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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1956
Page
14
The text explains that many people or objects can be carriers of poison ivy to some degree for a limited time. The resin remains on clothing touched by the plant and can stay on hands even after thorough washing.
The market opened with little movement as many pivotal issues remained unchanged. Minor gains touched Bethlehem, Goodyear, U S Rubber, Douglas, American Smelting, Westinghouse, B and O, Standard Oil New Jersey, and Royal Dutch while demand eased for Goodrich, Consolidated Edison, American Telephone, Kennecott, Du Pont, New York Central, and National Distillers.
Chicago grain prices opened firm with corn and soybeans showing strength in weak spots. Dealings were fairly active with early quotes for Wheat, Corn and Oats across multiple futures months.
A dense collage of across and down clues covering music characters, celestial terms, cooking tools, and phrases. The grid references many fill words, including several with abbreviations and archaic spellings, interwoven with financial and commodity quotes trailing near the bottom.
Livestock prices show steady cattle hogs and calves with ranges for steers 18.50 to 20.00 and hogs mostly 17.50 to 18.00 per hundred. Fresh fruit items include apples cantaloupes and peaches with Elberta and Halehaven varieties cited and prices around 1.00 to 3.25 per unit. Potatoes and sweet potatoes list several regional pricing points and demand described as weak to light. Poultry demand is good for fresh arrivals with wholesale fryer and hens prices given.
August 28 market report shows heavy cattle and hog receipts with strong demand for light stockers and feeders. Steer calves sold up to 22 per hundred, range of prices listed for butcher steers and heifers, bulls, cows, stocker cattle, calves, lambs, and hogs with per head and per hundred figures. Notable highs include stocker steers 17 to 22 and calf prices up to 25.75 for choice butcher calves.
Funeral service for Thomas Edward Jackson conducted at 2 p m yesterday at Jones Funeral Home by Dr William E Eisenberg Grace Lutheran Church pastor Pallbearers listed Interment in Refuge Cemetery
Daily star market notice lists prices for feed and grain items including 100 lb mixed feed at 3.30 and various grains. Entries show per bushel prices for barley wheat and corn with regional notes Rockingham and Augusta. Butterfat wholesale details appear with unspecified figures.
Market steady for live poultry with quiet demand as buyers stock for the week. Turkeys remain steady with farm prices noted 24 hours to noon, while egg markets show mixed quotes for Grade A medium and other grades across markets like Winchester and Harrisonburg.
Before standardized route numbers, telephone poles along the road were painted in red, white and blue toGuide travelers. The Lincoln Highway’s colors helped motorists follow the route, later superseded by U.S. Routes 1 30 40 50 and others.
Geologists estimate the oddly formed rocks at Colorado's Garden of the Gods formed at the seabed of a former sea that covered the region hundreds of millions of years ago.
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