For Sale Classified Ads Packaged in The Star
Classified ads list items for sale including a 1948 Plymouth Special DeLuxe sedan, a six room house on Berryville Pike, canvas covers in various sizes, and a ladies fur coat with contact details and posting dates in Winchester Virginia. The notice specifies pricing per column inch and a January 10 deadline.
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Plymouth
M. M. Adams
Berryvile Pike
P.O. Box
Winchester
N. Loudoun
For Rent House with Garden and Firewood
LIFE'S LIKE THAT column notes a rental offer in Gore Virginia with a farm work caveat addressed to R. P. Anderson. Also lists a lost wrist watch and a found small white male puppy with contact details and dates.
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R. P. Anderson
Gore
C.d
Auction Remnants Offer Pontiac and More
A note from E M Whiting at 1516 Valley Ave lists a 28 Pontiac coupe offered for 35 2 with sales info. Wolverton's Auction in Stephens City advertises a Wednesday sale of furniture and machinery with consignments welcome and phone contact.
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E. M. Whiting
Valley Ave
Wolverton
Stephens City
Furniture Dealers Elect Nee President at National Show
Mau rice Nee 34 year old Washington DC businessman is the new head of the National Retail Furniture Assn the board elected Nee president at the midwinter home furnishings show Nee heads the retail advisory committee of the Department of Commerce The show opened with record first day registrations Prices held stable with some 3 to 5 percent rises for materials Lumber costs rose up to 30 percent and steel springs trims and screws also climbed Trade sources said some products may not cost more and others planned heavy first quarter bookings with some sellers not forecasting beyond April indicating possible price readjustments.
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Chicago
Maurice Nee
Washington
D. C
National Reail Furniture Assn
Jony
Nee
P. J. Nee Co
Department of Commerce
American Furniture Mart
Merchandise Mart
Grain futures mixed as Chicago opens with corn steady
Chicago at the open shows corn futures little changed while wheat and other grains pull back. The market lists various nearby contracts with small shifts, and soybeans also show modest moves. A separate note thanks neighbors for support during Mrs. Mary C. Conner’s illness and death.
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Chicago
Jly
Varana
Lord
Mary C. Conner
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Report
Market active with steady to stronger prices on most stock. Steers bring 24.10 to 27.10 for good to very good, heifers mostly 14.50 to 22, cows 9 to 17, bulls 17 to 21, weaners 23 to 34, hogs 15 to 17, sows 13 to 15, lambs around 22 to 24.50, stock shows mixed with calves weaker.
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Chicago
Baltimore
N. J. Staymans
Utah Ratified 21st Amendment Ending Prohibition
Utah became the last state to ratify the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933, repealing nationwide Prohibition and ending the 13 year ban on alcohol. The action marked the final step in overturning the 18th Amendment.
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Utah
New York Stocks Edge Higher Despite Profit Taking
New York January 10 profit taking hit the market but demand kept many issues near or above yesterday’s close. Packard opened at 41 2 with 13 300 shares, rising later. Leaders included Chrysler U S Rubber Columbia Gas Home stake Mining General Electric and Paramount while U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Goodrich Montgomery Ward J I Case Douglas Aircraft Zenith Radio U S Smelting American Cyanamid Dow Chemical Southern Railway Chesapeake & Ohio Standard Oil NJ Gulf Oil and U S Gypsum lagged.
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New York
Packard
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Columbia Gas
Homestake Mining
General Electric
American Woolen
N. ¥. Central
Paramount
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
J. I. Case
Douglas Aircraft
Zenith
Radio Corp
American Smelting
American Cyanamid
Dow Chemical
Southern Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio
Standard Oil (Nj
Gulf Oil
U. S. Gypsum
Local Market Prices From The Star
Daily corrected local market list with prices for flour corn meal barley and feed stuffs. Items include corn meal in 5 6 and 10 lb sizes white corn no 2 old yellow corn 1.35 and cracked corn per 100 lb bag along with butter and butterfat wholesale prices.
Agricultural Egg Prices and Live Poultry Rates Reported
The Agriculture Department lists U S Grade A extra large eggs at 35 cents per dozen and other grades from 30 to 33 cents. Live poultry prices in the Winchester area show No 1 producer stock for heavy hens, cocks, and broilers with notes on Leghorn and Rock crosses, plus red broilers and small birds.
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U. S
Winchester
Rock & Cross
William Green Held UMW Secretary-Treasurer Post in 1924
William Green who led the American Federation of Labor also served as secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers Union in 1924, per historical records. This confirms his official role within the United Mine Workers prior to or alongside AFL leadership.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers Organization
United Mine Workers Union
Average cigarette consumption per adult in the United States
If every adult in the United States smoked cigarettes, the average annual consumption per person last year would be 3 400.
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United States
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Star
Harry H. Willis
Fruehaus
Florida
J. T. Kerby
E W Armstrong
Cameron St
Ford
Chevrolet
Dodge
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
DeSoto
Studebaker
Loudoun
Fred Neher
Norbin J. Phillips
Rt. 11
Maurertown
Stanley Gochengar
Ford -Ferguson Tractor
Clowser Storage
George Washington
Kent & Boscawen Sts
Kent & Boscawen Lts
Apply
Amherst St
Highland
Bayliss and Patterson
Snow White Grill
Rawleigh
City of
Dept
Richmond
Paul Braquette
Beulah Pope
Berryville
Lucre
St. Joseph
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Oak Grove
Clearbrook, VA
Winchester Furniture CO
S. Main ST
A. F. Rees, Inc
Berryville, VA
C. M. Russell
Gouth Mountain Dairies, Inc
E. Cork
E. Thurs & Mon
Orchard Ave
Lillie Orndorff
Call Pine Motor Co
Fairmont
Piccadilly St
Fair‘mont
E.c
George W. Conner & Family
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
R . Sanitary Plumbing
Best Buy
Garden Produce
Molden Electric CO
Loudoun St
The
Agriculture Dept
Harris C. Lewin
J. R. Alexander, Jr
Rileys Real Estate Agency
Rouss
J. H. Riley
S. Braddock St
Albert Toth
W. Hart St
Valley Pike
S. Loudoun St
A T. Shea
America
E. Piccadilly St
Cather Motors, Inc
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