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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1934
Page
8
In Bengal province, Kukis practiced a striking method as late as 1885 where the doctor administered the remedy to himself rather than the patient. The treatment often consisted of a dinner of fancy food as the healing act.
The article notes Father Hennepin may have been the first European to see Niagara Falls in 1678 though Ta Salle visited in 1669 and Champlain earlier explored the region. It discusses competing claims to the first sighting.
The Star lists wholesale prices for corn, bran, middlings, dairy feeds and egg mash. Prices include shelled corn 6.65 to 7.15 per cwt and mixed feeds around 1.50 to 1.80. Creamery butter and pork quotables also appear in the grain and dairy market snapshot.
A whitesmith is a craftsman who finishes or polishes tin or galvanised iron work, unlike a blacksmith who forges metal. The term clarifies that the whitesmith’s specialty lies in surface finishing rather than initial shaping.
Chicago cash grain notes no wheat sales while corn No 2 yellow at 59 1 2 to 60 white 62 3 4 oats No 2 white 45 1 4 rye none barley 551 00 seed prices timothy 8 75 clover 10 000 13 75. Baltimore wheat No 2 red winter spot 91 4 June 99 1 4. Produce apples no rome quotes potatoes new North Carolina 2 25 50 cents, Cobblers 2 40 50 cents. Butter eggs and live poultry steady to higher in Washington and Baltimore markets. Cattle hogs sheep and lambs show varied activity across Lancaster Richmond New York and Chicago markets with top prices and stock movements noted.
Esso All-Stars defeated Ball Hawks 8 to 1 in five innings on the Park diamond. Seabright and Sargent partnered for the winners while Weber and Keller handled mound duties for the Ball Hawks. Tomorrow at 6 p.m. Bantam Boys meet Woolen Mill. admission free.
The Office of Andrew Bell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, handles automobile license sales. The State Motor Vehicle Commission asks license renewers to send a money order or plain check instead of stamps. Loose money sent with renewals is at the sender’s risk.
The Friendship Fire Company responded to a call near Front Royal pike between Double Tollgate and Nineveh around 8 am. The blaze started in the attic of Anna Ridgeway's home, occupied by Giles Cook and family, but was likely subdued before significant damage occurred.
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