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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1950
Page
7
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah G. Golightly will be held Monday at 10 a m at Jones Funeral with Rev Robert Bradd officiating. Burial is in Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers will be six grandsons.
Classified ads note a 5 acre lot at Sunnyside for sale for 950 dollars with reasonable terms and a contact phone 4694. Also listing a Model A Ford in good condition for 115 dollars at 41344 E Cork St. Additional ads seek an orchard worker and insurance and wholesale shoe sales positions with box replies to Star newspaper.
Fairbanks, Alaska. An elderly man, Gillis, fought a black bear with a pocket knife after the animal charged from a trail near Dome Creek. He slashed the bear’s heart area, then escaped into a mining crew car as the bear balked and backed off. The veteran quips about what kind of story the bear will tell at home.
The bulletin reports week over week changes across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle shows steadier slaughter cows down and steers steady while heifers mixed. calves veal and stockers present at varied prices. Hogs trend higher for barrows and gilts with differing weights. pork prices uneven and sow values up or down by weight. Sheep show spring lambs easing and ewes holding, with several weight classes listing top and typical ranges.
Old crop lambs and yearlings sold around 23.50 to 27.50 with 103 lb fed Californias at 27.50. Week ranges: good and choice natives 26.00 to 27.00, buck lambs 1.00 less, cull and medium 19.00 to 24.00, bulk yearlings 22.00 to 23.50. Slaughter ewes 9.50 to 10.50, heavies 7.00 to 8.00, bucks 6.00 to 7.00. Sheep market steady.
Local markets corrected daily list flour corn meal and grain prices with old yellow corn and white corn per bushel and butter wholesale rates. A question asks if Paul Robeson, the Negro singer, was a football player and notes he was rated by Walter Camp as an All American end.
The U S Department of Agriculture experiments with sprers to accelerate apple maturation testing methods and potential commercial use. Researchers seek faster ripening to boost supply and reduce harvest windows.
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