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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1947

Page

7

For Sale And Local Market Listings From Winchester Area

Classified notices show items for sale including peaches and a homemade cider vinegar. Also listed are a modern six room semi bungalow at 313 Parkway Winchester with contact details, plus corrections to local markets featuring wholesale and retail prices for flour corn meal grains feeds and butter with various moisture adjustments and unit weights.

Parkway Winchester E. C. Brumback Stroutes Stephens City

Lost brown portfolio between Middletown and Winchester

Lost light brown portfolio reportedly missing between Middletown and Winchester. Return to Brown Lovett Jr. 811 S Braddock St. Phone 4781. A separate item notes a lost male bulldog named Bossy from a game Monday night, call 7821.

Middletown Winchester Brown Lovett, Jr S. Braddock St

Market Quotation Roundup From Baltimore Livestock Poultry

Market reports show mixed cattle hogs and sheep activity in Baltimore with steady poultry demand. Prices range for apples eggs butter and various beef and pork classes, with receipts noted and weights listed.

New York Stocks edge up as investors await British data

In a mixed session on August 6 New York stocks made small advances amid selective short covering and investment buying. Leaders were uneven with many pauses as traders awaited British economic developments and clearer home data. Notable gainers included Chrysler General Motors Packard Motors Sears Roebuck United Aircraft and others while Frisco Republic Steel Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Boeing and Texas Company fell. Bonds were narrow and cotton futures rose.

New York Chrysler General Motors Packard Motors Sears Roebuck United Aircraft Glenn Martin Consolidated Edison Public Service of N. J. Anaconda General Electric Westinghouse Union Carbide American Woolen Southern Railway Standard Oil Frisco Railroad Republic Steel Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Boeing American Water Works Johns-Manville, Texas Co Northern Pacific

Chicago Grain Opens Firm on Tight Overnight Moisture

Chicago August 6 grain prices opened firm on the Board of Trade as markets reacted to a lack of moisture during the previous night. Traders anticipated continued support from dry conditions and potential availability issues ahead.

Chicago Board of Trade

Grain and oil prices in futures markets

Opening prices show Wheat futures for Sep 2.33 2.32 and Dec 2.29 2.4 with May at 2.25. Corn futures list Sep 2.20 2.21 3 4 and Dec 2.05 2.05 1 2, May 1.99 2.00 1 2, July 1.95. Oats lift Sep 99 and Dec 96 7 8 97 with May 94 93 3 4. Lard is quoted Sep 16.70 80.

Egg and poultry price report from Winchester area markets

Agriculture Department Markets Division reports prices paid to producers and dressing plants in the Winchester area. Eggs based on F O B Winchester show U S Grade A extra large 58 per dozen, A large 56, A medium 46, B large 50, pullets 34, trades 39. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens 26 to 27 cents per pound, Leghorns 20 to 22, heavy breed broilers 31 to 32, Leghorn broilers 26 to 27, roosters and stags 14 to 15, turkeys young toms 22 per pound, young hens under 18 pounds.

Baltimore Bu. Bas. Usis MD. del. Pa Duchess Williams Winchester U. S O. B

First Watches Made in Germany at Century's End

The article notes that early watches were manufactured in Germany toward the end of the 15th century. It highlights the emergence of portable timepieces and the regional craft heritage shaping early horology.

Germany

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