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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1934
Page
7
Woman’s magazine note describes Pattern 9872 a cotton frock with a square neckline and six pieces including a sewn chart. Available sizes 14 to 42 with yardage for size 16 and ordering details for patterns and the new spring pattern book from Winchester Star Pattern Department New York.
California Governor James Rolph Jr is shown recovering at St Francis Hospital San Francisco and says he expects to be up and about in two or three days. He is reported to be considering running for re election.
Tragic night at sea as the steamer Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. Reported deaths reach 1517 with 685 crew members missing or lost, marking one of history’s gravest maritime disasters.
The House passed the administration’s temporary air mail measure without dissent and sent it to the White House. It authorizes army planes for mail service with safety flying standards and pilot training, reimburses expenses, allows plane replacement, and requires cost disclosure at next session. An army air mail plane piloted by Lieut. L P Kleinoeder crash landed near Sandusky due to wing icing. mail was saved and forwarded by train.
Market wire lists New York Home Owners Loan 4s of 61 at 98, and Chicago cash grain with No 1 red wheat 89 1 2. No 1 hard 80 3 4. corn No 2 mixed 49 1 2 3 4. oats No 2 white 34 3 4. Baltimore apples and potatoes prices. Washington eggs and poultry quotes. New York butter eggs receipts and price ranges. Jersey City and Lancaster livestock prices.
The local market prices list commodities like corn meal in 5 and 10 pound sacks, scratch feed, middlings, dairy feeds, and shelled corn with various per hundred weight and wholesale figures. Also included are heifers sheep pork and creamery butter prices with multiple blends and percentages.
Article notes the Chicago River’s wildly varied behavior including a reversed flow and a lever operated action. It describes the river’s two color states and calls it perhaps the most eccentric and aggressive river in documented history. It mentions Pearl Divers near Ceylon noted for expertise.
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