France Stocks Rally Amid Bearish Pressure Amid Mixed Reports
In a volatile session, Paris oil and real estate stocks faced bearish pressure with limited price declines. Reports from Wall Street suggested cautious selling by investors, while activity in Pittsburgh showed a narrow opening in the security market that broadened modestly as the day advanced. Major movers included Columbia Gas and Hope Natural Gas, amid drilling reports in Greenbrier and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAE
Tony
Eran
Patorm
Cyctont
Ucleches
Wall Street
Cre
Court News Deeds Filed and Oil Leases in Mannington District
Deeds recorded include T. J. Hunter to E. M. Sullivan for oil and gas leases in Mannington district with £9,000. Fanny B. Murray parcel on Madison street Fairmont for $715. Mary L. Glover to Joseph H. Gil for land on Buffalo Creek in Mannington district for $2,600. Five oil and gas leases for Mannington district lands to Wheeling Natural Gas Company filed for recording. Fairmont Gas Company ten acres on West Fork River in Lincoln district also filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Hunter
E. M. Sullivan
Mannington
Tusca Morris
Fanny B. Murray
Madison Street
Fairmont
Mary L. Glover
Joseph H. Gil
Buffalo Creek
Wheeling Natural Gas Company
Gro Leare
Fairmont Gas Company
Ocean tonnage Scarcity Evident in Wheat Trade
Chicago June 18 Ocean tonnage scarcity shown by a drop in export clearances of breadstuffs to 4 787 000 bushels, belying the week’s demand. Seaboard and gulf report ship- ment delays due to foreigners and rains. Cash wheat prices rise as futures edge higher amid uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Seaboard
Gult
Liverpool
George W. Eberhardt
Gas Company Drills Test on O A Rosch Farm Area
The Hope Natural Gas Company drilled a test on the O A Rosch farm and reported a forming gas presence in the same locality another test on the Joshua Smith farm showing production potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgins
Hope Naturs
O. A. Rosch
Joshua Smith
Bertelg
Fairview July 4 celebration plans announced
Citizens of Fairview plan a four day July Fourth homecoming festival starting Friday July 2 with a welcome home for former residents of the oil town. Bail games band concerts and church services mark the days leading to an Independence Day program on Monday July 5 featuring a parade track events baseball games and a gala dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pairview
Voming An
Nail In Appendix Twenty Years Is Removed
In Huntington West Virginia on June 19 a 23 year old Parkersburg man P H Phelps had a half inch nail removed from his appendix after it had lodged there for almost twenty years. The operation at Kessler Hospital followed illness while he served as best man at a wedding. Dr Kessler said the nail likely penetrated the appendix by slow absorption with no other opening from organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
P. H. Phelps
Parkersburg
Kessler Hospital
Phelps
Walter Hopp
Julia Walker
Kessler
Bankers Hold Fifth Annual West Virginia Meeting at Clarksburg
The 5th annual meeting of Group 1 Box of the West Virginia Bankers Association gathered at Clarkshurst Country Club with attendance from Group Six bankers. M. A. Pletcher presided. addresses covered state and national banking, pending legislation, and proposed comprehensive acts. A banquet followed on the veranda with toastmaster Sam Woods, speakers including George Early and C. S. McKinney, and a list of attendees from Clarksburg Fairmont Morgantown and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Clarkshurst Country Club
Clarksburg
Country Club
M.A. Pletcher
Fairmont Trust Company
Group Six
Charles Baird Mitchell
Christ Episcopal Church of
Clarksburs
E.G. Smith
C. L. Keener
Morgantown
Fletcher
Lee X. Satterfield
R. E. Talbott
Philipal
E. B. Delson
Glenn F. Burns
Fairmont
Monogah
E. A. Rinehart
Belington
W. B. Holden
Salem
E. M. Davisson
Jane Lew
D. R. Richards
Sam V. Woods
Philippi
J. L Keener
Isless
Country Club House
M. M. Neely
Sam ¥. Woods
J. E. Law
A. K. Thorn
E. B. Délson
J.C. Hall
CR. Hall
Palermont
Donald Chaddock
Grafton
W. Chaddock
RE. Talbots
Philipps
Glenn F. Barns
EB. J. Stout
Lloyd Rimehart
Weston
Charles B. Alexander
Clarksbure
W. E. Maple
Farmington
James McAnderson
Guy S. Furhee
Mannington
O. S. McKinney
Phillip
George P. Barry
Pittsburgh
W. .B. Irvine
Wheeling
M. A. Fletcher
Lee N. Satterfield
Menongah
Lynn C. Horner
C. Wit
Witt
Fairview
Howard W. Showalter
E. Engle
Charles
Love and a Husky Young Soldier Fails Painter Out for Revenge
CHICAGO June 19. A Chicago painter J A Jones sought vengeance on rival Ed ward Wheching by spraying homes near Fort Sheridan with mahogany stain after using white paint. Jones tailed Private Ralph Ackerman of Port Sheridan to Alma Kloper’s porch, but Ackerman intervened, police found the painter restrained by the soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painter
Chicago
J. A. Jones
Jay Ward
Jones
Edward Wheching
Fort Sheridan
H. le Glidden
James McBride
Dash
R. J. Beatty
Love
Ralph Ackerman
Port Sheridan
Alma Kloper
Beatty
Ackerman
List of names and towns in Clarksburg area
A long sequence of personal names followed by associated towns and cities in West Virginia. The list includes D Booth Clarksburg S Parris Bridgeport J Timms Mennington J E Keyser Belington E A Rinehart Belington B P Molden Clarksburg H H Sommerville Clarksburg Charles W Robinson Pairmont 5 H White Clarksburg Charles A Sine Gratton CW Turlen Clarksburg Robert L Finlarson Shinaston L H Randall Fairmont F L Cunningham Clarksburg Hugh F Smith Fairmont Edmund L Sayer Gratton E 5 Ice Clarksburg F M Denham Fairmont Randolph A Courtney Fairmont A M Rowe Fairmont Charles S Edi son Clarksburg Lloyd D Williams Clarksburg Guy W Matheny St Clare Harry Davisson Clarksburg Carl D Sommerside Shinnston William J McElhiney West Union A B Scott Fairmont 8 Lew C E Phillips Jane Lew E Nichols Fairmont Frank Hazil Clarksburg B D Periti Clarksburg W B Holden Salem L C Reever Salem D Giffin Clarksburg Exel Dison Maxantown T G Price Mirnongat Harold Goodman Clarksburg Walton Miller Fairmont J J Keeney Morgantown G Jackson Jane Lew H G Bolton Belington Bennie Teter Belington J A Willesney Belington A S Stu/miaker Belington J S Vardervor Weston Haymond Maxwell Clarksburg E R Trocklelank Pittsburgh Lawrence E Hawkins Shinas ton F A Burt Mannington P H Pirister Mannington Smith Hood Fairmont I A Garrow Clarksburg W Z Walls Clarksturs James W Hess Clarksburg Joseph Lehman Fairmont
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Booth
Clarksburg
S. Parris
Bridgeport
J. Timms
Menningtom
J.E. Keyser
Belington
E. A. Rinehart
B. P. Molden
H. H. Sommerville
Clarksbur
Charles W. Robinson
Pairmont
H. White
Charles A. Sinee
Gratton
Turlen
Robert L. Finlarson
Shinaston
L. H. Randall
Fairmont
Fl. L. Cunningham
Hugh F. Smith
Edmund L. Sayer
E. 5
Ice
F. M. Denham
Randolph A. Courtney
A .M. Rowe
Charles S. Edison
Lloyd D. Williams
Guy W. Matheny
Stuiiaker
J. S. Vardervor
Weston
Haymond Maxwell
E.R. Trocklelank
Pittburgh
Lawrence E. Hawkins
F. A. Burt
Mannington
P. H Pirister
Smith Hood
Runs Away To See Sights Girl Caught In Transit
Dorothy Wolf, 74, of Cincinnati, ran away from home to see the sights in New York. She was taken from an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio express train by police at Clarksburg station and will be journeyed home by an officer. Her parents alerted authorities after learning the train she boarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dorothy Wolf
Cincinnati
Joker Station
New York
Columbia Gas and Electric Announces United Fuel Merger
New York June 18 Columbia Gas and Electric Company has gained control of United Fuel and Gas Company of West Virginia by acquiring 51 percent of its stock. United Fuel will become the nation’s largest natural gas producer. A B Leach of A B Leach Co, president of the Columbia Company, announced the deal which exchanges Columbia securities for United Fuel stock and cash, and includes securities in East Ohio Gas Company. East Ohio is Standard Oil affiliated. United Fuel previously held by Hope Natural Gas, a Standard Oil subsidiary. The Ohio Fuel Supply Company holds 49 percent of United Fuel, closely linked to Columbia Gas and Hirelle. United Fuel Gas already owns petroleum rights valued at about 49000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
United Fuel and Gas Company
West Virginia
United Company
A. B. Leach
A.B. Leach & Co
Columbia Company
Mgd
Columbia
United Fuel
East Ohio Gas Company
East_Ohio Gas Company
Standard Oil
Hope Natural Gas Commpany
United Fuel Gas
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
Columbia Gas and Hirelle Company
United Fuel Gas Company
Columbia Company Grows Gas Rights Through Acquisition
The Columbia Company, owning over 30 000 acres of gas rights, gains Dalles Fuel Gas Company, expanding control to over a million acres in West Virginia and Kentucky. Combined well capacity exceeds two billion cubic feet daily, with potential to extend natural gas service into Richmond and Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Company
Dalles Fuel Gas Company
West Virginia
Kentucky
Richmond
Washington, D
Enforce Weight and Measure Laws in West Virginia
Morgantown June 19 Prof CW Waggener of the State University becomes assistant superintendent of weights and measures under the new law in Charleston aiding enforcement. Jack Nightines state labor commissioner is superintendent. The university lab likely houses the department equipment with Waggener directing the scientific branch. Government seals will mark accurate measures and defective ones will be destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
CW. Waggener
State University
New Law
Charleston
Jack Nightines
Sup Tendent
Waggener
Tel
Destryeil
Chinaman Struck Down and Robbed in Virginia
Henry Ong a Chinese laundryman at Ronceverte four miles south of Lewisburg was struck on the head with a brick and robbed by an unidentified assailant. He was knocked senseless and suffered a very critical condition after the attack that morning. The culprit took $22 and ransacked the laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Henry Ong
Ronceverte
Here
Ong
Ongs
Frank Decision Is Coming Monday
ATLANTA Ga June 19 Gov Slaton said he had not yet reached a conclusion on Leo M Frank's application for commutation and he thought he would announce his decision by Monday. Frank's execution is set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Slaton
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Turslay
Line Fence Fight Trials Up Today
Trials of Lovie Fisher James Smith and Jennings Smith, jailed on warrants over a line fence dispute between the Smithed Fisher farms near Rivesville, scheduled for late this afternoon before Justice of the Peace M A Boxgrove. Mrs Fisher allegedly used abusive language when James Smith began to plow up the fence. Jennings Smith allegedly threw clods and Mrs Fisher retaliated with a club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovie Fisher
James Smith
Jennings Smith
Rivesville
Justice of the Peace
Also Mentioned on This Page
France
Sipitpsburgh
Pittsh Church
Sesili
Columbia Gas
Gordon Rand
Lewis County
K. Fahey
Grant
Ritchie County
Carnegie Natural Gas Company
C. W. Leggett
M. H. Cox
Greenbrier
Doddrige
Hope Natural Gas Company
E. Snyder
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Tiviots
Kansas
Court News
Baltimore
Wabash-Pittsburgh Railway Company
Qosa
Himiinat
Sbaltimore Stock
W. W.lanatian & Co
Cabbert
C.lof
Consolidated Power
United Railways
United Rwys
Northern Central
Elk Horn Fuel
Sgp
Elk Horn Fuel Com
BF Moors, Leonard & Lewis
X. Ww. G. ML
ACW. G. BL
Col G. & B
Root Ss
WE. W. RE. Pt
Mtrs
Sie
Oiland
Bankers Meeting
Satterfield
Rttbons
Central Selling CO
Jefferson Street
Court House
First National
Ins Chaes
Tesvcen
Childrer Ory
Castftoria
Columbia Gas Co
Bessiaxo
Etim Es
Findiyjgmnd
Pall
Mity
The
Peoples National Bank
Cornear
Postoffica
Ugg
Gond
Itional Bank
Sok Dat Hae
Universiten
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!