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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
7
Mixed livestock and produce market updates with regional quotes. Apples, Winesaps and Reds priced, potatoes, eggs and butter listed. live poultry and hog prices noted. cattle and sheep trading described with ranges and notable shifts, including weight classes and buyer activity across Chicago and eastern markets.
New York stocks sank as fresh labor upsets dented investor confidence. Major issues fell 1 to over 4 points, with a late rebound easing some losses. Bonds and commodities varied as rubber futures dropped after Germany imposed an import tax. Closing quotes listed major industrials and utilities with mixed results.
Market today shows a downward tilt in futures for wheat and corn with late session weakness. Winnipeg and Chicago cash quotes vary by grade, with wheat near 1.27 to 1.32 per bushel and corn around 1.24 to 1.32, while oats and soybeans trade in narrow ranges.
Local wholesale market listing shows patent brand flour bag prices by bag size and per barrel. 98 lb bags range around 6.45 to 6.98, with smaller sizes 48 lb 6.55 to 7.05, 24 lb 7.05, and 12 lb 7.25 per barrel.
Washington Information Bureau offers a canning and preserving booklet with over 1 tested recipes for home canning. It covers fruits vegetables meats and chickens and explains bottling fruit juices and salt curing vegetables. Mail a coupon with ten cents to obtain this guide on household economies.
The sender from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau encloses TRN cents in coin carefully wrapped for a copy of the booklet Caning and Name. The letter is directed by Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
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