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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1931
Page
2
Mixed feed and dairy item prices listed with corn, corn meal, cotton seed meal and butter products. Includes hens, ducks, young chickens and Leghorn lines with regional retail references and dairy feed at various weights.
An automotive advertisement promotes used Packard cars, highlighting low prices and minimal wear from owners who trade for new bodies. It emphasizes the prestige of Packard ownership, the cars’ near new condition, factory guarantees, and invites inquiries with a list of models priced around $950.
Fragmented OCR notes show dairy feed seed meal sheep creamery butter and bees mentioned alongside a Baltimore wholesale market, with garbled lines referencing prices, markets corrected at close of previous day, and assorted animal products like young chickens and eggs appearing in a chaotic ledger style.
Byron O Brumback announces a general farm sale in Middletown Virginia as auctioneer. The notice appears in a local paper with sale details and contact lead.
Trustee A Garland Williams will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester courthouse at 12 noon on February 14 1931 a 33 acre tract with a brick dwelling and improvements three miles east of Winchester in Stonewall district Frederick County Virginia. Terms: one third cash and two thirds in two promissory notes due one and two years after sale with interest, or buyer may pay all cash.
The Weather Bureau's J B Kincer warned that above normal rainfall is needed in the Middle Atlantic Ohio Valley and Michigan to restore subsoil moisture. A 1930 drought left moisture depleted. two to three months of above normal precipitation are required for prospects of a fair crop.
The body of a woman was found today in an irrigation canal near Fort Morgan. Sheriff Johnston reported that a murder charge would be filed against Harry F. Moore, a road worker, who was arrested earlier for abduction after Moore admitted being in Wiggins the night Miss Marriott disappeared. A bloodstained shirt and a gar ment with his initial were cited as circumstantial evidence. Moore denied the shirt belonged to him.
A large brick residence at 321 North Loudoun Street, former home of the late E. J. Evans, offered for private sale with ample grounds and all modern conveniences. Immediate possession. notice dated January 14, 1961. M. M. Lynch, Attorney.
The saying contrasts good nature with ill nature using imagery of a bee gathering honey and a spider drawing poison from a flower highlighting moral contrasts. The line suggests behavior mirrors inner character.
Marble for statuary must be pure white with good texture and translucence and well suited to carving. The most valuable marbles meet these traits and are chosen for sculpture.
Walter Byron of Denver headed the case and found the teacher’s body in ice. Authorities say an alibi offered by a suspect was not supported as more of the contents from her traveling bag and items linked to Marriott were recovered earlier.
Richmond January reports say the Internal Revenue Collector for Virginia may relocate from Richmond to Roanoke. Officials consider space in the Roanoke post office building due to federal construction delays. The Richmond office employs 38 people with current quarters on the sixth floor of the State Planters Bank building at about 15000 dollars yearly.
Washington January 19 Senate investigation of food prices opened with Senator Wagner Democrat New York presenting the first testimony. The probe aims to examine cost rises across food staples and market practices.
Witnesses argued bread prices lag behind wheat and flour drops. Senator Capper announced hearings to probe retail pricing, with focus on bread initial and later sugar, milk and meat concerns. Wagner urged action if a conspiracy restraint of trade is found.
A factory reports that screw production uses 580 thread screws cut by machines with 144000 screws per carry pattern. The text notes that handmade Navajo halves are never identical since designs are carried in the head with no patterns.
Public sale of a 210 acre tract about 4 miles from Guire Station on Blake Creek Road. The property, improved by subplots, is part of a trust to settle debts of Jno A Elliott and is described by a 1929 deed. Sale includes remaining two thirds of bonds and insurance details. Offered by Dunn & Duvall with location at 212-30-oaw-dwks.
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