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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
12
A stray pocket book containing $40 was found in Richmond Ve. The finder reports the item to local authorities and awaits return to the owner. The case notes describe a missing item matching the description and value.
An old newspaper classified fragment promotes borrowing at The Swap Shop 62 Furniture and Stoves, with nearby listings for sales and items including watches, Walthems, Bulova, and Schlossberg brands. The text also hints at men and ladies Crist watches and pocket watches, plus discounted standard makes.
Salable hogs 5,000, total 13,000, demand active at 14.75 for 140 lb hogs, sows 14.00, complete clearance. shippers took 1,000. Calves salable 700, general market strong to 25 cents higher, many at 18.00, 17.65 17.90, bulk 16.00 17.65. stocker and feeder cattle strong to 7 higher, mostly 13.00. Sheep salable 3,000, total 9,500, fully steady. good lambs around 16.00, clipped lambs 14.00 15.35, shorn ewes mostly 8.00 and below.
A sequence of real estate conveyances across Widemouth creek Rock district and Princeton area. Transactions include C W Murphy to Clayton Wyatt and to J H Jones. Mercers to Lineberry. Shuck to Burnette. Shrewsbury to Shrewsbury. Lyda Curry to Joe Lisagor. Hall to Zinnie Conner. Pitt to Lossie Wood. Wright to Willie Rogers Clark. Amounts range from 10 to 1625 dollars with various tracts in Lashmeet Bluefield College Heights Prince ton and East River districts.
New York markets slid from highs with mixed stock activity as notable names like Santa Fe and U S Steel showed losses. Prominent declines included General Motors Chrysler and Westinghouse while Pacific and Johns Manville rose, with total sales at 9.81 million versus 11.70 million the prior Tuesday.
New York May 31 prices show eggs at 39 1/2 to 41 1/2 per dozen depending on grade with No 1 at 38 1/2 to 39 1/2. Butter prices remain firm at ceilings with 2 1/2 dollars per pound for nearby stocks and overall market unchanged.
No 1 by baskets New York Bald wins and Rome Beauties 3.40 crates Massachusetts dwins 4.00 25. Potatoes 11 cars steady. 100 lb sacks North Carolina Cobblers 4.04 California Long Whites 4.84. Eggs unchanged.
Cattle receipts light with 300 head listed in Baltimore market notes. Slaughter classes steady versus Tuesday as steer bids around 1175 pounds at 17.40, around 1180 at 17.35, cows 11.50 to 12.50 for medium beef, cutters 8.50 to 11.00, canners 7.00 to 8.00, shelly types 6.00, good beef 4.00 to 13.00, stockers and feeders active and steady.
Market notes show 650-815 lb feeder steers at 14.25 to 12.00, ed and choice 120-250 lb weaners 17.00 to 18.00, common to medium 1100 at 16.00, culls weak. Barrows and gilts 15.30 ceiling, sows 14.55 ceiling, grain fed basis. Lambs 16.50 to 17.60, ewes 8.00 to 8.50, yearling notes mixed. Also a stray line identifies an Australian bird of Paradise as a non-sequitur.
The Chicago grain market opened with a broad advance led by cash wheat and other grains. Prices drifted into mid session and closed mixed as traders weighed supply signals and market uncertainty.
The local paper reports a fatal automobile accident involving Mr and Mrs van an. The service is set at Lin bin Pare cemetery with pallbearers including Clarence Gordon John Gordon Tra Baxter Bernard Adams Robert Whitten William Penn. Mrs Morgan was born in January in Field Ohio. Related family members include Mrs Houston Claudine Harman Springfield Ohio Edward Harman Flint Michigan and Clarence A Princeton.
The Ladies auxiliary of the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen meets this evening at 6 o clock at the Carolina Community home. The Silver Star Charity Stewart church gathers this afternoon at 4 at the church. Legion will meet at the club rooms on Mercer Street. The Methodist Youth Fellowship holds the Hour Of Charm at 7 in the room tonight at 8. Every Liberty ship has its own distillation system to make sea water drinkable.
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