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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1957
Page
3
Market notes show wheat at 20 cents per bushel and yellow corn at 1.40 per crolier with flour retail prices listed for 100 pounds and corn meal at 30 cents per 5 pound bag. Prices appear in a fragmentary column with several unreadable entries.
Wall Street opened active but prices showed a mixed drift with many pivotal stocks unchanged. Analysts warn the market may be topping after a string of 1957 highs, as the uptrend loses momentum and traders await new cues.
Farm market report shows broilers or fryers in fair to good supply with adequate prices at 11 a.m. today. Includes price ranges for small and heavy type turkey fryers and young hens, plus Winchester and Harrisonburg egg market grades and rates.
Baltimore and Chicago USDA listings show cattle at 24.00-26.25 for high, 22.75-24.25 for bulk, and mixed weights. Hogs range 17.25-19.75 with varied weights, sows 14.25-16.25, and sheep scarce. Strawberries and vegetables reflect modest to steady demand with price spreads by region.
Three SINGER PORTABLE sewing machines may be purchased for unpaid balance. Sold by SINGER SEWING CENTER located at 25 N Loudoun MO 25116.
Slaughter lambs sell mostly 20.00 to 22.25 with good and choice fall shorn around 20. Cull to low good lambs range 13.00 to 19.00. Pelts reach 22.00 for 1 bad good and choice fall shorn. Small lots of prime spring lambs 24.00 to 25.00. Slaughter ewes 4.00 to 8.00. One deck mixed good and choice 127 Ibewes 7.50.
Grain futures moved up fractionally at the Chicago Board of Trade with gains in old and new wheat, corn, oats and rye contracts. Prices showed small increases across May July and Sep maturities, with monthly and quarterly adjustments reflecting trading activity.
At Front Royal Livestock Market buyers traded hogs veal lambs and cattle with varied premiums. Hogs sold across weights with top barrows and gilts noted orange bids heavy butcher animals and sows. Veal featured prime heavy and choice ratings with price ranges. Lambs and sheep showed prime and choice lots with weights. Slaughter cattle included steers heifers bulls with multiple quality grades and prices. Stock feeder cattle listed with good to medium ranges and heifer offerings.
New York crowds from all walks attend Billy Graham crusade at Madison Square Garden. Attendance to date reaches 100 000 in six days with a projection near 750 000 for six weeks. Graham urges listeners to accept Christ and live a new life while criticizing materialism and moral decay.
Benny Hooper Jr. described his 2315 hour entrapment in a 24 foot backyard well in Manorville New York. He spoke from his hospital bed where he remains in stable condition with a minor lung inflammation and bronchial and sinus issues as doctors plan to remove his oxygen tent if his temperature stays down.
Printed Pattern 4761 offers a neat sundress for misses sizes 12 14 18 and 20. Includes printed directions and yardage for 35 inch fabric. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents extra for mailing to Anne Adams in New York with name address zone size and style number.
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