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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1927
Page
2
The Statistical Bulletin No. 16 notes Virginia farm product prices 1866 to 1925. Wheat fell to 56 cents a bushel in 1894 and peaked at 2.24 in 1919. Corn ranged 32 to 1.69. Tobacco hit 5 cents in 1879 and 47.4 cents in 1919. Cotton ranged from 5.9 to 35 cents.
A meeting of American manganese ore producers is planned at the Allard Hotel in Washington on August 2 to discuss consolidation of efforts and key issues. Invitations are limited to those directly involved. details are available from committee members J Carson Adkerson Woodstock VA N H Mannakee Bluefield WV H A Pumpelly Oswego NY J H Cole Philipsburg MT and William D Meyering City Hall Chicago.
In Virginia Governor Burg joins Judge A C Carson in prompting police statewide to find nine year old Douglas Sealock of Riverton Warren county missing since April 22. The boy, strong and bright, was last seen near Shumate farm and Shenandoah river bridge during a storm with two kidnapping or accident theories.
Star readers report doubt about Mrs. Fielding Lewis being buried in Culpeper county Virginia. A Clarke county family burial ground at Castleman's Ferry on the Shenandoah river is seen as her resting place. Maurice Castleman confirms the Clarke county site and an organized search will probe the graveyard for Mrs. Lewis.
Hancock Maryland hosts the annual summer meeting of horticultural societies from the Cumberland and Shenandoah valleys with members from Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland plus the Association of Northeastern Entomologists. Demonstrations and orchard inspections will fill the schedule with a banquet planned at the Hotel Monterey on August 18 at seven in the evening.
A druggist touts Tono-Scalpa for dandruff and itchy scalp. The ad promises relief after a few applications, stops hair loss, and eliminates dandruff with regular scalp rubbing. Available at leading drug stores.
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