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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
7
Chicago wheat futures rose modestly on Saturday in quiet trade after a dull session. May wheat advanced to 2% higher, with other grains and commodities also edging up. Prices for corn and provisions moved higher, signaling a cautious end to the week in the grain pit.
The New York stock market saw broad selling pressure on Saturday with prominent stocks tumbling. Steel led losses as prices slipped from 125 to 122 with 1245 closing, while Smelting and Atlantic Gulf also fell amid a harsh end to the session.
Pittsburgh stock market closed with total sales of 256 531 state stocks and 20 500 bonds across four percent diverse securities. Ten stocks touched gold silkhowt quotes, 24 closed higher, 15 rose, and seven unchanged versus the prior close. Gains led by gas stacks tied to crude prices, with Glace Stock and American Window Lady Preferred advancing.
In Mannington district and Monongalia regions varied wells produced from Big Injun and other sands with several promising results. South Penn Oil reports 10 barrel daily prospects. others show 20 to 26 barrels a day in Gordon and Berea sands. Several rigs completed but some tests failed or pending further drilling across Clay, Calhoun, Roane, and Wetzel counties. Governor Hatfield announces John Lowry appointed to Paint Creek Monument Commission to fill vacancy from a death.
Community notices place Reverend Jonathan Woods of Spencer West Virginia to lead worship at the Monongah Baptist church next week. The well known pastor has spent years in nearby towns and will discuss his views on the future, with theater events and school fundraisers planned around the week. Local residents report numerous social visits and family attendances, including funeral attendance in Parkmont and a range of callers and shoppers in Monongah and Fairmont during the week. The Monongah High School football team hosted an event at the captain’s home in Baltimore, with several community members visiting Fairmont and nearby towns.
The history recounts a pioneer physician in Washington County Obie who practiced from 1858 to 1914. He used a tonic formula of roots berries and medicinals to treat stomach liver and kidney ailments and loss of appetite. His sons continued the practice and the product Old Hickory Tonic was marketed for the public good.
Court notices show marriages of Walter Guliele and Eau Mali in Grant Town and others in Morgantown and Valemont plus numerous real estate transfers in Mannington Fairmont and Lincoln district. Deeds include JW Phillips elux to Sycamore Land Co and several property sales with nominal consideration and one dollar plus further sums. A power of attorney appoints Lawrence Schwenck for Blackshere Oil and Gas of Mannington.
Hudson distributors nationwide shipped over twenty thousand Super Six cars in two months covering Cowber and November. The year round sales pattern shows even distribution with no single distributor dominating. October totals include over 220 cars to New York City, 159 to Philadelphia, and about 160 to Los Angeles and Boston.
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