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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1952
Page
7
Classified reader ads cost 3c per word per day with display ads at 1 ½ dollars per column inch per day. Minimum cash with out of town ads. In person ads received before 10 am can run in that day's tissue.
A dense OCR of classified ads lists numerous sale and rent items. Items include a 30-gallon compressor 50 dollars, a six room house with oil heat, a 1950 Buick Special, a metal car trailer, wood slabs and stoves, tarps and hardware, a 20 percent discount on hardware, Model A Ford, a Tron Fireman stoker, and multiple rental listings for apartments houses and rooms with contact phones and dates.
Advertisers claim CERTA VIN expands stomach comfort by aiding digestion before meals. The remedy allegedly reduces bloating and gas, with herbs and Vitamin B-1 said to improve blood and nerve strength, marketed by Gaunt's Drug Store in Winchester.
The plan ensures the individual receives adequate sales training. It aims to equip them with essential selling skills and product knowledge to improve performance and confidence. Training will cover fundamentals and practical application within the organization.
A survey claims men can earn up to 21000 a year selling exclusive calendars and advertising specialties with high commissions and bonuses. Contact Louis F Dow Co at the Empire State Building New York 1 21 11.
Two classified notices seek workers. One offers maternal child care and light housekeeping during mother's hospital stay, with a contact phone. The other seeks a saleslady for a cosmetic line, requiring no experience, with flexible hours and appointment scheduling.
A Winchester Star classified notice offers a part time business opportunity earning up to 400 dollars monthly. Earn by refilling and collecting money from five cent vending machines in the area. Requires 800 dollars cash and references. Six hours weekly. Interview via Box 14. January 21, 1943.
New York stocks edged forward as investors awaited details of the President budget. Baltimore and Chicago quotes show dull potato and sweet potato markets with Katahdin and Red Delicious apples offered in varied lots. Livestock trading remained slow with calves, hogs, and cattle uneven while rail and steel stocks posted mixed gains and losses across a broad list of major producers.
About 1200 attended in Jacksonville for bomb slaying victim Harry T. Moore as NAACP leaders reaffirmed the fight for full equality. Roy Wilkins cited the Christmas blast that killed Moore and his wife as part of the white supremacy struggle, with a message from Walter White read in his absence.
Chicago grains opened firm on the Board of Trade with moderate activity. Wheat Mar 2873 4, May 2543 8 to 5 8, Ny 247 to 671 8, Sep 248. Corn Mar 189, May 1903 4 to 1, Jul 1903 4 to 1 8, Sep 185 3 4. Oats Mar 905 8 to 91, May 901 2 to 5 8, Jul 87 to 873 8. Rye May 2083 4, Soybeans Jan 3001 4, Mar 2.93, May 2893 4 to 001 2, Jul 2.88, Sep 281.
An advertisement by Terminix promotes free inspection for termite control as the world’s largest service with over 40 million dollars in resources. It lists the F W Armstrong Company as an authorized representative and provides contact details. Nearby, Winchester Star promotes a home high school diploma program and a diesel mechanic training with a free catalog and interview service.
Several notices request help locating a small lost fox terrier with a white body and yellow ears aged 18 years, a lost male collie yellow and white with a collar and tag aged 3, and a gold star pin with initials L. Phone numbers accompany each call. A pair of brown Suron glasses were lost near The Food Center.
Classified notices list wants including fodder grazing farms cleaning work puppies horse price wood stump road side and gas station business opportunities. Entries include contact details Box numbers and phone numbers from historical Star advertisements.
Local Eisenhower for President club announces a plan to push steam ahead for Eisenhower. H B McCormac Jr, president, says the group will build a complete organization with committees for finance budget extension publicity speakers membership and teens to support nomination and election of Eisenhower.
Johann Strauss Jr is buried in Vienna's central cemetery, beside Brahms and near Schubert and Beethoven, in his native city.
Department listings show U S Grade A eggs by size with prices from 40 to 48 cents and various Grade B C prices. Live poultry in Winchester area includes heavy breed hens at 24 cents per pound and beltville stock at 32 cents for hens and 25 cents for toms.
Commodity prices show commercial to low choice steers at 2850 to 3275, wood to low prime heifers 10.00 to 35.50, prime mixed steers and heifers reaching 3600 to 3760. Cows range 19.40 to 25.00, bulls 25.75 to 29.50, dealers 29.00. Salable sheep around 3.000 with no slaughter lambs. lambs and yearlings scarce, ewes 11.00 to 14.50.
Local market list shows corrected daily prices for flour corn meal bagged feeds and grain items including wheat per bushel No 2 yellow corn white corn barley egg mash and broiler mash. Butterfat figures are noted but incomplete in the snippet.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors will hold a regular meeting on Monday February 11 1952 at 11 oclock AM to consider requests for secondary road improvements and additions. Chairman C M Rosenberger presides.
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