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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1955
Page
6
Classified display ads priced at 1.75 per column inch per day with a 50 cent minimum for out of town ads. The Star Office accepts ads before 10 a m for same day publication. cash must accompany all out of town ads.
Local classified items include multiple FOR SALE ads: steel cots, mattresses, appliances, cottages, hens, wood, a 1950 Ford, and homes for sale on Paper Mill Road and Millwood Ave. Also vehicles and rebuilt motors. WANTED ads seek office space, heavy draft horses, newspapers, and a companion.
As executor, Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Winchester announces a proof of debts and demands hearing for Minnie H. Venter deceased. The session is set for Thursday February 3, 1955 at 10:00 AM in the office at 44 Rouss Avenue Winchester Virginia. Commissioner of Accounts Herbert S. Larrick signs the notice.
Livestock prices and counts at the Farmers Livestock Exchange Market show hogs 625 sold with varied butcher and sow prices, veal and cattle ranges, lambs 131 sold, and other livestock including stock cows and springers listed with per head values. Beef cattle include steers, heifers, cows, bulls and stocker feeder categories with multiple price bands.
Local markets list daily feed grain and butter prices with regional notes. Prices shown include eggs mash 200 percent, broiler mash 5.35, No 2 yellow corn 1.50, wheat 1.25, barley 1.25–1.40, No 2 red winter wheat 2.20–2.25, corn shelled 1.70–1.75, and butter wholesale at 0. text reflects Rockingham and Augusta county listings.
Market steady to firm on broilers or fryers with good demand. Turkeys about steady and heavy hens steady. Farm prices end at noon today. Harrisonburg and Winchester egg markets show U S Grade A large whites at 38 cents, Grade B large whites 30 cents, Grade C 24-25 cents.
USDA markets show cattle and calves with varied bids and seen prices across weights. heifers, cows, steers and stockers listed with ranges. Hogs offered by weight with brisk midrange values. lambs scarce. Apples and vegetables show dull to steady demand with multiple regional box and size categories. Poultry prices firm for fryers and roasters with modest turkey movement and some ducks and hens quoted.
Wall Street opened higher as investors bought selectively. Electric & Musical Industries rose on light volume to 45 percent, Alaska Juneau advanced, Gar Wood and Armour & Co. gained, while U S Steel Armco Goodyear Zenith Radio and American Cyanamid moved differently.
A list of companies appears including International Telephone Oliver Corp Wilson Co and United Air Lines with others such as Republic Steel Chrysler Schenley Industries American Telephone American Cyanamid and Baltimore and Ohio cited in a U S trade document.
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