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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
7
Live poultry, eggs, butter and produce quotes from Philadelphia and Baltimore trade noting prices for fowls, leghorns, broilers, ducks, turkeys and dairy items. Cattle, calves, hogs and sheep priced in Chicago and Baltimore markets with gains on many categories and bankers' notes on EIR and exchange rates.
Wall Street report from New York on April 22 notes a fading rally as brisk opening gives way to offerings. Some steels rubbers and specialties show a mild recovery warmth while many issues trim gains.
Public auction set for May 22 1937 at eleven o clock in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Va selling 3 acres 1 rood and 17 square poles at Kent Street with 20000 square feet of livestock sale space. Terms require one third cash with two equal notes due in one and two years bearing six percent interest secured by a trust deed and an insured fire policy. R Gray Williams Trustee.
Partial line reads Montgomery Ward 59 Central 50 and Woolworth 83 1-8 with other vendor scores listed. Limited readable details suggest a transcribed scoreboard or retail poll item from a game day page.
Futures slide over two cents amid selling pressure from key buyers. Argentina grain shipments this week expected to rise, signaling market movement and potential price shifts locally.
Grain totals show 245 000 bushels vs 880 000 a year ago. Closing prices list wheat and corn futures, oats, rye, barley, lard and bellies for May July September contracts. Cash grains in Chicago Baltimore and Winchester quotes are given with No 1 and No 2 grades and mill deliveries.
The Star lists daily local market prices for wholesale grains and feeds. Pricing shows Patent brand flour in 98 and 48 pound bags per barrel, cracked corn options, and related bag weights with unit costs.
A fragmented page lists prices for various feeds and dairy products. It covers shelled corn, corn meal, middlings, oats, dairy feeds of multiple protein levels, baby chick feed, mixed feeds, cracked corn, and horse feed with packaging options. It also shows butter prices and country butter, plus notes on cows and creamery butter.
Co. E. Myers, bakery truck driver of Martinsburg, was discharged from Memorial Hospital after treatment for shock and minor injuries from a collision with a Baltimore and Ohio train at Strasburg. The train reportedly stopped at the Capon street and Capon road crossing just before Myers drove onto the crossing.
A slow moving train caught the rear of the track causing heavy damage. The machine’s body tore from the chassis and rolled down a steep embankment.
The Gainesboro Methodist Episcopal Church hosts a special musical program during a revival led by Rev. W. O. Talbot of Winchester on Sunday night April 25 at 7 45. Choirs from Whitacre Gore Bethel and Winchester perform opening numbers. Mrs Wayne B Omps and Miss Gladys Patton will solo after the sermon God's Infinite Love. All are welcome to attend.
Seventy five men entered the Artcraft Silk Hosiery Mill Inc. in Philadelphia along with 28 sit down strikers who had occupied the building since Tuesday night. The move followed a court action by the company seeking an eviction order.
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