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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1949
Page
8
An AP USDA market update notes price ranges for beef cattle classes. Heavier cattle and mixed lots show varied bids with common weights 170 to 260 pounds for vealers and 425 to 475 pounds for other cuts. Buyers discuss salable cattle at lower weights and average price levels around 10 to 18 per hundred pounds for different grades.
The report notes medium to low good sausage quality with stock cattle weaker. Salable sheep totaling 200 with scattered native spring lambs valued around 23.0 to 25.0 per head for small buyers. Sheep generally steady around 9.0 with some declines to 6.0. Bucks priced at 6.00.
Chicago market notes a slight wheat dip on the Board of Trade while corn and oats turn lower after early gains. Prices for corn ranged around 1.38 for various grades, oats quoted in the low 70s, barley and soybeans listed with limited activity.
Nelson S. Orkney of Webster Springs West Virginia will be guest at Bluefield lodge 85 A F and A M meeting in the Masonic temple at 7 30 tonight. There will be degree work and refreshments after. All master Masons invited.
Charges against Grant Bragg of Drewery Street were dismissed after he appeared before Justice J A Douglas Bailey on a warrant accusing him of cruelly beating a crippled horse. The justice warned him to treat stock more carefully, stating he would not be fined this time.
Applications for marriage licenses were filed in the county clerk's notice by Jones Be Clyburn Kenlyseville and Lillie Hensley Princeton Frederick A ten and Personal SPECIAL NOTICE To Brides To Be for engraved wedding invitations and an Soancements Dial 171 Telegraph Commercial Printing Co STENOGRAPHERS And Typists are depented with clear copies obtained then they use Planet Carbon Call Tele Commercial Printing Company sample sheets Dial 617
Notices and fragments mention a dairy farm and land for sale in a rural region near Amel and GneOHE. The text references a contract related to a dairy operation and nearby farms, indicating potential sale or lease of agricultural property.
Auction like listing describes 180 productive acres on Valley Pike near Morrisonburg Virginia with a modern main house two tenant houses farm buildings fully equipped dairy and poultry facilities and contracts to supply milk to Washington and Virginia markets Present gross income about 2000 monthly Terms offered Liberal terms and contact Wilbur P Anthony at First National Bank Building Harrisonburg VA
The commissioner of accounts in Bluefield West Virginia announces final settlement proceedings for executors Frank E. Hudgins Jr. and Paul Hudgins of the estate of Frank Esquidee Hudgins who died. The hearing date is noted as June 18 1949.
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