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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1948
Page
7
Leila Settles recalls her husband Harry L Settles who died in January 1944. She writes of love memory and enduring loss, promising to never forget and keep his memory as a treasured part of life.
Multiple classified items offered for sale including 1941 Buick century motor and clutch overhaul, Sherwin Williams wax, Oak library furniture, beds and home goods at addresses in Winchester and surrounding areas. Sealed bids invited by Virginia Department of Highways for several road project contracts with locations in Phoebus Fairfax Patrick Washington and other counties, deadline January 29, 1948.
Market dull on produce with apples and poultry notes, price ranges for Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia region. Cattle hogs and sheep quotes mixed with modest gains in Chicago and New York shares led by steel and auto stocks amid broad market activity.
Chicago trading opens amid cold Midwest and Southwest weather delaying marketings and fueling concerns about late sown winter wheat. Prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans and Lard reflect the market’s cautious tone.
Florence is tied up by a general strike called by the Communist led chamber of labor. The walkout spreads through Florence province affecting about 885000 people and halting telephone and telegraph links outside the area. Sixteen injured in a clash between unemployed demonstrators and police preceded the action.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports F O B prices for graded eggs and poultry in the Winchester district. U S Grade A extra large 48 doz, Grade A large 46. Standards 42, Bullets 42, Trades 39, with cracks and checks. Heavy breed hens 4 lbs and over 30 31 cents per lb. Leghorn hens 20 21. Rock and cross broilers over 3 1 2 lbs 36 37 cents per lb, under 3 1 2 lbs 34 36. Red broilers under 3 1 2 lbs 35 36, over 3 1 2 lbs 37 38, Leghorn broilers 24 25. Old roosters and stags 16 17 cents per lb.
By virtue of an execution in my hands from the Civil and Police Justice Court in the City of Winchester I will sell in front of the Frederick County Court House at 2 P.M. January 24 1948 for cash a washing machine electric ice box heating stove several stands in the matter Virginia Loans and Thrift Corp vs Augustus Gaskins. G G Baker City Sergeant
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