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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1932
Page
2
Warner Bros. Colonial fragmentary text describes eerie silhouettes at barred windows and eerie sounds from half closed doors. The excerpt hints at a town’s danger and a mystery surrounding its residents and the lure that brings them.
Western Kansas and nearby regions hint at reduced wheat yields after a 1931 harvest exceeding 200 million bushels. Wheat closes up 1 1 2 to 1 against yesterday. corn and oats gain, while provisions ease. Cash grain prices show No. 3 red wheat around 52 1 4 with others mixed and no sales for rye.
Ronald Colman appears in Arrowsmith at the Capitol Theatre in Gee caren of the Capitol. The film is Samuel Goldwyn’s adaptation of Sinclair Lewis novel. Also showing is Behind the Mask, a shocking thriller billed to terrify audiences.
March 30 report lists live poultry prices for Plymouth Rock and White Leghorn varieties with fancy, ordinary, and small sizes. Turkeys, hens and toms priced. butter, eggs and current receipts noted for Hennery. Prices reflect market quotes for fowls and capons with size classifications and quality.
N H Roach of Vinton Virginia a veteran and railroad shop worker praises Natex for stomach trouble indigestion and constipation relief. He says Natex cured his constipation banished dizzy spells and backaches improved sleep and appetite and is sold by leading druggists and at People's Service Drug Store.
Hable's Palace presents Scandal Sheet the virile editor tale ending tonight with stars George Bancroft Kay Francis Clive Brook and Regis Toomey. A Friday program offers a double bill and an illustrated talk on The Modern Gardens of Historic Virginia by Judge Philip Williams. The Cuban Love Song with Lawrence Tibbett Lupe Velez Jimmy Durante and Ernest Torrence plays both matinee and evening Friday.
The listing shows dressed turkeys including old toms 180 21, young toms 25, hens 26 29, crooked breasts 23, spring broilers 11 2 3 1 2 lbs 27 29. Leghorn is noted.
Market notes from Richmond and New York dated March 30 show mixed poultry prices. Leghorn hens 16 17 cents, colored hens 14 15, broilers 23 25, stag chickens 15 17, and turkeys 20 25 cents per pound with steady to firm tone. eggs at 28 853 cases with slight declines on rehandle and standards.
Baltimore hogs sold 5.10 top for medium and light weights with heavy hogs to 4.75 and sows 3.50 to 3.80. Chicago topped at 4.35 for medium light weights, heavies to 4.20, sows 3.30. Cattle in Baltimore steady veal 7.50, steers 3.50 to 7.00. Lancaster calves 25 50 lower to top 8.00. Jersey City steady with some medium steers at 6.00.
Chicago market: 8,000 cattle and 3,000 calves with steers slightly up. Canums top 8.40, heavies 6.00, cows 4.75, bulls 4.00, dealers unchanged top 6.50, heifers 6.75. Baltimore sheep 1,500 steady. fall lambs 4.00 to 8.50, ones 1.50 to 3.50. Lancaster quiet.
Jersey City items report steady lamb prices at 7.50 with top lambs at 7.50 and ewes to 4.50. No spring or clipped lambs offered. A fashion authority comments on walking sticks and the public watches if walking returns. A Washington man refuses to eat to draw Congress’s attention, an act seen as optimistic by some.
The text notes Arlington owners linked to Mrs. Robert E. Lee inheriting an estate from her father Washington Parke, with references to Martha Washington and the Washington Star. It includes aphorisms about ambition and fate and a concluding reflective line.
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