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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
9
The page compiles varied newspaper classifieds including rent notices, sale offers, and employment requests. Listings mention rooms for rent, furniture and housewares, items for sale, rental rates, addresses, and contact instructions. A late entry seeks a midlife white male elevator operator for Waldo Hotel.
Classifieds list multiple job notices including general housework, cashier and general office work, and clerical duties. Listings promise steady work, opportunities at firms, and local notices seeking workers with varying experience. Prominent details include locations near Main Street and other street addresses.
The Stealey Realty Co presents its First Addition with every lot equipped with a water tap and sewer lateral at the property line at no extra cost. Streets are brick paved with concrete curbing and sidewalks. builders are offered every convenience. See the property to appreciate its value.
Special commission in Harrison County West Virginia holds a public sale on May 29, 1915 at one oclock to lease a gas and oil estate created for lessee and life assigns. Names involved include George L Dufour Mary M Newton and W J Newton, with Wade C Coffs Clerk and T Wade Corfman certifying the process.
The State of West Time announces the dissolution of the Theatre Company of the City of Clarkbarrel on May 1915. The corporation is to surrender its charter and transfer property and assets to the state board for dissolution or conversion as directed by law.
Notice records a West Virginia corporation Clark Engineering Company converting to cease business, paying debts pro rata, and distributing remainder to stockholders. It orders publication in a newspaper weekly for four weeks and includes signatures of president Jossos Duffy and secretary A W Rapp, with corporate seal.
Lists assorted executor and guardian names including Oma We Saiser and Julia A. Michaes with administrators like Tosa F Harbist and Josephine Tetriek. Dated May 15. The text shows uncertain OCR errors but indicates commissions for accounts filed in Jefferson County by Gay J. Strother as commissioner and Virginie as witness.
The Williams Coal Company reports the largest well drilled in Cabin Creek district while Acme Company and McKelvey Oil and Gas pursue No 1 on the Tho Morrow farm and No 2 on the PDY Baker farm. Sun Gas tests James Freeman farm near West Union with a second attempt on Big Injun sand and Carteral completes No 14 on W 31 Stoat farm. Philadelphia Company pumps on F D Prunty farm with light Beener and lower sands Fishing Creek in Green district. Liver Oil Company nears 4000 feet on C Grossenbacher farm. Lindsey Burley Caro at Sire Creek.
In Kanawha county Ohio Fuel Oi Coipans reports No. 71 on the A. P. Hays farm yields 70 barrels in two days. G. J. Bunnell and Co. test the William Mendenhall farm through Keener sand with 10-barrel pumper potential. Delongheim farm test also in Newport district. Thornfir and Davis No. 5 on Jane Alexander farm holds at 49 barrels in Rinards Mills district. CM Conley and Co. drift No. 7 on John Hood farm through Horse Neck sand shows 19-barrel pumper. Lupher Oil Compact No. 122Pyandi in Perry county holds 69 barrels in deep sand. Ralph i Brothers test Clinton sand on W. E. Newman farm. Exchange National Bank completes tests on N. F. Palmer farm at Evans City. Town bustle rises as Luther am church well produces 45 or 50 barrels daily. town lot lease rush. 160-acre town-adjoining farm owner seeks a 6 900 bonus for lease. Evans City district sees old wells re-drilling to third sand. Garvin farm well dry in 100-foot sand, deeper drilling planned. Harmony-era excitement noted as Evans City town development rises. Stewart Brothers’ second Buchanan farm test near Kendall, Hanover twp, Beaver county not a total miss. latest info favors a pumper. South Penn Oil Company directors declare a $2 dividend per share, payable June 30 to June 14 record holders. The Oil Market lists Pennsylvania crude at 1.35, various regional prices for mercer, New Castle, Corning, Wooster, Somerset, Illinois, Kansas, Corsicana, and other markets with mixed crude quotes.
A fragmented excerpt recalls a kingly council and the pace of progress, mentioning merchants and manufacturers seeking buyers throughcolumns. The text questions whether a lost day and slowed progress mark a turning point in governance and commerce.
Nicely finished three room cottage covered with slate. Field measures 60 by 120 feet. Ideal location for a railroad man. Call for price and terms.
Fragmentary notice lists a sale of 100m color tees with a price of 1506 dollars each and mentions terms. Names are unclear. entities uncertain.
Corner lot in Stealey Heights offered at a bargain price. Call for price and further description.
The Monongahela Valley Traction Company issues a note from the Town Recorder about a shipment schedule for trains leaving Clarkburg Grasselli and Weston with deliveries to intermediate points by 3:00 a m 11 00 a m and 12 00 noon respectively. The line promises quick service and careful handling for shippers.
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