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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1931
Page
2
Market report notes corrections to the prior closing prices for various livestock and poultry, including broilers, young chickens, steers, hogs, and pigs. A quoted remark from Judge Francis B. Aie of Chicago discusses parental roles in instilling character and the link to perceived youth behavior.
Scores from yesterday include Boston 18 Washington 4 and Detroit 4 Cleveland 2 in the American League while New York 5 Boston 0 and Chicago 8 St. Louis 2 headline the National League. The week’s schedule lists Boston at Detroit and New York at Philadelphia with standings showing St. Louis leading the NL and Boston atop the AL after a busy day of games.
Market report shows corn meal and dairy feed values with cottonseed meal at 100, butterfat No 1 around 2. Creamery butter listed at 33. Eggs and poultry prices appear, including heavy hens 14 to 20 cents, light hens around 9 to 12 cents, ducks and leghorn chickens at 15 cents, and spring lambs and steer prices noted though truncated.
Commentator voices alarm over economic strain blamed on the automotive industry. The piece cites rising costs and social disruption, warning that continued trends could deepen national hardship by 2001. It references Alexander Spottswood Dandridge of Winchester Virginia as a retired civil engineer quoted in the piece.
WM J Lockhart declares sale of The Haddox Terrace Grocery to Samuel L Boyles and disclaims responsibility for any bills after April 20, 1931. Patronage thanked. 4 22-10t
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