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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1939
Page
11
Baltimore market notes show cattle and hog quotes with steady egg and butter markets while Philadelphia lists poultry and egg prices by grade and weight. Chicago closes with mixed stock trends and a crowded commodities scene alongside select stock quotations.
A health advice note promotes prevention over cure for constipation. It stresses high fiber from Kellogg’s All-Bran breakfast cereal, urging daily use, ample water, and joining the regulars. Kellogg’s Battle Creek is the maker and the product is sold by grocers.
The stock market showed persistent selling with leading issues bought back in fractional gains near 2 points. Prices started steady, then fluctuated before noon on higher than usual volume, with about 700000 shares traded over five hours. Late day lows appeared as tired holders reduced commitments amid cautious sentiment and mixed news.
Rains in the southwest and forecasts of unsettled weather spurred selling of wheat futures in Chicago, pulling May to Sept prices down by about 1 to 2 cents. Texas reports show beneficial showers, Canadian export sales rise, domestic activity scant. Prices listed for wheat, oats, soybeans, rye, and lard with May through Oct contracts noted. Cash grain bids seen in Chicago show No. 2 hard wheat at 78 1/2 cents and mixed at 79 1/2, corn bids around 56 cents for No. 2 mixed.
A market summary lists prices for oats barley Timothy and red clover seeds, and red top hay seed with ranges for samples. It notes spot domestic corn and No 2 wheat prices and compares with last year’s mill delivery prices in Baltimore and Winchester markets.
The page lists flour prices for various bag weights in patent and short patent brands, plus per barrel rates. Also shown are animal feeds including corn meal, bran, middlings, dairy and turkey grower feeds, horse feed, and scratch feed with assorted prices.
William Morrison Wood, last surviving VMI corps participant, describes the 1864 battle at New Market. He recalls 209 infantrymen and 32 artillery cadets, led by Colonel William Cooper, as they charged under fire toward Von Kliser’s cannons, capturing pieces and prisoners.
The VMI centennial opening honored the New Market battle of May 15, 1864 with a garrison review. Wood, last surviving cadet from New Market, pinned regimental colors as a New Market streamer was unfurled. The monument ceremony featured three volleys and taps at Virginia Mourning Her Dead where a plaque lists the fallen cadets. Wood was escorted by his grandson Corp. Joseph L Parrish Jr. from Old Hickory Tennessee, a current cadet.
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