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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1947
Page
7
Multiple small ads list properties and items for sale in Summit Point and nearby areas. Highlights include an eight-room house on two acres with out-buildings in Summit Point, a Martinsburg pike lot, and various furniture and vehicles for sale.
Wheat holds firm as corn and oats rally on moisture shortage in the Midwest. Opening quotes show Sept wheat at 2.33 3 4 to 2.34, corn Sept 2.25 1 2 to 2.26, oats Sem 1.00 3 4 to 1.10 1 4, with futures extending across Dec and May contracts. New Zealand geography noted with North and South islands and Stewart Island.
The undersigned will sell at her home about four miles West of Winchester on Route 50 starting at 1 o clock Saturday August 9 1947. Items include beds chairs bureau wash stand rugs linoleum two separators sausage grinder steel traps block and tackle tables kerosene heater victrola records Home Comfort range oil stove child’s bowling alley couch buffet electric fence charger clocks baby bed gigs glass jars and more. Terms cash. Mrs F W Pingley. Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show varied prices across produce, poultry, butter, eggs, and livestock. Cattle and calves steady, hogs mixed with declines on lighter weights, and sheep steady. Chicago hogs weaker on weights under 240 pounds.
New York trading opened quiet with selective blocks lifting volume while many leaders drifted lower. Skepticism about foreign economics and political outlook along with domestic business concerns weighed on sentiment. Film issues faded with few revivals as export strains grew. Notable standouts included Hudson Motors and J C Penney, while new lows emerged for Loew's and International Nickel.
Local markets list daily corrected prices for flour corn meal grains and animal feeds. Entries show brand names bag sizes moisture based wheat and corn prices and assorted mashes and turkey grower feeds with unit costs and per cwt or per bag figures.
The Constellation, launched September 7 1797, is cited as the oldest ship in the US Navy. During World War II, 42 000 soldiers sentenced in general courts martial were restored to duty by December 31 war period figures from the War Department Advisory Board on Clemency.
Prices paid for Federal State graded eggs F O B Winchester U S Grade A extra large 58 per dozen U S Grade A large 56 U S Grade A medium 46 U S Grade B large 50 Pullets 34 Trades 39 Live poultry prices in Winchester area No 1 quality heavy breed hens over 4 lbs 26 27c Leghorns 20 2bc Heavy breed broilers 31 82c per lb Leghorn broilers 26 27c Old roosters and stags 14 15c Turkeys Young toms 22c per lb Young hens under 18 lbs
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