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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1923
Page
3
The excerpt lists daily race prices and market figures for various goods and participants. It references local prices for butter flour and corn meal, with many names of clubs or teams, and notes on market standings and listings for multiple cities and individuals.
Washington reports from the Department of Labor show June 1923 food prices higher than May and higher than June 1922 across most large cities. Eighteen of twenty-three cities recorded increases up to 3 percent from May to June, with New York up 8 percent. Compared with 1913, New York's June 1923 food costs rose by about 51 percent.
The Agriculture Department reports smaller crops than last year for corn rye white and sweet potatoes rice hay apples and peaches. Tobacco output is expected to rise by 100 million pounds with gains in oats barley and flax seed. Overall corn acreage is up but yields are down compared with 1922 due to poorer conditions.
Columbia Missouri July 9 George Barkwell a local contractor will go on trial charged with first degree murder in connection with the lynching of James Scott a Negro early Sunday morning April 29 Barkwell and four other men were indicted after the lynching The others M Marvin Jacobs Elmer Woods Estill Davis and H H Rowland face charges of obstructing an officer
A series of candidacy notices outlines individuals seeking party nominations and public offices. Names include WM. SMITH for Sheriff and H. DEHAVEN for Commissioner, with others pledging duty and inviting primary consideration ahead of August elections.
By virtue of a deed of trust record in Frederick County Clerk Office Deed Book 146 page 464 the undersigned offers for sale for cash at the residence of Floyd R Adams one mile West from Gore. ETC. M M Lynch Trustee J W Herrell Auctioneer.
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