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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1951
Page
7
Advertisement rates set at $1.50 per column inch per day with a minimum. Cash must accompany all out of town ads. Classifieds received at The Kiar Office before 19 a.m. will appear in that date’s issue.
Several notices advertise items for sale including a 1946 Cadillac sedan, a 1940 Buick Super Convertible Coupe in good condition, bass accordions, fresh eggs and produce, a 150 acre limestone grazing farm, a modern 6 room house with hot water heat, stove wood, a diamond pin, and a 24 ft house trailer. Contacts include Edward Jenkins Red Gate Millwood Virginia Harry H Willis Martinsburg Pike and the Winchester Box 711 for the Diamond pin.
FOR SALE items include steel cots and surplus repanted cots at low prices from A and N Store on Loudoun Street. Also Ford cars from 1935 and 1941 models listed with locations and contact details. Shoe Center Big Sale advertises discounts in Winchester and Front Royal. A limestone farm parcel with two barns and a nine room dwelling is offered with immediate possession, plus a brick bungalow in the city on a bus line.
Classified notes show a for rent ad at 327 N Braddock St asking 65 per month with evening contact, plus furnished rooms and local markets with corrected daily pricing. The notice also includes a note of thanks from the Hicks and Line families for flowers and cards during a recent illness and loss.
Wool and pork markets show lower hog and cattle bids with steers and yearlings slipping to the mid 30s while cows and bulls trend down. Baltimore fruit and produce report lists steady apples and potatoes with mixed pricing. poultry demand firm though receipts moderate. A community sale notice is included for Greenspring Virginia.
Lost Saturday night in town a brown purse containing a green billfold and other articles. Call 5837. Reward offered. Also lost a man's wallet with valuable papers in town. Contact Willard Donham at 3173 for reward. (1-8-2t)
Montgomery Ward & Co offers immediate delivery on Ford Chevrolet Dodge and Plymouth autos with other makes to order. Payment as low as $9 monthly and installation can be arranged at 27 South Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia.
A chess set and other articles were found at Gray and Eddys during the Christmas holiday period. The owner may claim by identifying these articles.
Prices for tomorrow listed by Frederick County Farm Bureau with U S Grade A eggs and pullet figures. Live poultry in Winchester area reported by dressing plants with prices for heavy breed hens, leghorn hens, broilers, and young stock. figures include weights and per unit costs.
A sudden buying surge in New York stocks lifted prices with modest gains around a dollar at most while early trading saw a hold around that level. Major lift came from steels, motors, rails and aircraft with Minneapolis Moline rising on merger talk with Avery and Sons and Avery jumping on the curb before retreating. Strong gains also noted for Bethlehem Steel General Motors U S Rubber Consolidated Vultee Douglas Aircraft Admiral Western Union Anaconda Homestake Union Carbide American Can American Woolen New York Central Nickel Plate Standard Oil and U S Gypsum. Bond market stayed steady to slightly higher.
Opening prices show Wheat at 248 1 4 for Mar and 247 1 2 for May while Corn trades around 1.80 to 1.80 1 8 for nearby months Soybeans quote around 3.15 to 3.20 with Jan futures at 3 15 1 4 The session also lists oats rye and lord values across several months and the market reflects a cautious start to trading.
Grace Lutheran Church plans its annual congregational meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the parish house 26 W Boscawen St. Rev William E Eisenberg says four council members will be elected and church officers and auxiliaries will report on affairs with business matters to be transacted A social hour follows the meeting.
Newly admitted patients include Mrs. George McFarland Route. Mr. Carl R. Crabtree 511 Highland Ave. Donald R. Pitcock son of Mr and Mrs. Raymond Pitcock Route. Mrs. Kenneth Frye Wardens Ville W Va. Mrs. George Tasker Grimes. Mrs. Norman Mays Front Royal. Mrs. Sanford Shifflet Elkton. Mrs. Samuel O Neal Arlington. Mr. Henry Huff Berryville. Miss Dorothy Lee Pearson.
A fragmented public notice mentions individuals in Delaplane and nearby towns including Louis Schachtner Carl Feller Maurere Mrs Weir Boyce Mrs John Kailor and Paul Glynn among others from Williamsport Md Mt Williams and related addresses.
When Fort Sumter was fired on in April 1861 Congress was not in session. President Lincoln did not bring it into session until July of that year.
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