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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1951

Page

8

Classified Advertisements Life's Like That and Misc Notices

Classified notices include an adults only ad with contact, a one room house rental near Front Royal Pike for $30 per month, a note about stock mounting from Barr's Studio in Winchester, bicycle shop listings for Columbia Schwinn at Willis Bicycle Shop, a middle aged woman seeking in home companion work, a box notice for Star newspaper, and a lost sled request from Shiner's Hill asking for the child who took it to contact 8266.

E. Piccadilly Harry Ritter Front Royal Pike Columbia and Schwinn Bicycles Willis’ Bicycle Shop

For Sale Classified Ads Early Submission Policy

Classified display ads note per day rates and early submission cutoff at 10 a.m. Ads received by The Star Office before 10 a.m. appear in the issue and cash with out of town ads. Listings include items such as tarpaulins, washing machines, bicycles, motorized components, and adding machines with prices and contact info.

Star Office

FOR SALE Various items and property listings found in Berryville ad

Classified notices include for sale items such as a 1949 Fruehaus stainless steel refrigerated van, a 1951 Chevrolet tractor, a house trailer, a Hallicrafters shortwave radio, four brick homes, and other household goods. Also listed are wanted ads for an auto mechanic, a rowboat, a modern house, and rental housing options in Winchester and Berryville with contact numbers and dates.

Fruehaus Chevrolet Tractor Blue Ridge Asphalt Paving Company, Inc

Egg market prices in Winchester area report

Agriculture Department notes current egg prices for grade A and B eggs in Winchester f.o.b. Horn Hens 1000 units fetch 43 cents white hens 43 cents bronze hens 41 cents large eggs 59 cents etc. Prices vary by grade and size with small quotes for toms guineas and ducks.

Winchester

First Woman Judge Sentenced Man to Death in 1921

Florence Ellinwood Allen of the Court of Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County Ohio became the first woman judge in the country to sentence a man to execution for first degree murder.

Florence Ellinwood Allen Court of Common Pleas Cuyahoga Cleveland Ohio

Market Quotations New York Stocks Quiet Mixed Day

New York stocks closed with narrowly mixed results amid light trading. U S Rubber rose a fraction after yesterday’s jump, while blocks on the tape included Columbia Gas 5 000 shares at 15 1 4, RKO Theatres 6 000 at 3 3 4, Alexander Smith 4 300 at 15, and Equitable Office Building 6 000 at 5 1 2. Gainers included Southern Pacific and Consolidated Edison with several others, while United Air Lines Paramount Pictures and Dow Chemical traded lower.

New York U. S Columbia Gas RKO Theatres Alexander Smith Equitable Southern Pacific Consolidated Edison Kennecott Cooper International Nickel Goodrich Douglas Aircraft United Air Lines Paramount Pictures Amercan Cyanamid Dow Chemical International Paper Studebaker International Harvester

Baltimore Produce and Livestock Market Report Readout

The Baltimore market shows steady to firm tone across fruits vegetables and livestock. Apples stay steady with varying sizes and color quality. potatoes and sweet potatoes steady with mixed sizes. poultry demand fair with limited quotes. cattle prices largely steady with occasional good or mixed lots and slaughter steer ranges around 33 to 50 dollars per hundredweight.

Baltimore Staymans McIntosh Yorks USDA

Grain prices steady as Chicago Board opens firm

Chicago grains opened firm with quiet trading on the Board of Trade. Early quotations show Wheat March at 2.61 3 4, May 2.58 7 8, July 2.50 1 4, Sep 2.50 1 8. Corn March 1.95 3 8, May 1.95 5 8, July 1.95 1 2. Oats March 98 1 2, May 96 5 8 3 4, July 92 1 4 3 8. Rye May 2.13 1 4 1 2, July 2.10. Soybeans January 3.03, March 3.02 1 4 1 2, May 3.00 1 4 1 2, July 2.99. Lard March 14.75, May 14.90.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly

Live Stock Market Summary From Chicago Receipts

Livestock figures show hogs scarce with 170-310 lb ranges 18.50 to 19.00 for butchers and 18.40 for lighter loads. Cattle bids list cutters at 23 to 25 and prime cows near 30 to 31, while calves bring 15 to 23 with some up to 38 and primes to 41. Sheep offerings 800 head top 31, natives around 30.50 to 31, ewes 12 to 15.25.

Chicago USDA

Madison man sentenced to 40 years for wife slaying

Judge Lyttelton Waddell imposed a 40 year term on Kelsey Nicholson of Madison after a Madison County Circuit Court jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the December 17 shooting of his wife Elvie Nicholson. Prosecution said Nicholson fired six times with a .32 rifle in a jealous rage.

Madison Kelsey Nicholson Lyttelton Waddell Madison County Nicholson Elvie Nicholson Zane

Safecrackers Take Between $800 and $1500 in Norfolk

Police were notified after safecrackers broke into the E. V. Williams Contracting Company office in Norfolk. A company spokesman said an audit would determine the exact amount missing and noted a torch was used along with a crowbar and sledge hammer left at the scene.

Norfolk E. V. Williams Contracting Company

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