Market Quotation Summary
Baltimore USDA notes show apples like Rambos up to 3.50 with size and regional variations. Potatoes firm to slightly stronger in Del and Va sacks, sweet potatoes weaker. Cattle and hogs with varied prices at Baltimore and Chicago, including good to high choice steers 21.50-25.75 and yearling stock at 22.50-23.00. sheep limited for price test.
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Baltimore
Bubkts Usis
Oklahomas US
USDA
Chicago
Choice & Prime
Choice & Prime Heavy
Good & Choice
Federal
Richmond
Virginia
Wheat futures slip after slight open on Chicago Board
Chicago wheat futures eased from modestly higher opens on the Board of Trade as contracts for the old and new crop months showed mixed initial moves. Corn and soybeans also displayed varied early price directions across several nearby and deferred positions.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Crossword Clue List From Historic Page
A compact crossword style entry listing multiple clues with varied hints. The lines mix poetic forms and common terms from an old newspaper puzzle page including island names and vehicle parts. The collection suggests a wide range of short answers across categories such as people places and objects.
Stock market eases in quiet early trading
The New York market opened modestly lower with pivotal shares slipping fractions to about a point while a few small gainers appeared. U S Steel fell slightly as investors awaited second quarter reports and operations news.
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New York
U.S. Steel
Lukens Steel
Air Reduction
Atlantic Coast Line
Eisenhower
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Gulf Oil and Texas Co
Local Market Prices From Rockingham and Augusta
Local markets list daily retail and wholesale prices for feed mixes grains and staples. Items include mixed feed barley wheat No 2 yellow corn broiler mash flour corn meal and butterfat with Rockingham and Augusta price ranges and notes on possible typographical errors.
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Rockingham
Augusta
BREE
Bae Corn
LANGE
Vndavecdes
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Report Text
Hogs sold 363 with head counts by weight and price ranges. Veal sold 162 with various weight classes and prices. Lambs and Sheep sold 704 with multiple grades and weights. Cattle sold 593 with steers heifers cows and bulls price bands. Stock-Feeder Cattle details include yearling steers steer calves and heifer calves prices.
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Canner & Cutter
Cutter & Utility
Virginia Farm Price Outlook for Fall Prospects Rise
Virginia farmers face uncertain prices yet optimistic cattle demand boosts outlook for fall. Western stock cattle prices run about $3 above last year while Southwest contracts show $1.50 to $2 gains. 8% more cattle on feed in 13 states. Hog market remains favorable but warns against light weights amid drought. vegetable prices pressured by drought though tomatoes, snap beans, cabbage show resilience. Watermelon size expected smaller due to lack of rain.
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Southwest States
Southwest Virginia
Chicago
Virginia
Agriculture department market report and Edison lamp history
The report lists poultry prices including broilers fryers turkeys and breeders with various price ranges and market notes. It also covers egg market grades at Harrison and other lines. In the Edison note the first practical candescent lamp is credited to Sir Humphrey Davy and the first successful version by Thomas Edison in 1879 with a 1880 market release.
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Edison
U.N. A
Humphrey Davy
America
Thomas Edison
Columbia
Brinkley Tours Drought Areas in Virginia
Agriculture Commissioner Parke C. Brinkley surveyed drought stricken regions across southside Virginia en route to Blacksburg visiting Louisa Henrico Hanover Orange Spotsylvania Fluvanna and Goochland counties He called conditions spotty and said some areas were terribly bad with early corn and hay hit hardest Norfolk county awaits Brinkley visit and a preliminary report to Gov Stanley Fauquier Prince William Fairfax and Norfolk counties seek drought disaster designation for federal relief.
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Richmond
Parke C. Brinkley
Virginia
Blacksburg
Louisa
Henrico
Hanover
Orange
Spottsylvania
Fluvanna
Goochland
Brinkley
Norfolk County
Stanley
Fauquier
Prince William
Fairfax
Norfolk
Two Virginians Convicted For Pre Arranged Highway Racing
In Camden North Carolina two Virginia men Russell Vinson of Norfolk and Fred Howard Allen of Portsmouth received 18 month suspended road sentences and fines of 450 dollars plus costs for pre arranged highway racing. A third Virginian William Thomas Vann of Portsmouth got six months suspended sentence and 150 dollar fine plus costs for reckless driving after a highway patrolman testified Vann blocked the patrol car pursuing the racers. All three appealed to Superior Court.
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Camden
N. C
Virginia
Russell Vinson
Norfolk
Fred Howard Allen
Portsmouth
William Thomas Vann
Vann
Carbon Monoxide Kills 3 on Yacht
Honolulu report details a yacht tragedy aboard Richard A. Dole's 34 foot Typee. Three Honolulu residents Patricia Peterson Wayne Curry and Raymond L Watson died from carbon monoxide poisoning after engines were started to hurry the boat's return from a weekend race. A Navy doctor aboard the Sterlet treated two victims who were dead on transfer and the third died shortly after.
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Honolulu
Richard A. Dole
Dole
Patricia Peterson
Wayne Curry
Raymond L. Watson
James Dole
The
Hawaiian Pineapple Co
Baldridge Renamed Head of National JCC Memorial Fund
Thomas W Baldridge of Winchester was re elected chairman of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce War Memorial Fund on Saturday according to an announcement by Mike Cusack director of information.
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Baldridge
National
JCC Memorial Fund
Thomas W. Baldridge
Winchester
U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce War Memorial Fund
Mike Cusack
Informa
Virginia JCC Founder Recalled as Advocate for Scholarships
The passage notes a half million dollar trust fund for college scholarships across the U S and D C Hawaii and Alaska. Mr Brainbridge is described as the first state president of the Virginia JCC and a former national vice president.
Button society founded in 1938 in the United States
The National Button Society of America was founded in 1938. Its address is 353 Stockton St.
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U. S
L.N. A
National Button Society of America
Stockton St
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Chicago Grain
Kenneth E. Henry
Hill’s
TOY Store
N. Loudoun
Coral Island
Wall Street
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
Virginia Department of Agricultre
Broilers Oftryers
Ee Sea
Dwanges Oan
Harrisonkorg Egg Market
Brinkely
Dean
Doan
American Finance Corp
S. Loudoun St
E. Main St
Hightstown, N. J
Charles
West Virginia
Charles Town
Jockey Club
Charles Town, W. Va
L & M Transportation Service
Dudy
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Task Force
Degler
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