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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
7
Classified notices from Winchester Star include sales of appliances and a 1936 Chevrolet truck, a list of job openings from office work to painting, and rental offers. Plus missing items like a billfold and a Beagle hound seeking return.
Prices drifted down from the prior session as grain trading picked up in Chicago. Wheat led with Sep at 2.02, Dec 2.07, May 2.02. Corn Sep 1.22, Dec 1.43. Oats Sep 65.7, Dec 66.5, May 62.14. Rye Sep 1.49, Sep 1.257, Nov 1.120.
New York stock trading closed with a mixed tone as several issues fluctuated. United Corp moved unchanged at 4 while U S Gypsum faced selling pressure and several leaders traded lower alongside weaknesses in Dow members and industrials.
Daily corrected market rundown shows prices for flour corn meal and feeds. Items listed include flour at retail 65 cents per un and various corn meal sizes with 31 to 53 cent ranges, wheat and yellow corn at 1.50 to 1.72 per unit, and egg mash butterfat and turkey feeds with several price points.
Prices paid by federal state graded eggs in Winchester include U S Grade A extra large 60 cents per dozen and Grade A large 58 cents. Poultry prices list heavy breed hens 42 pounds and leghorn hens for producers. broilers and red broilers at 20 cents. young birds and old guineas noted with assorted values.
California researchers say the Mojave Desert was once a network of lakes. Dr. Robert R. Miller of the National Museum and Dr. Carl L. Hubbs of the University of California estimate the region stayed well watered until after the last glacial period about 20 000 years ago.
Baltimore reports dull produce with apples and eggs varying by grade. Cattle receipts lean small, calves light with steady prices, hogs trading slow with mixed weight ranges, and sheep showing little early movement in the market.
Public auction conducted by trustee W E Edwards in Winchester at the county courthouse at 11 AM on Saturday August 20 1949 offers 7.12 acre parcel two miles east of Stephens City along Virginia State Highway 636. Sale subject to prior deeds of trust. terms require one third down and balance in two years with 6 percent interest. Coleman Dunn acts as auctioneer.
The Winchester Star Information Bureau promotes Modern Letter Writing a booklet with model forms for business and social letters, plus a table on addressing important persons. Order for 20 cents postpaid by sending the coupon with payment to Washington D C.
Public auction to sell 168 acres about three miles east of Cross Junction Frederick County Virginia. The 1949 sale follows a second Deed of Trust default by Winona Ford and E L Ford with terms one third cash and two installments secured by purchaser bonds. Auctioneer Dabney W Watts Coleman Dunn conducts the sale at the Winchester County Courthouse on August 20 at 11 a.m. Eastern.
In the Corporation Court of the City of Winchester on July 28 1949 the clerk notes a report of the accounts of James P Reardon personal representative of the estate of Daisy D Cochran deceased and that six months have elapsed since qualifications creditors and all interested parties are ordered to show cause on September 26 1949 before the court against payment and delivery of the estate to distributees Calvin T White Agnes L Nockels and Charles J Dowden with or without bonds as prescribed by the court.
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