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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1949
Page
10
Multiple classified ads list for sale items including bicycle, rifle, stove, pups, desks, furniture, house, and vehicles. Also requests for lease operators and help wanted. a farm manager opportunity and estate notice for Elizabeth B Houchins. Berryville and Winchester area contact details and dates shown.
Baltimore reports slight turkeys and dull other poultry with varied prices. Hogs, cattle, and calves show steady to unchanged bids, while hogs sold at 14.50 to 17.50 per hundredweight and cattle mostly 18 to 38.50, with sheep and lambs steady near 20 to 25 dollars.
Chicago markets opened lower as official 1949 crop estimates were revised up. Prices posted for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Soybeans, and fats futures with December and March contracts listed. Trading and liquidity followed the new government figures.
Western Union surged to a new high for the year while Allied Chemical fell after an opening loss. General Motors Sears Roebuck Woolworth AT&T Phelps Dodge Dow Chemical American Tobacco Standard Oil NJ and Paramount slipped, with Lockheed Union Carbide Philip Morris Santa Fe Gulf Oil and Johns Manville rising.
Consignment moderate market active prices steady to stronger on all classes. Steers good butchers 24 to 26.50, stockers up to 23.25, best steer calves 27.50 per head. Hogs choice 16 to 16.75, sows 13 to 15.50, lambs 23.30 to 24.20, stock ewes up to 29 per head.
Prices paid for U S Grade A large eggs 38 cents per dozen and Grade A medium 35 cents. Live poultry prices in Winchester area show U S Grade A extra large hens 40 cents and Grade B large 30 cents for dressing plants. Leghorn hens and broilers to 2 1/2 pounds bring 17 cents, young hens turkeys 18 pounds up 30 cents, old guinea fowls 25 cents.
The Star reports daily corrections to local markets and provides updated price information for residents seeking accurate trading data.
Fragmentary OCR list shows flour at retail corn meal 5 lb white 31 MO DOR. Includes corn meal 10 lb white 53 grain FOB Mill content per bit. No 2 old yellow corn 135. Feeds at retail egg mash 20 per cent corn meal 25 lb bag yellow. Butter and butterfat wholesale notes.
All parties having claim against the estate of Harry Ransom deceased please present same properly authenticated to the undersigned for payment on or before January 1 1950 Herbert S Larrick Admin of Harry E Ransom deceased The notice appears in the December 20 1927 issue.
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