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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1948

Page

3

Market Quotation Rally Lifts New York Stocks Early

New York December 2 The stock market opened higher and advanced at a fast pace before leveling off. The rally, a strong follow‑up to yesterday, marked one of the year’s best gains with prices rising for Santa Fe Southern Pacific Illinois Central Northwestern U S Steel Studebaker Chrysler Woolworth Douglas Douglas Aircraft Grumman American Telephone Kennecott Cooper DuPont J C Penny Radio Corp American Woolen Standard Oil NJ Gulf Oil.

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Illinois Central Northwestern Steel Studebaker Chrysler Woolworth Douglas Aircraft Grumman Aircraft American Telephone Kennecott Cooper DuPont J. C. Penny Radio Corp American Woolen, Standard Oil (Nj Gulf Oil

Derivation of the Name Boston

The city of Boston in Massachusetts was named after Boston, England, whose name comes from Botolphs Town. Saint Botolph founded an abbey there.

Boston J. A Mass England Botolph Saint Botolph

Livestock Market Report Baltimore Chicago Dec. 2

Baltimore and Chicago livestock market notes show mixed demand for apples and eggs, cattle salable and hog prices, with steady to lower quotes for cattle and a range of weights for hogs and calves. Regional prices list cuts, weights, and top quotes across varieties, including steers, cows, yearlings, and sows, plus egg receipts and poultry dullness.

Livestock market report shows varied steer and heifer prices

The market lists steers and mixed yearlings at 28.50 to 32, bulk medium to low good steers 25 to 28, most good grade heifers 26 to 29, cows 18.50 to 20.50, canners and cutters 14.50 to 17, bulls 22 to 23.75, vealers 27 to 31, and three loads of 1034 to 1151 lb feeding steers at 27 to 27.25.

Baltimore Chicago

Winchester Market Reports for Eggs and Poultry Prices

Agriculture Dept Markets Division lists prices for eggs and poultry in the Winchester area. Grade A extra large eggs sixty five cents per dozen and Grade A large sixty three cents, medium fifty two. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens four pounds up, young guineas, leghorn broilers to 12 pounds, and young turkey hens at fifty three cents.

Winchester U.S U. S

Apples Shipping Point Prices Report Winchester Martinsburg

Demand slow in Winchester Martinsburg market. Sales for shipping point with prices including selling charges. Bushel baskets Yorks USIs 24 percent up 2.50 dollars, US fancy 2 percent up with some 260 dollars, Red Romes US util 214 dollars.

Baltimore Usis Winchester- Martinsburg

Local Market Prices and Feeds Listing

Daily corrected market list shows prices for flour corn meal grain and feeds. Items include No 2 yellow corn at $1.75 per bushel New wheat under 14 moisture at $2.00 per bushel cracked corn 100 lb bag $3.60 egg mash 20 at 4.00 and 18 at 4.05 mixed feed prices and butter wholesale at 61 cents.

Grain futures open higher as cash corn deliveries surge

Chicago grains move upper with nearby corn futures easing. December cash corn deliveries exceed a million bushels while opening prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, soybeans, and fats reflect modest gains and mixed early activity across contracts.

Chicago

Mrs. Jessamine Brubaker Dies at 79 in Maplewood

Jessamine Brubaker 79 widow of Rev E W Brubaker former SMU Frederick county circuit pastor died 5 45 p m yesterday at Maplewood Nursing home She leaves six children Charles W Cleveland Walter E Washington D C Margaret M Potts Philadelphia Emma C Bagley Flushing N Y John T Syracuse Irma Ruth Edmonds Front Royal burial planned in Front Royal cemetery Funeral arrangements pending

Jessamine Brubaker E. W. Brubaker Southern Methodist Conference Frederick County Maplewood Nursing Home Charles W Cleveland Ohio Walter E Washington, D. C Margaret M. Potts Philadelphia Emma C. Bagley Flushing N. Y John T Syracuse

Paralytic Husband Found After Three-Day Wait

In Los Angeles an 81 year old paralytic lay on his bedroom floor for three days beside his wife who died in a chair. Neighbors and police report that Adelain Durlin, 75, likely died of a heart attack. The elderly man was found yesterday and is in critical condition.

Los Angeles Jackson Durlin Adelaine Durlin

Wonderful Dictionary article promotes 378 pages of 25000 definitions

An advertisement touts the Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas with 378 pages over 25000 definitions, legal and musical terms, statistics, weights and measures, 16 color world maps, and daily usefulness. The offer is 35 cents postpaid via The Winchester Star Information Bureau in Washington DC.

Isolated Isle of Fair Isle Between Shetland and Orkney

Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited land in the British Isles, lies between Shetland and Orkney in Scotland. It covers about 6 square miles and is known for its isolation and distinct wildlife.

British Isles Great Britain Isle Shetland Islands Scotland

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