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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
15
Fragmented OCR text discusses how milk bottles and woven cups might be divided among people. The passage is garbled and contains nonsensical phrases and letters, offering no clear events, entities, or dates to identify.
The fragmentary item lists an Apollo male chorus concert, a program titled Natural to how Enoch took a little can, a bedtime story segment for a special address by a prom business man, and a weather outlook for West Virginia with cloudy skies and possible rain or snow. Names such as Lawrence Pletutos, Charles Loomis, and Miss Powell Loyd appear amid scattered notes on performances and local events.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a race or event with two divisions and a crease or clash noted as happening today. Limited readable details mention LUD and B13 as possible identifiers or scores.
Production totals show Monongahela division hit hardest with 779 cars, Charleston 108, Connellsville 9, Cumberland 61, M. dik 88, M. & W. 125, Monongahela 87, W. MW 56, B. & W. 117 yesterday. Coke Belt mines produced 96 cars of coal, as car shortages persist despite a few production upticks in M. & K. and Connellsville.
Turkish delegation urged recognition of four islands in the Straits under Turkish sovereignty and proposed minimum damage payments for Gallipoli to Pronarvet against surprise attacks. Conference recessed as Allies studied suggestions. Russia urged Straits closed to non Turkish warships while other nations backed the Turkish proposal to prevent future clashes in the East.
The report notes a drop in coal fuel tonnage and mentions key figures: Nick Aloliu and Patrick Buckley visiting Monongah and Dols. James McCleary and Frank McCartney in various towns. Delegates Aletto, McCleary, and others attended a conference in Clarksburg with operators and miners. Several executives from Hutchins Coal, Consolidation Coal, and the Northern West Virginia Coal Operators' Association traveled from Chicago and Clairton for industry discussions.
The meeting was enthusiastic and well attended as Mrs Reed brought a report from Wheeling. Out-of-town women included Mrs A K Miller Morgantown district president and others from Terra Alta Sutton Gratton and Morgantown. A noon social hour offered coffee and sand. The afternoon session closed with the conversation continuing.
The Clarksburg Advertising Club celebrated its first birthday with a dinner at the Waldo Hotel attended by seventy-six Clarksburg and six Fairmont members. Key speakers included F. X. Whalley of Washington and Lloyd P. Souders of Parconi–Boudora Co. who spoke on truth in advertising and the role of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World.
Fragmentary text shows miners opposing a basic wage proposal at a coal parley. The notes claim operators in outlying districts seek district agreements to solve wage competition, arguing current baslorwago coal terms were set by others and bind them without representation.
In Philadelphia today a man died and a man and woman were left in critical condition after drinking tainted whisky from a single bottle. After two sips all three collapsed unconscious, authorities reported.
Turbulent session ends with scattered gains as large blocks moved slowly. Reports show 900000 shares exchanging hands amid mixed notes from President Harding and various industry patches. Major names include American Sugar and Amalgamated Copper, with notable activity in Standard Oil, American Can, and Chesapeake and Ohio among others.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists Studebaker Corp, Tennessee Copper, Texat Pacipa, Tovacco Products, Transcontinental OW CC, Union Pactte, United Retail Stores. The text hints at a coalition or pact among tobacco product firms across multiple regions, but lacks coherent details or concrete actions.
In Pittsburgh Des Moines area livestock market notes, figures show beavion and sheep and lambs activity. Sheep and lambs receipts rose about 800 with lambs at 15.285 higher and top prices reaching 13.00 in Galron receipts around 200, while overall meat trade signals a steady trend.
The report lists Liberty bonds with prices and terms including 1-25 bonds at 100.44 in New York trading. It notes second and third issues with various notes such as 3 1-2s around 98.99 and 4 1-4s near 95.28. Prices for Victory bonds and other series are cited with quoted calls around 100.98 and 100. There is emphasis on bid and ask levels and callable statuses.
A reminiscence recalls a brilliant student from Fairmont who attended the State Normal School, graduated, moved with parents to another town, and later faded from view. Though forgotten by many, his early eloquence and promising career linger in memory as years passed.
The passage recalls Mr Yoke and Judge Scott C. Lower as president, praising youthfulness mellowed into earnest service. It urges attendance at meetings to hear teachers and guidance for children, stressing parental involvement and the value of a community play and tennis effort led by local figures.
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