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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
8
A fragment describes items weighing and feathering factors with references to 19421 and quotable 22 23, noted in small lots. The text lists rocks and a choice element, implying cataloging or auction notes with limited context.
Market news from May 11 shows sharp gains in grain values after government estimates for 1932 domestic winter wheat production. Wheat rose 2 cents, corn and oats advanced, while provisions fell. Reports of heavy Chicago corn shipments and reduced corn stocks supported gains. lard hit lows not seen since 1897.
Richmond May 11 fruit and vegetable prices show liberal and steady movement. Va apples from storage move at 1.50 75 per basket and 4.50 5.50 per barrel. Butter steady with creamery carton packs at 22 lb and 10 lb packing stock. Eggs fair and steady with hennery whites 12 13 per dozen and choice hens 14. Poultry prices range widely with Leghorn hens 11 13 and broilers 15 17 per pound.
Cincinnati resident F Pritz reports dramatic weight loss from 205 to 179 pounds in three months using Kruschen Salts. He says he feels stronger, breathes easier, and looks 100 percent better. Advertisement urges safe fat reduction with daily half teaspoonful in hot water. Baker's Drug Store sells the product.
New York poultry report shows 295 cases steady with 100 cases re halted at 15 and 200 cases dirties at 13 1 4. Standard offerings include carrots 16 3 4 to 17 1 2 and bids 15 1 2 to 16. Atlantic Coast specials 17 to 19 1 2 unchanged. Broilers and hens vary by express and track. leg horn and colored hens quoted 15 to 18 with small broilers 15 to 17 and large 19 to 21.
Livestock markets show hogs in Baltimore selling to 4.10 top for medium and light weights while heavy hogs reach 3.50 and sows 2.20 to 3.00. Lancaster reports no receipts. yesterday’s top was 5.00. Jersey City notes direct consignments to packers. Chicago lists 22 000 head, top 3.60 for medium hogs.
Baltimore Lancaster Jersey City and Chicago cattle and calf prices drift steady to easy with varied tops noted. Spring lambs quoted high in several markets while U S government bond prices shown for New York with multiple issues and rates. A closing quip from the Boston Globe remarks youth preferring to kiss after a quarrel.
Representative William L. Feis inger of Ohio argues silver should stabilize monetary value like a rope ballast on a balloon. He compares gold money to a rising balloon and suggests a proportional silver addition could steady prices, with a five member House committee examining the issue and considering an international conference.
A Weymouth era clipping notes Herb Hoover offers to work for one dollar a year. The mock remark suggests he may not have to serve a full year. A Punch London quote notes inaudible musical notes as a scientist says. The item captures satirical voices from period newspapers.
American singer Lucille Chalfont once prima donna of the Greenwich Village Follies in 1922 killed herself in Berlin after reportedly failing to answer a request for funds from her daughter in New York. Chalfont was a former Los Angeles reporter and a descendant of Jenny Lind.
The item references a short proverb about a man moving in a mysterious way to perform blunders. It then quotes a line about considering others as you would be them from Pope and mentions a coffee substitute made from roasted ground figs used in Chili.
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