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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1947
Page
7
A protest by Royal Crown against a game with the Eagles was ruled over at a league meeting. Officials voided the protest after reviewing the umpire’s call and declared the game, decided 6 5 in favor of the Eagles, valid “on account of darkness.”
Classified listings include sale items for a 1928 Chevrolet ton truck, dinette set and furnishings, and a house. Also housing for rent, a lost light brown portfolio, a repair shop site for rent, plus miscellaneous insecticide, typist wanted, weatherstrips offered, and a boarding request. Brown Bomber football squad meeting announced.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports U S Grade A extra large eggs at 58 per dozen and Grade A large at 56, medium 46, Grade B large 50, pullets 34, trades 39. Live poultry prices in Winchester area list heavy breed hens over 4 lbs at 26 to 27 per lb, Leghorns at 20 to 22 per lb, heavy breed broilers 31 to 32, Leghorn broilers 26 to 27, old roosters 14 to 15, young turkeys toms 22 per lb and young hens under 18 lbs.
We express heartfelt appreciation to friends for kindness shown during the death of our husband and father Silas Henry. Wife and Daughter.
Market reports from Baltimore and Chicago show produce quotes for apples eggs butter and poultry with barley steady demand and liberal receipts. Livestock prices reflect steady cattle calves hogs and sheep with varied weights and shifts in top prices across regions.
Sir Christopher Wren, renowned British architect, also earned recognition as a geometer and astronomer, shaping both design and scientific inquiry in his era.
Modest recoveries appeared in today’s New York stock market though demand was timid and many leaders sought lower territory. Dealings tapered after an active start with light accounts due to British economic crisis and unsettled European and Balkan affairs. Notable movers included Chrysler Studebaker U S Steel Pennsylvania Railroad and Montgomery Ward with some laggards such as General Motors Sears Roebuck and American Telephone.
Local wholesale and retail market prices list various commodities and feeds including Pious Patent Brand bags, corn meal, flour, wheat, corn (yellow and white), barley, egg mash, cracked corn, broiler mash, turkey grower and starter, scratch feed, and wholesale butter. Prices shown reflect Cumberland Valley Dealer’s Association accepted rates.
The report notes that electricity is in use on 53 percent of the nation’s farms, indicating growing electrification in agricultural operations and rural communities.
Fragmentary OCR shows oats related notations with numeric scores and dates like Sep 98 154 97 1 4 Dec 95 May 93 3 4 92 1 4. The readable fragments suggest a sports or agricultural ledger entry noting values and months without clear events or participants.
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