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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
8
Classified reader ads outline rates per word and per column inch with a daily minimum and cash payment required for out of town ads. Closing hours indicate ads received before 10 am can be included in the same day issue.
Real estate notes list two 2 acre parcels at Ocean Beach Maryland for sale via Box 16 Star newspaper. No further details provided beyond placement in classified listings.
Wanted notices for two waitress jobs. Snack Bar at 15 S Loudoun seeks applicants between 9 and 11 a m. White Palace Restaurant seeks an early shift waitress for in person applications.
A 3 bedroom home with carport on a large Forest Hills lot is offered for 200 cash and 60 per month to qualified veterans. From Cork St turn onto Shenanodah Ave and drive two blocks to Forest Hills. Look for Open House signs in front of house 42-24.
Apple prices show scattered gains across regions including Maryland Pennsylvania New Jersey and West Virginia with varieties like Stayman Golden Delicious and Delicious depending on size and grade Potatoes and sweet potatoes see mixed changes with Katahdins and regional lot prices Poultry steady to up a cent with light demand Hogs calves and sheep traded with moderate activity and varied levels Cattle show holdovers and mixed lots with yearling steer prices near 18.25 to 23.00 per 960 pounds and cows from 7.00 to 16.00 per hundredweight
Local markets list daily prices for feed grains flour and animal fats across multiple regions including Harrisonburg Augusta Rockingham and Luray. Entries show feed mix prices per hundredweight and grain prices per bushel with ranges for No 2 Yellow Corn and Barley as well as wholesale butter fat rates.
A fragmented OCR note lists series like 2391-2 to 1-4 with dates March May and July. It also records lard prices: January 10.90, March 11.30, May 11.60. The text contains inconsistent month ranges and figures.
Nathan Carter of 534 N Kent St faces assault and battery with damages of 380.25. John D Jarvis of Nain shows drunk in court with 14.75. Thelma Hawes at 221 Shawnee Ave charged for drunkenness at 10.25. Cecil Newton Gray of 109 Amherst St cited for following too close amounting to 9.25.
The Agriculture Department notes a steady market with fair demand and light receipts. Farm prices for the 24 hours ending noon today are listed, including live poultry still firm with broilers and fryers around 3 percent, and various egg market grades in Winchester Harrisonburg and other regions.
Chicago grain futures opened modestly lower in active trade on the Board of Trade. Wheat futures showed declines in March and May while corn and oats moved lower for some contracts. Soybeans were quoted for new January contracts with unspecified values.
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