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 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
7
Chicago traders held prices near a narrow range as uncertainty over settling about 9 million bushels in December contracts damped activity in futures for wheat corn and beans. Cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats and soybeans showed varied bids at Chicago markets reflecting grade quality and delivery months.
Susan Washington wife of Richard Washington died Tuesday afternoon at her home on West Leicester Street. Born November 24, 1875 she was a respected resident and daughter of Samuel and Annie Turner. She is survived by her husband four children two sisters two brothers and eight grandchildren. Services Friday at 1 pm at the home and White Post Virginia burial with Rev Ralph Laws officiating. Pallbearers named Sam Eller George Monroe Al Jackson Charles Green Pete Elliott Cecil Jackson.
Baltimore daily market roundup reports wheat No 2 red winter at 95 cents December term, corn 79 to 81 cents, Winchester Wheat 93 cents per bushel, old corn 80 cents, barley 53 cents. Prices based on mill deliveries. Also includes a Q&A about Beauvoir’s death in poverty and a quotation attribution to Francis Bacon.
MGM completes a twenty eight piece clay figure orchestra with fruit heads for Strike Up the Band. Rex from Mt Holyoke works with six modelers five plasterers and other staff to animate the figures as Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland perform.
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.