass
West Virginia’ Traction Company
Nias
William Maver
Steinway
Stel
Cabell We
Caddo Crude
Canada
Burton B
Clapsad
Clar Clarksh Trust Company
Sertdinelies
Ee Stockholders
Meertin
Vingire
Thei City
Glarkghurg
WeVo
Po MG
Caeses
Oscar
Wien
Reg
U. Pat
Livingstone Bros
West Pilea Street
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