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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
6
Small ad items list prices and offerings including a 1.75 per column inch rate, a 0.50 daily rate, a 2 door Ford, a large one floor home at 202 Malden Drive Shenandoah Realty, Mt. Jackson cattle and farm work, modern first floor apartments at 510 N Main St, a room for rent at 6152, and three country rooms by Box 14 Star.
G 2a ktL for sale two beagle pups ready to run address 725 Smithfield Ave. For sale registered Hampshire pigs both sexes open and bred gifts sows young boars and boar service check prices Floyd W Lofton White Post Virginia phone Boyce 139 W 2 after 6 pm. FOR SALE Complete bathroom outfits tile lavatory and comode with fittings 45 dollars bricks also Jo Bayliss Hotel Jack. FOR SALE OR TRADE 8 room modern house small acreage call 5066.
The notice states that inquiries should address Box No 8 in care of this newspaper and that personal interviews will be arranged.
Local ads seek pallets for laying work call 7938 and farm with dry cave storage details to letter L Runechey 401 E Franklin Richmond VA. Kroning 128 E Pall Mall St. 2 roomers wanted call 6247 and houses to build by E W Stultz & Sons with new home for sale phone 7173 or 8349.
Local markets show daily prices for grains and feed in Harrisonburg, Rockingham, and surrounding areas. No. 2 yellow corn, barley, wheat, and mixed feeds are listed with range prices by location such as Rockingham, Augusta, and Luray, indicating regional price dispersion.
Agriculture Department market notes show steady demand with fair to good levels. Farm prices recorded for the 24 hours ending today at noon include various poultry categories such as small breeder hens at 26 26 and 4, live poultry, broilers, fryers, heavy and light hens, and turkey fryers with prices ranging from 18 to 55 in local markets including Harrisonburg and Winchester egg markets listing U S Grade A and B classifications and assorted weights.
We express appreciation for the cards flowers and kindness during the illness and death of our husband and father Cc R WILSON family 8 25 11
For sale on Bellview Avenue a six room home with side porch basement one bath and furnace priced at 11500. Call for details.
Baltimore market notes show mixed apple quotes from Gravensteins to McIntosh for 2 1/2 inch sizes, cantaloupes and peaches with various regional pack quotes, and potato and sweet potato prices. Poultry and eggs steady with firmer hog and cattle values in Baltimore USDA reports, plus Chicago and other markets listing hogs and cattle ranges and stocker prices.
The stock market showed moderate activity in early trading in New York. Major gainers included U S Steel, Firestone, Westinghouse, Crown Cork, General Electric, and International Nickel with modest early advances. Other movers were Bethlehem, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, Douglas Aircraft, Bullard, and Southern Pacific, while Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway and Baltimore & Ohio edged down slightly.
Chicago Board of Trade opens with slight strength in corn and soybeans as dry Midwest weather persists. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, and soybeans list mixed nearby contracts with various September and December figures across old and new contracts.
Market notes show lamb lots for sale at 80 to 96 pounds priced 18.50 to 21.50 per cwt with some 93 pound lambs at 21.75. Cull lambs run 9.00 to 17.50, one deck mostly choice shorn spring lambs at 94 pounds 20.00, and slaughter ewes priced 3.00 to 5.00.
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