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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1938
Page
7
Market quotations from Baltimore and Chicago report calves soft supply, cows steady, hogs steady to 10 higher with 160 to 250 pound lots at 7.90 to 8.10, and cattle active with best fed steers at 9.50 to 10.40. Sheep show spring lambs steady to weak, California lambs and wool lambs varying, fat lambs strong to higher overall.
24 lb bags per barrel price 5.20 dollars. Short patent brand flour offered in local wholesale market with stated price.
A mixed session ended with strong gains in utility stocks amid reports of cooperation between Washington and private leaders to ease competition rules. Rail shares recovered as broader market indices rose, with several major names advancing including American, Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Motors, and U S Steel among others.
Readable items show prices for patent brand feed sacks and various grain products. Lists include 98 lb bags at 5.60 per barrel equivalent, 48 lb bags at 5.20, 24 lb bags at 5.20, and 12 lb to 24 lb bag entries. Also notes shelled corn, bran, mixed feed, creamery butter, country buster, egg mash, dairy feed, and chick grower pricing with regional figures.
CATTLE: Steers top 8.60. Grassy and fat cows and heifers listed with tops from 5.75 to 8.25. Fresh cows with calf by side 88.00. Veal calves to 10.00 per cwt. HOGS: Top 8.00. bulk 7.80 to 7.95. sows 6.25 to 6.75. LAMBS: Top 10.25, bulk 9.60 to 9.85. light and medium 8.50 to 9.25. Not enough sheep to form a market.
York reports stock market gains of three points or more in late dealings. Traders note recovery from April May losses but fix profit taking as rally pauses. Market transactions continue at a steady pace as prices approach recovered levels.
Chicago May 11 reports show up turns in futures with around two cent gains. Weathered market nerves from the southwest Oklahoma and Texas crop deteriorations spark attention. Texas crops flagged as possibly failing to five bushels per acre, influencing prices across May July and September contracts.
Baltimore May 11 Wheat No 2 red winter spot 7 93 4. Winchester Market Wheat 75 cents per bushel. Corn 65 cents per bushel on deliveries prices based on deliveries.
Warner Bros. presents Beloved Brat at Capitol Theatre featuring Dolores Costello in a return to film. Costello, once a silent screen queen, aims to prove she is a better actress than in her early fame while highlighting her renewed screen career alongside her husband John Barrymore.
Stafford May 11 report says the ancient half timbered cottage of Izaak Walton was burned. The article notes the historic home faced a blaze damaging the treasured site as firefighters battled the flames.
A fire broke out in a riverside thatched roof cottage linked to the author of The Compleat Angler. It destroyed many Walton relics and damaged a lav as part of the structure while the cottage was being restored.
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