Quotations in Wheat and Other Grain Markets
Markets report Chicago and regional grain prices with bids for wheat oats rye barley and seed. Richmond and Baltimore items list prices for potatoes cabbage apples lettuce tomatoes and butter eggs with steady to mixed tones and notable price ranges across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chicago
Richmond
Priday
Virginia
Virginia Creamery
New York
Baltimore Butter and Egg Exchange
Baltimore Livestock Baltimore
Doughboys Finish First Half Ahead In Winchester Bowling League
The Doughboys top the standings after 21 games as Handley’s Faculty suffer defeats. Legionnaires lead with 16 wins and 5 losses, Northern Virginia Power Company second with 15 and 6. Season resumes January 3 for 42 games in the second half. Funk sets high single and season total with 157 pins, Parsons second with 148.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Doughboys
Winchester
Lions
Legionnaires
Northern Virginia Power Company
Funk
Powermen
Parsons
Handley Faculty
American Legion
Northern Virginia
Kiwanis
O'Sullivan
Ll ‘Oca Cola
Legion
Handley Legge
Paout Se Cin Lee le
Quarles
Sargent
Ewes
Joyce
Boone
O’sullivan
Oates
Wheeler
Fletcher
Hunter
Coca Cola
Osa Cola
Rainsberger Oy
Cee New Nne
Yates
Armstrong
Rodman
Cooper
Burrowing Owl and Medieval Trade Mentioned in Local Market Note
The local market column cites Easterling Sterling as a contraction and recalls the twelfth century Hanseatic League in Germany trading silver coins for English cattle, sheep and grain. It also notes the burrowing owl sharing burrows with prairie dogs rather than digging its own home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lanseatic League
Meetze Inspires Rotary With Motto Service Above Self
Christopher J. Meetze spoke at the Rotary Club at the George Washington Hotel presenting the motto Service Above Self. He urged fellowship, cheerfulness, education, child welfare, belief in God, and perseverance as paths to serving others while sharing several humorous stories. Visitors included G. L. Wallihan and S. D. Boyd of Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Christopher J. Meetze
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
G. L. Wallihan
S. D. Boyd
Front Roya
Early Flying Plans and Notables Mentioned in Item List
The passage lists individuals from Hagerstown including Andy Cahill and Mr. Spencer and Dr. George G. Snarr with new members Harry Benham and Blackburn Moore. It then notes medieval thinkers experimenting with aerial navigation, a relic copy of Matthew Merian’s Icones Biblicae from 1625, and math problems such as trisecting an angle and duplicating a cube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Cahill
Spencer
Hagerstown
George G. Snarr
Harry Benham
Blackburn Moore
Matthew Merian
Germany
Five Athletic Stars Sold by Mack in Big MLB Shuffle
Major league magnates meet in Chicago as Connie Mack sells five Athletics stars from 1929 to 1931 for an aggregate $300,000. Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg, and Max Bishop head to the Boston Red Sox for $175,000 plus players. Mickey Cochrane goes to the Detroit Tigers for a player and $100,000. George Earnshaw moves to the Chicago White Sox for $25,000 and a player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago
Lefty Grove
Rube Walberg
Max Bishop
Boston Red Sox
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
George Earnshaw
Chicago White Sox
Connie Mack
What's What at a Grange
Washington and New York dispatches discuss Congress and administration faults public sentiment, taxes and redistribution. It notes elected officials freely speaking, railroads funded by U S loans, and the Van Sweringen control of the Chesapeake and Ohio with large earnings during the Depression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
van Sweringen
van Sweringens
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Nickel Plate
Cleveland
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Produce
Washington
Jersey City
Michigan
Lancaster Livestock
Lancaster
Ed Daily
the Star
Big Sister
BY Les Forgrave
Here
Mr. Meetze
WuNetmex
Itsburga
Aes
Mas
Minaies
Taey
Wfendfri
Robert
New York Americans
Toronto Maple Leafs
Amerks
Mack
Catcher Mickey” Cochrane
Rem
Winchester Furniture Co
Geo. W. Kurtz
Cameron Street
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Ashington
D. C
Congress
Houses
Leslie Eichel
N.R. A
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!