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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1931
Page
7
The Star runs daily columns covering local state and sports news. This item previews topics and highlights likely to appear in forthcoming editions, including team updates, game results and notable performances.
Scores from the American and National Leagues show Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, and New York recording wins and losses. Notable events include Washington beating the A’s 4 to 2, the Yankees dropping a 6 to 3 decision to the Red Sox, and Chicago and St. Louis splitting a doubleheader.
Sorrell had the best of a duel with Wesley Ferrell before rain halted the game in the eighth inning. The contest was stopped with the weather forcing an early finish.
Isaac Howard Goldsborough, 24, a local express agent, shot himself in a restaurant rest room in Romney West Virginia He used a service pistol kept in the express office The bullet went through his head and hit a window screen He is survived by his parents and 11 sisters The note adds a stray line about bank words and the unemployed.
Hollywood gossip notes Chic Sale has moved to Beverly Hills while Warner Brothers develops The Star Witness. The cast includes Walter Huston Frances Starr Sally Blane Grant Mitchell and Edward J. Nugent with director William Wellman.
Albin Virginia July 6. Dr and Mrs Fossler of Springfield Illinois visit Mrs Lidia Hawkins mother here. Dorothy Berry and daughters stay with relatives in Washington. Charley Shaul Martinsburg visits Crims home. Lloyd Lewis Hagerstown visits. Lela B Janney calls on friends. Rinar and Sirbaugh visit Yeakley. Editorial comment mocks Hoover, asks what use is an engineer when the locomotive is off the track.
Local market listing shows varied prices for feed and dairy items including mixed feed at 1.80, cracked corn around .04 to .07, middlings near 1.80, creamery butter, eggs, and spring lambs with limited price ranges. The snippet preserves price cues and product names such as dairy feed, shelled corn, screenings, and hogs.
Market update shows Wheat quotations unavailable at close of prior day while Hay ranges 20.00 to 23.00. Poultry figures list Hens Leghorns and Young chickens with unclear values.
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