Empties Ordered Amid Coal Market Shifts
Reports from Johnstown Pa indicate railroad strike talk sparked renewed activity in coal shipments. Eastward demand rose while western exports fell, with 1,160 empties ordered and 728 requested by Monongah division, 189 to Monongahels, 43 to West land. Prices climbed slightly as Pool 10, Pool 9, and Pool 1 coal rose on the spot market. A deed filed in Morgantown transfers coal tracts worth $142,000 to Gilbert-Davis Coal Co.
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Johnstown
Businsea
Penn
Anja
Iomenis
jMzo
Monongahels
Virginia
Westland
Mouta
Pennsylvania
Agahnstown
Yyorue
Moro
Ee Ray Ford
Legion Avistors
Tole Sahel
Apo
Ated
Pool 9
Pool 1
Monongatin County
Morgantown
Nonsensical Observations With Odd Sayings From Aged Riff
A jumble of quirky witticisms and misquoted lines touches on tariffs taxes insurance and trains with scattered references to Chicago police Princeton professors and a trackless trolley car. The piece reads as a collage of aphorisms and wordplay without a clear narrative or consistent source.
Y W C A Reading Rooms Add To Community Help
An article describes the Y M C A expanding and refurbishing its building for boys and young men. A club room on the second floor offers billiards chess and music with reading materials including Literary Digest Popular Mechanics and National Geographic. A junior room features Youth's Companion and The American Boy among others. A meeting of Y committees and the board of literature is planned. The piece ends with a short note on a motorless aircraft in Munich.
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Xem. C. A
Daily Papers
American
Popular Mechanics
Saturday Evening Post
Brain Power
Sunset
Scientific American
National Geographic
Camera Craft
American Bay
Saint Nicholas
Congress
Kenior
Amor- Jonger
Jean
Post
Field and I
Outlook
Harpers
Collets
The
Christian Herald
New York Times
Washington Post
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lectora
By The Way Daily Columns on War Heroes and Global Trade
LVIN YORK tops our war heroes list with 171 Germans captured and a Choctaw Indian background. Second is Joseph Okla hombi who now farms in Oklahoma, while JAP Baron Shibusawa, head of Tokyo Chamber, urges a frictionless world commerce league to curb future wars.
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Lvin York
Joseph Oklahombi
Marshal Petain
Joe
Oklahoma
Menon
Shibusawa
Tokio Chamber of Commerce
America
BNYS Leader Visits State Boys Work Secretary
The YMCA hosted State Boys Work Secretary Withee from Lawrence Massachusetts to boost boys work. He met with the Boys Work committee and local clubs in Mannington to support HI Y and Woodcraft leagues. Rotary and Kiwanis contributed to the State Boys fund chaired by ex Governor Cornwall. The program emphasizes character building and weekly youth activities supervised by young men. Members pledge to improve their school, help others, and pursue clean conduct.
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Withee
Withes
Lawrence
Mass
Boys
Mannington
Rotary
Kiwanis
Cornwall
Yyong
Teague
Fala Ehetatian Eneraaings Jn
Clana
Elon
Model City celebrates Health Week at Hall Hardware
Elizabeth Koleta of Fairmont high school led a civics project that built a 36 by 60 inch model city to honor Health Week. The city, named Manley City, showcases health beauty and convenience with streets designed for 60 feet wide main artery and 16 foot tree spaces. Built by students who served as architects contractors and horticulturists, the display includes a park playground M C A community hall theatre library and gym. It sits at Hall’s Hardware store for viewing. list of participating boys includes James Allard John Claybour Russell Crawford Fay Gaskins Guerin Johnston William Kaiser Hugh Michie Paul Moore and others.
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Elizabeth Koleta
Fairmont High School
Hall Hardware
Manley
Emarmog
Waco
M. C.A
Hall
Hardward
Mining Institute to Banquet Soon in Clarksburg
The Clarksburg Mining Institute plans a mid December banquet at the Waldo Hotel for members and ladies. A committee led by C D Schlegel will arrange the event, aiming for a date before Christmas. Discussions covered proposed changes to West Virginia mining laws and included Evans Griffith and P McOlvin.
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Clarksburg Mining Institute
Waldo Hotel
Clarksburg
Sobie
Eyningo
Harrison County ‘Court House
C. D. Schlegel
William McClgin
Ralph A. "Brown
Spimller
Court House
American. Legion
Chaddock
West Virginia
Evans J. Griffith
Es .P.mcolvin
William Wd
R. A. Brown
Harrison Rt House
Ion
Atant
Tax discount offered for October and November payments
City tax office announces readiness to receive payments. Residents paying all taxes in October and November qualify for a two and a half percent discount. P. Davib Troaau.
Monongah High Night Class Opens for Parents and Friends
Monongah High offers a 7 pm night school session for parents and community members. Fifteen cranes will demonstrate wheel gearwork while students study history, English, shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, cooking, and home economics.
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Monongah High
West Monongah High ‘School
Olasey
Health Parade Feature of B16 Drive In Marion City
The Health Parade today featured bands and floats headed from Fou and Locust avenues at three o clock. Judges Major A A Knapp Robert C Miller and Mrs W H Conaway will award the aliver lovine cup from the Marion County Medical Association after reviewing from the courthouse. Miss Francine McMahon aided planning and praised for her work. floats will carry muslin balls colors and banners with boys and girls in costume participating. banners and emblems enhance the exhibit and public viewing is expected to be unusually good.
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Fou
Locust Avenue
Gomes
A. A. Knapp
Robert C. Miller
W. H. Conaway
Marion County Med~ieal Association
Francine McMahon
West Virginia
Cosjtuma
Lloyd George to sail for Washington for armament talks
London Oct 21 Prime Minister Lloyd George will leave for Washington November 5 on the liner Aquitania and is to arrive in time for the opening session of the armament conference on November 11. In Indianapolis Kansas miners called to resume work after leader Howat’s jailing, per a UMWA letter. Lisbon Oct 21 Antonio Granko premier and ex minister of marine Joss Male were assassinated during the military outbreak and new administration set up. Cody Wyoming Oct 21 Mrs Louisa Cody widow of Buffalo Bill Cody died at 78 from heart disease.
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London
Lloyd George
Washington
Indianapolis
Kansas
Alexander Howat
Kansas Industrial Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lisbon
Antonio Granko
Joss Male
Cody
Wyoming
Louisa Cody
Buffalo Bil Cody
Trial Over Runs Long as Rasce Chambars Case Proceeds
Williamson October 21 The second trial of Rasce Chambars id Fred Burdram continues in connection with the killing of J W Ferguson one of seven private detectives who met Geath in the Matewan battle. Court opened today with references to a Springfield 20 calibre rifle and standard ammunition.
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Williamson
Rasce Chambars
Fred Burdram
J.W. Ferguson
Geath
Matewan
Mayor Conaway Seeks Auditor Role in Prisoner Case
The police court case recounts Ed Perry a drunken prisoner accused of stealing funds and clothing from fellow inmates. Mayor Conaway attempts to audit the finances as Patrolman Digman testifies, disputing the claimed 80 cents and the alleged losses.
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Conaway
William O'Connor
Ed Perry
Tovbreak
Tom Filnn
Wilbur
Snider
Digman
Alge
Health officer offers quarantine guidance for contagious diseases
Dr. J. Jamison urges strict quarantine to stop spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria. He notes several active scarlet fever cases and warns they could trigger an epidemic if containment fails. Citizens should cooperate and maintain quarantines, with families keeping precautions in their homes.
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Jamison
Fairman
Ottlear
Rail freight up on three lines says Morgantown club
Morgantown Rotary heard C A Albright report seven hundred carloads of freight daily into Morgantown with overall freight movement rising on the B&O line Cumberland to Connellsville divisions. He noted 86 percent of normal eastbound business since October due to coal and coke output from Fairmont Somerset and Connellsville regions. Disputes on Connellsville Elkins divisions of Western Maryland Railway also surged since October.
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Mononsahela Railway
C. A. Albright
Morgantown
Fairmont
Somerset
Connellsville
Connellaville and Elkins
Western Maryland Railway
H. G. Nutt
Pittsburgh
Domestic Coke Plant to Resume Operations
The Dometslc Coke Corporation plans to resume domestic coke production on a Wednesday. The manager says the plant will operate at reduced force, aiming to dispose of all coke in Fairmont and nearby areas. More ovens may be charged if local demand warrants. a producer plant resumption is also anticipated, with several workers to be employed.
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Corporation Ia
Fairmont
Y.M.C. A
Peabody Gains Control Of Coke Interests In Uniontown
A Uniontown Herald report says Frank Peabody of Pittsburgh and associates acquire controlling interests in Reilly Peabody Fuel and American Coke Corporation by buying Eugene Reilly and J P Monahan holdings. The American Coke Corporation, with 3 million dollars in capital, operates 480 ovens at Orient Payette county and 142 ovens at Linn Station, plus 242 ovens at Martin Fayette county, producing about 60 000 tons of Connellsville coke monthly. Associates include Wheeling Steel and Iron Company Midvale Ordnance company and Reading Iron company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Herald
Frank
Peabody, Pittsburgh, and Associates
Reilly-Peabody Fuel Company
American Coke Corporation
Eugene 5. Reilly
Pittsburgh
Oas
Julian Kennedy and Associates
Orient
Payette County
American
Linn Station
Fayette County
Martin
Connellsville
Peabody
Wheeling ‘Steel'& Iron Company
Midvale Ordnance, Company
Reading-Iron Company
Raids Nets Several Prohibition Violators in County
County officers conducted raids last night arresting multiple violators of the prohibition law. Hollaway was taken from a Hamilton Street home where 60 gallons of mash were destroyed. Another residence on Sycamore alley yielded a quart of mash and a home-made whiskey still. Ferris and Watson were detained as witnesses, with all three held at the county hall for processing.
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Life Home
Hamilton Strest
Arthur Moory
Sycamore Alley
Joo
Ferris
Frank
Johar” Watson
Labor Board Decisions Stir Washington Amid Walkout Fears
Officials report from Washington as the Labor Board’s actions draw fire from unions and government leaders alike. The discussion centers on the board’s authority and possible steps to avert a walkout, with debate over direct or indirect union involvement and any potential move to open a formal labor board.
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An Iristman
Chicago
Princeton
Munich
Bavaria
Blachoffsheim
Thypusah
Sato
BNYS
Health Week
Mining Institute
P. Davib
Troaau
Mayor Conaway
Sein
United States
Road Labor Board
Ordryett
Dent
Ochaernment
Awaluedis
Bowr
Teking
Atep Fami
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