For Sale to settle apart tire prices
Classified item notes sale of car tires with terms available. Contact WM M Richards via phone 230 1. Dated 1961-01-26.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1931
Page
5
Classified item notes sale of car tires with terms available. Contact WM M Richards via phone 230 1. Dated 1961-01-26.
Walter Crabtree denies involvement in the slaying of three cars. Virginia citizens address insanity pleas as Rien Miller, a noted hardware merchant, dies after months of illness. Police warn children about sleds hitched to cars amid heavy snows. Brigadier General Smedley Butler is touted for national prohibition director. Gooda in Handley Schools dental clinic. many children receive dental care.
Five years ago on January 31 1926 Winchester residents prepared to attend the inaugural ceremonies for Virginia governor Harry F Byrd in Richmond. Lee Fisher hosted a birthday party at 219 East Lane Avenue with about sixteen guests. Hagerstown High School basketball leads the Cumberland Valley Athletic League as NYSE securities rise and forecasts turn optimistic.
A Scranton judge declines to turn over about 1.5 million dollars in Handley estate property to the Handley Board of Trustees. Dr Charles R Anderson of Gore plans to open offices in the city. Fifteen years earlier a pair of youths milked a farmer’s cow nearby and made candy from the milk.
A Baltimore crowd of about 400 gathered at Carroll Park in response to a job advertisement promising work in Waynesboro Virginia. Gareth L. Dixon claimed ties to a Waynesboro firm and was arrested after police learned he took a $3 fee from a job seeker.
A brief note emphasizes that a strong network of relatives speeds up longevity efforts. The text frames family involvement as crucial for persistent, timely support in health routines and daily care.
Chicago reports show large Argentine corn shipments abroad including the United States and Canada weighing on grain prices. Bearish factors include warm weather lowering livestock feed needs and expected rise in ocean freight wheat. Corn closes down several cents with oats and wheat also weaker or steady. hog prices boost provisions.
Washington daily market rates list 1 lb prints butter at 35 36 cents per pound and tub 33 34. Eggs demand 18 21. Poultry figures show alive turkeys at 4 36 old 30 32. chickens 28 39. spring broilers 40. fowls heavy 21. ducks 15. Dressed turkeys young 40 42. chickens 32. spring broilers 45. fowls heavy 24 25. Calves 11 12. lambs 10. Potatoes 150 pound sacks 3.25. New Florida 2.00 2.50. Idaho bakers 100 pounds 2.75. Sweets per bushel 1.50 2.00. Poultry notes mention boxes 22 28. western fowls, etc.
Market notes show butter eggs cheese and live poultry unchanged with no price movement. Officials indicate steady supply and stable retail quotes across major markets.
Richmond Virginia reports liberal to steady prices for fruits vegetables and livestock. Potatoes 3.25 to 3.50 per 150 pound sack apples 1.50 to 2.50 per hamper cabbage 1.50 per 90 pound sack strawberries 50 to 60 cents. Butter 28 to 35 cents per pound eggs around 18 cents. poultry hens 14 to 20 cents. broilers 35 cents. hogs top 8.25 for car lots. cattle veal cows and steers listed with multiple price ranges. sheep and lambs also provided with quotes.
Commodity bids from Chicago and Richmond dated January 30 show No. 2 red and No. 1 hard wheats trading around 78 to 79 in various forms. Corn and oats prices list multiple grades and vessels. seed rates for timothy and clover seed noted. Virginia bag lots and on‑the‑cotton markets report slight different bid levels. Baltimore spot wheat quotes run near 79 with near‑term futures around 79 1 4 to 80 1 2.
New York poultry prices show live steady while broilers move by freight at 28 to 30 and by express at 30% to 38. The brief column notes current quotations and distribution methods for live and freight shipments.
New York eggs report shows steady prices with varieties including regular packed mixed colors and nearby hennery white. Quoted ranges include extra first and first classes with various weights and regional distinctions such as Pacific coast white and refrigerated eggs.
St Paul Fawcett Corridor hosts a 10 am Bible school with 14 Sunday school workers in Training School. 11 am communion service. 2 pm Training School at Opequon Chapel with 25 community members earning credit from the Virginia Council of Religious Education. 7 pm Luther League. All welcome at these services.
The first quarterly Leper Society meeting of Christ Church was held at Mt Airy the home of president Mrs George H Burwell in Millwood. Attendees included Mrs Hugh M Nelson treasurer Miss Polly Cary Randolph secretary and other parish members. Contributions included money and 32 scarfs. Evelyn Merriweather now in Richmond presides over Virginia leper work.
Major Chamberlain of the Remounts heads Olympic team in training. Mrs N B Page of Minturn tours Washington with guests Mrs John H Farrar and Miss Carty Harrison. Mrs Hugh M Nelson hosts guests Mrs Howard Bunch and Miss Sue Lewis. Emanuel Chapel Boyce Sunday school to host a chicken dinner February 7 at Parish Hall to benefit the mite box fund. Admission fifty cents.
Mt Olive holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and sermon at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p.m. Mt Pleasant Va offers Sunday school at 2 p.m. sermon at 3 p.m. Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p.m. Fairview sermon at 7 30 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Ebenezer Bible school at 10 a.m. worship and sermon 11 a.m. Sandy Ridge Bible school 2 p.m. preaching by pastor 3 p.m. Capon Bridge Bible school 10 a.m. Christian Endeavor Four H Club in charge 6:30 p.m. Evening worship and sermon 7:30 p.m. Communion observed with each service. Whitacre service Saturday 7:30 p.m. All are invited.
The Frederick Circuit schedules Sunday school at 10:15 a.m. and sermon at 11:30 a.m. with holy communion, Epworth League at 7:30 p.m. Carper's Valley 8 school has a 10:30 a.m. sermon and 11:30 a.m. communion. Round Hill offers Sunday school 10 a.m. Epworth League 7:15 p.m. and sermon 8 p.m. A cordial welcome to all.
A Universal Atlas Cement Co survey of 2,300 dealers in 46 states forecasts continued large scale highway paving in 1931 aiding employment. New York City leads in optimism with 83 more than less responses across classes, while residential construction gains are expected in New England states, Florida, Wisconsin, and California.
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