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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1948
Page
5
Daily interconnected markets list price points for feed and grain. Prices include Fieur 95 lb bag at 1.94, 10 lb bag 81, 100 lb wholesale 9.35, corn meal 10 lb bag 0.67, white corn meal 5 lb 0.38, white corn meal 10 lb 0.70, No 2 red winter wheat delivered city 2.30 per bu, No 2 yellow corn 2.35, barley per bu 1.65, soy beans per bu 2.49.
A steady old market session with fractional gains led by Nickel Plate on first sale and Richfield Oil. Steel stocks rose on a Truman steel allocation hint, while other risers included U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel Packard Studebaker Air Reduction Santa Fe Pennsylvania Railroad Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. Least change visible elsewhere with several declines.
Livestock prices ease slightly in Baltimore with weak poultry and mixed eggs. Cattle calves and hogs show limited demand with quotes mostly steady to mixed. hogs 180 lb plus firm to 2 cents higher, lighter weights weaker. Chicago reports 6500 hogs sold with good and choice weights at 28 to 29 dollars, sows 22 to 24.50, cattle and sheep quotations steady.
Sows 400-550 lb sold from 19 to 21.50. Salable cattle 700 to 1100 lb heifers topped at 37. Medium to good steers and heifers 26 to 35, average to choice 1240 lb steers 38. Beef cows 19 to 23, canners and cutters 15 to 18.50, bulls down 25, vealers 28 down, good to choice stock calves 30.
Delegates to the 25th Virginia 4-H club short course observed officer installations. The 1949 roster lists Billy Wampler as president from Rockingham county, Mary Tripplett of Frederick county as first vice president, Blair Keller of Washington county as second vice president, Leon Bunch of Southampton county as third vice president, and Patsy Ann Norwood of Halifax county as secretary.
The snark is a word coined by Lewis Carroll in The Hunting of the Snark. The author meant it as a fictional ferocious beast for children’s verse.
Does God punish people? The answer is No. Instead hardships are attempts to reform individuals or groups. When counsel is unheeded, God flashes danger signals to force attention and reform, though some suffer for others actions.
Chicago July 2. Most futures grades opened with small losses and mixed changes as weather improves crop prospects. Wheat July 2.32 1 4, Sep 2.32 1 4, Dec 2.33, May 2.31 3 8. Corn July 2.22 2 1 4, Sep 1.94 93 7 8, Dec 1.67 3 8. Oats July 91 90 7 8, Sep 85 1 4, Dec 85 3 8 to 1 4, May 84 1 4. Soybeans Nov 22.90 87, Sep 23.25 37.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division lists live poultry and egg prices paid by dressing plants and for F O B Winchester shipments. U S Grade A eggs and various scales of poultry and turkeys shown. no. 2 hens/toms and other birds priced per dozen or pound with adjustments.
A reflective line urges readers to seek growth from hardship. It questions the impulse to ask why misfortune occurs and reframes adversity as a message or guidance from God for personal development. The tone is contemplative and devotional.
River may be okay for bass fishing if there is no additional rain. Local anglers plan to spend part of the holiday weekend fishing.
At noon today the Shenandoah river was described as muddy in Shenandoah Virginia while Wat Riverton reported the water as only milky in that area, signaling varying conditions along the river.
Antique dealer Mrs W Lomax Parker relocates from 7 S Braddock St to her Stephens City home on Main St adjoining the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co office. The move follows three years at the prior location and notes a large amount of inventory to transfer.
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