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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
7
The speaker rejects pessimism, urging courage and faith in national resources. He notes rising orders and production for early 1921 and asserts that the country will maintain full lines and steady progress in the months ahead.
The Star lists corrected local market figures including wholesale butter and creamery prices, various animal and grain commodities, and local retail flour and feed costs. Entries mention butter types, corn, bran, screenings, molasses feed, and dairy terms with unit prices.
Closing market corrections show prices for Cob corn, Young chickens, Hens, Butter, Sheep, Heifers, Calves, and Hogs. Values range from a few dollars per unit to around 29 dollars, with notable spreads across items and brands.
By virtue of an execution I will offer at public auction at Jobe & Spillman in Winchester on Braddock street January 15 1921 at 10 o'clock a m. Samson Tractor new Defiance Truck new Remington typewriter new two roll top desks one Gang Oliver Chilled Plow four disc harrows two second hand Ford Trucks one New Ford Tractor in parts to satisfy debt of 288 67 with interest since July 19 1920 to B F Goodrich Rubber Co Inc plus costs. Cash terms. Sheriff Frederick County Va. Duvall Dunn Auctioneers.
A local owner announces a liberal reward for information leading to the arrest of person or persons who have repeatedly stolen chickens from a henhouse.
A Chicago numismatist notes the 1706 half cent as the rarest U S copper coin and cites a 1796 specimen in excellent condition selling for as high as 400 dollars at a public auction.
The piece records how thimbles became affordable after lead and common metals were used by machinery, easing sewing tasks and earning praise for the inventor. It also notes the English term thumb bell from the Dutch finger hood and explains its original use to parry the needle. In Asia and Africa baboons are lured by sweetened water with a dopey herb to make capture easier.
A bell stolen from Soissons in Burgundy is found to be dumb on the way to Paris and regains its tone when homeward bound. The tale, tied to Clothaire’s journey, ends with the voice heard seven miles away, amid a quirky Paris scene where dogs are washed for three cents along the Seine.
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