Market drift and drillings across exore and local oil assets
June 24 stock notes show United Rubber and Conadian Shroke tumbling while Rubber advances. Canal Mechine hits a 130% low. London markets report weak openings and German war replies cited. Pitts Security market opens dull with little demand as Tomfe Company testing Squaw sand and W H Campbell heirs farm, Onto Fuel Oil second test on HM V Ximesley, and Called Fuel Gas second test on Numa Black Coal tract.
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United Rubber Common
Conadian
Sufti- 1
Canal Mechine
London
Tomfe
Test
W. H. Campbell
Onto Fuel Oil Company
Fuel Gas Company
Numa Black Coal Company
State Issuing New Charters In Oil Market Era
Charleston June 25 report lists new charters from the West Virginia Secretary of State. Marlinton and Huntington firms form in real estate, drugs, amusement, mercantile, and other sectors with capital stock levels from 3,000 to 500,000 dollars. Notable incorporators include Wallace family, Cunningham, Berwind, and Prockter, among others in Charleston, Clarksburg, Beckley, and Bluefield.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kausay & Okla
Charleston
W. Va
Secretary of State
Wallace & Co
Marlinton
Ty. Va
S. B. Wallace, AC
MelCoy
James O. Sauth
Kines
Capital Stock
B. Chitton
D. R. Fetterhot
W. G. MacCorklé
A. A. Hobrbough
Frank
Alfred
R. H. Lind
Weston
Camp Wickham Club
Clarksburg
W. Vi
G. Harrr Gordon
Jon Law
Ray Luther
C. L. McDonald
New River Pocahontas Swres
Berwind
Mercantile
Capital
A. Berwind
Philadelphia
Pas
Black
Malcolm Jackson
E.W. Kofebt
J. F. Brown
Prockter Cox! Company
Am Pdale
Walter Prockter
Amherstdale
M_ Ou
I. Locke
Alty Company
Beckley W. Va
J. Any Ewart
Joe L. Smith
J. E. Tolliver
Ewart
CH. Meador
Beckley, Wyk
The
Texas Company
South America
Oew York
Otl
Arnold Schlach
Saugaguek
Cann
E. C. Lauttkin
A. Pouncey
Jersey
J.B. Niglietta
W. B Knight
New ‘York
Orrorless Paint Company
Wheeling
Capital Stocl
M. K. Cochran
E. A. Howard
G. W. Matthews
Davis
D.L Lewis
McMechen
Parkers
Burg
Ri P. Camden
Grain and Produce Prices and Market Fears
The article discusses farmers and holders of defective futures facing market pressure as cash wheat is moved for export. It notes potential U.S. production reaching up to 950 million bushels if foreign buyers withdraw, risking price declines and broader supply concerns.
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Basperurgh
Pitts
Syeaterday
Denmor
Mur Weill
West Virginia gas wells report completions and plans
Oil and gas news from Clay and Ellsworth districts notes completions in the Big Injun sand and gasser activity. Companies including Mev Mev and Craig Oil report new or tested wells with strong gas pressures, while plans to drill deeper are mentioned and a 600 foot offset is cited.
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West Virginia
Felts
Bis Oy
Tyler
Ny Han
Gaz
Mote
Hult
Clay District
Ritchie Iy
Buight
Ash
Craig Oil Company
J. Rl
Sane Land Gasser
Creek
South Peon Ol
Fitz
Anns C
Plans for New Main Street Theater Nearing Completion
Plans for the new Main Street theater by George H Nelson near completion. Engineers prepare to lay ground for a substantial brick structure 30 by 100 feet with heating capacity of 700. A commodious lobby will greet visitors and a tunnel to connect with the lower store is planned to avoid delays in leasing. Nelson, a successful businessman, is expected to create a popular, successful venue.
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Main Street
George H. Nelson
Io Ka
Optian Trom
Nelson
Jones Visits From Chicago Praised And Provokes New York
Gerald Jones, visiting New York from Chicago, contrasts the two cities and mocks office bar habits. A stern office boy demands a card before any talk with P Norval Smith, prompting Jones to print spoof cards bearing names like Jim Jeffries and James J Corbett. The piece weaves in stray notes on mammoth remains and Hawaiian sugar production.
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Gerald Jones
Bota
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati Times-Star
Mr. Jones
P. Norval Smith
Qurks
Jerry Jones
Emsil
Sierras
Smith
Tom Shirker
Child’s Puzzle Meter Gaffe Creates Dream Memory
A little girl smiles and says she swallowed a word while answering her mother about the meter in a teacup of speech. The scene captures a fragile moment of innocence and miscommunication.
Governor To Speak At Adamston Church Dedication
Gov HD jeld is scheduled to deliver an address at the dedication of the Methodist Episcopal church at Adamston near Kebars on Sunday July 4. The address is set for eight o'clock in the evening with Rev J B Bird of Charleston delivering the dedicatory sermon, former pastor at Clarksburg.
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HD. Jeld
Adamston
Kebars
J. B Bird
Charleston
Clarksburg
Pili Dleiver
Professor Higby Returns to Duties After Absence
Professor C. P. Higby, granted a year’s leave to attend Gallachie University, was reelected at the Charleston meeting and will resume duties there at Gallachie in due course.
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C. P Highy
Gallachie
Prop Man's Advantage From Ecclesiastes Reflection
A compact, old style reflection notes that the laboring man enjoys restful sleep whether he eats little or much, while the abundance of the rich disturbs sleep. The aphorism grounds a moral contrast using a biblical citation and suggests frugality as virtue.
Real Hypocrite Phrase Sparks Local Banter
In a rustic quip Uncle Eben denounces a man who claims credit for creating a garden while he merely digs up fishing worms. The exchange captures small town humor and social teasing in a lively verbal riff.
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Eben
Advertising appeal to Fairmont merchants in West Virginia
The notice urges Fairmont merchants to advertise in The West Virginian to reach a large buying community. It claims twenty thousand West Virginia families in the circulating territory purchase daily goods best supplied locally and asks if the reader is capturing their share of business.
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West Virginia
West
Editorial puzzle over subscribers and poems in Columbus Journal
A disheartening note laments editorial aims to foster a literary tone for editorial pages. It recalls a reader question about money, with a quip about choosing a company wisely and being self reliant, illustrating pride and caution in financial matters.
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Columbus (D
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