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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1931
Page
8
Wheat and other grain quotes eased in Chicago as drought fears faded. Wheat closed around 50 1 4 cents, corn and oats declined, while provisions edged higher on hog price gains.
In Baltimore on July 28 quotations show No. 2 red winter at garlicky domestic spot and July 50 1-4, August 50 1-2, September 51 1-4.
Richmond reports current price quotes for commodities on car lots with No 2 and No 3 grades. Wheat includes red winter and Virginia bag lots. corn lists white yellow mixed and bag lots. oats covers white and mixed seed. rye shows Abruzzi at car lot prices.
Market reports from Baltimore Washington Philadelphia and New York show live poultry and dressed poultry price ranges by weight and variety. Leghorns and other light stock trade in the mid teens to mid twenties with broilers and roosters priced per weight. eggs and butter also listed with specific scores and packaging notes.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes contrasting paths of youths and the nation, highlighting Coolidge seeking rest while others pursue wealth. It contrasts marriage as a stable route with a younger generation chasing money, framing cultural shifts.
The article notes that diplomacy hinges on diplomacy and leverage, not just money, as world conferences discuss aiding Germany. It emphasizes the need for skillful negotiation and the artful pulling of political strings to shape outcomes.
Richmond July 28. Butter steady with packing stock at 13 lb creamery lb 28 34 lb as to score. Eggs fair well sorted hennery grade 19 average run unsorted mixed eggs 174 18 as to quality. Poultry liberal on broilers hens in demand Leghorn hens 14 colored hens 17 18 Rocks 19 to 33 lb live weights Reds 25 30 and Rocks 28 33.
Weather note lists rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. with none. It compares January to May totals against 18 year averages and shows 17.62 inches for several months and 18.35 inches for another period. It also lists first seven months of 1930 rainfall by month from January to June plus July.
W. O. Saunders, NC editor famed for pajama street strolls, visits in pajamas. Showers end drought grip after weeks of dryness. The Salvation Army secures a house for a family once sheltering under an apple tree. Stribling defeats Scott in the heavyweight bout with a second-round KO.
Harry K. Thaw denies ever proposing marriage to a California visitor who recently traveled to the area. Prominent Shawnee farmer B Frank Solenberger died at home after a brief illness. Twenty six dollars were raised for local playgrounds. Vitaphone motion pictures to be tested in New York City. American Legion members plan to attend the state department meeting in Alexandria.
A 1916 item notes John I I I Company I may be allowed to return home. The Star cites Nemo on not fretting over the dead. French repulse German western front attacks with heavy losses. A local talent vaudeville show for Winchester Memorial Hospital charms audiences in Charles Town. Ariana Stuart Swimley of Clarke County wed Dr. Frederick A. Cochran from Oklahoma.
Baltimore Lancaster and Jersey City show steady hogs and cattle with veal and lambs moving within narrow ranges. Chicago reports strong top grades and higher lambs while government bonds quote varied Liberty and Treasury issues. the note ends with a peculiar Armenia eggs remark and Humodrist dispatch.
A grade school in San Francisco opens a golf course behind its plant, claimed to build up the children physically though it may ruin their efforts. King Carol, a dispatch from Romania, notes an improved economy, but domestic life remains largely the same.
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