This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1949
Page
7
Chris Spanos, injured last year in an explosion at Bayliss store, received his diploma from Handley High School after attending summer school. He remains a patient at Winchester Hospital receiving plastic surgery.
Furnished rental ad for a bed cane ike and a woman at 333 West Cork 81 with phone 3372. Also a four room apartment to be sold with furniture contact 3253. Lost item a pair of plastic framed eyeglasses contact 3290.
Classified display ads list 1.50 per column inch per day with a minimum charge. Cash must accompany all out of town ads. Closing hours noted for submission.
Two modern six room houses offered for sale at 9500 dollars each located at 128 and 132 South Cameron Street. Contact Harry H. Willis at phone 3631. Also notices seek a woman for light housework and child care at 128 North Lou dough after 5 and experienced sales ladies for Philips Specialty Shop.
Attorney for Mrs. Ross McKee to sell at public auction at Crowser's Warehouse 21 Clark Street Winchester VA at 10 30 A M September 2 1949. Includes canned goods store merchandise dry goods equipment scales and other store goods from Whitehall Frederick County. Terms cash Auctioneer Coleman Dunn. Joseph A Massie Jr attorney.
Staff Sgt. Lawrie will visit the recruiting station at 3 N. Loudoun St. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow to recruit women for the WAC and WAS programs.
Prices reported by the Agriculture Department show各 Egg grades from extra large to small and pullets at various cents per dozen. Live poultry prices list heavy hens leghorn and rock cross broilers and young and old guineas with cents per pound or per head figures for Winchester area plants and farms.
Chicago prices show salable hogs at 19.50 to 21.50 per cwt with various weight ranges and sows down to 13.50. Cattle totals near 8500 with steers, yearlings and heifers in the 24.50 to 29.50 range, cows 14.50 to 18.50, vealers 27 and up. Baltimore listings record hogs 21.25 to 22.50 for 180-260 lb bars and 260-300 lb at 19.50 to 20.50, cattle trading slow with calves at 24 to 31, sheep steady with spring lambs around 26 to 27.
New York trading stayed narrow with small losses at the open and little market punch. Bethlehem Steel, Goodrich, Montgomery Ward, J I Case, Columbia Gas, General Electric, Santa Fe, Sinclair Oil and Eastern Air Lines posted lower prices, while United Aircraft rose on government contract hopes.
Chicago grain prices opened higher on light turnover with Wheat leading mixed gains. Sep wheat at 2.01, Dec 2.057, May 2.01. Corn Sep 1.25, Dec 1.16, May 1.21. Oats Sep 6714, Dec 66, Jly 57. Rye Sep 1.4114. Soybeans Nov 2.34. Lard Sep 12.00, Jan 11.00.
To the right man we offer proper remuneration and profit sharing in charge of the department. Sell Ford Tractors and Implements and qualify for full department control. Include applications in your own handwriting.
Yard party at Greenwood Methodist church lists Charles Mason of New York as ranking first in the graduating class of 1829 where Robert E. Lee later attended. The notice invites attendees to a church event with ham and chicken salad sandwiches and desserts starting at 5:30, weather permitting indoors.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.