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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
13
General Motors stock surged 7.25 to 95.75 as 96,300 shares traded with a 25,000 share block. GM proposed a 2 for 1 stock split after hours as market breadth stayed firm with the AP average up 1 point and broad activity across 1,185 stocks.
Market figures show large speculative totals with odd token strings and scattered numbers. The entry lists 2 250 000 and 6 280 000 in incoherent format, making exact assets or entities hard to identify.
Bond prices show mixed movement with late day quotes around 94.7 to 102.2 to 104.7. Week and month readings differ, while 1950 and 1949 highs and lows appear in the broader price range. Bond sales total 140,000 and 6,280,000 in curb markets.
USDA cattle receipts thin with few lots held from yesterday while calves and hogs show steady to lower trends. Hog prices vary by weight with top barrows and gilts near 21.25 and heavy sows largely steady. cattle and sheep demand weak with limited sales and mixed feed hog trends.
Chicago grain and soybeans closed mostly higher after a choppy session. Soybeans lagged early with July contracts selling off, while cash grain values showed various No 1 and No 2 wheat and corn quotes and oat prices, barley listed nominally.
Electric fencing for farms relies on a single strand of wire that delivers a small shock when touched. Its main effectiveness is in deterring animals from crossing the boundary.
Salable hogs 11,000 with top 20.20, ranges by weight from 19.75 to 20.10 for 190-240 lb, down to 17.25 18.00 for 340-375 lb. Sows under 400 lb 16.50 17.75, larger sows 14.50 16.75. Cattle 6,500, calves 600, steers at 33.00 or better, good and choice fed 29.50 32.50, heifers 29.00 31.00, cows 22.50 24.00, canners 15.00 18.50, bulls 22.00 23.75. Sheep 1,000 with spring lambs top 30.00, bulk 29.00 30.00, old-crop lambs 25.00 26.50, 120 lb lambs 11.00 11.50.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia will hear EZ HM PRUETT on June 13 1950 at 10 00 a m at the Capitol Charleston to consider a permit as contract carrier to move milk from Bluefield Mercer County to Williamson Mingo County under contract with Southern Maid Inc Objections may be filed by then.
In sad memory of Homer Bernard Morris dated June 7 1947, a memorial note from Pauline Morris and family expresses lasting grief. The text also records a marriage license filing by Frank Caruso Jr of Springton and Betty Fiin chum Matoaka.
Multiple real estate notices advertise houses for sale or rent in Bluefield and nearby towns. Listings include a brick seven room four bedroom Elkridge home near Route 52, South Bluefield six to eight room houses, two room houses with lot, and a country estate three miles from Bluefield. Also offered are eight residential rooms, furnished and unfurnished apartments, hotel rooms for rent, and several lots for sale with contact details for Hall & Co and individual listings.
A long list of classified ads seeks a supervisor and crew manager for a Bluefield based cleaner group with Virginia work, plus positions for salesmen, a coal company manager, auto mechanics, body repair, plasterers, travel assistants, drivers, cooks, waitstaff, elder care, Avon reps, teachers, and insulation sales. Also notes auto and trailer trades, rental trailers, and equipment listings.
Multiple short notices seek domestic help and jobs. A country girl seeks private home care and housework for board. Veterans seek sales or driving work near Bluefield West Virginia. Other items include a small radio wanted and work for a caregiver with children.
Egg prices in New York on June 6 show a firm market with 16 244 overall. Spot quotations for whites and browns list various grades including extra fancy heavy weights fancy heavyweights and others with ranges from 26 to 42 cents per dozen.
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