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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1931
Page
5
Market notes show wheat prices firming with limited cash receipts and tight delivery premiums, while corn and oats rise modestly and provisions fall. Regional reports from Richmond and New York list modest movements in eggs butter poultry and live weights with steady demand and varied price ranges.
Cattle and hog markets show mixed movement with top cattle in Baltimore at 8.50 veal, steers at 7.40 average, and heifers around 3.00. Hogs near 5.60 to 4.55 tops. sheep in Baltimore at 7.00 lambs, ducks quiet in Jersey City. Wheat and grain quotes listed for Chicago and regional cash markets with No. 1 yellow hard at 55 1/2 cents.
Data lists car lots and feed prices: No. 2 white and No. 3 white for sale at 36 and 35 respectively, No. 2 mixed at 36, and No. 1 mixed feed at 26. Prices reflect ongoing regional trading.
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets report mixed poultry prices with up 2 1 2 inches for certain live birds and varying weights for chickens and leghorns. Butter and dressed poultry are listed with fresh killed fowls and unchanged dairy items.
U S government bonds listed with dollar and thirty seconds prices for Liberty and Treasury issues. Values include Liberty 3 1 2s at 97.26, Liberty 1st 41-45 at 98.30, Treasury 4 1-4 at 100.8, Treas 3 3-8 at 91.28, and other maturities ranging from 83.4 to 99. The page records bid prices and typographic annotations from the bond table.
Clarke county notes show gatherings at various homes during Christmas and holidays. Families including Lambert Randolps Burwells and Johns tons hosted teas dinners bowling events and a V P I dance at Winchester with attendees from Millwood and nearby estates.
A doctor's prescription Thoxine is advertised to relieve coughs within minutes and stop night coughing by addressing throat irritation. It is said to aid sore throats, is safe for the family, and offers a money back guarantee. Available for 35c at Baker's Drug Store and other drug stores.
A brief notice from W B Hibbs & Company members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade lists quotations and contact information for market activity in Washington D C.
The New York Stock Exchange list was quiet with varied bid values. Quotation at 2.15 p.m. showed Allied Chem. & Dye 68 percent, American Can 60, Amer. Tel. & Tel. 1154, American Tobacco B, Anaconda Copper, Baltimore & Ohio 15, Chrysler, Cont. Oil, Del. 5, General Electric 25, General Motors 227, Kennecott Copper 10, National Biscuit 40, N W R R 116, Packard, Stand. Brands 27, U S Steel 38, Woolworth 40.
Local notes list numerous Christmas visitors in Middletown Virginia and nearby towns. Elizabeth Larrick and Dorothy Larrick visit from Edenton and Washington, D C. families host relatives from Washington New York Baltimore and elsewhere. The Rinke family reunion is noted at Herbert Jones home with multiple relatives in attendance.
Daily market listings show values for oats feed, shelled corn, screenings, and mixed feed. Creamery butter and eggs are priced, with poultry and livestock rates including hens, turkeys, ducks, hogs, cows, heifers, lambs, steers, calves, and sheep. Local and Baltimore wholesale figures accompany regional retail figures for flour and corn products.
Traders showed little interest as Chicago Board of Trade values stayed near yesterday's close. Futures closed at Men oe 64% May 565 July 55% Corn December 3644 May 41% July 42% Soybeans December 25% May 20% July 25% Wheat December 4144 May 46 July 46% under light demand.
A meditation on life as a constant loom that continues weaving through night and day, suggesting the pattern of existence persists as the sun rises again. The thought invokes the enduring cycle of life and work beyond individual rest.
An American Magazine profile lauds P T Barnum as one of the most enterprising businessmen the country produced, highlighting his innovation, showmanship, and lasting impact on American entertainment.
The National Prohibition Board of Strategy states 1932 should be favorable for the dry cause with four reasons. Congress will avoid snap referendums on the Eighth Amendment, voters tax vices should not raise revenue, the dry majority is rising and no repeal plank will be written by parties, and John J. Raskob will retire from Democratic leadership with June nominations.
Public sale of eight acres of lots in Opequon Terrace near Winchester Virginia. Ruth E Crisman et al defaulted on a note dated February 7 1931 held by Greenbrier Joint Tax Land Bank, trustee H R Kern. Sale postponed to January 11 1932 at 11 AM in front of the county courthouse, with one third cash and two equal annual notes at 6 percent.
Extract from a 1931 decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia appoints J Sloan Kuykendall as Special Commissioner to settle executrix Florence M Summers accounts, inventory real and personal property, creditors, liens, and related matters with a January 12 1932 hearing at his Winchester office.
New Year’s Day shooting occurred on Gainesboro Pike between Nain and Parlett Run at Beecher DeHaven farm at 10 30 A M. Individuals Beecher DeHaven Wade Gladen were named in the incident report.
The Farmers & Merchants Nat Bank & Trust Co of Winchester Virginia informs stockholders of its annual meeting at the Banking House in Winchester on Tuesday January 12 1932 at eleven oclock. The agenda includes election of directors and other proper business. President H D Fuller signs the notice dated December 22.
The annual meeting of stockholders of Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester Virginia is announced for December 12 1931. Wm G Hardy vice president and cashier invites attendance and notes other business may properly come before the meeting.
Several banks announce holiday closings for New Year’s Day 1932 and specify that paper maturing on that date will be payable on Saturday January 2 1932. Cashiers J H Yost WM G Hardy John L Sloat sign notices on Farmers and Merchant Bank Shenandoah Valley National Commercial and Savings Bank and Trust Company all indicating following business day payment.
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